1984 European Parliament election in Belgium

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 17 June 1984. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

1984 European Parliament election in Belgium

17 June 1984
24 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Leo Tindemans Karel Van Miert Party CVP SP Alliance EPP PES Last election 7 seats, 29.54% 3 seats, 12.84% Seats won 4 4 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 1,132,682 979,702 Percentage 19.80% 17.12% Swing 9.74% 4.28%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ernest Glinne Daniel Ducarme Party PS PRL Alliance PES ALDE Last election 4 seats, 10.58% 2 seats, 6.85% Seats won 5 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 762,293 540,610 Percentage 13.32% 9.54% Swing 2.74% 2.69%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French-speaking electoral college
	Socialist Party	762,293	34.04	5
	Liberal Reformist Party	540,610	24.14	3
	Christian Social Party	436,108	19.47	2
	Ecolo	220,663	9.85	1
	Democratic Front of Francophones-CFE	142,879	6.38	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	61,605	2.75	0
	Walloon Presence in Europe	51,903	2.32	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	13,082	0.58	0
	Socialist Worker's Party–Revolutionary Workers' League	10,471	0.47	0
Total		2,239,614	100.00	11
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	Christian People's Party	1,132,682	32.53	4
	Flemish Socialist Party	979,702	28.13	4
	Party for Freedom and Progress	494,277	14.19	2
	People's Union	484,494	13.91	2
	Agalev	246,712	7.08	1
	Flemish Block	73,174	2.10	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	30,555	0.88	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	25,774	0.74	0
	Socialist Worker's Party–Revolutionary Workers' League	14,910	0.43	0
Total		3,482,280	100.00	13
Valid votes		5,721,894	89.07
Invalid/blank votes		702,274	10.93
Total votes		6,424,168	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,975,855	92.09
Source: Belgian Elections