Constituency: Ireland South

Summary

Electorate Seats Total Poll Turnout Valid Poll Spoiled Votes Quota
1417017 5 755987 53% 719194 36793 119866

Vote Distribution

Count 1

Elected

Left Right

Count Results

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Sean Kelly Sean Kelly
(FG)

118444 118489 118675 118773 119123 119380 119545 119715 119883

Billy Kelleher Billy Kelleher
(FF)

84083 84106 84164 84238 84388 84559 84654 84841 84971 85451 86026 87036 87964 88601 89036 92885 131652

Mick Wallace Mick Wallace
(I4C)

81741 81994 82124 82335 82658 82864 83420 83771 83988 84235 85236 87569 88759 90235 95780 101725 109149 112441 139442

Liadh Ní Riada Liadh Ní Riada
(SF)

79072 79140 79282 79387 79573 79741 79945 80250 80377 80823 81814 82933 83891 84999 87322 91839 95573 98379

Grace O'Sullivan Grace O'Sullivan
(GP)

75946 76046 76247 76373 76645 76719 77020 77303 77415 77754 78820 80115 80708 81998 84741 93123 96095 98706 114387 119801

Malcolm Byrne Malcolm Byrne
(FF)

69166 69201 69272 69316 69382 69511 69556 69672 70898 71168 71842 72133 72853 73782 74370 80623

Deirdre Clune Deirdre Clune
(FG)

64605 64631 64692 64763 64899 65005 65115 65252 65558 66049 66732 67274 67896 69090 69560 89743 97935 101012 110050 112127

Andrew Doyle Andrew Doyle
(FG)

38738 38755 38788 38804 38842 38926 38950 38996 39294 39429 39855 40014 40586 41069 41416

Sheila Nunan Sheila Nunan
(Lab)

22075 22113 22193 22251 22321 22383 22453 22626 22700 22893 23519 23849 24332 24932 25958

Adrienne Wallace Adrienne Wallace
(SPBP)

14802 14958 15009 15207 15353 15394 15786 16107 16208 16378 16908 17398 17727 18476

Dolores Cahill Dolores Cahill
(Ind)

10582 10639 10745 10883 10937 11237 11396 11718 12626 14211 15037 15466 17130

Diarmuid O'Flynn Diarmuid O'Flynn
(Ind)

9823 9860 9936 9990 10174 10226 10394 10608 10656 10942 11150

Liam Minehan Liam Minehan
(Ind)

9423 9455 9780 9855 9969 10249 10327 10464 10543 11703 12271 12770

Breda Gardner Breda Gardner
(Ind)

9306 9331 9401 9436 9496 9724 9869 9975 10222 10838

Theresa Heaney Theresa Heaney
(Ind)

7475 7498 7596 7738 7808 8005 8197 8373 8561

Allan Brennan Allan Brennan
(Ind)

4665 4691 4734 4791 4841 4956 5028 5132

Peter O'Loughlin Peter O'Loughlin
(IIP)

3682 3759 3803 3919 4006 4047 4181

Colleen Worthington Colleen Worthington
(Ind)

3286 3307 3320 3552 3654 3714

Paddy Fitzgerald Paddy Fitzgerald
(Ind)

3182 3197 3257 3300 3332

Walter Ryan-Purcell Walter Ryan-Purcell
(Ind)

2864 2898 2919 3067

Maurice Sexton Maurice Sexton
(Ind)

2416 2464 2542

Peter Madden Peter Madden
(Ind)

2395 2409

Jan Van De Ven Jan Van De Ven
(DDI)

1423

On the Ballot

Allan Brennan

Allan Brennan

Independent

A project manager from Greystones, Co Wicklow.

Malcolm Byrne

Malcolm Byrne

Fianna Fáil

Wexford County Councillor Mr Byrne was nominated by Fianna Fáil members to run for the party in Ireland South. He was elected to the council in 2009 and is communications director with the Higher Education Authority.

Dolores Cahill

Dolores Cahill

Independent

Chairwoman of the Irexit party – which has not been registered as a political party – is a Professor of Translational Science in UCD.

Deirdre Clune

Deirdre Clune

Fine Gael

Sitting MEP Deirdre Clune was first elected to the European parliament in 2014 and is running for re-election. She sits on the parliament’s transport and tourism committee.

