Please note the Seanad results shown here are provisional. There are also some issues with displaying the results, especially where a candidate received no votes, or where the results are incomplete.

Elections to 24th Seanad - April 2011

Background

Timing

A general election for Seanad Éireann must take place within 90 days of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is required to make an order within seven days of the dissolution of the Dáil with dates for the election process.

The 30th Dáil was dissolved on Tuesday 1 February 2011. The latest date for holding the Seanad elections was Monday 2 May 2011 (which would have been a national holiday), and the Minister had to decide the timing by Tuesday 8 February 2011.

On Monday 7 February 2011, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Éamon Ó Cuív, announced the dates and times for the general election of members to Seanad Éireann. (See the Department of Environment press release.)

The Deparment for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government published a booklet entitled How the Seanad is Elected which explains the composition of the Seanad and how senators are chosen.

Vocational Panels

Returning Officer: Deirdre Lane, Clerk of the Seanad

Nominations

Nominations from Nominating Bodies had to be received by noon on Friday 11 March 2011. The list of nominating bodies is available from the Oireachtas website as a PDF file.

Nominations from members of the Oireachtas had to be received by noon on Monday 21 March 2011.

The Returning Officer validated nominations on Friday 25 March 2011.

The Panels of Candidates for the Vocational Panels for the 2011 Seanad Election were published as a supplement to Iris Oifigiúil (25B) on 29 March 2011. This is available from the Oireachtas website as a PDF file.

Voting

The Electoral Roll for the Vocational Panels for the 2011 Seanad Elections was published as a supplement to Iris Oifigiúil (25A) on 29 March 2011. This is available from the Oireachtas website as a PDF file.

Ballot papers were issued on Thursday 7 April 2011. The closing date for return of ballot papers for the Vocational Panels was 11am on Tuesday 26 April 2011

Results

• Administrative Panel provisional results
• Agricultural Panel provisional results
• Cultural and Educational Panel - provisional results
• Industrial and Commercial Panel provisional results
• Labour Panel provisional results

Universities

Nominations

Nominations had to be received by Thursday 3 March 2011.

Voting

Ballot papers were issued on Monday 21 March 2011. The closing date for return of ballot papers for the Universities was 11am on Wednesday 27 April 2011

Results

• National University of Ireland (NUI) awaiting update
• University of Dublin (TCD) first count only

Taoiseach's Nominees

Appointments

• Taoiseach's Nominees