Luxembourg - Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker's Christian Social Party (CSV) won Luxembourg's general election on Sunday, according to television projections. Television channel RTL showed the CSV increasing its share of the vote from 36.1 per cent to 38.1 per cent, giving it 28 seats in the 60-member legislature.
Juncker's Social Democrat coalition partner, headed by Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, saw its share of the vote drop 2 per cent to 21.3 per cent.
Asselborn said he wanted to await the official final result before deciding whether to continue the coalition.
Juncker, 54, is the EU's longest-serving premier, having first assumed office in 1995. During the election campaign, he stressed the need for political experience in a time of crisis.
Only the CSV could act as guarantor of the nation's social achievements, he told voters.
Juncker said last week that if returned to power he would step down from the post of finance minister he holds concurrently with the premiership.
However he would maintain responsibility for monetary affairs and relations with the European Central Bank, thus enabling him to stay on as eurogroup chairman.
The CSV has governed Luxembourg since 1944, except for the period from 1974-1979 when the Liberals led by Gaston Thorn were in power.
Sunday's projections showed the Liberals polling just under 16 per cent, about the same as they achieved in the last elections four years ago.
The Greens were unchanged at 11.4 per cent while the nationalist ADR saw their share of the vote slump for 10 to 8 per cent.
The Left Party gained 3.23 per cent, enabling it to sent a deputy to parliament for the first time.
Sunday's national ballot took place at the same time as the elections for the European Parliament. Luxembourg is the EU's smallest country after Malta.
