2024 Irish local elections

2024 Irish local elections

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949 County and City Council Seats
Opinion polls
Turnout49.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Simon Harris at the Special European Council - 2024 (cropped).jpg
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Leader Micheál Martin Simon Harris Mary Lou McDonald
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Leader since 26 January 2011 24 March 2024 10 February 2018
Last election 279 255 81
Seats won 248 245 102
Seat change Decrease 31 Decrease 10 Increase 21

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ivana Bacik Holly Cairns Eamon Ryan
Party Labour Social Democrats Green
Leader since 24 March 2022 1 March 2023 27 May 2011
Last election 57 19 49
Seats won 56 35 23
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 16 Decrease 26

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
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PBP–S
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Leader Michael Collins Collective leadership Peadar Tóibín
Party Independent Ireland PBP–Solidarity Aontú
Leader since 10 November 2023 N/A 28 January 2019
Last election New party 11 3
Seats won 23 13 8
Seat change N/A Increase 2 Increase 5

The 2024 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday, 7 June 2024. European Parliament elections were held on the same day.[1] It also included the 2024 Limerick mayoral election, for the first directly elected mayor in Ireland.[2][3] Each local government area (a city, a county, or a city and county) is divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) where three to seven councillors are elected on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[4] This year saw a record number of women standing for election, with 31.4% (682 out of 2,171 candidates) being female.[5] 26.1% of those elected were women (248 out of 949), a small increase compared to the last elections.[6] Voter turnout for the elections was 49.4%, the first time less than half of registered voters participated, slightly down from 50.2% in 2019.[7]

  1. ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Cabinet approves legislation for a directly elected Mayor for Limerick". Government of Ireland. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ English, Bernie (6 March 2024). "President signs Mayor of Limerick bill into law". Limerick Post. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Local elections 2024: See the full list of candidates in your area". web.archive.org. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Womens' groups call for gender quotas in local elections after 'disappointing' results". web.archive.org. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Analysis: We had record low turnout in these elections - what does it mean?". web.archive.org. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

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