2018 Irish presidential election
The 2018 Irish presidential election took place on Friday, 26 October, between 7.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. 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. 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). He was inaugurated for his second term on 11 November.
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| Turnout | 43.9% (12.2% ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency: Michael D. Higgins: 35–40% 40–45% 45–50% 50–55% 55–60% 60–65% 65–70% 70–75% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was held on the same date as a referendum on blasphemy.
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