1974 Luxembourg general election

1974 Luxembourg general election

← 1968 26 May 1974 1979 →

59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 30 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– LSAP Antoine Wehenkel 29.15 17 −1 CSV Nicolas Mosar 27.85 18 −3 DP Gaston Thorn 22.23 14 +3 KPL 10.47 5 −1 PSD Henry Cravatte 9.20 5 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Pierre Werner CSV Gaston Thorn DP

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 26 May 1974.^[1] The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 18 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[2] However, it went into opposition as the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party formed a coalition government under prime minister Gaston Thorn.