Irish election poll tracker: How the parties stand after one week of campaigning

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Irish Election Poll Tracker: How The Parties Stand After One Week Of Campaigning
Find out who's up and who's down in the polls ahead of the election on November 29th
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Tomas Doherty

Independent candidates and Aontú have seen an increase in support with only two weeks to go before the general election, according to the latest poll of polls.

Fine Gael still retains the most public support on 24 per cent, well ahead of rivals in Fianna Fáil (20.5 per cent) and Sinn Féin (19 per cent).

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Independent candidates, including new party Independent Ireland, are on 19 per cent, while Aontú has jumped to 3 per cent support.

Below you will find the latest estimated public support for the main political parties based on an average of recent polls.

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Fine Gael has seen a rise in support in recent months following the appointment of Simon Harris as leader.

Mr Harris took over Fine Gael in April after a slump in popularity under Leo Varadkar's leadership.

Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have remained relatively steady at about 21 per cent and 4 per cent support throughout the year.

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Sinn Féin has seen support plummet from a high of 36 per cent in the summer of 2022, to about 19 per cent now.

Meanwhile, support for Independent candidates jumped significantly this year in the lead-up to the local and European elections.

Between the end of October 2023 and June 2024, the estimated support for Independent candidates and other parties increased by around nine percentage points to reach 21 per cent.

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The breakingnews.ie poll tracker combines voting intention surveys published by major Irish pollsters into one estimate of support for each party. The data is sourced from the Irish Polling Indicator, which is maintained by UCD academic Stefan Müller.

All polls are based on a sample of people interviewed, typically more than 1,000, which is then weighted to be representative of the country.

Listed below are the polls that are currently used to calculate the polling averages.

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