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The 26th Seanad was in office from 2020 to 2025. The 2020 Seanad election followed the 2020 general election to the 33rd Dáil on 8 February. The Constitution of Ireland required a general election for Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), to take place no later than ninety days after the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil on 14 January 2020.
There are 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 are elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians; 6 are elected in two university constituencies; and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach who is appointed after the assembly of the 34th Dáil. It will remain in office until the close of poll for the 28th Seanad.
26th (1839–1841) Samuel McRoberts (D) 27th (1841–1843) ... Until 1895, 20 seats were elected from single member districts and 2 were elected at-large statewide ...
In the 2022 midterm elections, per the 2020 United States census, Illinois lost a congressional seat. [4] From a high of 27 congressional seats apportioned to Illinois following the 1910 and 1930 censuses, the state has lost one to two seats in every re-apportionment cycle since 1940, with the exception of the cycle following the 1970 census.
An indirect election to the 27th Seanad took place in January 2025, following the 2024 general election to the 34th Dáil in November 2024. Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas, with Dáil Éireann as its lower house.
An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office is in voters' hands after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state ...
An indirect election to the 26th Seanad took place after the 2020 Irish general election, with postal ballots due on 30 and 31 March. Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas, with Dáil Éireann as the lower house of representatives.
The group was established in May 2016 after the election of the 25th Seanad, initially by independent senators Alice-Mary Higgins, Frances Black, Lynn Ruane and John Dolan, along with Grace O'Sullivan of the Green Party. [2] Colette Kelleher joined the group after being nominated to the Seanad by the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. All six were first ...