2018 Irish presidential election

2018 Irish presidential election

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Turnout43.9% (12.2% Decrease)[1]
 
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Nominee Michael D. Higgins Peter Casey Seán Gallagher
Party Independent Independent Independent
1st preference 822,566 (55.8%) 342,727 (23.3%) 94,514 (6.4%)

 
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Nominee Liadh Ní Riada Joan Freeman Gavin Duffy
Party Sinn Féin Independent Independent
1st preference 93,987 (6.4%) 87,908 (6.0%) 32,198 (2.2%)

Results by constituency:
Michael D. Higgins:      35–40%      40–45%      45–50%      50–55%      55–60%      60–65%      65–70%      70–75%

President before election

Michael D. Higgins
Independent

Elected President

Michael D. Higgins
Independent

The 2018 Irish presidential election took place on Friday, 26 October, between 7.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m.[2] President Michael D. Higgins, who was elected in 2011 with the support of the Labour Party, was seeking re-election to a second term as an Independent.[3] This was the first time since the 1966 election that an incumbent president faced a contest for a second term. Higgins was re-elected on the first count with nearly 56% of the vote, becoming the first president since Éamon de Valera to win a second term in a contested election (Patrick Hillery in 1983 and Mary McAleese in 2004 had been re-elected unopposed).[4] He was inaugurated for his second term on 11 November.

The election was held on the same date as a referendum on blasphemy.[5]

  1. ^ "Presidential election results". The Irish Times. October 2018. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Minister Murphy makes Presidential Election Order". Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Public Notice Presidential Election 2018 Nomination of Candidates" (PDF). Presidential Election 2018. 24 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Higgins re-elected for seven more years as President". RTÉ News. 27 October 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018". Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

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