1984 European Parliament election in Ireland

1984 European Parliament election in Ireland

14 June 1984
15 Irish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	1,147,745 (47.6% 16.0pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Charles Haughey Garret FitzGerald Dick Spring Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Alliance EPD EPP SOC Leader since 7 December 1979 1 July 1977 1 November 1982 Seats won 8 / 15 6 / 15 0 / 15 Seat change 3 2 4 Popular vote 438,946 361,034 93,656 Percentage 39.2% 32.2% 8.3 Swing 4.5% 0.9% 6.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   IFF Leader Gerry Adams Tomás Mac Giolla Neil Blaney Party Sinn Féin Workers' Party Independent Fianna Fáil Alliance RBW Leader since 13 November 1983 14 October 1962 1972 Seats won 0 / 15 0 / 15 0 / 15 Seat change 1 Popular vote 54,672 43,942 32,504 Percentage 4.9% 3.3% 2.9%

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:

• Connacht–Ulster (3 seats);
• Dublin (4 seats);
• Leinster (3 seats);
• Munster (5 seats).

Results

Elections to the European Parliament in Ireland – 1984

Party		Group	Leader	1st pref	FPv%	±%	Seats	±
	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

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 1984–1989

Constituency	Name	Party		EP group
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

1979–2004 European Parliament Ireland constituencies

Constituency	Electorate	Turnout	Spoilt	Valid Poll	Quota	Seats	Candidates
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

External links

• ElectionsIreland.org – 1984 European Parliament (Ireland) election results