1979 European Parliament election in Luxembourg

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| next_election = 1984 European Parliament election in Luxembourg

| next_year = 1984

| seats_for_election = 6 seats in the European Parliament

| election_date = 7–10 June 1979

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The 1979 European Parliament election in Luxembourg was the election of the delegation from Luxembourg to the European Parliament on 10 June 1979.{{cite web | title=National results Luxembourg | website=2024 European election results | date=1 Apr 2019 | url=https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/national-results/luxembourg/1979-1984/constitutive-session/ | access-date=24 Oct 2024}} It was held on the same day as the legislative elections, which elected members to Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies.{{cite web | last=Nelsson | first=Richard | title=How the Guardian reported the first European elections, June 1979 | website=the Guardian | date=23 Jan 2019 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/from-the-archive-blog/2019/jan/23/first-european-elections-june-1979 | access-date=24 Oct 2024}}

Results

{{Election results

|party1=Christian Social People's Party|votes1=352296|seats1=3

|party2=Democratic Party|votes2=274307|seats2=2

|party3=Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party|votes3=211106|seats3=1

|party4=Social Democratic Party|votes4=68289|seats4=0

|party5=Communist Party of Luxembourg|votes5=48813|seats5=0

|party6=Alternative List|votes6=9485|seats6=0

|party7=Liberal Party|votes7=5610|seats7=0

|party8=Revolutionary Socialist Party|votes8=5085|seats8=0

|invalid=18382

|valid=170759

|electorate=212740

|source=[https://download.data.public.lu/resources/resultats-des-elections-europeennes-au-grand-duche-de-luxembourg-de-1979-1989/20170629-150001/Elections_EU_1979-1989.pdf Public.lu]

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Footnotes

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