1989 European Parliament election

1989 European Parliament election

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All 518 seats to the European Parliament 260 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	58.5% 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 50 11 18
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

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%.