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Elected candidates are shown in bold text. ^ *: Outgoing TD ^ #: Member of the 26th Seanad ^ ‡: Previously a member of the Dáil or Seanad ^ §: Returned automatically without standing for election as outgoing Ceann Comhairle, in accordance with Article 16.6 of the Constitution of Ireland.
The 2024 general election featured 686 candidates and 20 registered political parties. [69] A record 248 candidates are women, which is 36% of the total and a 53% increase from 2020. This was driven by a new 40% gender quota for both men and women in political party nominations, though women remain significantly underrepresented in the Dáil ...
The 2024 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday, 7 June 2024. European Parliament elections were held on the same day. [ 1 ] It also included the 2024 Limerick mayoral election , for the first directly elected mayor in Ireland.
The two parties joined in a coalition for the first time after the 2020 election result. Their arrangement meant that the position of Irish prime minister, the taoiseach, was swapped halfway ...
Any candidate reaching or exceeding the quota is elected. [6] If in the first count fewer candidates reach the quota than the number of seats to be filled, if any successful candidates have more votes than the quota, their surplus is distributed to remaining candidates based on the next usable marked preference on the ballot papers.
An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Kildare is divided into 8 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Posters depicting the candidates of political parties are pictured in Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 25, 2024, ahead of Ireland's general election. / Credit: PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty
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 Ireland South.