1984 European Parliament election in Belgium

1984 European Parliament election in Belgium

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24 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Leo Tindemans Karel Van Miert Party CVP SP Alliance EPP PES Last election 7 seats, 29.54% 3 seats, 12.84% Seats won 4 4 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 1,132,682 979,702 Percentage 19.80% 17.12% Swing 9.74% 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 1 1 Popular vote 762,293 540,610 Percentage 13.32% 9.54% Swing 2.74% 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French-speaking electoral college
	Socialist Party	762,293	34.04	5
	Liberal Reformist Party	540,610	24.14	3
	Christian Social Party	436,108	19.47	2
	Ecolo	220,663	9.85	1
	Democratic Front of Francophones-CFE	142,879	6.38	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	61,605	2.75	0
	Walloon Presence in Europe (RW–RPW–FIW)	51,903	2.32	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	13,082	0.58	0
	Socialist Worker's Party–Revolutionary Workers' League	10,471	0.47	0
Total		2,239,614	100.00	11
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	Christian People's Party	1,132,682	32.53	4
	Flemish Socialist Party	979,702	28.13	4
	Party for Freedom and Progress	494,277	14.19	2
	People's Union	484,494	13.91	2
	Agalev	246,712	7.08	1
	Flemish Block	73,174	2.10	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	30,555	0.88	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	25,774	0.74	0
	Socialist Worker's Party–Revolutionary Workers' League	14,910	0.43	0
Total		3,482,280	100.00	13
Valid votes		5,721,894	89.07
Invalid/blank votes		702,274	10.93
Total votes		6,424,168	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,975,855	92.09
Source: Belgian Elections