1984 European Parliament election

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The 1984 European Parliament election was the first since the inaugural election of 1979 and the 1981 enlargement of the European Community to include Greece. It was also the last before the accession of Spain and Portugal in 1986.

Quick facts All 434 seats to the European Parliament 218 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
1984 European Parliament election
← 1979
14–17 June 1984
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All 434 seats to the European Parliament
218 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61% Decrease 2.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rudi Arndt Egon Klepsch Henry Plumb
Party SOC EPP ED
Leader's seat Germany Germany Cotswolds
Last election 113, 27.6% 107, 26.1% 64, 15.6%
Seats won 130* 110* 50*
Seat change Increase17 Increase3 Decrease14
Percentage 30% 25.3% 11.5%
Swing Increase2.4% Decrease0.8% Decrease4.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gianni Cervetti Simone Veil Christian de La Malène
Party COM ELDR EPD
Leader's seat North-West Italy France France
Last election 44, 10.7% 40, 9.8% 22, 5.4%
Seats won 41 31 29
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease9 Increase7
Percentage 9.4% 7.1% 6.7%
Swing Decrease1.3% Decrease2.7% Increase1.3%
Post-election composition of each member state's delegation
* The number of seats was increased from 410 to 434 – so this is a nominal figure
President of the European Parliament before election

Piet Dankert
SOC

 President of the European Parliament after election

Pierre Pflimlin
EPP

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Results showed centre-left and right-wing MEPs profiting at the expense of the far-left and centre-right. The Socialists consolidated their position as the biggest group in the Parliament, and there were notable changes for the smaller groups, with far-right MEPs forming a group and the coalescence of the Green and Regionalist group known as "Rainbow". The overall turnout dropped to 61%. No party could achieve majority.

Electoral system

There was no single uniform voting system for all member states; each of them adopted its own method, established by national law.

The United Kingdom used a one-round (first-past-the-post) system of 78 constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland, while in Northern Ireland 3 proportional seats were allocated. Belgium, Ireland and Italy used a proportional system with subdivision of the territory into constituencies. Denmark, France, West Germany, Greece, Luxembourg and the Netherlands used a single national proportional system, although in the case of Denmark, Greenland had its own constituency with the allocation of one seat and in the case of West Germany the three seats for the West Berlin area were not directly elected but were chosen by the Berlin House of Representatives, given the particular status of the city.

Pre-election

Seat changes

The number of seats was the same as before for each member state that took part in the 1979 election. Greece, which had joined in 1981, was allocated 24 new seats. This raised the number of seats to 434 from 410.

More information National distribution of seats, State ...
National distribution of seats
State Seats State Seats
 West Germany 81  Belgium 24
 United Kingdom 81  Greece 24
 France 81  Denmark 16
 Italy 81  Ireland 15
 Netherlands 25  Luxembourg 6
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Campaign

Election and regrouping

Overview

The Socialists increased their share by six seats to 130 seats, up from 124 before the elections. The Democratic Alliance (formerly Progressive Democrats) also made gains, up by seven to 29 seats. The People's Party's, the European Democrats, Communists and Liberals all lost seats. The French National Front and the Italian Social Movement founded a group called the "European Right": the first far-right group in the Parliament. The Technical Group of Independents was replaced by the Rainbow Group, a mixture of Greens and Regionalists.

