1984 European Parliament election

none May 2014 1984 European Parliament election European Union parliamentary no 1979 European Parliament election 1979 List of members of the European Parliament (1979–1984) 1989 European Parliament election 1989 All 434 seats to the European Parliament 218 61% 2.0 pp elected members 14–17 June 1984 Rudi Arndt MEP portrait 3 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Rudi Arndt Socialist Group Germany 113, 27.6% 130* 17 30% 2.4% Egon Klepsch MEP portrait 3 (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Egon Klepsch European People's Party Germany 107, 26.1% 110* 3 25.3% 0.8% Henry Plumb 1984.jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Henry Plumb European Democrats Cotswolds 64, 15.6% 50* 14 11.5% 4.1% Giovanni Cervetti.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Giovanni Cervetti Communists and Allies North-West Italy 44, 10.7% 41 3 9.4% 1.3% Simone Veil MEP portrait (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Simone Veil European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party France 40, 9.8% 31 9 7.1% 2.7% Christian de La Malène MEP portrait (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Christian de La Malène European Progressive Democrats France 22, 5.4% 29 7 6.7% 1.3% 1984 European Parliament election, political grouping breakdown by countries.svg 400px 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 President of the European Parliament after election Piet Dankert Socialist Group Pierre Pflimlin European People's Party 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. 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. National distribution of seatsStateSeatsStateSeats8124812481168115256 Campaign August 2021 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 Group of the European People's Party (EPP) 13 Christian Democracy (Italy) (DC) 11583767 26 -3 Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)Including two indirectly elected members from West Berlin 9308411 34 0 New Democracy (Greece) (ND) 2266568 9 +1Confrontation with the 1981 Results Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) 2109130 7 -1 Union for French Democracy (UDF)As part of the UDF-RPR listOnly members of UDF who were part of the EPP group Marius Autran and Jean-Claude Autran http://jcautran.free.fr/archives_familiales/elections/europeennes/1984/europeennes_1984.html#23 Elections européennes du 17 juin 1984 (2e législature) jcautran.free.fr 8 October 2024https://www.france-politique.fr/elections-parlement-europeen-1984.htm Élections européennes 1984 Laurent de Boissieu france-politique.fr France Politique 8 October 2024 1831599 9 +1 Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) 1590218 8 -2 Christian People's Party (Flanders) (CVP) 1132682 4 -3 Christian Social Party (Wallonia) (PSC) 436108 2 -1 Fine Gael 361034 6 +2 Christian Social People's Party (Luxembourg) (CSV) 345586 3 0 South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) 198220 1 0 Centre Democrats (Denmark) (CD)Member of the European Democrats at the 1979 election 131984 1 0 31295307 110 -5Taking into account the Greek MEPs elected in 1981 Socialist Group (SOC) 15 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)Including one indirectly elected member from West Berlin 9296417 33 -2 Labour Party (UK) 4865224 32 +15 Socialist Party (France) (PS) 4188875 20 0 Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 3940445 9 0 PASOK (Greece) 2476491 10 0 Labour Party (Netherlands) (PvdA) 1785165 9 0 Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 1225462 3 -1 Socialist Party (Flanders) (SP) 956518 3 0 Socialist Party (Wallonia) (PS) 527297 4 0 Social Democrats (Denmark) 387098 3 0 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) 211106 2 +1 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 140622 1 0 Labour Party (Ireland) 93656 0 -4 Siumut 7364 1 0 30101740 130 +7 Communists and Allies Group (COM) 8 Italian Communist Party (PCI) 11624430 26 +2 French Communist Party (PCF) 2261312 10 -9 Communist Party of Greece 693304 3 0 Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 203813 1 0 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) (SF) 183580 1 0 Communist Party of Belgium (KPB/PCB) 87379 0 0 Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) 40395 0 0 