1989 European Parliament election

European Parliament election, 1989

15–18 June 1989
All 518 seats to the European Parliament 260 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	58.5% 2.5 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean-Pierre Cot Egon Klepsch Valéry Giscard d’Estaing Party SOC EPP ELDR Leader's seat France Germany France Last election 130 110 31 Seats won 180* 121* 49* Seat change 50 11 18
* The number of seats was increased from 434 to 518 – so this is a nominal figure
Majority Leader before election SOC Majority Leader-Elect Jean-Pierre Cot SOC

The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was third European election but the first time that Spain and Portugal voted at the same time as the other members (they joined in 1986). Overall turnout dropped to 59%

Results

Template:EP89Results The Socialists held their third consecutive victory, rising to 180 seats (166 pre-election), with the People's Party managing to win only 8 extra seats. However, the European Democrats had a massive loss of 32 of the 66 seats, knocking them from third to sixth largest party. The liberals, who had already risen one place with the byelections in Spain and Portugal earlier, gained an extra seat, holding their new-found third place with both the Rainbow and Communist groups splitting post-election.

Seat changes

National distribution of seats State Seats State Seats West Germany 81 Belgium 24 United Kingdom 81 Portugal 24 France 81 Greece 24 Italy 81 Denmark 16 Spain 60 Ireland 15 Netherlands 25 Luxembourg 6

These were the first elections Portugal and Spain took part in with the other states. Spain was allocated 60 seats and Portugal was allocated 24; the number of seats for the other states remained the same, raising the total number of seats from 434 to 518.

External links

• The election of the Members of the European Parliament European Navigator
• Full Election Details Elections Online (In French)