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Turnout | 1,147,745 (47.6% 16.0pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Members of the European Parliament for Ireland | |
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1st delegation | (1973) |
2nd delegation | (1973–1977) |
3rd delegation | (1977–1979) |
1st term | (1979) |
2nd term | (1984) |
3rd term | (1989) |
4th term | (1994) |
5th term | (1999) |
6th term | (2004) |
7th term | (2009) |
8th term | (2014) |
9th term | (2019) |
10th term | (2024) |
List of women MEPs | |
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Party | European Party | Party Leader | 1st Pref Vote | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
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Fianna Fáil | EPD | Charles Haughey | 438,946 | 39.2 | +4.5 | 8 | +3 | |
Fine Gael | EPP | Garret FitzGerald | 361,034 | 32.2 | –0.9 | 6 | +2 | |
Labour Party | SOC | Dick Spring | 93,656 | 8.3 | –6.2 | 0 | –4 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 54,672 | 4.9 | New | 0 | N/A | ||
Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 48,449 | 4.3 | +1.0 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Independent Fianna Fáil | RBW | Neil Blaney | 32,504 | 2.9 | –3.2 | 0 | –1 | |
Green Party | none | 5,242 | 0.5 | New | 0 | N/A | ||
Independent | 85,913 | 7.7 | –0.6 | 1 | ±1 | |||
Total | 1,120,416 | 100 | — | 15 | — |
Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | Spoilt | Valid Poll | Quota | Seats | Candidates |
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Connacht–Ulster | 471,577 | 241,244 (51.2%) | 5,763 (2.4%) | 235,481 | 58,871 | 3 | 11 |
Dublin | 704,873 | 288,831 (40.9%) | 6,153 (2.1%) | 282,678 | 56,536 | 4 | 12 |
Leinster | 545,878 | 268,491 (49.2%) | 9,197 (3.4%) | 259,294 | 64,824 | 3 | 9 |
Munster | 691,076 | 349,179 (50.5%) | 6,216 (1.8%) | 342,963 | 57,161 | 5 | 9 |
Total | 2,413,404 | 1,147,745 (47.6%) | 27,329 (2.4%) | 1,120,416 | — | 15 | 41 |
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