2019 European Parliament election in Ireland

The 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland is the Irish component of the 2019 European Parliament election and was held on Friday, 24 May 2019, on the same day as the 2019 local elections and a referendum easing restrictions on divorce. The election was conducted in three constituencies under the single transferable vote (STV). Thirteen MEPs were elected, but the last candidate elected in both Dublin and South did not take their seats until after Brexit on 31 January 2020.

2019 European Parliament election in Ireland
24 May 2019
13 Irish seats to the European Parliament
(2 of which were post-Brexit seats)
Opinion polls
Turnout49.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Leo Varadkar Micheál Martin Eamon Ryan
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green
Alliance EPP Renew Greens/EFA
Leader since 2 June 2017 26 January 2011 27 May 2011
Last election 22.3%, 4 seats 22.3%, 1 seat 4.9%, 0 seats
Seats won
5 / 13
2 / 13
2 / 13
Seat change 1 2 2
Popular vote 496,459 277,705 190,755
Percentage 29.6% 16.6% 11.4%
Swing 7.3 pp 5.7 pp 6.5 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Collective leadership Mary Lou McDonald Brendan Howlin
Party Inds. 4 Change Sinn Féin Labour
Alliance GUE/NGL GUE/NGL S&D
Leader since n/a 10 February 2018 20 May 2016
Last election New Party 19.5%, 3 seats 5.3%, 0 seats
Seats won
2 / 13
1 / 13
0 / 13
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 124,085 196,001 52,753
Percentage 7.4% 11.7% 3.1%
Swing n/a 7.8 pp 2.2 pp
Members of the
European Parliament
for Ireland
1st delegation (1973)
2nd delegation (1973–1977)
3rd delegation (1977–1979)
1st term (1979)
2nd term (1984)
3rd term (1989)
4th term (1994)
5th term (1999)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)
10th term (2024)
List of women MEPs
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