Next Irish General Election - wikipedia Next Irish General Election Next Irish general election ← 2016 On or before 12 April 2021 ← outgoing members 159 of 160 seats in Dáil Éireann 80 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Leader Leo Varadkar Micheál Martin Mary Lou McDonald Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Leader since 2 June 2017 26 January 2011 10 February 2018 Leader 's seat Dublin West Cork South - Central Dublin Central Last election 50 seats, 25.5 % 44 seats, 24.3 % 23 seats, 13.8 % Current seats 50 44 23 Leader Brendan Howlin Collective leadership Collective leadership Party Labour Party Solidarity -- PBP Inds. 4 Change Leader since 20 May 2016 n / a n / a Leader 's seat Wexford n / a n / a Last election 7 seats, 6.6 % 6 seats, 3.9 % 4 seats, 1.5 % Current seats 7 6 Leader Catherine Murphy Róisín Shortall Eamon Ryan Party Social Democrats Green Party Leader since 15 July 2015 27 May 2011 Leader 's seat Kildare North Dublin North - West Dublin Bay South Last election 3 seats, 3.0 % 2 seats, 2.7 % Current seats Incumbent Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Fine Gael The next Irish general election will be held on or before Monday, 12 April 2021. The election will be called following the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil by the President, at the request of the Taoiseach. There will 159 of 160 seats contested in Dáil Éireann, with the outgoing Ceann Comhairle being re-elected automatically unless he opts to retire from the Dáil. Contents 1 Electoral system 1.1 Constituency Commission 2016 -- 17 2 Background 3 Retiring incumbents 4 Latest possible date 5 Opinion polls 6 Footnotes 7 Opinion poll sources 8 References Electoral system Main article : Single transferable vote The 160 members of the Dáil will be elected in 39 multi-member constituencies, each with between three and five seats, using the single transferable vote system in which voters rank candidates on their ballot papers. When the ballot papers are counted, an electoral quota is created by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of seats, plus one. Any candidate receiving a number of votes exceeding the quota is elected. If fewer candidates reach the quota than the number of seats to be filled, the last - placed candidate is removed from the count and the second or subsequent preferences on those ballot papers are redistributed until a candidate is elected. If such a candidate now has more votes than the quota, their surplus is given to other candidates in order of ranking on the ballot papers. This is repeated until sufficient candidates have passed the quota to fill the available seats or where a seat remains to be filled in a constituency and no candidate is capable of achieving a quota as there is nobody left to eliminate for a distribution then the highest place candidate without a quota is deemed elected at that point. Constituency Commission 2016 -- 17 A Constituency Commission was convened in July 2016 under the provisions of the Electoral Act 1997, under the chairpersonship of Justice Robert Haughton, to redraw constituency boundaries after publication of initial population data from the 2016 census. The Commission has some discretion but is constitutionally bound to allow no more than a 30,000 population ratio per elected member and is by convention constrained not to breach ' traditional ' county boundaries save in rare cases, even if this leads to slight over-representation. The Commission report was released on 27 June 2017. It recommended an increase in the number of TDs from 158 to 160. The Electoral ( Amendment ) ( Dáil Constituencies ) Act 2017, implementing the recommended changes was enacted in December 2017, just before Christmas. If it had not been enacted by the time the current 32nd Dáil was dissolved, then the next election would have taken place within the same boundaries used in the last election, and for the same 158 seats. In November 2017, before the law was enacted and when an election was seen as potentially immanent, Former TD Joe Costello was granted a Judicial Review to force the immediate enactment of such a law. Costello dropped his court action in mid-December 2017, by which time the law implementing the recommended changes had already passed through all stages in the Dáil and Seanad. It was signed by the President and became law shortly thereafter. Now that a law implementing the recommended changes has been enacted, the election of