Final results

More information Party or alliance, Votes ...
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Group of the European People's Party (EPP)Christian Democracy (Italy) (DC)11,583,76710.0826-3
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)[1]9,308,4118.10340
New Democracy (Greece) (ND)2,266,5681.979+1[2]
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)2,109,1301.837-1
Union for French Democracy (UDF)[3][4][5][6]1,831,5991.599+1
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)1,590,2181.388-2
Christian People's Party (Flanders) (CVP)1,132,6820.994-3
Christian Social Party (Wallonia) (PSC)436,1080.382-1
Fine Gael361,0340.316+2
Christian Social People's Party (Luxembourg) (CSV)345,5860.3030
South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)198,2200.1710
Centre Democrats (Denmark) (CD)[7]131,9840.1110
Total31,295,30727.22110-5[8]
Socialist Group (SOC)Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)[9]9,296,4178.0933-2
Labour Party (UK)4,865,2244.2332+15
Socialist Party (France) (PS)4,188,8753.64200
Italian Socialist Party (PSI)3,940,4453.4390
PASOK (Greece)2,476,4912.15100[2]
Labour Party (Netherlands) (PvdA)1,785,1651.5590
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)1,225,4621.073-1
Socialist Party (Flanders) (SP)956,5180.8330
Socialist Party (Wallonia) (PS)527,2970.4640
Social Democrats (Denmark)387,0980.3430
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)211,1060.182+1
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)140,6220.1210
Labour Party (Ireland)93,6560.080-4
Siumut7,3640.0110
Total30,101,74026.18130+7[8]
Communists and Allies Group (COM)Italian Communist Party (PCI)11,624,43010.1126+2
French Communist Party (PCF)2,261,3121.9710-9
Communist Party of Greece693,3040.6030[2]
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)203,8130.1810[2]
Socialist People's Party (Denmark) (SF)183,5800.1610
Communist Party of Belgium (KPB/PCB)87,3790.0800
Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL)40,3950.0400
Total15,094,21313.1341-7[8]
Liberal and Democratic Group (LD)SDP–Liberal Alliance (UK)[10][11]2,591,6592.2500
Union for French Democracy (UDF)[3][4][5][6]2,569,4992.2412-5
Italian Liberal Party – Italian Republican Party (PLI–PRI)2,140,5011.8650
Free Democratic Party (Germany) (FDP)1,192,6241.040-4
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)1,002,6850.875+1
Liberal Reformist Party (Wallonia) (PRL)540,6100.473+1
Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders) (PVV)494,2770.4320
Venstre (Denmark)248,3970.222-1
Democratic Party (Luxembourg) (DP)218,4810.191-1
Thomas Joseph Maher (Independent from Ireland)[12][13]55,0790.051–
Liberal Party (Greece) (RV)20,9080.0200[2]
Total11,074,7209.6331-9
European Democratic Group (ED)Conservative Party (UK)5,426,8664.7245-15
Conservative People's Party (Denmark) (DKF)[14]414,1770.364+2
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)147,1690.1310
Total5,988,2125.2150-14
Group of the European Democratic Alliance (EDA)Rally for the Republic (France) (RPR)[3][4][5][6]4,282,4983.7320+5
Fianna Fáil438,9460.388+3
Scottish National Party (SNP)230,5940.2010
Total4,952,0384.3129+7[15]
Group of the European Right (DR)Italian Social Movement (MSI)[16]2,274,5561.985+1
National Front (FN)2,210,3341.9210New
National Political Union (Greece) (EPEN)136,6420.121New
Total4,621,5324.0216New
Rainbow Group (RBW)The Greens (West Germany)2,025,9721.767+7
Proletarian Democracy (DP)[17]506,7530.4410
People's Union (Flanders) (VU)[17]484,4940.422+1
People's Movement against the EEC (Denmark)[17]413,8080.3640
Green Progressive Accord (Netherlands)[18]296,4880.262New
Agalev246,7120.211+1
Ecolo220,6630.191+1
Federalism - Europe of the Peoples (Italy)193,4300.171+1
Proletarian Unity Party (Italy) (PdUP)[17][19][20][21]89,9980.0810
Independent Fianna Fáil[17]32,5040.030-1
Total4,510,8223.9220New
Non-Inscrits (NI)Radical Party (Italy) (PR)[17]1,199,8761.0430
SGP–GPV–RPF (Netherlands)275,7860.241New
José Happart (Independent from Belgium, Wallonia)[22][23][24]234,9960.201–
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)230,2510.2010
Jef Ulburghs (Independent from Belgium, Flanders)[25][23][26]23,1840.021–
Total1,964,0931.717-2
Other parties and independents5,363,5694.670-9
Total114,966,246100.00434–
Source: Belgian Elections, Folketingsårbog, France Politique, jcautran.free.fr, Politiquemania, ElectionsIreland.org, ElectionsIreland.org, Ikaria, Italian Ministry of the Interior, Public.lu, Kiesraad, UK Parliament briefing, Federal Statistics Office, Wahlen-in-Deutschland.de, Europe Politique
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More information Group, Description ...
1984 European Parliament election - Groups at 23–26 July 1984
Group Description Chaired by MEPs
  SOC Social Democrats Rudi Arndt 130
  EPP Christian Democrats Egon Klepsch 110
  ED Conservatives Henry Plumb 50
  COM Communists and the Far Left Gianni Cervetti 41
  LD Liberals and Liberal Democrats Simone Veil 31
  EDA National Conservatives Christian de La Malène 29
  RBW Greens and Regionalists Else Hammerich
Jaak Vandemeulebroucke
Bram van der Lek
Paul Staes		 20
  DR Far Right Nationalists Jean-Marie Le Pen 16
  NI Independents none 7 Total: 434 Sources: Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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Votes summary
EPP
 
