Next Irish general election
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| Next Irish general election 165 Seats in Dáil Éireann |
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| Government | Opposition | Third Party | ||
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| Leader | Brian Cowen | Enda Kenny | Eamon Gilmore | |
| Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour Party | |
| Leader since | 7 May 2008 | 2 June 2002 | 6 September 2007 | |
| Leader's seat | Laois-Offaly | Mayo | Dún Laoghaire | |
| Last election | 77, 41.6% | 51, 27.3% | 20, 10.1% | |
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Taoiseach-Elect
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The next Irish general election must take place by 2012 at the latest. The election will be called following the dissolution of the 30th Dáil by the President, at the request of the Taoiseach. The population will elect the members of the 31st Dáil who will assemble shortly afterwards to elect a Taoiseach following agreement on the Government of the 31st Dáil.
[edit] Date
Current statute requires that the Dáil be dissolved within five years after its first meeting (14 June 2007) following the previous election and the election must take place not later than thirty days after the dissolution. The election, therefore, must take place no later than July 2012.[1]
[edit] Electoral system
The system of voting will be Proportional Representation with a Single Transferable Vote, also known as PR-STV [2]. The general election will take place in 43 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 165 of the 166 Dáil Éireann seats (the Ceann Comhairle is automatically re-elected).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Article 16.5 of the Constitution of Ireland states that the Dáil may sit for a period of up to seven years from its first meeting. It also allows a shorter period to be fixed by law, this is currently five years.
- ^ Proportional Representation – Information from the Irish Citizens Information Board
- ^ Article 16.6 of the constitution requires that "provision shall be made by law" such that the Ceann Comhairle "be deemed without any actual election to be elected a member of Dáil Éireann". The current law making such provision is the Electoral Act, 1992.
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