Election 2024: The latest results in maps and charts

Tomas Doherty

Ireland has a new political map with first-preference votes now counted in every constituency.

The national vote share in the general election comes close to what was predicted in opinion polls in the final days of the campaign, with Fianna Fáil slightly ahead of Fine Gael.

Sinn Féin has seen the biggest drop in vote share, down 5.5 percentage points since 2020.

The Green Party will probably lose the most seats in this election, with even leader Roderic O'Gorman at risk of elimination. The party, which has been part of the coalition government over the last four years, has also seen a significant drop in vote share, down 4.1 percentage points.

Other smaller parties have had a more successful election – Labour, the Social Democrats, People Before Profit and Aontú have all increased their vote share.

The result reveals a further fragmentation in Irish politics, with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on a combined share of 43 per cent of the vote – about the same as what Fianna Fáil secured on its own in 2007.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her party had "broken the political mould".

"Two party politics is now gone," she said. "It’s consigned to the dustbin of history and that, in itself, is very significant."

Despite Ms McDonald’s confidence around shaping a coalition without Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil – the two parties that have dominated the landscape of politics for a century – the pathway to government for Sinn Féin still appears challenging.

Fianna Fáil is likely to increase its seat lead over Fine Gael compared with the 2020 election, which saw the parties enter a coalition on the basis that the holder of the taoiseach position would be exchanged midway through the term.

Attention has now turned to whether Labour, the Social Democrats or a group of Independent politicians could become a junior partner in a coalition.