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- Sinn Féin made significant gains; it received the most first-preference votes, and won 37 seats, the party's best result since 1923.
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Feb 10, 2020 · 10 February 2020. Summary. A second day of counting has concluded after Ireland's general election. All of the Dáil's 160 seats left have been filled, but negotiations to establish a...
Feb 9, 2020 · 9 February 2020. Summary. Sinn Féin won the most number of first preference votes, with 24.5% Many counts have yet to be completed, so final results will not be known until later. Sinn Féin...
Feb 11, 2020 · Europe. news. With all votes now counted in Ireland’s general election, Sinn Féin have upset the country’s longstanding Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil duopoly, attracting the largest number of first...
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- Who Won Ireland’s General Election?
- Was Sinn Féin’s Success A Surprise?
- Is Varadkar Going to Lose Power?
- Why Did Sinn Féin Do So well?
- What Happens Next?
Sinn Féin won the most first-preference votes – 24.5% – making it the most popular party and a strong contender to be included in the next government. Leo Varadkar’s ruling Fine Gael party slid to 20.8%, coming third, and Fianna Fáil, the main opposition party, also slipped, falling to 22.1% in second place. The rest of the vote was split between t...
An opinion poll signalled it last week but the result is still a big shock. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, centrist rivals, dominated Irish politics for the past century, taking turns to rule. That era appears over.
Very possibly, but there’s a chance he could hang on as taoiseach after negotiations between party leaders to form a coalition with 80 seats, the magic number for a parliamentary majority. Varadkar says he would be willing to lead Fine Gael in opposition.
It rode a wave of anger over homelessness, soaring rents, hospital waiting lists and and fraying public services. Its leader, Mary Lou McDonald, and party colleagues such as Eoin Ó Broin and Pearse Doherty offered leftwing solutions, such as an ambitious public housing building programme, that enthused voters, especially those under 50. Varadkar’s ...
Weeks – possibly months – of negotiations between party leaders. McDonald is floating an alliance of leftwing parties led by Sinn Féin but that’s unlikely – it would be far short of 80 seats. The only viable looking option entails an alliance between two of the three main parties plus perhaps the Greens. Varadkar has ruled out a pact with Sinn Féin...
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Sinn Féin won 37 seats, a gain of fifteen over the previous election. Fine Gael, the party of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, won 35 seats, twelve fewer than they had had. Among the smaller parties, the Green Party showed the largest gains, increasing from three to twelve seats, a gain of nine over the previous election.
