2024 Irish general election

The **2024 Irish general election** to elect the 34th Dáil took place on 29 November 2024. It elected 174 Teachtaí Dála (TDs) across 43 constituencies of between 3 and 5 seats to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's legislature. The 34th Dáil will be the largest Dáil in the history of the state.

The election resulted in Fianna Fáil staying the largest party, increasing its number of seats to 48. Its governing partner Fine Gael won 38 seats, with the two parties combined winning 86 seats, two short of a majority. The Green Party lost all but one of its seats, with only leader Roderic O'Gorman returning to the Dáil. Sinn Féin stayed the second largest party, winning 39 seats, while the Social Democrats and Labour each won 11 seats, an increase of five each.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2024 Irish general election
- **country**: Ireland
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2020 Irish general election
- **previous year**: 2020
- **turnout**: 60.1%  2.6 percentage point, pp
- **outgoing members**: 33rd Dáil
- **elected members**: 34th Dáil
- **time zone**: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT
Seat numbers will not be finalised until 100% reporting
- **seats for election**: 174 seats in Dáil Éireann
- **majority seats**: 88
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the 2024 Irish general election
- **election date**: 29 November 2024
- **leader1**: Micheál Martin
- **leader since1**: 2011 Fianna Fáil leadership election, 26 January 2011
- **party1**: Fianna Fáil
- **leaders seat1**: Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency), Cork South-Central
- **last election1**: 38 seats, 22.2%
- **seats1**: **48**
- **seat change1**: 10
- **popular vote1**: **481,417**
- **percentage1**: **21.9%**
- **swing1**: 0.3 pp
- **leader2**: Mary Lou McDonald
- **leader since2**: 10 February 2018
- **party2**: Sinn Féin
- **leaders seat2**: Dublin Central (Dáil constituency), Dublin Central
- **last election2**: 37 seats, 24.5%
- **seats2**: 39
- **seat change2**: 2
- **popular vote2**: 418,627
- **percentage2**: 19.0%
- **swing2**: 5.5 pp
- **leader3**: Simon Harris
- **leader since3**: 2024 Fine Gael leadership election, 24 March 2024
- **party3**: Fine Gael
- **leaders seat3**: Wicklow (Dáil constituency), Wicklow
- **last election3**: 35 seats, 20.9%
- **seats3**: 38
- **seat change3**: 3
- **popular vote3**: 458,134
- **percentage3**: 20.8%
- **swing3**: 0.1 pp
- **leader4**: Holly Cairns
- **leader since4**: 26 February 2023
- **party4**: Social Democrats (Ireland)
- **leaders seat4**: Cork South-West (Dáil constituency), Cork South-West
- **last election4**: 6 seats, 2.9%
- **seats4**: 11
- **seat change4**: 5
- **popular vote4**: 106,028
- **percentage4**: 4.8%
- **swing4**: 1.9 pp
- **leader5**: Ivana Bacik
- **leader since5**: 2022 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), 24 March 2022
- **party5**: Labour Party (Ireland)
- **leaders seat5**: Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency), Dublin Bay South
- **last election5**: 6 seats, 4.4%
- **seats5**: 11
- **seat change5**: 5
- **popular vote5**: 104,457
- **percentage5**: 4.7%
- **swing5**: 0.3 pp
- **leader6**: Michael Collins (politician, born 1968), Michael Collins
- **leader since6**: 10 November 2023
- **party6**: Independent Ireland
- **leaders seat6**: Cork South-West (Dáil constituency), Cork South-West
- **last election6**: _New party_
- **seats6**: 4
- **seat change6**: 1
- **popular vote6**: 78,276
- **percentage6**: 3.6%
- **swing6**: _New party_
- **image7**: <div style="width:115px;line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:30px;"> **PBP–S**</div>
- **leader7**: _Collective leadership_
- **leader since7**: _N/A_
- **party7**: People Before Profit–Solidarity
- **leaders seat7**: _N/A_
- **last election7**: 5 seats, 2.6%
- **seats7**: 3
- **seat change7**: 2
- **popular vote7**: 62,481
- **percentage7**: 2.8%
- **swing7**: 0.2 pp
- **leader8**: Peadar Tóibín
- **leader since8**: 28 January 2019
- **party8**: Aontú
- **leaders seat8**: Meath West (Dáil constituency), Meath West
- **last election8**: 1 seat, 1.9%
- **seats8**: 2
- **seat change8**: 1
- **popular vote8**: 86,134
- **percentage8**: 3.9%
- **swing8**: 2.0 pp
- **leader9**: Roderic O'Gorman
- **leader since9**: 2024 Green Party leadership elections (Ireland), 8 July 2024
- **party9**: Green Party (Ireland)
- **leaders seat9**: Dublin West (Dáil constituency), Dublin West
- **last election9**: 12 seats, 7.1%
- **seats9**: 1
- **seat change9**: 11
- **popular vote9**: 66,911
- **percentage9**: 3.0%
- **swing9**: 4.1 pp
- **title**: Taoiseach
- **posttitle**: Taoiseach after election
- **before election**: Simon Harris
- **before party**: Fine Gael
- **after election**: TBD
- **after party**: TBD