1984 European Parliament election in Ireland
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Turnout | 1,147,745 (47.6% ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Group | Leader | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | Seats | ± | |
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Fianna Fáil | EPD | Charles Haughey | 438,946 | 39.2 | ![]() | 8 | ![]() | |
Fine Gael | EPP | Garret FitzGerald | 361,034 | 32.2 | ![]() | 6 | ![]() | |
Labour Party | SOC | Dick Spring | 93,656 | 8.3 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 54,672 | 4.9 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | ||
Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 48,449 | 4.3 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | ||
Independent Fianna Fáil | RBW | Neil Blaney | 32,504 | 2.9 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | |
Green Party | none | 5,242 | 0.5 | New | 0 | ![]() | ||
Independent | 85,913 | 7.7 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |||
Total | 1,120,416 | 100 | — | 15 | — |
MEPs elected
[edit]Voting details
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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
[edit]- ^ 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
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