1968 Luxembourg general election

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15 December 1968

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56 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
29 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
CSV	Jean Dupong	35.27	21	−1
LSAP	Henry Cravatte	32.25	18	−3
DP	Gaston Thorn	16.57	11	+5
KPL		15.50	6	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Pierre Werner CSV	Pierre Werner CSV

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 15 December 1968.^[1] The Christian Social People's Party (CSV) remained the largest party, winning 21 of the 56 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[2]

Following the elections the CSV dropped their previous coalition partners, the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, and formed a new government with the Democratic Party. This led to the creation of the second Werner-Schaus government.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party	915,944	35.27	21	–1
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	837,555	32.25	18	–3
	Democratic Party	430,262	16.57	11	+5
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	402,610	15.50	6	+1
	National Solidarity	10,355	0.40	0	New
Total		2,596,726	100.00	56	0

Valid votes		160,184	93.91
Invalid/blank votes		10,382	6.09
Total votes		170,566	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		192,601	88.56
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1262

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