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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, 160 seats (2011/2007: 166; 2016: 158), STV:

  2020 2016 2011 2007
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Sinn Féin (SF)
We Ourselves
United Ireland
Democratic socialism
24,5 37 13,8 23 9,9 14 6,9 4
Fianna Fáil (FF)
Soldiers of Destiny
Centrism
United Ireland
22,2 38 24,3 44 17,5 20 41,6 78
Fine Gael (FG)
Family of the Irish
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 
20,9 35 25,5 50 36,1 76 27,3 51
Green Party (GP)
 
Green politics 7,1 12 2,7 2 1,8 - 4,7 6
Labour Party (LAB)
 
Social democracy 4,4 6 6,6 7 19,5 37 10,1 20
Social Democrats (SD)
   
Social democracy 2,9 6 3,0 3 - - - -
People Before Profit (PBP)
(a)     
Socialism 
Trotskyism
United Ireland
2,6 4 3,9 5 1,0 2 - -
Solidarity (S)
(b)      
Socialism 
Trotskyism   
1 1 - - - -
Aontú (AON)
Unity 
United Ireland
Social conservatism  
1,9 1 - - - - - -
Independents for Change (I4C)
 
Socialism 0,4 1 1,5 4 - - - -
Socialist Party (SP)
      
Socialism
Trotskyism   
- - - - 1,2 2 0,6 -
Progressive Democrats (PD)
 
Conservative liberalism - - - - - - 2,7 2
Independents 12,2 19  15,7  19 12,5 15 5,2 5
Others 1,0 -  3,0 - 0,4 - 0,4 -
Total - 160 - 158 - 166 - 166
Turnout 62,9 65,2 70,0 67,0

© 2020 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).