European Election Poster (Mary Lou)

The 2009 European Parliament election in Ireland will be the Irish component of the 2009 European Parliament election and will be held on Friday 5 June 2009, coinciding with the 2009 local elections. Two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central) will also be held on the same day.

The number of MEPs from Ireland in the European Parliament has been reduced from 13 to 12 for this election. The Dublin constituency is reduced from 4 seats to 3, and the counties of Longford and Westmeath have been transferred from the East constituency to the North-West constituency. The election will be conducted under the Single transferable vote.