1984 European Parliament election in Ireland
Irish component of the 1984 European Parliament election
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15 Irish seats to the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 1,147,745 (47.6% 16.0pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Members of the European Parliament for Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1984 European Parliament election. A constitutional amendment to allow the franchise at general elections to be extended to non-Irish citizens was approved by referendum on the same day.
Constituencies
Ireland had 15 MEPs who were elected on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) in four constituencies based on the provinces of Ireland:[1]
- Connacht–Ulster (3 seats);
- Dublin (4 seats);
- Leinster (3 seats);
- Munster (5 seats).
Results
Party | Group | Leader | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | Seats | ± | |
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Fianna Fáil | EPD | Charles Haughey | 438,946 | 39.2 | 4.5 | 8 | 3 | |
Fine Gael | EPP | Garret FitzGerald | 361,034 | 32.2 | 0.9 | 6 | 2 | |
Labour Party | SOC | Dick Spring | 93,656 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 0 | 4 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 54,672 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0 | |||
Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 48,449 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0 | |||
Independent Fianna Fáil | RBW | Neil Blaney | 32,504 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Green Party | none | 5,242 | 0.5 | New | 0 | |||
Independent | 85,913 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 1 | ||||
Total | 1,120,416 | 100 | — | 15 | — |
MEPs elected
Constituency | Name | Party | EP group | ||
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Connacht–Ulster | Ray MacSharry | Fianna Fáil | EPD | ||
Joe McCartin | Fine Gael | EPP | |||
Seán Flanagan | Fianna Fáil | EPD | |||
Dublin | Richie Ryan | Fine Gael | EPP | ||
Mary Banotti | Fine Gael | EPP | |||
Niall Andrews | Fianna Fáil | EPD | |||
Eileen Lemass | Fianna Fáil | EPD | |||
Leinster | Mark Clinton | Fine Gael | EPP | ||
Jim Fitzsimons | Fianna Fáil | EPD | |||
Patrick Lalor | Fianna Fáil | EPD | |||
Munster | T. J. Maher | Independent | ELDR | ||
Tom O'Donnell | Fine Gael | EPP | |||
Sylvester Barrett | Fianna Fáil | EPD | |||
Tom Raftery | Fine Gael | EPP | |||
Gene Fitzgerald | Fianna Fáil | EPD |
Voting details
Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | Spoilt | Valid Poll | Quota | Seats | Candidates |
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Connacht–Ulster | 471,577 | 241,244 (51.2%) | 5,763 (2.4%) | 235,481 | 58,871 | 3 | 11 |
Dublin | 704,873 | 288,831 (40.9%) | 6,153 (2.1%) | 282,678 | 56,536 | 4 | 12 |
Leinster | 545,878 | 268,491 (49.2%) | 9,197 (3.4%) | 259,294 | 64,824 | 3 | 9 |
Munster | 691,076 | 349,179 (50.5%) | 6,216 (1.8%) | 342,963 | 57,161 | 5 | 9 |
Total | 2,413,404 | 1,147,745 (47.6%) | 27,329 (2.4%) | 1,120,416 | — | 15 | 41 |
References
- ^ European Assembly Elections Act 1977, 2nd Sch.: Constituencies (No. 30 of 1977, 2nd Sch.). Enacted on 9 December 1977. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
External links
- ElectionsIreland.org – 1984 European Parliament (Ireland) election results
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