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Sinn Féin has three senators in the Seanad Éireann (upper house) (most recent election in 2020). Originally, there were five but Elisha McCallion resigned in October 2020 and Lynn Boylan was elected as an MEP for Dublin in the 2024 European Parliament election. Paul Gavan, Labour Panel
The 1984 European elections proved to be a disappointment, with Sinn Féin's candidate Danny Morrison polling 91,476 (13.3%) and falling well behind the SDLP candidate John Hume. By the beginning of 1985, Sinn Féin had won its first representation on local councils, owing to three by-election wins in Omagh (Seamus Kerr, May 1983) and Belfast ...
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 contested in every constituency: Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin, Aontú and the Green Party. [3]
^ Four Sinn Féin candidates were elected in two constituencies each, so Sinn Féin actually had 69 out of 101 Irish MPs. In what was to become Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin won 3 seats out of a possible 30.
This is a list of Sinn Féin MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing Sinn Féin. Members of the European Parliament, Dáil Éireann or the Northern Ireland Assembly are not listed. Sinn Féin MPs practice abstentionism regarding the House of Commons and thus do not take their seats.
There will be no prosecutions after "forged signatures" were allegedly used on nomination papers for a Sinn Féin election candidate. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has decided not to ...
Republican Sinn Féin fielded nine candidates in the 2009 Irish local elections. As the party is not registered, the party's candidates were labelled non-party or independents. [40] One of the candidates was successful—Tomás Ó Curraoin in the Connemara electoral area for Galway County Council, receiving 1,387 votes or 8.4% of the valid poll ...
Sinn Fein won the popular vote in 2020 but a failure to run enough candidates meant it did not secure sufficient seats in the Dail to give it a realistic chance of forming a government.