Irish general elections

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Department_of_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage
gptkbp:ballotNumber paper ballot
gptkbp:campaignPeriod usually 3-4 weeks
gptkbp:can_be_called_by gptkb:British_peer
Taoiseach
gptkbp:counting_method manual count
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:electionMethod single transferable vote
gptkbp:electoral_law gptkb:Electoral_Act_1992
gptkb:Constitution_of_Ireland
gptkbp:electoral_register gptkb:Register_of_Electors
gptkbp:elects members of parliament
gptkbp:firstElection 1922
gptkbp:formerName Dáil elections
gptkbp:frequency at least every five years
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Oireachtas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Irish general elections
gptkbp:lastElection 2020
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Constitution_of_Ireland
gptkbp:minimum_voting_age 18
gptkbp:notableFeature high voter turnout
multi-party system
gptkbp:oversees Returning Officer
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency multi-seat
gptkbp:party gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Fianna_Fáil
gptkb:Green_Party
gptkb:Fine_Gael
gptkb:Independents_4_Change
gptkb:Renua
gptkb:Solidarity–People_Before_Profit
gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkb:People_Before_Profit
gptkb:Workers'_Party
gptkb:Independents
gptkb:Social_Democrats
gptkb:Aontú
gptkbp:purpose elect members to Dáil Éireann
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:European_Parliament_elections
local elections
Seanad elections
gptkbp:result formation of government
gptkbp:result_announcement public
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 160 (as of 2020)
gptkbp:stateElectorate Irish citizens
British citizens (resident in Ireland)
gptkbp:votingSystem proportional representation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Seanad_Éireann_election_2020
gptkb:Roscommon–Galway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6