1999 European Parliament election in Ireland

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1999 European Parliament election in Ireland
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15 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout 50.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Green
Leader Bertie Ahern John Bruton None
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Green Party
Alliance UEN EPP–ED Greens–European Free Alliance
Leader since 19 December 1994 20 November 1990 6 November 2001
Last election 35.0%, 7 seats 24.3%, 4 seats 7.9%,  2 seats
Seats won
6 / 15
4 / 15
2 / 15
Seat change Decrease1 Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 537,757 342,171 93,100
Percentage 38.6 24.6% 6.7%
Swing Increase3.6% Increase0.4 Decrease 1.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader None[lower-alpha 1] Pat Rabbitte Gerry Adams
Party Independent politician (Ireland) Labour Party Sinn Féin
Alliance ELDR & EPP-ED PES
Leader since October 2002 1983
Last election 1 seat 11.0%, 1 seat 3.0%, 0 seats
Seats won
2 / 15
1 / 15
0 / 53
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 121,542 88,165
Percentage 8.7% 6.3%
Members of the
European Parliament
for Ireland
1st delegation (1973)
2nd delegation (1973–77)
3rd delegation (1977–79)
1st term (1979)
2nd term (1984)
3rd term (1989)
4th term (1994)
5th term (1999)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)

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 European party Party Leader 1st Pref Vote % ±% Seats ±
Fianna Fáil UEN Bertie Ahern 537,757 38.6 +3.6 6 −1
Fine Gael EPP-ED John Bruton 342,171 24.6 +0.3 4 ±0
Green Party Greens/EFA none 93,100 6.7 −1.2 2 ±0
Labour Party PES Ruairi Quinn 121,542 8.7 −2.3 1 ±0
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 88,165 6.3 +3.3 0 ±0
Socialist Party Joe Higgins 10,619 0.8 +0.8 0 ±0
Independent 198,386 14.3 +7.4 2 +1
Total 1,391,740 100 — 15 —

MEPs elected

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Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 1999–2004
Constituency Name Party EP group
Connacht–Ulster Pat "the Cope" Gallagher style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil style="width: 5px; background-color: #4F6BA2;" data-sort-value="Union for Europe of the Nations" | UEN
Joe McCartin style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael style="width: 5px; background-color: #0047AB;" data-sort-value="European People's Party–European Democrats" | EPP–ED
Dana Rosemary Scallon style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician (Ireland)" | [[Independent politician (Ireland)|Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/shortname]] style="width: 5px; background-color: #0047AB;" data-sort-value="European People's Party–European Democrats" | EPP–ED
Dublin Mary Banotti style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael style="width: 5px; background-color: #0047AB;" data-sort-value="European People's Party–European Democrats" | EPP–ED
Niall Andrews style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil style="width: 5px; background-color: #4F6BA2;" data-sort-value="Union for Europe of the Nations" | UEN
Patricia McKenna style="width: 5px; background-color: #99CC33;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | Green Party style="width: 5px; background-color: #009900;" data-sort-value="Greens–European Free Alliance" | [[Greens–European Free Alliance|Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/shortname]]
Proinsias De Rossa style="width: 5px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | Labour Party style="width: 5px; background-color: #F0001C;" data-sort-value="Party of European Socialists" | PES
Leinster Avril Doyle style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael style="width: 5px; background-color: #0047AB;" data-sort-value="European People's Party–European Democrats" | EPP–ED
Jim Fitzsimons style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil style="width: 5px; background-color: #4F6BA2;" data-sort-value="Union for Europe of the Nations" | UEN
Liam Hyland style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil style="width: 5px; background-color: #4F6BA2;" data-sort-value="Union for Europe of the Nations" | UEN
Nuala Ahern style="width: 5px; background-color: #99CC33;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | Green Party style="width: 5px; background-color: #009900;" data-sort-value="Greens–European Free Alliance" | [[Greens–European Free Alliance|Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/shortname]]
Munster Brian Crowley style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil style="width: 5px; background-color: #4F6BA2;" data-sort-value="Union for Europe of the Nations" | UEN
Gerry Collins style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil style="width: 5px; background-color: #4F6BA2;" data-sort-value="Union for Europe of the Nations" | UEN
Pat Cox style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician (Ireland)" | [[Independent politician (Ireland)|Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/shortname]] style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group/meta/color;" data-sort-value="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group" | [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group|Template:European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group/meta/shortname]]
John Cushnahan style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael style="width: 5px; background-color: #0047AB;" data-sort-value="European People's Party–European Democrats" | EPP–ED

Voting details

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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

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pictured here is Pat Cox, one of two successful Independent candidates in this election. Cox would become leader of the ELDR group in the European parliament between 1998 and 2002.

References

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