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On Friday, 08 November 2024, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, signed the Polling Day Order in respect of the General Election to be held on Friday, 29 November 2024.

On Friday 29 November 2024, the electorate will elect 173 TDs to the 34th Dáil. The Ceann Comhairle is deemed without any actual election to be elected. Voting will take place in 43 constituencies.

Read more information on how the Dáil is elected.

Sample Ballot Paper - General Election 2024

Dáil Constituency Maps 2024

View the General Election count centre contact details here.

Voting at a Dáil election is by secret ballot using the PR-STV system (proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote). PR-STV allows the elector to indicate their first and subsequent choices for the candidates on the ballot paper.

Further information on PR-STV can be found here.

Election spending incurred by a candidate at a Dáil election must be below the following limits:

• €38,900 in a 3-seat constituency
• €48,600 in a 4-seat constituency
• €58,350 in a 5-seat constituency

More information on spending limits and reimbursement amount for Dáil candidates

Postering can begin from the date the Polling Day Order is signed. Posters must be removed within 7 days of polling day.

Section 140 of the Electoral Act 1992 provides that every notice, bill, poster or similar document having reference to a Dáil election or distributed for the purpose of advancing the candidature of any candidate, shall bear upon its face the name and address of the printer and of the publisher.

On 15th November, 2024, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, made an Order appointing the hours during which polling shall take place on certain islands in the general election on 29 November 2024.

Read the islands voting hours here.

Minister O’Brien makes Orders appointing dates and times for Seanad Éireann general election

The next Seanad General Election will commence in December 2024. Six University seats will be elected by graduates of the National University of Ireland (3 seats) and graduates and Foundation and non-Foundation Scholars of the University of Dublin (Trinity College Dublin) (3 seats). Forty-three Panel Members will be elected from panels of candidates representing specified vocational interests. They will be elected by Members of the incoming Dáil, the outgoing Seanad and members of elected councils.

• More information on Seanad General Elections.
• Read more information on how the Seanad is elected.

The law relating to the election of members to the Dáil and the register of electors is contained mainly in the following Acts:

• Article 16 of the Constitution of Ireland
• Electoral Act 1992, as amended
• Electoral Act 1997, as amended
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023
• Electoral, Local Government, Planning and Development Act 2013
• Electoral Reform Act 2022

These publications can be viewed on http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/