2024 European Parliament election in Ireland

2024 European Parliament election in Ireland
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14 Irish seats to the European Parliament[1]
Opinion polls
Turnout1,800,226 (50.7% Increase 1.0pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Micheál Martin TD (cropped).jpg
Mary Lou McDonald, February 2018 (cropped).jpg
Leader Simon Harris Micheál Martin Mary Lou McDonald
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Alliance EPP Renew The Left
Leader since 24 March 2024 26 January 2011 10 February 2018
Last election 29.6%, 5 seats 16.6%, 2 seats 11.7%, 1 seat
Seats won
4 / 14
4 / 14
2 / 14
Seat change Decrease1 Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 362,766 356,794 194,403
Percentage 20.8% 20.4% 11.1%
Swing Decrease 8.8 pp Increase 3.8 pp Decrease 0.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Michael Collins Ivana Bacik Eamon Ryan
Party Independent Ireland Labour Green
Alliance S&D Greens–EFA
Leader since 10 November 2023 24 March 2022 27 May 2011
Last election New Party 3.1%, 0 seats 11.4%, 2 seats
Seats won
1 / 14
1 / 14
0 / 14
Seat change Increase1 Increase1 Decrease2
Popular vote 108,685 58,975 93,575
Percentage 6.2% 3.4% 5.4%
Swing n/a Increase 0.3 pp Decrease 6.0 pp
  Seventh party
 
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Leader Collective leadership[a]
Party Inds. 4 Change
Alliance The Left
Leader since —
Last election 7.4%, 2 seats
Seats won
0 / 14
Seat change Decrease2
Popular vote 79,658
Percentage 4.6%
Swing Decrease 2.8 pp

The 2024 European Parliament election in Ireland is the Irish component of the 2024 European Parliament election and was held on Friday, 7 June 2024 on the same day as the Irish local elections and Limerick mayoral election.[2]

The elected MEPs will take office on 17 July. This will leave four vacancies in the Dáil and two vacancies in the Seanad.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ECSept23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ Cunningham, Paul (17 June 2024). "The loopholes to avoiding four by-elections". RTÉ News.


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