15094213 41 -7 Liberal and Democratic Group (LD) 12 SDP–Liberal Alliance (UK)Dimitri Almeida The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus https://books.google.com/books?id=oD7bKbo0FYEC&pg=PA102 2012 Taylor & Francis 978-1-136-34039-0 102–103https://lipari.istat.it/digibib/Bollettino%20mensile%20di%20statistica/Supplemento/SMS%201984%20N.19%20-Elezioni%20del%20parlamento%20europeo%20-%2017-6-1984.pdf ELECTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 17 JUNE 1984 (in Italian) lipari.istat.it ISTAT 25 June 2024 2591659 0 0 Union for French Democracy (UDF) 2569499 12 -5 Italian Liberal Party – Italian Republican Party (PLI–PRI) 2140501 5 0 #00A696 Free Democratic Party (Germany) (FDP) 1192624 0 -4 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) 1002685 5 +1 Liberal Reformist Party (Wallonia) (PRL) 540610 3 +1 Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders) (PVV) 494277 2 0 Venstre (Denmark) 248397 2 -1 Democratic Party (Luxembourg) (DP) 218481 1 -1 Thomas Joseph Maher (Independent from Ireland)https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1437/THOMAS+JOSEPH_MAHER/history/1#detailedcardmep Thomas Joseph MAHER www.europarl.europa.eu European Parliament 25 June 2024https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1984E&cons=527 European Election: June 1984, Munster, European Parliament www.electionsireland.org 17 August 2025 55079 1 – #D3D3D3 Liberal Party (Greece) (RV) 20908 0 0 11074720 31 -9 European Democratic Group (ED) 4 Conservative Party (UK) 5426866 45 -15 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) (DKF)http://www.europarl.dk/ressource/static/files/Medlemskatalog_screen.pdf List of Danish MEPs (in Danish) on Wayback Machine www.europarl.dk European Parliament 25 June 2024 31 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331191903/http://www.europarl.dk/ressource/static/files/Medlemskatalog_screen.pdf dead 414177 4 +2 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 147169 1 0 5988212 50 -14 Group of the European Democratic Alliance (EDA) 4 Rally for the Republic (France) (RPR) 4282498 20 +5 Fianna Fáil 438946 8 +3 Scottish National Party (SNP) 230594 1 0 4952038 29 +7In comparison with the European Progressive Democrats' result in 1979 Group of the European Right (DR) 4 #000000 Italian Social Movement (MSI)Part of the Non-Inscrits at the 1979 election 2274556 5 +1 National Front (FN) 2210334 10 New National Political Union (Greece) (EPEN) 136642 1 New 4621532 16 New Rainbow Group (RBW) 11 The Greens (West Germany) 2025972 7 +7 Proletarian Democracy (DP)Member of the Technical Group of Independents at the 1979 election 506753 1 0 People's Union (Flanders) (VU) 484494 2 +1 People's Movement against the EEC (Denmark) 413808 4 0 Green Progressive Accord (Netherlands)Including the Communist Party of the Netherlands, member of the Communists and Allies Group at the 1979 election 296488 2 New Agalev 246712 1 +1 Ecolo 220663 1 +1 Federalism - Europe of the Peoples (Italy) 193430 1 +1 darkgreen Proletarian Unity Party (Italy) (PdUP)Luciana Castellina, elected in the Italian Communist Party's listhttps://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=E&dtel=17/06/1984&tpa=Y&tpe=I&lev0=0&levsut0=0&levsut1=1&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S&ne1=2&lev1=2 Europee 17/06/1984 - Area ITALIA + ESTERO - Circoscrizione ITALIA NORD-ORIENTALE elezionistorico.interno.gov.it Eligendo 18 August 2025https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/947/LUCIANA_CASTELLINA/history/2 Luciana CASTELLINA www.europarl.europa.eu European Parliament 18 August 2025 89998 1 0 Independent Fianna Fáil 32504 0 -1 4510822 20 New Non-Inscrits (NI) 6 Radical Party (Italy) (PR) 1199876 3 0 SGP–GPV–RPF (Netherlands) 275786 1 New José Happart (Independent from Belgium, Wallonia)elected in the Socialist Party's French listGérard-Libois Jules Julin Malou Mabille Xavier 9 November 1984 Élections européennes en Belgique: géographie des votes de préférence https://shs.cairn.info/article/CRIS_1057_0001/pdf?lang=fr The European Elections in Belgium: Geography of the Preference Votes French Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP 18 August 2025https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1466/JOSE+H.G._HAPPART/history/2#detailedcardmep José H.G. HAPPART www.europarl.europa.eu