2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland

2024 European Parliament election in Ireland

Irish component of the 2024 European Parliament election

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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2024 European Parliament election in Ireland

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14 Irish seats to the European Parliament^[1]

Opinion polls


Leader	Simon Harris	Micheál Martin	Eamon Ryan
Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Green
Alliance	EPP	Renew	Greens–EFA
Leader since	24 March 2024	26 January 2011	27 May 2011
Last election	29.6%, 5 seats	16.6%, 2 seats	11.4%, 2 seats


Leader	Collective leadership^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Mary Lou McDonald	Ivana Bacik
Party	Inds. 4 Change	Sinn Féin	Labour
Alliance	The Left	The Left	S&D
Leader since	—	10 February 2018	24 March 2022
Last election	7.4%, 2 seats	11.7%, 1 seat	3.1%, 0 seats

Electoral system

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:

Dublin (4 seats);
Midlands–North-West (5 seats); and
South (5 seats).

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 put into effect by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023.

Franchise

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]

Dates

5 April: Ministerial order fixing the election date made by Darragh O'Brien, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage^[2]
15 April: Opening of the nomination period^[8]
22 April: Close of the nomination period for non-Irish EU citizens
30 April: Close of the nomination period for Irish citizens
8 May: Date on which posters may be erected
7 June: Polling day (7 a.m.–10 p.m.)
9 June: Counting of votes^[9]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Irish seats at the European Parliament as of 24 January 2024.^[10]

More information EP Group, Seats ...

EP Group		Seats		Seats	MEPs
	European People's Party	5 / 13	Fine Gael	5	Deirdre Clune Frances Fitzgerald Seán Kelly Colm Markey Maria Walsh
	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL	4 / 13	Independents 4 Change	2	Clare Daly Mick Wallace
			Sinn Féin	1	Chris MacManus
			Independents	1	Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
	Renew Europe	2 / 13	Fianna Fáil	2	Barry Andrews Billy Kelleher
	Greens–European Free Alliance	2 / 13	Green Party	2	Ciarán Cuffe Grace O'Sullivan
Total				13

Retiring incumbents

The following MEPs are not seeking re-election:

More information Constituency, Departing MEP ...

Constituency	Departing MEP			First elected	Date announced
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]

Candidates by constituency

Dublin

More information Party, EP Group ...

Candidate^[14]^[15]^[16]			Notes
Umar Al-Qadri	Independent
Barry Andrews	Fianna Fáil	RE	MEP since 2020
Lynn Boylan	Sinn Féin	The Left	Member of the 26th Seanad
Niall Boylan	Independent Ireland
Robin Cafolla	Rabharta^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Aisling Considine	Aontú
Ciarán Cuffe	Green	Greens/EFA	MEP since 2019
Clare Daly	Inds. 4 Change	The Left	MEP since 2019
Regina Doherty	Fine Gael	EPP	Member of the 26th Seanad Defeated Josepha Madigan and Barry Ward at a selection convention.^[18]
Daithí Doolan	Sinn Féin	The Left	Member of Dublin City Council
Philip Dwyer	Ireland First
Sinead Gibney	Social Democrats
Andy Heasman	The Irish People
Finian McGrath	Independent
Diarmaid O'Conorain	Irish Freedom
Aodhán Ó Riordáin	Labour	S&D	Member of the 33rd Dáil Defeated senator Annie Hoey and councillor Rob O'Donoghue at a selection convention^[19]
Stephen O'Rourke	Independent
Patrick Quinlan	National Party^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Bríd Smith	PBP–Solidarity		Member of the 33rd Dáil Not contesting the next Irish general election^[22]
Malachy Steenson	Independent

Midlands–North-West

More information Party, EP Group ...

Candidate^[14]^[15]^[23]			Notes
Niall Blaney	Fianna Fáil	RE	Member of the 26th Seanad
Nina Carberry	Fine Gael	EPP
Lisa Chambers	Fianna Fáil	RE	Member of the 26th Seanad
Barry Cowen	Fianna Fáil	RE	Member of the 33rd Dáil Defeated senators Niall Blaney and Lisa Chambers at a selection convention
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan	Independent	The Left	MEP since 2014
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	The Left	MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Rory Hearne	Social Democrats
Hermann Kelly	Irish Freedom
Fergal Landy	Labour	S&D
Chris MacManus	Sinn Féin	The Left	MEP since 2020
Margaret Maguire	Ireland First
Ciaran Mullooly	Independent Ireland
Brian O'Boyle	PBP–Solidarity
Pauline O'Reilly	Green	Greens/EFA	Member of the 26th Seanad
James Reynolds	National Party^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Michelle Smith	Independent
Peadar Tóibín	Aontú		Member of the 33rd Dáil
Maria Walsh	Fine Gael	EPP	MEP since 2019
John Waters	Independent

South

More information Party, EP Group ...

