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The 2024 European Parliament election in Ireland is the Irish component of the 2024 European Parliament election and is set to be held on 7 June 2024 with the local elections. [2]
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Ireland is entitled to 14 MEPs in the Tenth European Parliament. They are to be elected on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) in three constituencies:
Thirteen MEPs were elected in 2019. However, the last candidate elected in Dublin and in South did not take their seats until January 2020, as part of the post- Brexit redistribution of seats. Ireland was allocated an additional seat in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. [3] [1] [4] The Electoral Commission recommended this seat be given to Midlands–North-West, with the transfer of County Laois and County Offaly from South. [5] [6] This change was implemented by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023.
Irish citizens and other non-Irish EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Ireland, provided that they are registered to vote for EU elections and that they compiled a statutory declaration issued by the local authority of their residence. Irish citizens residing abroad cannot vote for an election or referendum in Ireland. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest. [7]
The table shows the detailed composition of the Irish seats at the European Parliament as of 24 January 2024. [10]
EP Group | Seats | Party | Seats | MEPs | ||
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European People's Party | 5 / 13
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Fine Gael | 5 | |||
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL | 4 / 13
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Independents 4 Change | 2 | |||
Sinn Féin | 1 | |||||
Independents | 1 | |||||
Renew Europe | 2 / 13
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Fianna Fáil | 2 | |||
Greens–European Free Alliance | 2 / 13
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Green Party | 2 | |||
Total | 13 |
The following MEPs are not seeking re-election:
Constituency | Departing MEP | Party | EP Group | First elected | Date announced | ||
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South | Deirdre Clune | Fine Gael | EPP | 2014 | 15 November 2023 [11] | ||
Dublin | Frances Fitzgerald | Fine Gael | EPP | 2019 | 6 November 2023 [12] | ||
Midlands–North-West | Colm Markey | Fine Gael | EPP | 2020 | 23 March 2024 [13] |
Candidate [14] [15] [22] | Party | EP Group | Notes | ||
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Derek Blighe | Ireland First | ||||
Lorna Bogue | Rabharta [b] | Member of Cork City Council | |||
Graham de Barra | Independent | ||||
Christopher V.S. Doyle | Independent | ||||
Susan Doyle | Social Democrats | ||||
Mary Fitzgibbon | Independent | ||||
Kathleen Funchion | Sinn Féin | The Left | Member of the 33rd Dáil | ||
Paul Gavan | Sinn Féin | The Left | Member of the 26th Seanad | ||
Niamh Hourigan | Labour | S&D | |||
Billy Kelleher | Fianna Fáil | RE | MEP since 2019 | ||
Seán Kelly | Fine Gael | EPP | MEP since 2009 | ||
Ross Lahive | The Irish People | ||||
Michael Leahy | Irish Freedom | ||||
Una McGurk | Independent | ||||
Michael McNamara | Independent | Member of the 33rd Dáil | |||
John Mullins | Fine Gael | EPP | |||
Patrick Murphy | Aontú | ||||
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú | Fianna Fáil | RE | |||
Ciaran O'Riordan | Independent | ||||
Grace O'Sullivan | Green | Greens/EFA | MEP since 2019 | ||
Cian Prendiville | PBP–Solidarity | ||||
Eddie Punch | Independent Ireland | ||||
Mick Wallace | Inds. 4 Change | The Left | MEP since 2019 |
Party | EP Group | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref. | FPv% | ±% | ||
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Fine Gael | EPP | 5 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | RE | 6 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | The Left | 6 | |||||||
Green | Greens/EFA | 3 | |||||||
Inds. 4 Change | The Left | 2 | |||||||
Labour | S&D | 3 | |||||||
PBP–Solidarity | 3 | ||||||||
Social Democrats | 3 | ||||||||
Aontú | 3 | New | New | ||||||
Party for Animal Welfare | 1 | New | New | ||||||
Independent Ireland | 3 | New | New | ||||||
Ireland First | 3 | New | New | ||||||
Irish Freedom | 3 | New | New | ||||||
The Irish People | 3 | New | New | ||||||
National Party | 4 | New | New | ||||||
Rabharta | 2 | New | New | ||||||
Independent | 21 | ||||||||
Total | 74 | 14 | — | — | 100.0 | — |
Last date of polling |
Polling firm / Commissioner | Sample size |
SF Left |
FF Renew |
FG EPP |
GP G/EFA |
Lab S&D |
SD | PBP–S | Aon | O/I [c] |
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7 April 2024 | The Journal/Ireland Thinks [23] | 1,334 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
7 February 2024 | The Journal/Ireland Thinks [24] | 1,255 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | – [d] | 19 |
8 February 2020 | 2020 general election | — | 24.5 | 22.2 | 20.9 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 13.5 |
24 May 2019 | 2019 EP election | — | 11.7 | 16.6 | 29.6 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | – [e] | 24.1 |