the 33rd Dáil will be held using the new boundaries, for 160 seats. Assuming the Ceann Comhairle at the time of the dissolution of the Dáil stands for re-election, he or she shall be deemed re-elected automatically and only 159 of the 160 seats in the Dáil will be filled in that election. Background Retiring incumbents The following members of the 32nd Dáil have announced that they will not be seeking re-election : Constituency Departing TD Party First elected Date announced Kerry Martin Ferris Sinn Féin 2002 18 November 2017 Limerick City Michael Noonan Fine Gael 1981 18 May 2017 Louth Gerry Adams Sinn Féin 2011 18 November 2017 Mayo Enda Kenny Fine Gael 5 November 2017 Waterford John Deasy Fine Gael 2002 28 November 2017 Latest possible date Section 33 of the Electoral Act, 1992, establishes that the same Dáil shall not continue for a longer period than five years from the date of its first meeting. The 32nd Dáil first met on 10 March 2016 ; therefore, the Dáil must be dissolved by or on 9 March 2021. The same Act requires that an election be held between seventeen and twenty - five days after the writs for the election are issued. This does not account for excluded days, which under Section 2 of the Electoral Act refer to a Sunday, Good Friday or a day which is declared to be a public holiday. Taking into consideration St. Patrick 's Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday, the Act therefore prevents the general election being held any later than Saturday, 10 April 2021. However, Article 16.3. 1 of the Constitution of Ireland specifies that a general election must take place no later than 30 days after the dissolution of Dáil Eireann, and does not specify any excluded days. Therefore, the general election can not be held later than Friday 9 April 2021. Opinion polls Last date of polling Polling firm / Commissioner / Link Sample size FG FF SF Lab S - PBP SD GP RI IA O / I 22 February 2018 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1000 32 29 14 6 10 14 February 2018 Millward Brown / The Sunday Independent 970 36 28 20 11 13 February 2018 Behavour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 926 36 25 16 5 9 25 January 2018 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,003 32 26 15 6 0 9 23 January 2018 Ipsos MRBI / Irish Times 1,200 34 25 19 11 16 January 2018 Behavour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 920 32 26 18 6 9 24 December 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 913 34 26 17 5 8 22 December 2017 Ireland Thinks / Irish Daily Mail 1,144 33 26 16 6 12 7 December 2017 Ipsos MRBI / Irish Times 1,200 36 25 19 10 000000002017 - 11 - 23 - 0000 23 November 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 27 26 16 6 10 000000002017 - 11 - 07 - 0000 7 November 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 919 34 31 14 0 8 000000002017 - 10 - 20 - 0000 20 October 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 29 25 14 6 0 12 10 October 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 915 31 27 19 0 12 000000002017 - 10 - 02 - 0000 2 October 2017 Ipsos MRBI / Irish Times 1,200 31 29 19 0 9 000000002017 - 09 - 22 - 0000 22 September 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 30 26 16 5 10 000000002017 - 09 - 12 - 0000 12 September 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 937 33 25 19 5 0 10 000000002017 - 07 - 21 - 0000 21 July 2017 Millward Brown / The Sunday Independent 956 30 29 20 7 0 5 7 000000002017 - 07 - 11 - 0000 11 July 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 923 29 30 18 5 0 9 000000002017 - 07 - 05 - 0000 5 July 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,000 27 24 18 6 8 000000002017 - 06 - 14 - 0000 14 June 2017 Leo Varadkar succeeds Enda Kenny as Taoiseach 000000002017 - 06 - 10 - 0000 10 June 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 1,004 29 29 18 5 5 9 000000002017 - 05 - 25 - 0000 25 May 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 29 21 15 6 15 000000002017 - 05 - 13 - 0000 13 May 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 945 28 27 18 14 000000002017 - 04 - 28 - 0000 28 April 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 24 28 18 6 10 000000002017 - 04 - 11 - 0000 11 April 2017 Behaviour and Attitudes / The Sunday Times 937 29 28 18 5 0 5 10 000000002017 - 03 - 24 - 0000 24 March 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 24 26 17 6 0 13 000000002017 - 03 - 08 - 0000 8 March 2017 