The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election

Elections in the European Union

Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...

 held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was third European election but the first time that Spain

Spain

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 and Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 voted at the same time as the other members (they joined in 1986). Overall turnout dropped to 59%

Results

The Socialists held their third consecutive victory, rising to 180 seats (166 pre-election) with the People's Party managing to win only 8 extra seats. However the European Democrats had a massive loss of 32 of the 66 seats knocking them from third to sixth largest party. The liberals, who had already risen one place with the byelections in Spain and Portugal earlier, gained an extra seat holding their new found third place with both the Rainbow and Communist groups splitting post-election.

Statistics

Seat changes

National Distribution of Seats Apportionment in the European Parliament Apportionment in the European Parliament relates to the distribution of legislative seats in the European Parliament among the states of the European Union... State Seats State Seats 81 24 81 24 81 24 81 16 60 15 25 6

These were the first elections Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 and Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

took part in with the other states. Spain was allocated 60 seats and Portugal was allocated 24, the number of seats for the other states remained the same, raising the total number of seats from 434 to 518.

External links

• The election of the Members of the European Parliament European Navigator
• Full Election Details Elections Online (In French)