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1984 European Parliament election in Belgium

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1984 European Parliament election in Belgium

← 1979 17 June 1984 1989 →

24 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leo Tindemans Karel Van Miert
Party CVP Vooruit
Alliance EPP PES
Last election 7 seats, 29.54% 3 seats, 12.84%
Seats won 4 4
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,132,682 979,702
Percentage 19.80% 17.12%
Swing Decrease 9.74% Increase 4.28%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ernest Glinne Daniel Ducarme
Party PS PRL
Alliance PES ALDE
Last election 4 seats, 10.58% 2 seats, 6.85%
Seats won 5 3
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 762,293 540,610
Percentage 13.32% 9.54%
Swing Increase 2.74% Increase 2.69%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 17 June 1984. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party762,29334.045
Liberal Reformist Party540,61024.143
Christian Social Party436,10819.472
Ecolo220,6639.851
Democratic Front of Francophones-CFE142,8796.380
Communist Party of Belgium61,6052.750
Walloon Presence in Europe51,9032.320
Workers' Party of Belgium13,0820.580
Socialist Worker's Party–Revolutionary Workers' League10,4710.470
Total2,239,614100.0011
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Christian People's Party1,132,68232.534
Flemish Socialist Party979,70228.134
Party for Freedom and Progress494,27714.192
People's Union484,49413.912
Agalev246,7127.081
Flemish Block73,1742.100
Workers' Party of Belgium30,5550.880
Communist Party of Belgium25,7740.740
Socialist Worker's Party–Revolutionary Workers' League14,9100.430
Total3,482,280100.0013
Valid votes5,721,89489.07
Invalid/blank votes702,27410.93
Total votes6,424,168100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,975,85592.09
Source: Belgian Elections