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There were 685 candidates in the 2024 general election. 248 of the candidates were women, making a record 36% of the total. There were 171 independent candidates. The five-seat Louth had the most candidates at 25, while the three-seat Wicklow–Wexford had the fewest at 10. Twenty registered political parties fielded candidates. Five parties ...
2 February 2024 Ireland Thinks/Sunday Independent [p 35] 1,394 29: 17 19 3 4 5 3 3 – [nb 2] 18 24 January 2024 Red C/Business Post [p 36] 1,003 25: 17 20 4 4 6 3 3 – [nb 2] 18 6 January 2024 Ireland Thinks/Sunday Independent [p 37] 1,270 30: 17 20 3 3 5 3 3 – [nb 2] 17 2 December 2023 Ireland Thinks/Sunday Independent [p 38] 1,306 28: 19 ...
This could be the Labour Party or the Social Democrats – both securing 11 seats – or the right-leaning Independent Ireland, which won four. The two parties joined in a coalition for the first ...
Independent Ireland is a right-wing [10] political party in Ireland. It was formed on 8 November 2023 by former independent TDs Michael Collins and Richard O'Donoghue. [11] [12] Their elected representation was subsequently boosted by the joining of TD Michael Fitzmaurice, formerly an independent, and by the success of Ciaran Mullooly in winning a seat for the party in the European Parliament ...
Posters depicting the candidates of political parties are pictured in Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 25, 2024, ahead of Ireland's general election. / Credit: PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty
Any candidate reaching or exceeding the quota is elected. [6] If in the first count fewer candidates reach the quota than the number of seats to be filled, if any successful candidates have more votes than the quota, their surplus is distributed to remaining candidates based on the next usable marked preference on the ballot papers.
On 11 December, a technical group was created between three independent TDs, People Before Profit–Solidarity, and 100% Redress. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Green Party leader and sole TD Roderic O'Gorman joined the group on 23 January 2025 on the appointment of the new government, whereon he vacated his ministerial post.
An election to all 63 seats on Dublin City Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] Dublin is divided into 11 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).