2018 Erse Presidential Election

The Erse presidential election of 2018 teuk place on Friday, 26 October, atween 7.00 a.m.

an 10.00 p.m. President Michael D. Higgins, wha wis electit in 2011, wis seeking re-election. This wis the first time sin the 1966 election that an incumbent president faced a contest for a seicont term, an the first occasion on whit an incumbent president nominatin thairsels for re-election haed been opponed, as Éamon de Valera wis nominated bi Fianna Fáil when he socht re-election in 1966. It wis forby the first election wi twa candidates (Higgins an Seán Gallagher) wha contested the umwhile election. Higgins wis re-eleckit on the first coont wi naur 56% o the vote, becomin the first president sin de Valera tae win a seicont term in a contestit election; Seán T. O'Kelly (1952), Patrick Hillery (1983) an Mary McAleese (2004) haed been re-eleckit wanopponed. He wis inaugurated for his seicont term on 11 November.

2018 Erse presidential election
Template:Kintra data Erse
← 2011 26 October 2018 2025 →
Turnoot43.9%
  2018 Erse Presidential Election 2018 Erse Presidential Election 2018 Erse Presidential Election
Nominee Michael D. Higgins Peter Casey Seán Gallagher
Pairty Independent Independent Independent
1st preference 822,566 (55.8%) 342,727 (23.3%) 94,514 (6.4%)

  2018 Erse Presidential Election 2018 Erse Presidential Election 2018 Erse Presidential Election
Nominee Liadh Ní Riada Joan Freeman Gavin Duffy
Pairty Sinn Féin Independent Independent
1st preference 93,987 (6.4%) 87,908 (6.0%) 32,198 (2.2%)

President afore election

Michael D. Higgins
Independent

Electit President

Michael D. Higgins
Independent

The election wis hauldit on the same date as a referendum on blasphemy.

References

Campaign websites

Tags:

Fianna FáilMary McAleeseMichael D. HigginsÉamon de Valera

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