Candidate^[14]^[15]^[24]			Notes
Derek Blighe	Ireland First
Lorna Bogue	Rabharta^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Member of Cork City Council
Graham de Barra	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
Grace O'Sullivan	Green	Greens/EFA	MEP since 2019
Cian Prendiville	PBP–Solidarity
Eddie Punch	Independent
Mick Wallace	Inds. 4 Change	The Left	MEP since 2019

Results

More information Party, EP Group ...

Party			Candidates	Seats	±	1st pref.	FPv%	±%
	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
	Independent Ireland		2		New			New
	Ireland First		3		New			New
	Irish Freedom		3		New			New
	The Irish People		2		New			New
	National Party		2		New			New
	Rabharta		2		New			New
	Independent		12
Total			60	14	—	—	100.0	—

Polls

More information Last date of polling, Polling firm / Commissioner ...

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^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Last date of polling	Polling firm / Commissioner	Sample size									O/I^{[lower-alpha 4]}
7 April 2024	The Journal/Ireland Thinks^[25]	1,334	23	17	20	6	3	6	3	5	17
12 February 2024	The Journal/Ireland Thinks^[26]	1,255	26	19	19	6	4	4	3	– ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	16
8 February 2020	2020 general election	—	24.5	22.2	20.9	7.1	4.4	2.9	2.6	1.9	15.4
24 May 2019	2019 EP election	—	11.7	16.6	29.6	11.2	3.1	1.2	2.3	– ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	24.3

Notes

Pictured here are the party's two successful candidates in the 2019 election, Mick Wallace and Clare Daly.
Will not appear on the ballot as Rabharta. The Electoral Commission proposed the registration of the party to contest European and local elections on 12 April. However, as the proposed decision was subject to a 21-day appeal period, it will not be in force for the 7 June 2024 elections.^[17]
Will not appear on the ballot under the label of "National Party" following a decision by the Registrar of Political Parties. Two factions of the party both applied to use the name "National Party" and the Registrar opted not to endorse either group.^[20]^[21]
The figure for 'Others/Independents' (including Independents 4 Change candidates) is the remainder when all others are removed. As with all such calculations, the figure shown may be slightly inaccurate due to rounding effects.
Not specifically mentioned in the report.
Did not contest this election.

References

[1]
European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament
[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.
[3]
"2024 European elections: 15 additional seats divided between 12 countries | News". European Parliament. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
[4]
Cunningham, Paul (16 March 2023). "Ireland to gain seat in next European Parliament term". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
[5]
Burns, Sarah (20 November 2023). "Extra European Parliament seat recommended for Midlands-North West". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
[6]
"Review of European Parliament Constituencies Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. 20 November 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
[7]
"Ireland - How to vote". European elections 2024: all you need to know. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
[8]
"Notice of Election". Dublin County Returning Officer. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
[9]
"Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage European Parliament Elections Act 1997" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 2024 (29): 485. 9 April 2024.
[10]
"European Parliament". Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
[11]
Hurley, Sandra (15 November 2023). "Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune will not contest next election". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
[12]
"Fitzgerald not contesting European Parliament election next year". RTÉ News. 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
[13]
"Sitting Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey says he will not contest the European elections". TheJournal.ie. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
[14]
"EU Elections Information Hub". European Movement Ireland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
[15]
"EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Meet the Candidates". Ireland Votes. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
[16]
"Candidates for European Election". Dublin County Returning Officer. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
[17]
"Changes to Register of Political Parties See New Party Proposed and Name/Emblem Changes for Another". Electoral Commission. 12 April 2024.
[18]
Leahy, Pat. "Regina Doherty beats Josepha Madigan to get Fine Gael European election nomination". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
[19]
O'Brien, Tim. "Labour selects Aodhán Ó Riordáin as its candidate to run in European elections". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
[20]
McQuinn, Cormac (12 April 2024). "Registrar rejects opposing bids to use National Party name in elections". Irish Times. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
[21]
Sheehan, Maeve (14 April 2024). "Justin Barrett claims victory in right-wing National Party leadership row". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
[22]
McGee, Harry; Wilson, Jade; Micalizzi, Alessia. "People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith to retire from politics at next general election". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
[23]
"Nominations for European Election". Galway City Returning Officer. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
[24]
"Candidates for European Election". Cork City Returning Officer. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
[25]
Matthews, Jane (11 April 2024). "Simon Harris's leadership makes 15% of voters less likely to vote for Fine Gael - poll". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
[26]
Finn, Christina (12 February 2024). "New poll shows Sinn Féin out in front for upcoming European elections in June". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

External links

"European elections". European Parliament.

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