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1999 European Parliament election in Ireland

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Ireland European Parliament election, 1999
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15 seats to the European Parliament
Members of the
European Parliament
for Ireland
1st delegation (1973)
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The 1999 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1999 European Parliament election. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.

Results

Elections to the European Parliament in Ireland – 1999
Party Party Leader 1st Pref Vote % ±% Seats ±
style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil Bertie Ahern 537,757 38.6 +3.6 6 –1
style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | Fine Gael John Bruton 342,171 24.6 +0.3 4 ±0
style="background-color: Template:Green Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Green Party none 93,100 6.7 –1.2 2 ±0
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party Ruairi Quinn 121,542 8.7 –2.3 1 ±0
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 88,165 6.3 +3.3 0 ±0
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Socialist Party Joe Higgins 10,619 0.8 +0.8 0 ±0
style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" | Progressive Democrats[1] Mary Harney N/A N/A –6.5 0 ±0
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents 198,386 14.3 +7.4 2 +1
Total 1,391,740 100 — 15 —

Voting details

1979–2004 European Parliament Ireland constituencies
Constituency Electorate Turnout Spoilt Valid Poll Quota Seats Candidates
Connacht–Ulster 541,552 332,236 (61.3%) 12,085 (3.6%) 320,151 80,038 3 11
Dublin 793,200 286,684 (36.1%) 6,013 (2.1%) 280,671 56,135 4 13
Leinster 706,200 357,064 (50.5%) 14,725 (4.1%) 342,339 68,468 4 8
Munster 823,008 462,303 (56.2%) 13,724 (2.9%) 448,579 89,716 4 10
Total 2,864,361 1,438,287 (50.2%) 46,547 (3.2%) 1,391,740 — 15 42

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Party did not run any candidates in 1999.
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