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The next Irish general election will be held in Ireland on or before Monday, 12 April 2021. The election will be called following the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil by the President, at the request of the Taoiseach. At stake will be 159 of 160 seats in Dáil Éireann, the Ceann Comhairle being re-elected automatically unless he opts to retire from the Dáil.
Electoral system
The 160 members of the Dáil will be elected in 39 multi-member constituencies, each with between three and five seats, using the single transferable vote system in which voters rank candidates on their ballot papers. When the ballot papers are counted, an electoral quota is created by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of seats, plus one.
Any candidate receiving a number of votes exceeding the quota is elected. If fewer candidates reach the quota than the number of seats to be filled, the last-placed candidate is removed from the count and the second or subsequent preferences on those ballot papers are redistributed until a candidate is elected. If such a candidate now has more votes than the quota, their surplus is given to other candidates in order of ranking on the ballot papers.
This is repeated until sufficient candidates have passed the quota to fill the available seats[1] or where a seat remains to be filled in a constituency and no candidate is capable of achieving a quota as there is nobody left to eliminate for a distribution then the highest place candidate without a quota is deemed elected at that point.
Constituency Commission 2016–17
A Constituency Commission was convened in July 2016 under the provisions of the Electoral Act 1997,[2] under the Chairpersonship of Judge Robert Haughton to redraw constituency boundaries after publication of initial population data from Census 2016.[3]
The Commission has some discretion but is constitutionally bound to allow no more than a 30,000 population ratio per elected member and is by convention constrained not to breach 'traditional' county boundaries save in rare cases, even if this leads to slight over-representation. The Commission report was released on 27 June 2017. It recommends an increase in the number of TDs from 158 to 160.[4][5]
Background
Retiring incumbents
The following members of the 32nd Dáil have announced that they will not be seeking re-election:
Constituency | Departing TD | Party | |
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Limerick City | Michael Noonan[6] | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Latest possible date
Section 33 of the Electoral Act, 1992, establishes that the same Dáil shall not continue for a longer period than five years from the date of its first meeting,[7] with an election required to be held between seventeen and twenty-five days after the writs for the election are issued.[8] This does not account for excluded days, which under Section 2 of the Electoral Act refer to a Sunday, Good Friday or a day which is declared to be a public holiday.[9] This means that the general election cannot be held later than Monday, 12 April 2021.
Opinion polls
Last date of polling |
Polling firm/Commissioner/Link | Sample size |
FG | FF | SF | Lab | S-PBP | SD | GP | RI | IA | O/I |
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21 July 2017 | Millward Brown/The Sunday Independent[p 1][p 2] | 956 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [nb 2] | 5 | 7 |
11 July 2017 | Behaviour and Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 3][p 4] | 923 | 29 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
5 July 2017 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 5][p 6] | 1,000 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
14 June 2017 | Leo Varadkar succeeds Enda Kenny as Taoiseach | |||||||||||
10 June 2017 | Behaviour and Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 7][p 8] | 1,004 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
25 May 2017 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 9][p 10] | 1,004 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
13 May 2017 | Behaviour and Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 11] | 945 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
28 April 2017 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 12] | 1,004 | 24 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
11 April 2017 | Behaviour and Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 13] | 937 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
24 March 2017 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 14] | 1,004 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
8 March 2017 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 15] | 934 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
23 February 2017 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 16][p 17] | 1,004 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
16 February 2017 | Millward Brown/The Sunday Independent[p 18][p 19] | 960 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | [nb 2] | 5 | 4 |
8 February 2017 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 20] | 955 | 21 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
26 January 2017 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 21][p 22] | 1,004 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
21 January 2017 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 23] | 921 | 23 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
13 December 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 24] | 924 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
6 December 2016 | Ipsos MRBI/Irish Times[p 25][p 26] | 1,200 | 27 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | [nb 3] | 2 | 10 |
25 November 2016 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 27][p 28] | 1,000 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
9 November 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 29] | 924 | 28 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
27 October 2016 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 30][p 31] | 1,002 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
23 October 2016[nb 4] | Millward Brown/The Sunday Independent[p 32][p 33] | 942 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | [nb 2] | 5 | 3 |
12 October 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 34] | 917 | 26 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
4 October 2016 | Ipsos MRBI/Irish Times[p 35][p 36] | 1,200 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | [nb 3] | [nb 5] | 15 |
22 September 2016 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 37][p 38] | 1,002 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
14 September 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 39] | 911 | 23 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
27 July 2016 | Red C/Paddy Power[p 40][p 41] | 1,000 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
13 July 2016 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 42][p 43] | 1,004 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
13 July 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 44] | 909 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
7 July 2016 | Ipsos MRBI/Irish Times[p 45][p 46] | 1,200 | 24 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | [nb 3] | 2 | 11 |
29 June 2016 | Millward Brown/The Sunday Independent[p 47][p 48] | 1,000 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | [nb 3] | [nb 5] | 8 |
15 June 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 49] | 913 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
26 May 2016 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 50] | 1,004 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
11 May 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 51][p 52] | 898 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
11 May 2016 | Red C/Paddy Power[p 53][p 54] | 1,015 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
13 April 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes/The Sunday Times[p 55][p 56] | 926 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
10 March 2016 | Red C/The Sunday Business Post[p 57][p 58] | 1,006 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
26 February 2016 | General election | 25.5 | 24.3 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 13.7 |
Footnotes
- ^ Gerry Adams became National President of Sinn Féin on 13 November 1983, but only became Parliamentary Leader of Sinn Féin once elected to the Dáil for the first time in February 2011. Prior to that the parliamentary leader in the Dáil, 1997–2011 was Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin.
- ^ a b c Renua is not mentioned.
- ^ a b c d Renua is featured in Others.
- ^ Publication date - last date of polling not provided.
- ^ a b The poll makes no distinction between different groupings of Independents, the Independent Alliance is included in the figure for Others.
- ^ Presuming the Constituency Commission's recommendations are enacted before the next election. Seats won at the last election were on a Dáil with 158 seats.
- ^ Given that the Ceann Comhairle does not take part in debates nor vote except in the event of a tie, the number of TDs needed for a majority is in practice slightly lower, with a practical majority requiring at least 80 TDs.
- ^ The 50 seats for Fine Gael includes the outgoing Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett, elected in 2011 for Fine Gael, who was returned automatically.
- ^ Seán Ó Fearghaíl was elected as Ceann Comhairle, and is no longer counted as a Fianna Fáil TD.
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