Luxembourg - October 2023
Ruling coalition loses majority in general elections
In general elections held on 8 October, a total of seven parties passed the required threshold to be represented in Parliament. All 60 seats of the Chamber of Deputies, Luxembourg’s unicameral legislature, were contested. The opposition Christian Social Party (CSV) won the greatest vote share (29.2 per cent), securing 21 seats in the legislature. Ruling coalition members, the Democratic Party (DP) and the Socialist party (LSAP), followed behind with 18.7 per cent (14 seats) and with 18.91 per cent of the vote (11 seats) respectively. The conservative Reformist Democratic Alternative party (ADR) secured 9.3 per cent of the vote and 5 seats. There were 278 female candidates (42.8 per cent of the total 649 candidates), and women will make up just under a third of deputies in Parliament. Voter turnout was 87 per cent, and voting is mandatory.
