1984 European Parliament election in Belgium
1984 European Parliament election in Belgium
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
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 -CFE142,879 6.38 0 Communist Party of Belgium 61,605 2.75 0 Walloon Presence in Europe 51,903 2.32 0 Workers' Party of Belgium 13,082 0.58 0 Socialist Worker's Party –Revolutionary Workers' League10,471 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' League14,910 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