Netherlands 1984 European Parliament election
What was the result of the 1984 European Parliament election in the Netherlands?
Labour Party won 9 of 25 seats with 33.7% of the vote. 50.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Netherlands- Held:
- Final result
- ParlGov, read 5 October 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 9 of 25 seats with 33.7% of the vote; 50.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.2 points on 1979.
- Labour Party 9 0 seats 33.7% +3.3 points
- Christian Democratic Appeal 8 −2 seats 30.0% −5.6 points
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 5 +1 seat 18.9% +2.8 points
- GroenLinks 2 5.6%
- Reformatory Political Federation / Reformed Political League / Political Reformed Party 1 5.2%
- Centre Party 0 2.5%
- Democrats 66 0 −2 seats 2.3% −6.8 points
- The Greens 0 1.3%
- Seats won
- Change on the previous election at the right
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Netherlands 1979 European Parliament election, party by party.
Key numbers
33.7%
Share of the vote won by Labour Party
It led Christian Democratic Appeal by 3.7 points of the vote.
+1 seats
Seats gained by People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The largest gain in seats compared with 1979. Christian Democratic Appeal lost 2 seats.
50.9%
Voter turnout
Down 7.2 points on 1979.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 9 | 0 | 33.7 | +3.3 | 1,785,165 |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 8 | −2 | 30.0 | −5.6 | 1,590,218 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 5 | +1 | 18.9 | +2.8 | 1,002,685 |
| GroenLinkswith Political Party of Radicals, Pacifist Socialist Party and Communist Party of the Netherlands | 2 | 5.6 | 296,488 | ||
| Reformatory Political Federation / Reformed Political League / Political Reformed Partywith Reformed Political Party, Reformed Political League and Reformatory Political Federation | 1 | 5.2 | 275,786 | ||
| Centre Party | 0 | 2.5 | 134,877 | ||
| Democrats 66 | 0 | −2 | 2.3 | −6.8 | 120,826 |
| The Greens | 0 | 1.3 | 67,413 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1979 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Labour Party 1,785,165
- Christian Democratic Appeal 1,590,218
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,002,685
- GroenLinks 296,488
- Reformatory Political Federation / Reformed Political League / Political Reformed Party 275,786
- Centre Party 134,877
- Democrats 66 120,826
- The Greens 67,413
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
How many people voted?
50.9% of the 10,485,014 registered voters cast a ballot (5,334,582 ballots), down 7.2 points on 1979. 5,296,749 of them were valid votes.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Labour Party33.7% of votes36.0% of seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal30.0% of votes32.0% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy18.9% of votes20.0% of seats
- GroenLinks5.6% of votes8.0% of seats
- Reformatory Political Federation / Reformed Political League / Political Reformed Party5.2% of votes4.0% of seats
- Centre Party2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
- Democrats 662.3% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Labour Party led Christian Democratic Appeal by 3.7 points of the vote.
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