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The 1984 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1984 European Parliament election. A
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to allow the franchise at general elections to be extended to non-Irish citizens was approved by referendum on the same day.


Constituencies

Ireland had 15 MEPs who were elected on the
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of
proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...
by means of the
single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ...
(PR-STV) in four constituencies based on the
provinces of Ireland There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The Irish language, Irish word for this territorial division, , meaning "fifth part", suggests that there were once five, and at times Kingdom of Meath, Meath has be ...
: * Connacht–Ulster (3 seats); *
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(4 seats); * Leinster (3 seats); *
Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
(5 seats).


Results


MEPs elected


Voting details


References


External links


ElectionsIreland.org – 1984 European Parliament (Ireland) election results
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Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
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