The 1989 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1989 European Parliament election. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote. [edit] Results Elections to the European Parliament in Ireland – 1989 | Party | Party Leader | 1st Pref Vote | % | ±% | Seats | ± | | Fianna Fáil | Charles Haughey | 514,537 | 31.5 | –7.7 | 6 | –2 | | Fine Gael | Alan Dukes | 353,094 | 21.6 | –10.6 | 4 | –2 | | Progressive Democrats | Desmond O'Malley | 194,059 | 12.0 | +12.0 | 1 | +1 | | Labour Party | Dick Spring | 155,572 | 9.5 | +1.2 | 1 | +1 | | Workers' Party | Proinsias De Rossa | 124,679 | 7.7 | +3.4 | 1 | +1 | | Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney | 52,852 | 3.2 | +0.3 | 1 | +1 | | Green Party | none | 61,041 | 3.7 | +3.2 | 0 | ±0 | | Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 35,923 | 2.2 | –2.7 | 0 | ±0 | | Independents | 140,971 | 8.6 | +0.9 | 1 | ±0 | | Total | 1,632,728 | 100 | — | 15 | — | [edit] Voting details  1979–2004 European Parliament Ireland constituencies | Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | Spoilt | Valid Poll | Quota | Seats | Candidates | | Connacht–Ulster | 464,661 | 322,664 (69.4%) | 10,362 (3.2%) | 312,302 | 78,076 | 3 | 13 | | Dublin | 711,416 | 455,539 (64.0%) | 7,137 (1.5%) | 448,402 | 89,681 | 4 | 11 | | Leinster | 571,694 | 391,697 (68.5%) | 14,106 (3.6%) | 377,591 | 94,398 | 3 | 15 | | Munster | 703,913 | 505,219 (71.7%) | 10,786 (2.2%) | 494,433 | 82,406 | 5 | 15 | | Total | 2,451,684 | 1,675,119 (68.3%) | 42,391 (2.6%) | 1,632,728 | — | 15 | 44 | [edit] See also [edit] External links |
