France 1989 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : RPR/UDF connected list won 26 of 81 seats with 28.9% of the vote; 48.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.9 points on 1984.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPR/UDF connected listwith Rally for the Republic and Radical Party of the Left | 26 | −15 | 28.9 | −14.1 | 5,242,038 |
| Socialist Party | 22 | +2 | 23.6 | +2.9 | 4,286,354 |
| National Rally | 10 | 0 | 11.7 | +0.8 | 2,129,668 |
| The Greens | 9 | +9 | 10.6 | +7.2 | 1,922,945 |
| Centre of Social Democrats | 7 | +7 | 8.4 | +6.5 | 1,529,346 |
| French Communist Party | 7 | −3 | 7.7 | −3.5 | 1,401,171 |
| Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition | 0 | 4.1 | 749,741 | ||
| Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement | 0 | 2.9 | 524,203 | ||
| Lutte Ouvrière | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | −0.6 | 258,663 |
| other ecologists | 0 | 1.0 | 188,573 |
± is the change against the France 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- RPR/UDF connected list 5,242,038
- Socialist Party 4,286,354
- National Rally 2,129,668
- The Greens 1,922,945
- Centre of Social Democrats 1,529,346
- French Communist Party 1,401,171
- Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition 749,741
- Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement 524,203
- Lutte Ouvrière 258,663
- other ecologists 188,573
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.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
48.8% of the 38,297,496 registered voters cast a ballot (18,690,692 ballots), down 7.9 points on 1984. 18,151,416 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- RPR/UDF connected list28.9% of votes32.1% of seats
- Socialist Party23.6% of votes27.2% of seats
- National Rally11.7% of votes12.3% of seats
- The Greens10.6% of votes11.1% of seats
- Centre of Social Democrats8.4% of votes8.6% of seats
- French Communist Party7.7% of votes8.6% of seats
- Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition4.1% of votes0.0% of seats
- Union for French Democracy / Democratic Movement2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); RPR/UDF connected list led Socialist Party by 5.3 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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