European Parliament 18 August 2025 234996 1 – #D3D3D3 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 230251 1 0 Jef Ulburghs (Independent from Belgium, Flanders)elected in the Socialist Party's Dutch listhttps://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1500/JEF+L.E._ULBURGHS/history/2 Jef L.E. ULBURGHS www.europarl.europa.eu European Parliament 17 August 2025 23184 1 – #D3D3D3 1964093 7 -2 Other parties and independents 5363569 0 -9 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 1984 European Parliament election - Groups at 23–26 July 1984GroupDescriptionChaired byMEPs  SOCSocial DemocratsRudi Arndt130 400px  EPPChristian DemocratsEgon Klepsch110  EDConservativesHenry Plumb50  COMCommunists and the Far LeftGianni Cervetti41  LDLiberals and Liberal DemocratsSimone Veil31  EDANational ConservativesChristian de La Malène29  RBWGreens and RegionalistsElse HammerichJaak VandemeulebrouckeBram van der LekPaul Staes20  DRFar Right NationalistsJean-Marie Le Pen16  NIIndependentsnone7Total: 434Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20080227172539/http://aei.pitt.edu/5179/01/000473_1.pdf 27 February 2008 Votes summary #ddd 515px 350px EPP #3399FF 27.22 SOC #FF0000 26.18 COM #990000 13.13 LD #FFFF00 9.63 ED #3099DB 5.21 EDA #4F6BA2 4.31 DR #000000 4.02 RBW #ADFF2F 3.92 NI #DDDDDD 1.71 Others gray 4.67 Seats summary #ddd 515px 350px SOC #FF0000 29.95 EPP #3399FF 25.35 ED #3099DB 11.52 COM #990000 9.45 LD #FFFF00 7.14 EDA #4F6BA2 6.68 RBW #ADFF2F 4.61 DR #000000 3.69 NI #DDDDDD 1.61 Results by country GroupNationSOCEPPEDCOMLDEDARBWDRNITotalBelgium4 PS 3 SP4 CVP 2 PSC3 PRL 2 PVV2 VU 1 Agalev 1 Ecolo2 Ind. 24Denmark3 A 1 Siu1 D4 C1 SF2 V4 N 16France20 PS7 UDF 2 UDF (CDS)10 PCF6 UDF (PR) 5 UDF 1 UDF (PRV)20 RPR UPC10 FN 81Greece10 PASOK9 ND3 KKE 1 KKE–E1 EPEN 24Ireland6 FG1 Ind.8 FF 15Italy9 PSI 3 PSDI26 DC 1 SVP 26 PCI3 PLI 2 PRI1 PdUP 1 DP 1 PSd'Az5 MSI3 PR 81Luxembourg2 LSAP3 CSV1 DP 6Netherlands9 PvdA8 CDA5 VVD1 PSP 1 PPR1 SGP25United Kingdom32 LAB 1 SDLP45 CON 1 UUP1 SNP1 DUP81West Germany33 SPD34 CDU 7 CSU7 Grünen 81Total1301105041312920167434 Statistics + European Parliament election, 1984 - statisticsAreaDatesSeatsElectorateTurnoutPreviousNextElection methodsSourcesEuropean Community(EC-10)14, 17 June1984434200,505,75261%19791989All PR, except UK (not NI)which used FPTP https://web.archive.org/web/20090325013440/http://aei.pitt.edu/5178/01/000472_1.pdf 25 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080911085807/http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf 11 September 2008 + European Parliament election, 1984 - timelineFirst Parliament 1984 election and regroupingSecond ParliamentGroups Pre-elections1 January ChangeResults23 July NewgroupsFirst session23 July  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 +820  RBW20 NI10+13 7  NI 7 16  DR 16Total 434 +0 434Total 434Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20080911085807/http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf 11 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080227172539/http://aei.pitt.edu/5179/01/000473_1.pdf 27 February 2008 + European Parliament election, 1984 - Delegation at 23 July 1984GroupDescriptionDetails%MEPs  SOCSocial DemocratsWest Germany 33, Belgium 7, Denmark 4, France 20, Italy 12, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 33, Greece 1030%130  EPPChristian DemocratsWest Germany 41, Belgium 6, Denmark 1, France 9, Ireland 6, Italy 27, Luxembourg 3, Netherlands 8, Greece 925%110  EDConservativesDenmark 4, UK 4612%50  COMCommunists and the Far LeftDenmark 1, France 10, Italy 26, Greece 49%41  LDLiberals and Liberal DemocratsBelgium 5, Denmark 2, France 12, Ireland 1, Italy 5, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 57%31  EDANational ConservativesFrance 20, Ireland 8, UK 17%29  RBWGreens and RegionalistsWest Germany 7, Belgium 4, Denmark 4, Italy 3, Netherlands 25%20  DRFar-Right NationalistsFrance 10, Italy 5, Greece 14%16  NIIndependentsBelgium 2, Italy 3, Netherlands 1, UK 12%7Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20080227172539/http://aei.pitt.edu/5179/01/000473_1.pdf 27 February 2008 100%434 Post-election June 2008 References External links Special issue of Electoral Studies on the elections. 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