Belgium 1984 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Socialist Party won 5 of 24 seats with 13.3% of the vote; 92.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.7 points on 1979.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish | 4 | −3 | 19.8 | −9.7 | 1,132,682 |
| Socialist Party | 4 | +1 | 17.1 | +4.3 | 979,702 |
| Socialist Party | 5 | +1 | 13.3 | +2.7 | 762,293 |
| Liberal Reformist Party | 3 | +1 | 9.4 | +2.6 | 540,610 |
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 2 | 0 | 8.6 | −0.8 | 494,277 |
| People's Union | 2 | +1 | 8.5 | +2.5 | 484,494 |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 2 | −1 | 7.6 | −0.6 | 436,108 |
| Groen | 1 | +1 | 4.3 | +2.9 | 246,712 |
| Ecolo | 1 | +1 | 3.9 | +1.9 | 220,663 |
| Francophone Democratic Front | 0 | −2 | 2.5 | −5.1 | 142,879 |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | −1.1 | 87,379 |
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 0 | 1.3 | 73,174 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1979 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 1,132,682
- Socialist Party 979,702
- Socialist Party 762,293
- Liberal Reformist Party 540,610
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 494,277
- People's Union 484,494
- Humanist Democratic Centre 436,108
- Groen 246,712
- Ecolo 220,663
- Francophone Democratic Front 142,879
- Communist Party of Belgium 87,379
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 73,174
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
92.1% of the 6,975,855 registered voters cast a ballot (6,424,168 ballots), up 0.7 points on 1979. 5,721,894 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Socialist Party13.3% of votes20.8% of seats
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish19.8% of votes16.7% of seats
- Socialist Party17.1% of votes16.7% of seats
- Liberal Reformist Party9.4% of votes12.5% of seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats8.6% of votes8.3% of seats
- People's Union8.5% of votes8.3% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre7.6% of votes8.3% of seats
- Groen4.3% of votes4.2% of seats
- Ecolo3.9% of votes4.2% of seats
- Francophone Democratic Front2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.3 by votes and 7.2 by seats; Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish led Socialist Party by 2.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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