2014 European Parliament election in Ireland

2014 European Parliament election in Ireland
23 May 2014
All 11 Irish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout1,701,942 (52.4% 5.2 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Seán Kelly Martina Anderson Brian Crowley
Party Fine Gael Sinn Féin Fianna Fáil
Alliance EPP GUE/NGL ALDE
Leader's seat South Northern Ireland South
Last election 29.1%, 4 seats 11.2%, 0 seats 24.1%, 3 seats
Seats won
Seat change 3 2
Popular vote 369,120 323,300 369,545
Percentage 22.3% 19.5% 22.3%
Swing 6.8 pp 8.3 pp 1.8 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Proinsias De Rossa Joe Higgins
Party Labour Socialist Party
Alliance S&D GUE/NGL
Leader's seat Dublin Dublin
Last election 13.9%, 3 seats 2.7%, 1 seat
Seats won
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 88,229 29,953
Percentage 5.3% 1.8%
Swing 8.6 pp 0.9 pp

The 2014 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2014 European Parliament election and was held on Friday, 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 local elections and two by-elections (Dublin West and Longford–Westmeath). The election was conducted under the single transferable vote. Counting of the votes began on Sunday, 25 May and continued until Tuesday, 27 May.


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