2014 European Parliament election in Ireland

2014 European Parliament election in Ireland
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All 11 Irish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout1,701,942 (52.4% Decrease 5.2pp)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Micheal Martin (official portrait) (cropped).jpg
Leader Enda Kenny[a] Gerry Adams Micheál Martin
Party Fine Gael Sinn Féin Fianna Fáil
Alliance EPP GUE/NGL ALDE
Leader since 2 June 2002 13 November 1983 26 January 2011
Last election 29.1%, 4 seats 11.2%, 0 seats 24.1%, 3 seats
Seats won
4 / 11
3 / 11
1 / 11
Seat change Steady Increase 3 Decrease2
Popular vote 369,120[b] 323,300 369,545
Percentage 22.28% 19.5% 22.31%
Swing Decrease 6.8% Increase 8.3% Decrease 1.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Eamon Ryan 2020 (cropped).jpg
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Leader Eamon Gilmore Eamon Ryan —
Party Labour Green Socialist Party
Alliance S&D Greens/EFA GUE/NGL
Leader since 6 September 2007 27 May 2011 —
Last election 13.9%, 3 seats 1.9%, 0 seats 2.7%, 1 seat
Seats won
0 / 11
0 / 11
0 / 11
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 88,229 81,458 29,953
Percentage 5.3% 4.9% 1.8%
Swing Decrease 8.6% Increase 3.0% Decrease 0.9%
Members of the
European Parliament
for Ireland
1st delegation (1973)
2nd delegation (1973–1977)
3rd delegation (1977–1979)
1st term (1979)
2nd term (1984)
3rd term (1989)
4th term (1994)
5th term (1999)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)
10th term (2024)
Women

The 2014 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2014 European Parliament election and was held on Friday, 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 local elections and two by-elections (Dublin West and Longford–Westmeath).[2] The election was conducted under the single transferable vote. Counting of the votes began on Sunday, 25 May[3] and continued until Tuesday, 27 May.

  1. ^ "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Ireland - European Parliament". Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Ireland - European Parliament.
  2. ^ "Local and European elections to be held on 23 May". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Voter turnout of close to 50% reported in some areas". RTÉ News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.


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