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The following list identifies every constituency used in Parliamentary etc. elections in Ireland (including Northern Ireland). The list consists of 'index names' for the seat and to identify what is potentially to be covered in a single constituency article.
16 July 2024 Elected to the European Parliament Kathleen Funchion: Carlow–Kilkenny: Sinn Féin: 16 July 2024 Elected to the European Parliament Michael McNamara: Clare: Independent: 16 July 2024 Elected to the European Parliament Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Dublin Bay North: Labour: 16 July 2024 Elected to the European Parliament Joe Carey: Clare ...
Constituencies Fianna Fáil: 82 43 Fine Gael: 80 43 Sinn Féin: 71 43 Aontú: 43 43 Green: 43 43 PBP–Solidarity: 42 [a] 42 Labour: 32 31 Independent Ireland: 28 23 Social Democrats: 26 25 The Irish People: 21 [b] 21 Irish Freedom Party: 16 16 National Party: 9 [b] 9 Liberty Republic: 6 6 Centre Party: 3 3 Independents 4 Change: 3 3 Party for ...
Article 16.2 of the Constitution of Ireland outlines the requirements for constituencies. The total number of TDs is to be no more than one TD representing twenty thousand and no less than one TD representing thirty thousand of the population, and the ratio should be the same in each constituency, as far as practicable, avoiding malapportionment.
Ireland gained one MEP under this arrangement, increasing from 13 to 14. The Electoral Commission sought submissions on a review of European Parliament Constituencies. [ 5 ] In a report in November 2023, it recommended that the additional seat be given to the constituency of Midlands–North-West , with the transfer of County Laois and County ...
The President of Ireland is formally elected by the citizens of Ireland once in every seven years, except in the event of premature vacancy, when an election must be held within sixty days. The President is directly elected by secret ballot under the system of the instant-runoff voting (although the Constitution describes it as "the system of ...
The quota is determined at the first count in each constituency by dividing the number of valid ballots by one more than the number of seats (for example, a quarter of the valid ballots in a three-seat constituency, a fifth of those in a four-seat constituency, and a sixth of those in a five-seat constituency) and then adding one vote.
The 33rd Dáil was dissolved on 8 November 2024. On 15 November 2024, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O'Brien, signed orders for the Seanad election, providing 29 January as the deadline for ballots for the vocational panels and 30 January as the deadline for ballots in the university constituencies. [1] [2] [3] [4]