1999 European Parliament election in Ireland

1999 European Parliament election in Ireland

11 June 1999

15 seats to the European Parliament

Turnout

1,438,287 (50.2% 6.2 pp)

	First party	Second party	Third party
			Green
Leader	Bertie Ahern	John Bruton	None
Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Green
Alliance	UEN	EPP–ED	Greens/EFA
Leader since	19 December 1994	20 November 1990	6 November 2001
Last election	35.0%, 7 seats	24.3%, 4 seats	7.9%, 2 seats
Seats won	6 / 15	4 / 15	2 / 15
Seat change	1
Popular vote	537,757	342,171	93,100
Percentage	38.6%	24.6%	6.7%
Swing	3.6 pp	0.4 pp	1.2 pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	None	Ruairi Quinn	Gerry Adams
Party	Independent	Labour	Sinn Féin
Alliance	ELDR & EPP-ED	PES
Leader since		13 November 1997	1983
Last election	1 seat	11.0%, 1 seat	3.0%, 0 seats
Seats won	2 / 15	1 / 15	0 / 53
Seat change	1
Popular vote	198,386	121,542	88,165
Percentage	14.3%	8.7%	6.3%
Swing	7.4 pp	2.3 pp	3.3 pp

The 1999 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1999 European Parliament election. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.