Andrew Doyle

Andrew Doyle

Fine Gael

TD and Junior Minister Mr Doyle is one of three Fine Gael candidates for Ireland South. He was first elected to the Dáil in 2007 and is currently Minister of State with responsibility for Food, Forestry and Horticulture.

Paddy Fitzgerald

Paddy Fitzgerald

Independent

From Cahir, Tipperary, Paddy Fitzgerald is a retired farmer entering the race in Ireland South.

Breda Gardner

Breda Gardner

Independent

Ms Gardner is an independent councillor on Kilkenny county council. The former nurse is running for election in both the local and European elections.

Theresa Heaney

Theresa Heaney

Independent

A pro-life candidate who previously contested general and European elections Ms Heaney, a west-Cork native, previously ran as a National Party candidate. She has called for the banning of the HPV vaccine but said she is not anti-vaccinations.

Billy Kelleher

Billy Kelleher

Fianna Fáil

Cork TD and former minister Billy Kelleher was added to the Fianna Fáil ticket after losing out during the selection convention. His decision to aim for a seat in Brussels and Strasbourg was made against the wishes initially of party leader Micheál Martin who did not want sitting TDs to run for Europe.

Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly

Fine Gael

The former GAA president has been an MEP since 2009 and is seeking re-election to the parliament for a third time.

Peter Madden

Peter Madden

Independent

Mr Madden, from Roscrea Co Tipperary, lists his occupation as an environmental educator.

Liam Minehan

Liam Minehan

Independent

Independent candidate and farmer Liam Minehan is running on a rural platform which calls for the re-invigoration of rural Ireland.

Liadh Ní Riada

Liadh Ní Riada

Sinn Féin

Ms Ní Riada was elected to the European parliament in 2014. She was the party’s candidate in last year’s presidential election but commanded just 6.4pc of first preference votes nationally.

Sheila Nunan

Sheila Nunan

Labour

President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and General Secretary of the country’s largest union, the Irish National Teachers Ms Nunan is the Labour Party’s only candidate in Ireland South.

Diarmuid O'Flynn

Diarmuid O'Flynn

Independent

O’Flynn began the ‘Ballyhea Says No!’ campaign eight years ago and was a sports journalist for the Irish Examiner. After that he served for five years  as parliamentary assistant to Luke ‘Ming’’ Flanagan.

Peter O'Loughlin

Peter O'Loughlin

Identity Ireland

Mr O’Loughlin is one of the co-founders of the anti-EU party Identity Ireland which campaigns for an end to EU controlled borders and the introduction of what it terms “natural controlled immigration”.

Grace O'Sullivan

Grace O'Sullivan

The Green Party

A senator on the Agriculture panel since 2016 Ms O’Sullivan worked for green peace since 2016. The Tramore woman is also a former surfing champion.

Walter Ryan-Purcell

Walter Ryan-Purcell

Independent

An independent tour operator Mr Purcell’s election message is one of “common sense politics”. His policy objectives include “reclaiming our fishing rights” and “stop poisoning our water”.

Maurice Sexton

Maurice Sexton

Independent

Cork city resident Mr Sexton lists his occupation as a scientist. His election literature refers to the right to life of all humans, educational integration across Europe and the need for regional cities listing Kilkenny as a potential regional city of  Leinster .

Jan Van De Ven

Jan Van De Ven

Direct Democracy Ireland

Originally from Los Angeles, Van De Ven is the leader of Direct Democracy Ireland and contested the elections in 2014 unsuccessfully gaining 9,255 first preference votes. His party’s main aim is to disrupt the current political system and encourage citizen led governance

Mick Wallace

Mick Wallace

Independents 4 Change

The Wexford TD and former property developer decided to enter the race in the last few weeks alongside his colleague Clare Daly who is running in Dublin. The outspoken TD was first elected to the Dáil in 2011.

Adrienne Wallace

Adrienne Wallace

Solidarity-People Before Profit

Ms Walsh, a 28-year-old former waitress, ran in the 2015 by-election for Carlow-Kilkenny and again in the 2016 General Election.

Colleen Worthington

Colleen Worthington

Independent

Ms Worthington is one of three candidates running as independents but hailing from the organisation Families Speaking Out, a campaign group opposed to the building of the national children’s hospital at the site in St James’ hospital in Dublin’s south inner city.

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