2009 European Parliament election in Ireland

2009 European Parliament election in Ireland

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12 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	1,875,920 (57.6% 1.4pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Enda Kenny Brian Cowen Eamon Gilmore Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Alliance EPP ALDE S&D Leader since 2 June 2002 7 May 2008 6 September 2007 Last election 27.8%, 5 seats 29.5%, 4 seats 10.5%, 1 seat Seats won 4 / 12 3 / 12 3 / 12 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 532,889 440,562 254,669 Percentage 29.1% 24.1% 13.9% Swing 1.3% 5.4% 3.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   LI Leader Joe Higgins Gerry Adams Declan Ganley Party Socialist Party Sinn Féin Libertas Alliance GUE/NGL GUE/NGL Lib.eu Leader since 1996 1983 30 October 2008 Last election 1.3%, 0 seats 11.1%, 1 seat New Seats won 1 / 12 0 / 12 0 / 12 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 50,510 205,613 99,709 Percentage 2.7% 11.2% 5.4% Swing 1.4% 0.1% 5.4%
Colours indicate winning party.

The 2009 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2009 European Parliament election and was held on Friday, 5 June 2009, coinciding with the 2009 local elections. Two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central) were also held on the same day.^[1]