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 Enda Kenny Gerry Adams Micheál Martin
Party Fine Gael Sinn Féin Fianna Fáil
Alliance EPP GUE/NGL ALDE
Leader since 2 June 2002 13 November 1983 26 January 2011
Last election 29.1%, 4 seats 11.2%, 0 seats 24.1%, 3 seats
Seats won
4 / 11
3 / 11
1 / 11
Seat change 3 2
Popular vote 369,120 323,300 369,545
Percentage 22.28% 19.5% 22.31%
Swing 6.8 pp 8.3 pp 1.8 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Eamon Gilmore Eamon Ryan —
Party Labour Green Socialist Party
Alliance S&D Greens/EFA GUE/NGL
Leader since 6 September 2007 27 May 2011 —
Last election 13.9%, 3 seats 1.9%, 0 seats 2.7%, 1 seat
Seats won
0 / 11
0 / 11
0 / 11
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 88,229 81,458 29,953
Percentage 5.3% 4.9% 1.8%
Swing 8.6 pp 3.0 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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