Ireland has 13 seats in the European Parliament. Elections are held on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). At the election for the Ninth European Parliament held in 2019, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected from the following constituencies:
Constituency | Area | Seats |
---|---|---|
Dublin | The counties of: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin;
and the city of Dublin. |
4 |
Midlands–North-West | The counties of: Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath;
and the city of Galway. |
4 |
South | The counties of: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow;
the cities and counties of Limerick and Waterford; and the city of Cork. |
5 |
At the election for the Tenth European Parliament to be held in 2024, MEPs will be elected from the following constituencies:[1]
Constituency | Area | Seats |
---|---|---|
Dublin | The counties of: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin;
and the city of Dublin. |
4 |
Midlands–North-West | The counties of: Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath;
and the city of Galway. |
5 |
South | The counties of: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow;
the cities and counties of Limerick and Waterford; and the city of Cork. |
5 |
In June 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to add 11 MEPs. Ireland would gain one MEP under this arrangement, increasing from 13 to 14.[2][3] This was adopted by the European Council in September 2023.[4] The Electoral Commission sought submissions on a review of European Parliament Constituencies.[5] In a report in November 2023, it recommended that the additional seat be given to the constituency of Midlands–North-West, with the transfer of County Laois and County Offaly from South.[6][7] This change was implemented by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023.
This lists the number of MEPs elected at each European Parliament election by constituency.[8]
Election | Constituencies | Total seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1973) | (MEPs nominated by Oireachtas) | 10[9] | |||
Dublin | Leinster | Munster | Connacht–Ulster | ||
1979 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
1984 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
1989 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
1994 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
1999 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
Dublin | East | South | North-West | ||
2004 | 4 | 3 | 3[a] | 3[a] | 13 |
2009 | 3 | 3[b] | 3 | 3[b] | 12 |
Dublin | South | Midlands–North-West | |||
2014 | 3 | 4[c][d] | 4[d][e] | 11[10] | |
2019 | 4[f] | 5[g][f] | 4[g] | 13[11] | |
2024 | 4 | 5[h] | 5[h] | 14 |