Looks like they'll elect an actual organized crime leader to the legislature in Ireland:
https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/202 ... n-central/
https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/res ... in-central
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Or not. He was overtaken on the last count.Raphael wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 5:15 am Looks like they'll elect an actual organized crime leader to the legislature in Ireland:
https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/202 ... n-central/
https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/res ... in-central
EDIT: The candidate who overtook him on the last count has the surname Sherlock.
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The news from Ireland after Friday's election seems to be that, out of 174 seats in the Dáil - the more important one of the houses of Parliament - 161 have been definitely filled, one has been kind of provisionally filled, pending a possible recount that might take days, and 12 are still unfilled.
The results for the various parties, sorted roughly from left to right, keeping in mind that 12 seats still need to be filled, are:
On the hard left, People Before Profit - Solidarity has 3 seats so far, or perhaps they'll get 4 if they're lucky in the aforementioned potential recount.
Sinn Féin, a party whose relationship to the left might be fairly described as "complicated", though they're usually seen as left-wing, currently has 36 seats.
On the moderate left, the Social Democrats are on 11 seats, the Labour Party has either 8 or 9 seats, depending on what happens in the aforementioned potential recount, and the Greens have 1 seat, for a total of 20 or 21 seats for that corner of the political spectrum as a whole. Out of those three, the Greens are the only ones who took part in the outgoing governing coalition, and they completely collapsed - they had gotten 12 seats in the previous election. This may or may not have an impact on how the other two of those parties approach joining a potential coalition.
Over on the center-right, Fianna Fáil currently has 43 seats, and Fine Gael currently has 36 seats, for a combined total of 79 seats. For now, a coalition of those two with either the Social Democrats or Labour or both of them seems most likely.
The conservative Aontú party currently has 2 seats. (They're a fairly new party, trying to appeal to people who think the older parties aren't culturally conservative enough any more.)
On the hard right, Independent Ireland currently has 4 seats. Some people seem to have thought they'd get a lot more.
The 100% Redress Party, which is apparently a single issue party whose single issue is full compensation for home builders who got cheated by suppliers of dodgy building materials in some big scandal a while ago, has 1 seat.
16 seats went to independent candidates. You could probably guess based on purely theoretical considerations that the Irish multi-member constituency single transferable vote election system would lead to a lot of independent office holders, and that's pretty much what happens.
The results for the various parties, sorted roughly from left to right, keeping in mind that 12 seats still need to be filled, are:
On the hard left, People Before Profit - Solidarity has 3 seats so far, or perhaps they'll get 4 if they're lucky in the aforementioned potential recount.
Sinn Féin, a party whose relationship to the left might be fairly described as "complicated", though they're usually seen as left-wing, currently has 36 seats.
On the moderate left, the Social Democrats are on 11 seats, the Labour Party has either 8 or 9 seats, depending on what happens in the aforementioned potential recount, and the Greens have 1 seat, for a total of 20 or 21 seats for that corner of the political spectrum as a whole. Out of those three, the Greens are the only ones who took part in the outgoing governing coalition, and they completely collapsed - they had gotten 12 seats in the previous election. This may or may not have an impact on how the other two of those parties approach joining a potential coalition.
Over on the center-right, Fianna Fáil currently has 43 seats, and Fine Gael currently has 36 seats, for a combined total of 79 seats. For now, a coalition of those two with either the Social Democrats or Labour or both of them seems most likely.
The conservative Aontú party currently has 2 seats. (They're a fairly new party, trying to appeal to people who think the older parties aren't culturally conservative enough any more.)
On the hard right, Independent Ireland currently has 4 seats. Some people seem to have thought they'd get a lot more.
The 100% Redress Party, which is apparently a single issue party whose single issue is full compensation for home builders who got cheated by suppliers of dodgy building materials in some big scandal a while ago, has 1 seat.
16 seats went to independent candidates. You could probably guess based on purely theoretical considerations that the Irish multi-member constituency single transferable vote election system would lead to a lot of independent office holders, and that's pretty much what happens.
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Irish final results, with all Dáil seats filled:
174 seats total
Fianna Fáil 48 seats
Sinn Féin 39 seats
Fine Gael 38 seats
Labour 11 seats
Social Democrats 11 seats
Independent Ireland 4 seats
People Before Profit - Solidarity 3 seats
Aontú 2 seats
Greens 1 seat
100% Redress 1 seat
Independents 16 seats
174 seats total
Fianna Fáil 48 seats
Sinn Féin 39 seats
Fine Gael 38 seats
Labour 11 seats
Social Democrats 11 seats
Independent Ireland 4 seats
People Before Profit - Solidarity 3 seats
Aontú 2 seats
Greens 1 seat
100% Redress 1 seat
Independents 16 seats