User:Jnestorius/2016 election results

Results[edit]

Counting of votes will begin at 9 am on Saturday 27 February and will continue over the course of the weekend, or into the following week if necessary.

Summary of 26 February 2016 Dáil Éireann election results
Party		Leader	% FPv	Swing%	Candidates	Elected 2016	Elected 2011	Outgoing ^{[n 1]}	Change ^{[n 2]}	% of seats
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny			88		76	66^{[n 3]}
	Labour	Joan Burton			36		37	33
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin			71		20^{[n 3]}	21
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams			50		14	14
	AAA–PBP	None			31		4^{[n 4]}	4
	Inds. 4 Change	None			5		N/A^{[n 5]}	4
	Renua	Lucinda Creighton			26		N/A^{[n 5]}	3
	Social Democrats	Catherine Murphy Róisín Shortall Stephen Donnelly			14		N/A^{[n 5]}	3
	WUA	Séamus Healy			1		1	1
	Catholic Democrats	Nora Bennis			3		0	0
	Communist	Lynda Walker			1		0	0
	Direct Democracy	Pat Greene			21		N/A^{[n 5]}	0
	Fís Nua	None			2		0	0
	Green	Eamon Ryan			40		0	0
	Irish Democratic	Ken Smollen			1		N/A^{[n 5]}	0
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Michael Donnelly			5		0	0
	Independent Alliance	—			20		N/A^{[n 5]}	5
	Independent^{[n 6]}	—			135	^{[n 3]}	14^{[n 3]}	11^{[n 3]}
Total			100%	—	550^[1]	158	166	165^{[n 7]}	8	100%

^ TDs in the party at the 2016 dissolution of the 31st Dáil
^ Change in number of seats from the 2011 election to the 2016 election
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The Ceann Comhairle is counted as Independent. The Ceann Comhairle returned in 2011 was Séamus Kirk, who rejoined Fianna Fáil after the election; the Ceann Comhairle to be returned in 2016 is Seán Barrett, elected in 2011 for Fine Gael.
^ Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit (AAA–PBP) was formed in 2015 by the AAA and PBP, and the AAA was formed in 2012 by the Socialist Party. The 2011 seats and votes figures used for AAA–PBP are those of Socialist and PBP candidates, who formed part of the United Left Alliance (ULA) in 2011. Other 2011 ULA seats and votes are counted under Workers and Unemployed Action and Independents.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Party was founded after the 2011 election
^ Independents doe not includes 20 candidates for the Independent Alliance.
^ One seat was vacant at the dissolution, after the resignation of Brian Walsh.

^ "551 candidates set to contest election". RTÉ.ie. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[1] TDs in the party at the 2016 dissolution of the 31st Dáil

[2] Change in number of seats from the 2011 election to the 2016 election

[cc-3] The Ceann Comhairle is counted as Independent. The Ceann Comhairle returned in 2011 was Séamus Kirk, who rejoined Fianna Fáil after the election; the Ceann Comhairle to be returned in 2016 is Seán Barrett, elected in 2011 for Fine Gael.

[ula-4] Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit (AAA–PBP) was formed in 2015 by the AAA and PBP, and the AAA was formed in 2012 by the Socialist Party. The 2011 seats and votes figures used for AAA–PBP are those of Socialist and PBP candidates, who formed part of the United Left Alliance (ULA) in 2011. Other 2011 ULA seats and votes are counted under Workers and Unemployed Action and Independents.

[na-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Party was founded after the 2011 election

[6] Independents doe not includes 20 candidates for the Independent Alliance.

[8] One seat was vacant at the dissolution, after the resignation of Brian Walsh.

[rte767077-7] "551 candidates set to contest election". RTÉ.ie. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

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