ALDE Party member Fianna Fáil won the general election in Ireland, becoming the largest party in the Dáil Éireann with 48 Teachtaí Dála (TD).
The result means Fianna Fáil secured ten additional seats compared to the previous mandate, while also registering the highest number of first-preference votes with 21.9%.
Irish voters went to the polls on 29 November to elect all 174 TDs across 43 constituencies to the lower house of Ireland’s Parliament.
Fianna Fáil will now lead negotiations for the formation of the next Irish government.
Party leader and outgoing Tánaiste Micheál Martin, who served as Ireland’s Taoiseach in the first half of the current legislature, was re-elected in his constituency of Cork South-Central.
“It’s been a good day for Fianna Fáil. We’ll let the dust settle and savour the moment. We’ll then be in a position over the next couple of days to assess the landscape, devise our strategies,” he said.
Outgoing Ministers Jack Chambers (Dublin West), Darragh O’Brien (Dublin Fingal East), Dara Calleary (Mayo), Norma Foley (Kerry), Thomas Byrne (Meath East) and Charlie McConalogue (Donegal) were re-elected, while former ALDE Party President Timmy Dooley was elected in Clare.