14–17 June 1984 · The Community years · 434 seats, 218 for a majority · 10 member states
Greece's accession brought the electorate to ten countries. The Socialists consolidated their lead, but the sensation was Jean-Marie Le Pen's Front National winning 10 far-right seats in France and founding the European Right group, the radical right's first parliamentary bridgehead in the chamber.
President of the European Parliament before
Piet Dankert
SOC
President of the European Parliament after
Pierre Pflimlin
EPP
Largest group
SOC
130 of 434 seats
Turnout
61.0%
across 10 member states
The Parliament it elected
SOC
Socialist Group · 30.0%
130
MEPs
EPP
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) · 25.3%
110
MEPs
ED
European Democrats (Conservatives) · 11.5%
50
MEPs
COM
Communists and Allies · 9.4%
41
MEPs
LD
Liberal and Democratic Group · 7.1%
31
MEPs
EDA
European Democratic Alliance · 6.7%
29
MEPs
RBW
Rainbow Group (Greens and regionalists)
20
MEPs
DR
European Right
16
MEPs
NI
Non-Inscrits
7
MEPs
Share of chamber
SOC
Socialist Group
Rudi Arndt
130
30.0%
EPP
European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
Egon Klepsch
110
25.3%
ED
European Democrats (Conservatives)
Henry Plumb
50
11.5%
COM
Communists and Allies
Gianni Cervetti
41
9.4%
LD
Liberal and Democratic Group
Simone Veil
31
7.1%
EDA
European Democratic Alliance
Christian de La Malène
29
6.7%
RBW
Rainbow Group (Greens and regionalists)
—
20
—
DR
European Right
Jean-Marie Le Pen
16
—
NI
Non-Inscrits
—
7
—
Group composition at or immediately after the Parliament's constitutive session; groups form and dissolve between elections, so totals elsewhere may differ. Vote shares are EU-wide shares for the parties that formed each group, where the source reports them.
The result by member state
How each of the 10 member states' MEPs divided among the political groups.