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1989 European Parliament election

1989 European Parliament election

← 1984 15–18 June 1989 1994 →

All 518 seats to the European Parliament
260 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.5% Decrease 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 Increase50 Increase11 Increase18

Post-election composition of each member state's delegation
* The number of seats was increased from 434 to 518 – so this is a nominal figure

President of the European Parliament before election

Henry Plumb
ED

President of the European Parliament after election

Enrique Barón Crespo
PES

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The 1989 European Parliament election was a held on June Wednesday 15 to Sunday 18 across the 12 European Union member state in June 1989. It was the third European Parliament 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%.


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