1984 European Parliament election in France
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All 81 French seats in the European Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Parliament elections were held in France on 17 June 1984. Four parties were able to win seats: an alliance of the centre right
Front National. 56.7% of the French population turned out
on election day.
The result was the first time the far-right
Front National obtained important results – this time 10.8% and close to the declining French Communist Party. Jonah Birch argues in Jacobin that the FN's rise in popularity was caused by the Socialists abandoning their Keynesian platform the previous year and instead pursuing policies of austerity.[1]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MRG–Ecologists–UCR | 670,474 | 3.32 | 0 | –2 | |
| Lutte Ouvrière | 417,702 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Succeed in Europe | 382,404 | 1.89 | 0 | New | |
| Internationalist Communist Party | 182,320 | 0.90 | 0 | New | |
| PSU–CDU | 146,238 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Union of Independent Workers for Freedom of Enterprise | 138,220 | 0.68 | 0 | New | |
| Initiative 84 | 123,642 | 0.61 | 0 | New | |
| For a United States of Europe | 78,234 | 0.39 | 0 | New | |
| European Workers' Party | 17,503 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 20,180,934 | 100.00 | 81 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 20,180,934 | 96.47 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 737,838 | 3.53 | |||
| Total votes | 20,918,772 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 36,880,688 | 56.72 | |||
| Source: France Politique | |||||
References
- ^ Birch, Jonah (19 August 2015). "The Many Lives of François Mitterrand". Jacobin. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
