2020 Seanad election

2020 Seanad election

← 2016 30–31 March 2020[1]

60 members of the Seanad Éireann
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Catherine Ardagh Jerry Buttimer Rose Conway-Walsh
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Leader's seat Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour Panel Agricultural Panel (elected to Dáil)
Last election 14 seats 13 seats 7 seats
Seats before 13 13 6
Seats won 16 12 5
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Decrease 2

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ivana Bacik Pippa Hackett Rónán Mullen
Party Labour Green Human Dignity Alliance
Leader's seat Dublin University Agricultural Panel National University
Last election 5 seats 1 seat N/A
Seats before 5 1 1
Seats won 5 2 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 new

Leader of the Seanad before election

Jerry Buttimer
Fine Gael

Elected Leader of the Seanad

Regina Doherty
Fine Gael

An indirect election to the 26th Seanad took place after the 2020 Irish general election, with postal ballots due on 30 and 31 March. Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas, with Dáil Éireann as the lower house of representatives. The election was held for 49 of the 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 are elected for five vocational panels, and six are elected in two university constituencies. The remaining 11 senators are nominated by the newly elected Taoiseach when the Dáil reconvenes after the general election.

  1. ^ "Seanad Éireann General Election". Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.