The
first preference votes cast in the European election in Northern
Ireland
on 14 June 1984 (see spreadsheet):
Democratic Unionist Party (Rev Ian Paisley
MP MEP MANI)
230,251 (33.6%)
Social Democratic and Labour Party (John
Hume MP MEP MANI)
151,399 (22.1%)
Ulster Unionist Party (John Taylor MP MEP
MANI)
147,169 (21.5%)
Sinn Féin (Danny Morrison MANI)
91,476 (13.3%)
Alliance Party (David Cook MANI)
34,046 (5.0%)
Ulster Popular Unionist Party (James
Kilfedder MANI)
20,092 (2.9%)
Workers Party (Seamus Lynch)
8,712 (1.3%)
Ecology Party (Colin McGuigan)
2,172 (0.3%)
Turnout
was 696,994 of the 1,065,363 electorate. 11,654 votes were
invalid;
685,317 votes were valid. The quota was 171,330.
NB I have used the
abbreviation
MANI to indicate candidates who were
elected to the 1982-86 Assembly. Paisley was elected in North Antrim;
Hume in Londonderry; Taylor and Kilfedder in
North Down; Morrison in
Mid Ulster; and Cook in South
Belfast. Paisley, Hume and Taylor represented North
Antrim, Foyle and Strangford
respectively at Westminster.
Transfers: Stage 2
The
DUP candidate (Paisley) was declared elected
on the first count as his votes exceeded the quota (171,330).
Paisley's
votes were then distributed to the next available
preference as follows:
148,252 (64.4%) went to the UUP (Taylor) at a
value of 38,545.52,
bringing him ahead of the SDLP and comfortably over the quota
with
185,714.82 votes.
70,007 went to the UPUP (Kilfedder) at a value of
18,201.82 taking him
to 38,293.82 and ahead of the Alliance Party
3,254 (1.4%) went to Alliance (Cook) at a value
of 846.04 taking the
total to 34,892.04
1020 (0.4%) went to the SDLP (Hume) at a value of
265.20 taking the
total to 151,664.20
389 (0.2%) went to the Workers Party (Lynch) at a
value of 101.14
taking the total to 8,813.14
249 (0.1%) went to the Ecology Party (McGuigan)
at a value of 64.74
taking the total to 2,236.74
190 (0.1%) went to Sinn Féin (Morrison) at
a value of 49.40%
taking the total to 91,525.40
6,890 (3.0%) votes were not transferable. The
remainder from the
fractions above was 847.14.
Transfers: Stage 3
Although
the UUP had a surplus of over 14,000, this would not have been
enough to save the Workers Party even combined with the Ecology
Party's
votes, so the latter two
were eliminated and their votes transferred as follows:
4,646.12 (42.0%) to the SDLP (Hume) for a total
of 156,310.32
2,509.24 (22.7%) to Alliance (Cook) for a total
of 37,401.28
1,119.12 (10.1%) to Sinn Féin (Morrison)
for a total of
92,644.52
561.78 (5.1%) to the UPUP (Kilfedder) for a total
of 38,854.60
2213.62 (20.0%) non-transferable
Transfers: Stage 4
The
UUP surplus and Alliance votes combined could not possibly take the
UPUP ahead of Sinn Féin, so the Alliance and UPUP candidates
were eliminated and their votes transferred as follows:
26,946 (49.8%) of their first preferences went to
the SDLP taking
Hume to 183,256.32 and so over the quota
435 (0.8%) of their first preferences went to
Sinn Féin
taking Morrison to a final total of 93,079.52
26,757 (49.4%) of their first preferences did not
have a
preference for either the SDLP or SF and so were not
transferred.
Neither were the 22,117 votes the Alliance and UPUP candidates
had
received on the later stages.
Past elections
This
graph shows the performances of the main parties in the
five direct
elections to the European parliament held so far (NB that the 2004
result in yellow is that of independent candidate John Gilliland,
not the Alliance Party). You can find a summary of the results of
the five most recent
NI
elections at all levels on this site's home
page and on a different page is a summary
of
NI election results since 1973.
