r/irishpolitics • u/JackmanH420 • 24d ago

Moderator Announcement & Sub Matters MEGATHREAD - Government Formation

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👋 Welcome to the r/IrishPolitics General Election Government Formation Megathread!

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This is our Megathread for discussion of government formation talks.

88 seats are needed to form a majority

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All general discussion / chat / questions relating to the General Election should be posted as a comment within this Megathread so as to keep everything in one place.

📰 If you have articles / news which clearly stand on their own, please don't submit them to the Megathread and instead post them as a separate post.

🔗 Links as comments are not useful here with context. Add a headline, tweet content or explainer please.

🎶 Political Song of the day

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📊 Final Results:

Party	First Preference Vote	Seats
FF	21.86% (-0.32)	48 (+10)
SF	19.01% (-5.52)	39 (+2)
FG	20.80% (-0.06)	38 (+3)
SD	4.81% (+1.91)	11 (+5)
LAB	4.65% (+0.27)	11 (+5)
II	3.55% (NEW)	4 (NEW)
PBP-S	2.84% (+0.21)	3 (-2)
AON	3.91% (+2.01)	2 (+1)
GREEN	3.04% (-4.09)	1 (-11)
INDs	13.20% (+1)	16 (-3)
OTHERS	2.32% (+1.04)	1 (NC)
	Source: Link	Changes vs 2020 Election

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🔗 Link to yesterday's Megathread.

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