Elections in the Republic of Ireland
- Elections to the Irish House of Commons, the Dáil Éireann
- Presidential elections
- European elections
- Regional elections (so-called local elections )
Elections to Dáil Éireann
The Dáil is the lower house of the Irish Parliament Oireachtas. The House consists of 166 members who are elected for a term of 5 years. Choice is open to all Irish citizens, or citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who have their permanent residence in the Republic. The choice, according to the principle of communicable Einzelstimmgebung instead (English Single Transferable Vote) and the individual electoral districts each have to assign more than one seat.
By-elections
By-elections (English: by ( e) -election ) will take place in Ireland in order to enter a new vacancy in the Irish House of Commons. A Member of Parliament can excrete through death, resignation or expulsion from the Dáil so that a by-election is necessary. Therefore, parties may lose or to gain seats in the Dáil during a term of office entirely. Elections can be held individually or collectively.
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Presidential elections
Main article: Presidential elections
The Irish presidential election is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland, President of Ireland, was elected.
The President of Ireland is elected by the citizens of the Republic of every 7 years; in the event of premature departure must take place after the election within 60 days. The election shall be held confidential by the system of instant runoff voting. While in elections to Dáil Éireann both Irish and British citizens who have permanent residence in Ireland may choose may in presidential elections only Irish citizens who are at least 18 years old to participate.
Be candidates, every citizen who is at least 35 years old can. However, a candidate must be nominated by one of the following:
- Of twenty members of the National Parliament ( Oireachtas )
- Of four members of the municipal administration
- Themselves, in the event that he is retiring or former president
Raises only one candidate, it automatically applies ( without actual choice) declared elected. A president may exercise a maximum of two terms of office from his office.
In addition to the above elections elections to the European Parliament ( European election ) found in Ireland instead of continuing, in which every citizen of a country of the EU can participate. At the local level are called local elections held in which every citizen of this district, regardless of his nationality, can choose.
Constituencies
Main article: constituencies (Ireland )
The Irish House ( Dáil Éireann ) which currently consists of 166 members of parliament, the so-called Teachta Dala ( TD ). These represent the 43 constituencies in Ireland. Depending on the size can forgive each constituency 3-5 seats. News comes to an average of about 25,500 inhabitants, a parliamentarian.
References and footnotes
- Choice in Ireland