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![Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg) |
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The European Parliament election of 1984 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1984-1989 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1984 European election. It was held on June 14, 1984. Nine parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 25 seats.
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Background [edit]
Combined lists [edit]
Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament. These combined lists are:
- Green Progressive Accord of CPN, PSP, PPR and Green Party of the Netherlands
- SGP, RPF and GPV
Electoral alliances [edit]
Two lists formed an electoral alliance:
Voting right [edit]
These people got right to vote in this second election for the European Parliament in 1984 in the Netherlands:[1]
- Everyone who was allowed to vote in the Dutch parliament elections;
- Dutch who are resident in other Member States and did not already have voting rights for the Dutch Parliament elections;
- Subjects of one of the other Member States which have residence in the Netherlands. Provided that the state of which they are from granted the same.
Results [edit]
Dutch political parties [edit]
In these elections both the leftwing CPN, PSP, PPR and Green Party of the Netherlands parties and the orthodox Protestant SGP, GPV, RPF parties have formed a successful common lists, which win two respectively one seat. the progressive liberal D'66 loses its two seats and disappears from the parliament. 50.9% of the Dutch population turned out on election day.
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Labour Party (PVDA) | SOC | 1,785,165 | 33.70 | 3.31  |
9 | 0  |
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| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) | EPP | 1,590,218 | 30.02 | 5.58  |
8 | 2 |
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| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) | LD | 1,002,685 | 18.93 | 2.79 |
5 | 1 |
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| Green Progressive Accord (CPN + PSP + PPR + GPN) | EGC | 296,488 | 5.60 | * 0.54 |
2 | 2 |
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| Political Reformed Party (SGP) + Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) + Reformed Political Alliance (GPV) | None | 275,786 | 5.21 | * 1.88 |
1 | 1 |
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| Centre Party (CP) | None | 134,877 | 2.55 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Democrats 66 (D66) | None | 120,826 | 2.28 | 6.75 |
0 | 2 |
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| European Greens (EG) | None | 67,413 | 1.27 | new | 0 | new | ||
| God With Us (GMO) | None | 23,291 | 0.44 | new | 0 | new | ||
| Valid votes | 5,296,749 | 99.29 | ||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 37,833 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Totals | 5,334,582 | 100.00 | — | 25 | 0 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 10,485,014 | 50.88 | 7.24 |
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European groups [edit]
| European group | Seats 1979 | Seats 1984 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation of Socialist Parties | SOC | 9 | 9 | ±0 |
| European People's Party | EPP | 10 | 8 | -2 |
| European Liberal Democrats | LD | 6 | 5 | -1 |
| Rainbow Group | RBW | 0 | 2 | +2 |
| Non-Inscrits | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| 25 | 25 | ±0 | ||
Elected Members [edit]
- Hedy d'Ancona
- Bob Cohen
- Piet Dankert
- Ien van den Heuvel-de Blank
- Alman Metten
- Hemmo Muntingh
- Ben Visser
- Phili Viehoff
- Eisso Woltjer
- Bouke Beumer
- Elise Boot
- Yvonne van Rooy
- Pam Cornelissen
- Hanja Maij-Weggen
- Jean Penders
- Teun Tolman
- Wim Vergeer
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Green Progressive Accord: CPN, PSP, PPR and Green Party of the Netherlands
MEPs period 1984-1989 [edit]
Below is a complete list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1984-1989 as a result of this election.
References [edit]
- ^ Core data Dutch EP elections 2009 in .pdf and Dutch
- ^ CBS StatLine Election 1984
- ^ Archivo Histórico Electoral Election 1984
- ^ Dutch MEPs Parlementair Documentatie Centrum
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