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 934 22 28 23 6 0 6 9 000000002017 - 02 - 28 - 0000 28 February 2017 Ipsos MRBI / Irish Times 1,200 28 29 21 9 000000002017 - 02 - 23 - 0000 23 February 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 24 26 19 6 10 000000002017 - 02 - 16 - 0000 16 February 2017 Millward Brown / The Sunday Independent 960 25 33 20 6 5 000000002017 - 02 - 08 - 0000 8 February 2017 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 955 21 32 19 6 0 5 10 000000002017 - 01 - 26 - 0000 26 January 2017 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 24 27 14 5 14 000000002017 - 01 - 21 - 0000 21 January 2017 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 921 23 29 17 5 5 0 15 000000002016 - 12 - 13 - 0000 13 December 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 924 26 28 19 5 5 9 000000002016 - 12 - 06 - 0000 6 December 2016 Ipsos MRBI / Irish Times 1,200 27 30 17 6 10 000000002016 - 11 - 25 - 0000 25 November 2016 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,000 25 24 16 5 5 12 000000002016 - 11 - 09 - 0000 9 November 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 924 28 30 17 0 0 5 11 000000002016 - 10 - 27 - 0000 27 October 2016 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,002 25 26 13 5 9 0 6 10 000000002016 - 10 - 23 - 0000 23 October 2016 Millward Brown / The Sunday Independent 942 29 27 20 8 5 5 000000002016 - 10 - 12 - 0000 12 October 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 917 26 30 17 5 11 000000002016 - 10 - 04 - 0000 4 October 2016 Ipsos MRBI / Irish Times 1,200 26 26 19 5 15 000000002016 - 09 - 22 - 0000 22 September 2016 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,002 25 27 15 7 6 0 10 000000002016 - 09 - 14 - 0000 14 September 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 911 23 28 18 7 0 12 000000002016 - 07 - 27 - 0000 27 July 2016 Red C / Paddy Power 1,000 27 28 15 0 5 10 000000002016 - 07 - 13 - 0000 13 July 2016 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 26 29 13 6 5 5 8 000000002016 - 07 - 13 - 0000 13 July 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 909 25 30 14 6 5 0 12 000000002016 - 07 - 07 - 0000 7 July 2016 Ipsos MRBI / Irish Times 1,200 24 33 16 5 11 000000002016 - 06 - 29 - 0000 29 June 2016 Millward Brown / The Sunday Independent 1,000 30 26 20 7 8 000000002016 - 06 - 15 - 0000 15 June 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 913 25 26 17 5 6 11 000000002016 - 05 - 26 - 0000 26 May 2016 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,004 26 26 15 6 5 0 11 000000002016 - 05 - 11 - 0000 11 May 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 898 26 27 16 5 0 7 9 000000002016 - 05 - 11 - 0000 11 May 2016 Red C / Paddy Power 1,015 27 25 16 5 6 10 000000002016 - 04 - 13 - 0000 13 April 2016 Behaviour & Attitudes / The Sunday Times 926 23 26 17 8 12 000000002016 - 03 - 10 - 0000 10 March 2016 Red C / The Sunday Business Post 1,006 27 25 15 5 5 9 000000002016 - 02 - 26 - 0000 26 February 2016 General election 25.5 24.3 13.8 6.6 3.9 3.0 2.7 4.2 13.7 Footnotes ^ Jump up to : Renua is not mentioned. ^ Jump up to : The poll makes no distinction between different groupings of Independents, the Independent Alliance is included in the figure for Others. ^ Jump up to : Renua is featured in Others. Jump up ^ Publication date - last date of polling not provided. Jump up ^ Presuming the Ceann Comhairle stands for re-election. Jump up ^ The Constituency Commission 's recommendations were enacted in December 2017, increasing the size of the next Dáil to 160 seats. Jump up ^ The 50 seats for Fine Gael includes the outgoing Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett, elected in 2011 for Fine Gael, who was returned automatically. Jump up ^ Seán Ó Fearghaíl was elected as Ceann Comhairle, and is no longer counted as a Fianna Fáil TD. Opinion Poll sources Jump up ^ McCarthy, Justine ( 2017 - 12 - 24 ). `` Poll boost helps Fine Gael end year on a high ''. The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956 - 1382. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 02. Jump up ^ `` irelandthinks ''. irelandthinks. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Fine Gael support surges on back of Brexit row ''. Jump up ^ `` Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI Poll The Irish Times ''. 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Question: when is the next general election in ireland
Answer: on or before Monday, 12 April 2021