15–18 June 1989 · The Community years · 518 seats, 260 for a majority · 12 member states
Spain and Portugal's first full European election, held as the Berlin Wall entered its final months. The Socialists won a third straight victory, and the green wave arrived: 30 MEPs formed the first Green group after breakthroughs in Britain (15% of the vote and no seats, courtesy of first-past-the-post), France and Germany.
President of the European Parliament before
Henry Plumb
ED
President of the European Parliament after
Enrique Barón Crespo
SOC
Largest group
SOC
180 of 518 seats
Turnout
58.5%
across 12 member states
The Parliament it elected
SOC
Socialist Group
180
MEPs
EPP
European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
121
MEPs
LDR
Liberal, Democratic and Reformist Group
49
MEPs
EUL & LU
European United Left / Left Unity
42
MEPs
ED
European Democrats (Conservatives)
34
MEPs
G
Green Group
30
MEPs
EDA
European Democratic Alliance
20
MEPs
DR
European Right
17
MEPs
RBW
Rainbow Group (regionalists)
13
MEPs
NI
Non-Inscrits
12
MEPs
Share of chamber
SOC
Socialist Group
Jean-Pierre Cot
180
—
EPP
European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
Egon Klepsch
121
—
LDR
Liberal, Democratic and Reformist Group
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
49
—
EUL & LU
European United Left / Left Unity
—
42
—
ED
European Democrats (Conservatives)
Christopher Prout
34
—
G
Green Group
Maria Amélia Santos
30
—
EDA
European Democratic Alliance
Christian de La Malène
20
—
DR
European Right
Jean-Marie Le Pen
17
—
RBW
Rainbow Group (regionalists)
Jaak Vandemeulebroucke
13
—
NI
Non-Inscrits
—
12
—
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 12 member states' MEPs divided among the political groups.