Irish Election Live Seat Count

The 2020 irish general election took place on saturday 8 february to elect the 33rd dáil éireann the lower house of ireland s parliament.

Irish election live seat count. There are 160 seats up for election this time around and sinn féin is set to dramatically increase how many it holds after it won the most first preference votes. General election 2020 results live updates as all 160 seats filled in 33rd dail. Micheál martin s party filled 38 seats six fewer than its result.

As counting continues around the country extra ie will be bringing you all the latest developments from the 2020 election results live with the exit poll suggesting a three way tie between fine gael sinn fein and fianna fail. Follow live updates as the second day of counting continues. All the counts all the constituencies as they happen from the irish times.

But it is fianna fáil who narrowly won the largest number of seats. The speaker is automatically re elected and not considered a lawmaker with voting rights. The latest seat projection by university college dublin for rté puts fianna fail as the largest party on 45 seats with sinn féin on 37 and fine gael on 36.

5 things we ve learned so far in the election election 2020 weather. Ms mcdonald said this election. It only fielded 42 candidates short of the 80 seat threshold.

Just 8 seats left to be filled across the country. Sinn féin to try to form ruling coalition after irish election success. Counts have concluded in 39 general election constituencies narrowly making fianna fáil the largest party in the 33rd dáil.

There are 160 seats in the dáil.