European elections in Ireland 2019

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(First preferences in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

29.6

16.6

11.7

11.4

7.4

3.1

2.3

1.2

1.0

15.7

FG

FF

SF

GP

I4C

ILP

S-PBP

SD

Otherwise.

Independent

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+7.3

-5.7

-7.8

+6.5

+7.4

-2.2

+2.3

+1.2

-4.9

-4.1

FG

FF

SF

GP

I4C

ILP

S-PBP

SD

Otherwise.

Independent

European elections in Ireland 2019

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2

1

2

4th

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A total of 11 seats

• Flanagan : 1
• I4C : 2
• SF : 1
• GP : 2
• FG : 4
• FF : 1

The 2019 European elections in Ireland took place on Friday, May 24, 2019 as part of the 2019 EU- wide European elections .

In Ireland, 11 seats were initially awarded in the European Parliament , but 13 members were elected. Two elected officials from Ireland moved into the European Parliament on January 31, 2020 after the UK left the EU .

At the same time as the European elections, local elections and two referendums were held across Ireland .

On May 30, 2019, at the request of candidate Liadh Ní Riada (Sinn Fein), a complete recount of the votes in the South constituency was decided. This could have taken up to six weeks. On June 5, Ní Riada withdrew the recount request.

Electoral system and constituencies

Ireland is divided into three multi-member constituencies: Dublin, South, and Midlands-North West

Voting took place in multi-person constituencies with transferable individual votes . In 2014 the number of constituencies was reduced from four to three. A return to four constituencies was discussed due to the increase in the number of Irish MPs from eleven to 13, but the division remains at three constituencies:

• Dublin (increased from three to four seats)
• South (increased from four to five seats, extended by two counties from the constituency of Midlands – North-West)
• Midlands-North-West (4 seats as before, reduced by two counties).

Starting point and parties

2014 was Fianna Fáil (FF) Although incur most Erstpräferenzen, but only won a mandate, two less than in 2009. The only FF MEP Brian Crowley also joined the ECR Group to, not the Group of ALDE , the the FF belongs to. Fine Gael (FG), on the other hand, was able to defend her four mandates from 2009. Another winner was Sinn Féin , who won three mandates. In addition, three non-party politicians entered the European Parliament, more than ever before. The Labor Party, on the other hand, lost both of its seats.

Since the national parliamentary election in 2016 , Fine Gael ruled in a minority government supported by Fianna Fáil.

The following parties were represented in the Dáil Éireann at the time of the election :

Political party		European party	TD	MEP	fraction
	Fine Gael	EPP	50	4th	EPP
	Fianna Fáil	ALDE	44	-	( ALDE )
	Sinn Féin	-	22nd	3	GUE / NGL
	Labor Party	SPE	07th	-	( S&D )
	Solidarity – People Before Profit	-	06th	-	-
	Independents 4 Change	-	03	-	-
	Green party	EGP	02	-	( Greens / EFA )
	Social Democrats	-	02	-	-

Independent :

• MEP Marian Harkin ( European Democratic Party / ALDE Group ) will no longer run
• MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan (GUE / NGL Group) wants to run again
• MEP Nessa Childers (S&D Group) will no longer run
• MEP Brian Crowley (ex-FF, ECR group) has been on sick leave since 2014 and is no longer running

The Dáil Éireann currently consists of 20 non-party TDs.

Survey

Election polls (exit poll)

date	Institute	FG	FF	SF	Lab	Green	14C	Other
05/24/2019	Red C	28.7	15.4	13.0	3.5	14.8	6.8	17.8
05/23/2014	Election 2014	22.3	22.3	19.5	5.3	4.9	-	25.7

Last polls before the election

date	Institute	FG	FF	SF	Lab	Green	Other
April 17, 2019	Red C	33	21st	16	4th	4th	22nd
05/23/2014	Election 2014	22.3	22.3	19.5	5.3	4.9	25.7

course

Course of the polls from the 2014 election to the 2019 election

Result

Result after votes and seats

Seats in brackets will only be awarded after Brexit .

European elections in Ireland 2019
Political party		European party		fraction		First preferences			Seats
						number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Fine Gael		EPP		EPP	496.459	29.6%	+ 7.3	4 (+1)	± 0 (+1)
	Fianna Fáil		ALDE		RE	277.705	16.6%	-5.7	1 (+1)	± 0 (+1)
	Sinn Féin	No			GUE / NGL	196.001	11.7%	-7.8	1	-2
	Green party		EGP		G / EFA	190,755	11.4%	+6.5	2	+2
	Independents 4 Change (I4C)	No			GUE / NGL	124.085	7.4%	New	2	New
	Labor Party		SPE		S&D	52,753	3.1%	-2.2	0	-
	Solidarity – People Before Profit		EAL	No		38,771	2.3%	New	0	New
	Social Democrats (SD)	No		No		20,331	1.2%	New	0	New
	Renua	No		No		6,897	0.4%	New	0	New
	Workers' party		INITIATIVE	No		3,701	0.2%	New	0	New
	Identity Ireland	No		No		3,685	0.2%	New	0	New
	Direct Democracy Ireland	No		No		2,773	0.2%	-1.3	0	-
	Independent					264.087	15.7%	-4.1	1	-2
Valid votes						1,678,003	95.8%
Invalid votes						73,870	4.2%
Votes cast						1,751,873	100.00%	-	11 (+2)	- (+2)
Number of eligible voters and turnout						3,526,023	49.7%	-2.7

Elected MPs

MEPs in brackets will only take their seats after Brexit .

Political party		Dublin	Midlands-North-West	South	total	±
	Fine Gael	Frances Fitzgerald	Mairead McGuinness Maria Walsh	Seán Kelly ( Deirdre Clune )	4 (+1)	± 0 (+1)
	Sinn Féin	-	Matt Carthy	-	1	-2
	Fianna Fáil	( Barry Andrews )	-	Billy Kelleher	1 (+1)	± 0 (+1)
	Independents 4 Change	Clare Daly	-	Mick Wallace	2	+2
	Green party	Ciarán Cuffe	-	Grace O'Sullivan	2	+2
	Independent	-	Luke Flanagan	-	1	-2

Political groups in the European Parliament

Political party		Seats
		number	+/-	%
	European People's Party (EPP)	4 (+1)	± 0 (+1)	36% (38%)
	European United Left / Nordic Greens (GUE / NGL)	4th	± 0	36% (31%)
	The Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens / EFA)	2	+2	18% (15%)
	Renew Europe (RE)	1 (+1)	± 0 (+1)	9% (15%)
	Alliance of Conservatives and Reformers in Europe (EKR)	0	-1	0%
	Party of European Socialists (S&D)	0	-1	0%
	Identity and Democracy (ID)	0	± 0	0%
	non-attached	0	± 0	0%
total		11 (+2)	- (+2)	100.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ irishtimes.com
2. ↑ rte.ie
3. ↑ rte.ie
4. ↑ https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0605/1053547-ireland-south-count/
5. ^ New Irish MEP constituencies announced . RTÉ News
6. ↑ rte.ie
7. ↑ rte.ie
8. ↑ Europe Elects projection , on twitter.com