Opinion polling for the 2011 Irish general election

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This table lists opinion polls and results of elections between the Irish general elections of 2007 and 2011.

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4-point average trend line of poll results from 23 September 2007 to 26 February 2011, with each line corresponding to a political party.
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Fianna Fail
Fine Gael
Labour Party
Green Party
Sinn Fein
Others Election opinion polls irish 2007-2011.png
4-point average trend line of poll results from 23 September 2007 to 26 February 2011, with each line corresponding to a political party.
   Fine Gael
  Others

The chart shows the relative state of the parties from September 2007 to the February 2011 election.

Polls

DateSourcePolling Agency Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Green Party Sinn Féin Ind./Others
25 February 2011 General election N/A17.4%36.1%19.4%1.8%9.9%15.4%
26 February 2011 RTÉ exit poll [1] Millward Brown Lansdowne15.1%36.1%20.5%2.7%10.1%15.5%
23 February 2011 Paddy Power [2] RED C16%40%18%3%10%14%
23 February 2011 Irish Independent [3] Millward Brown Lansdowne14%38%20%1%11%16%
21 February 2011 The Irish Times [4] 16%37%19%2%11%15%
20 February 2011 The Sunday Business Post [5] RED C16%39%17%2%12%14%
20 February 2011 Sunday Independent [5] Millward Brown Lansdowne16%37%20%1%12%14%
17 February 2011 Irish Daily Star [6] OI Research17%39%18%2%10%14%
16 February 2011Irish Independent [7] Millward Brown Lansdowne12%38%23%1%10%16%
13 February 2011The Sunday Business Post [8] RED C15%38%20%3%10%14%
6 February 2011The Sunday Business Post. [9] RED C17%35%22%2%13%11%
3 February 2011The Irish Times [10] 15%33%24%1%12%15%
2 February 2011Paddy Power [10] RED C18%37%19%2%12%11%
2 February 2011Irish Independent [11] Millward Brown Lansdowne16%30%24%1%13%15%
30 January 2011The Sunday Business Post [12] RED C16%33%21%2%13%15%
30 January 2011Sunday Independent [12] Millward Brown Lansdowne16%34%24%1%10%15%
7 January 2011Paddy Power [13] RED C14%35%21%4%14%12%
19 December 2010The Sunday Business Post [14] RED C17%34%23%2%14%10%
16 December 2010The Irish Times [15] 17%30%25%2%15%11%
3 December 2010 The Irish Sun [16] RED C13%32%24%3%16%11%
21 November 2010The Sunday Business Post [17] RED C17%31%27%3%11%8%
24 October 2010The Sunday Business Post [18] RED C18%32%27%4%9%10%
30 September 2010The Irish Times [19] 24%24%33%2%8%9%
26 September 2010The Sunday Business Post [20] RED C24%31%23%3%10%9%
23 September 2010 TV3 News [21] Millward Brown Lansdowne22%30%35%2%4%8%
27 June 2010The Sunday Business Post [22] RED C24%33%27%2%8%6%
11 June 2010The Irish Times [23] 17%28%32%3%9%11%
30 May 2010The Sunday Business Post [24] RED C24%30%22%5%10%9%
2 May 2010The Sunday Business Post [25] RED C23%33%24%6%6%8%
28 March 2010The Sunday Business Post [26] RED C24%35%17%5%10%9%
28 February 2010The Sunday Business Post [27] RED C27%34%17%5%9%8%
13 February 2010Irish Independent [28] Millward Brown IMS27%34%19%2%8%10%
31 January 2010The Sunday Business Post [29] RED C27%34%17%5%8%9%
22 January 2010The Irish Times [30] 22%32%24%3%8%11%
22 November 2009The Sunday Business Post [31] RED C23%36%17%5%10%9%
25 October 2009The Sunday Business Post [32] RED C25%35%19%3%9%9%
27 September 2009The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C24%35%18%4%8%11%
26 September 2009The Irish Times [34] 20%31%25%4%9%11%
13 September 2009The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C24%33%19%5%8%11%
3 September 2009The Irish Times [35] 17%34%24%3%10%12%
5 June 2009 European election N/A24.1%29.1%13.9%1.9%11.2%19.7%
5 June 2009 Local elections N/A25.4%32.2%14.7%2.3%7.4%18.0%
31 May 2009The Sunday Business Post [36] RED C21%34%18%4%10%13%
29 May 2009The Irish Times [37] 20%36%23%3%8%10%
17 May 2009The Sunday Business Post [38] RED C24%34%18%5%7%12%
15 May 2009The Irish Times [39] 21%38%20%3%9%10%
26 April 2009The Sunday Business Post [40] RED C23%33%19%7%8%10%
29 March 2009The Sunday Business Post [41] RED C28%31%17%7%7%10%
1 March 2009The Sunday Business Post [42] RED C23%30%22%6%11%8%
27 February 2009Irish Independent [43] Millward Brown IMS25%30%22%5%7%10%
13 February 2009The Irish Times [44] 22%32%24%4%9%9%
1 February 2009The Sunday Business Post [45] RED C28%33%14%8%9%8%
23 November 2008The Sunday Business Post [46] RED C30%35%14%5%8%8%
14 November 2008The Irish Times [47] 27%34%14%4%8%13%
26 October 2008The Sunday Business Post [48] RED C26%33%15%6%10%10% (PDs 2%)
21 September 2008The Sunday Business Post [49] RED C36%28%9%7%9%11% (PDs 3%)
27 July 2008The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C40%24%10%9%9%8% (PDs 1%)
22 June 2008The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C40%25%10%7%10%8% (PDs 2%)
7 June 2008The Irish Times [33] 42%23%15%5%8%7% (PDs 1%)
25 May 2008The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C38%29%10%8%7%8% (PDs 2%)
16 May 2008The Irish Times [33] 42%26%15%4%6%7% (PDs 1%)
27 April 2008The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C38%29%10%8%7%8% (PDs 2%)
30 March 2008The Sunday Business Post [50] RED C35%30%10%8%9%8% (PDs 1%)
2 March 2008The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C37%31%10%7%8%7% (PDs 2%)
27 January 2008The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C36%32%10%7%9%6% (PDs 2%)
25 January 2008The Irish Times [33] 34%31%12%6%8%9% (PDs 3%)
25 November 2007The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C32%31%13%9%7%9% (PDs 2%)
2 November 2007The Irish Times [33] 33%31%15%5%7%9% (PDs 2%)
28 October 2007The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C39%27%10%7%8%9% (PDs 2%)
23 September 2007The Sunday Business Post [33] RED C40%27%11%7%6%9% (PDs 3%)
24 May 2007 General election N/A41.5%27.3%10.1%4.7%6.9%9.4% (PDs 2.7%)

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