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After securing re-election, Irish party leaders face the challenge of trying to form the next government. ... Kevin Sharkey - BBC News NI in Dublin. December 1, 2024 at 7:01 PM.
Dáil constituencies for the 2024 general election. The 2024 Irish general election to elect the 34th Dáil took place on Friday, 29 November 2024, following the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil on 8 November by President Michael D. Higgins at the request of Taoiseach Simon Harris. Polls were open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m UTC.
Eighteen of the party’s 35 incumbents are not contesting the General Election, with incumbency historically considered an important factor in Irish politics. The results of the exit poll suggest ...
After the 2020 general election delivered an inconclusive result, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, two parties forged from opposing sides of Ireland’s Civil War of the 1920s, agreed to set aside ...
The election must take place on a date set by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 18 to 25 days (disregarding any excluded day) after the writs have been issued. [10] [11] [12] Elections are by single transferable vote (STV), with each constituency returning between three and five deputies, each called a Teachta Dála or TD.
The National Alliance was established in July 2024 after small far-right parties failed to achieve success in that year's European and local elections, partly due to vote splitting. [3] [4] The stated goal of the group was to ensure votes for far-right parties were not split in the 2024 general election. [1]
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The 1918 election refers to the results in Ireland of the British general election, treated by Sinn Féin as the election for the First Dáil. The 1921 election refers to the separate elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, treated by Sinn Féin as elections to the Second Dáil.