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Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following the Republic of Ireland's general election. It won 48 seats while Sinn Féin - the main opposition party in ...
More than half of the Irish parliament's seats are filled, with the Fianna Fáil party leading a tight three-way battle in the country's general election. With all 43 constituencies' initial ...
Ireland has ended a days-long marathon election count with the election of three MEPs in the final region to declare. Fianna Fail has doubled its presence in the European Parliament to four, with ...
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.
While both Irish and British citizens resident in the state may vote in Dáil elections, only Irish citizens, who must be at least eighteen years of age, may vote in the election of the President. The presidency is open to all citizens of the state who are at least 35. A candidate must be nominated by one of the following:
In that election, Sinn Fein won the popular vote 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.
Various organisations conduct regular opinion polls to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in the lists below. On 1 November, Coimisiún na Meán announced the lifting of the reporting moratorium that had been in place since 1997, and which had prevented election coverage from 14:00 on the day prior to the election until the close of polls.
In the 2020 Irish general election, Sinn Féin secured 24.53% first preference votes, while Fianna Fáil obtained 22.18% and Fine Gael got 20.86%. Polls closed at 22:00 local time in The Republic ...