Polling stations announce first results

(CS) Election results from Luxembourg's communes are starting to come in, with polling stations in Pétange and Grevenmacher among the first to finish counting.

A polling station in Pétange was the first to announce its results on Sunday afternoon. In the South Luxembourg commune, the CSV is currently leading with 46.9 percent, followed by the LSAP (19.8 percent).

The DP was in third place, followed by “déi Gréng” and the ADR. The CSV gained over 6 percent since the 2009 elections, while the LSAP lost around 6 percent. However, these are only the results from one polling station out of 16 in the commune.

In Grevenmacher, too, the CSV is currently in the lead with 42.46 percent, also an increase compared to 2009. The LSAP meanwhile slipped to fourth place, behind the DP and the Green party (both just over 17 percent).

Five polling stations remain to be counted in the commune.

The first commune to announce complete results was Waldbredimus, which had only three polling stations open on Sunday. There, the CSV was in the lead with 41.19 percent, followed by the DP (17.8 percent), "déi Gréng" (14.62 percent) and the LSAP (10.93 percent).

The CSV, LSAP and the Green party lost votes compared to last year, with the DP seeing a considerable increase of just over 7 percent.

You can follow the election count live on elections.public.lu

It appears that around 18,000 people did not vote, despite compulsory voting in the Grand Duchy.