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.
1984 European Parliament election in Ireland Turnout 1,147,745 (47.6% 16.0pp )
Constituencies edit
Elections to the European Parliament in Ireland – 1984 Party Group Leader 1st pref FPv% ±% Seats ± Fianna Fáil EPD Charles Haughey 438,946 39.2 4.58 3Fine Gael EPP Garret FitzGerald 361,034 32.2 0.96 2Labour Party SOC Dick Spring 93,656 8.3 6.20 4Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 54,672 4.9 4.90 Workers' Party Tomás Mac Giolla 48,449 4.3 1.00 Independent Fianna Fáil RBW Neil Blaney 32,504 2.9 3.20 1Green Party none 5,242 0.5 New 0 Independent 85,913 7.7 0.61 Total 1,120,416 100 — 15 —
MEPs elected edit Voting details edit 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
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