 27.22%
SOC
 
 26.18%
COM
 
 13.13%
LD
 
 9.63%
ED
 
 5.21%
EDA
 
 4.31%
DR
 
 4.02%
RBW
 
 3.92%
NI
 
 1.71%
Others
 
 4.67%
Seats summary
SOC
 
 29.95%
EPP
 
 25.35%
ED
 
 11.52%
COM
 
 9.45%
LD
 
 7.14%
EDA
 
 6.68%
RBW
 
 4.61%
DR
 
 3.69%
NI
 
 1.61%

Results by country

More information GroupNation, SOC ...
Group
Nation		 SOC EPP ED COM LD EDA RBW DR NI Total
Belgium 4 PS
3 SP		 4 CVP
2 PSC		 3 PRL
2 PVV		 2 VU
1 Agalev
1 Ecolo		 2 Ind. 24
Denmark 3 A
1 Siu		 1 D 4 C 1 SF 2 V 4 N 16
France 20 PS 7 UDF
2 UDF (CDS)		 10 PCF 6 UDF (PR)
5 UDF
1 UDF (PRV)		 20 RPR UPC 10 FN 81
Greece 10 PASOK 9 ND 3 KKE
1 KKE–E		 1 EPEN 24
Ireland 6 FG 1 Ind. 8 FF 15
Italy 9 PSI
3 PSDI		 26 DC
1 SVP		 26 PCI 3 PLI
2 PRI		 1 PdUP
1 DP
1 PSd'Az		 5 MSI 3 PR 81
Luxembourg 2 LSAP 3 CSV 1 DP 6
Netherlands 9 PvdA 8 CDA 5 VVD 1 PSP
1 PPR		 1 SGP 25
United Kingdom 32 LAB
1 SDLP		 45 CON
1 UUP		 1 SNP 1 DUP 81
West Germany 33 SPD 34 CDU
7 CSU		 7 Grünen 81
Total 130 110 50 41 31 29 20 16 7 434
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Statistics

More information European Parliament election, 1984 - statistics, Area ...
European Parliament election, 1984 - statistics
Area Dates Seats Electorate Turnout Previous Next Election methods Sources
European Community
(EC-10)		 14, 17 June
1984		 434 200,505,752 61% 1979 1989 All PR, except UK (not NI)
which used FPTP		 Archived 25 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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More information European Parliament election, 1984 - timeline, First Parliament ...
European Parliament election, 1984 - timeline
First Parliament 1984 election and regrouping Second Parliament
Groups Pre-elections
January 1		 Change Results
July 23		 New
groups		 First session
July 23
  SOC 124 +6 130   SOC 130
  EPP 117 -7 110   EPP 110
  ED 63 -13 50   ED 50
  COM 48 -7 41   COM 41
  LD 38 -7 31   LD 31
  EPD 22 +7 29   EDA 29
  CDI 12 +8 20   RBW 20
  NI 10 +13 7   NI 7
16   DR 16
Total 434 +0 434 Total 434
Sources: Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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More information European Parliament election, 1984 - Delegation at 23 July 1984, Group ...
European Parliament election, 1984 - Delegation at 23 July 1984
Group Description Details % MEPs
  SOC Social Democrats West Germany 33, Belgium 7, Denmark 4, France 20, Italy 12, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 33, Greece 10 30% 130
  EPP Christian Democrats West Germany 41, Belgium 6, Denmark 1, France 9, Ireland 6, Italy 27, Luxembourg 3, Netherlands 8, Greece 9 25% 110
  ED Conservatives Denmark 4, UK 46 12% 50
  COM Communists and the Far Left Denmark 1, France 10, Italy 26, Greece 4 9% 41
  LD Liberals and Liberal Democrats Belgium 5, Denmark 2, France 12, Ireland 1, Italy 5, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 5 7% 31
  EDA National Conservatives France 20, Ireland 8, UK 1 7% 29
  RBW Greens and Regionalists West Germany 7, Belgium 4, Denmark 4, Italy 3, Netherlands 2 5% 20
  DR Far-Right Nationalists France 10, Italy 5, Greece 1 4% 16
  NI Independents Belgium 2, Italy 3, Netherlands 1, UK 1 2% 7
Sources: Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine 100% 434
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Post-election

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