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President: Michael D. Higgins (LAB) · Taoiseach: Simon Harris (FG) · Governing parties: FF, FG, GP
Legislative elections: Dáil Éireann, 5-year term, 174 seats (2011/2016/2020: 166/158/160), STV:

 - Preliminary results - 2024 2020 2016 2011
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Fianna Fáil (FF)
Soldiers of Destiny
Centrism
United Ireland
21,9   22,2 38 24,3 44 17,5 20
Fine Gael (FG)
Family of the Irish
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 
20,8   20,9 35 25,5 50 36,1 76
Sinn Féin (SF)
We Ourselves
United Ireland
Democratic socialism
19,0   24,5 37 13,8 23 9,9 14
Social Democrats (SD)
   
Social democracy 4,8   2,9 6 3,0 3 - -
Labour Party (LAB)
 
Social democracy 4,7   4,4 6 6,6 7 19,5 37
Aontú (AON)
Unity 
United Ireland
Social conservatism  
3,9   1,9 1 - - - -
Independent Ireland (II)
   
Conservatism  3,6 - - - - - -
Green Party (GP)
 
Green politics 3,0   7,1 12 2,7 2 1,8 -
People Before Profit (PBP)
(a)     
Socialism 
Trotskyism
United Ireland
2,8   2,6 4 3,9 5 1,0 2
Solidarity (S)
(b)      
Socialism 
Trotskyism   
1 1 - -
Independents for Change (I4C)
 
Socialism 0,2   0,4 1 1,5 4 - -
Socialist Party (SP)
      
Socialism
Trotskyism   
-   - - - - 1,2 2
Independents  13,2   12,2 19  15,7  19 12,5 15
Others  2,1   1,0 -  3,0 - 0,4 -
Total - 174 - 160 - 158 - 166
Turnout 59,7 62,9 65,2 70,0

© 2024 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: RTÉ (www.rte.ie).  For full coverage, click here (1948-present). Notes: (a) 2007/2011: People Before Profit Alliance (PBPA); (b) 2016: Anti Austerity Alliance (AAA).