Opinion Poll by Ipsos MRBI for The Irish Times, 16–18 January 2020

Voting Intentions | Seats | Coalitions | Technical Information

Voting Intentions

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Confidence Intervals

Party Last Result Poll Result 80% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval 99% Confidence Interval
Fianna Fáil 24.3% 25.0% 23.4–26.7% 23.0–27.1% 22.6–27.5% 21.9–28.3%
Fine Gael 25.5% 23.0% 21.5–24.6% 21.1–25.1% 20.7–25.5% 20.0–26.3%
Sinn Féin 13.8% 21.0% 19.5–22.6% 19.1–23.0% 18.8–23.4% 18.1–24.2%
Independent 15.9% 11.0% 9.9–12.2% 9.6–12.6% 9.3–12.9% 8.9–13.5%
Green Party/Comhaontas Glas 2.7% 8.0% 7.1–9.1% 6.8–9.4% 6.6–9.7% 6.2–10.2%
Labour Party 6.6% 5.0% 4.3–5.9% 4.1–6.2% 3.9–6.4% 3.6–6.8%
Solidarity–People Before Profit 3.9% 2.0% 1.6–2.6% 1.4–2.8% 1.3–3.0% 1.2–3.3%
Social Democrats 3.0% 2.0% 1.6–2.6% 1.4–2.8% 1.3–3.0% 1.2–3.3%
Independents 4 Change 1.5% 1.4% 1.1–2.0% 1.0–2.1% 0.9–2.3% 0.7–2.6%

Note: The poll result column reflects the actual value used in the calculations. Published results may vary slightly, and in addition be rounded to fewer digits.

Seats

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Confidence Intervals

Party Last Result Median 80% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval 99% Confidence Interval
Fianna Fáil 44 49 44–52 43–54 41–54 37–55
Fine Gael 49 42 38–45 38–47 37–48 34–50
Sinn Féin 23 36 35–38 35–38 35–38 34–39
Independent 19 13 9–16 8–16 7–17 6–17
Green Party/Comhaontas Glas 2 9 7–13 7–14 7–14 7–17
Labour Party 7 5 2–7 1–8 1–8 1–10
Solidarity–People Before Profit 6 1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–3
Social Democrats 3 3 3 2–3 2–3 1–3
Independents 4 Change 4 3 3 2–3 1–4 1–4

Fianna Fáil

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Fianna Fáil page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
36 0% 100%  
37 0.5% 99.9%  
38 0.1% 99.5%  
39 0.5% 99.3%  
40 0.7% 98.8%  
41 1.1% 98%  
42 2% 97%  
43 3% 95%  
44 4% 93% Last Result
45 6% 89%  
46 8% 83%  
47 11% 74%  
48 9% 64%  
49 15% 55% Median
50 19% 40%  
51 9% 21%  
52 4% 12%  
53 2% 8%  
54 4% 5%  
55 1.2% 1.5%  
56 0.2% 0.3%  
57 0.1% 0.1%  
58 0% 0%  

Fine Gael

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Fine Gael page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
32 0% 100%  
33 0.1% 99.9%  
34 0.4% 99.8%  
35 0.7% 99.4%  
36 0.9% 98.7%  
37 3% 98%  
38 9% 95%  
39 11% 86%  
40 12% 75%  
41 14% 64%  
42 17% 50% Median
43 15% 33%  
44 6% 19%  
45 5% 13%  
46 2% 8%  
47 3% 5%  
48 0.9% 3%  
49 0.4% 2% Last Result
50 0.8% 1.2%  
51 0.2% 0.4%  
52 0.2% 0.3%  
53 0% 0.1%  
54 0% 0%  

Sinn Féin

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Sinn Féin page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
23 0% 100% Last Result
24 0% 100%  
25 0% 100%  
26 0% 100%  
27 0% 100%  
28 0% 100%  
29 0% 100%  
30 0% 100%  
31 0% 100%  
32 0% 100%  
33 0% 100%  
34 0.9% 100%  
35 38% 99.1%  
36 20% 61% Median
37 24% 41%  
38 16% 17%  
39 0.9% 1.3%  
40 0.3% 0.4%  
41 0.1% 0.1%  
42 0% 0%  

Independent

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Independent page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
3 0.2% 100%  
4 0.1% 99.8%  
5 0.2% 99.7%  
6 1.2% 99.5%  
7 1.3% 98%  
8 6% 97%  
9 2% 91%  
10 2% 89%  
11 4% 86%  
12 11% 83%  
13 23% 72% Median
14 22% 49%  
15 15% 27%  
16 8% 11%  
17 4% 4%  
18 0.3% 0.3%  
19 0% 0% Last Result

Green Party/Comhaontas Glas

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Green Party/Comhaontas Glas page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
2 0% 100% Last Result
3 0% 100%  
4 0% 100%  
5 0.1% 100%  
6 0.1% 99.9%  
7 22% 99.8%  
8 18% 78%  
9 11% 59% Median
10 12% 49%  
11 20% 36%  
12 6% 16%  
13 5% 10%  
14 3% 5%  
15 1.2% 2%  
16 0.4% 1.0%  
17 0.4% 0.6%  
18 0.2% 0.2%  
19 0% 0%  

Labour Party

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Labour Party page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
0 0.1% 100%  
1 5% 99.9%  
2 9% 95%  
3 21% 86%  
4 10% 64%  
5 18% 55% Median
6 22% 37%  
7 9% 15% Last Result
8 3% 6%  
9 1.4% 2%  
10 0.5% 1.0%  
11 0.1% 0.5%  
12 0.2% 0.4%  
13 0% 0.2%  
14 0% 0.1%  
15 0% 0.1%  
16 0% 0%  

Solidarity–People Before Profit

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Solidarity–People Before Profit page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
0 24% 100%  
1 68% 76% Median
2 4% 8%  
3 4% 4%  
4 0.2% 0.2%  
5 0% 0%  
6 0% 0% Last Result

Social Democrats

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Social Democrats page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
0 0.2% 100%  
1 2% 99.8%  
2 4% 98%  
3 93% 93% Last Result, Median
4 0.3% 0.4%  
5 0.1% 0.1%  
6 0% 0%  

Independents 4 Change

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Independents 4 Change page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
0 0.1% 100%  
1 5% 99.9%  
2 5% 95%  
3 85% 90% Median
4 5% 5% Last Result
5 0% 0%  

Coalitions

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Confidence Intervals

Coalition Last Result Median Majority? 80% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval 99% Confidence Interval
Fianna Fáil – Fine Gael 93 90 98.6% 85–95 83–97 82–98 79–100
Fianna Fáil – Sinn Féin 67 85 92% 81–88 80–89 78–90 74–92
Fianna Fáil – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats 56 66 0% 62–69 60–70 59–71 55–73
Fianna Fáil – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party 53 63 0% 59–66 58–67 56–68 53–70
Fine Gael – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats 61 58 0% 56–63 55–64 54–65 52–68
Fianna Fáil – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas 46 58 0% 55–62 52–63 51–64 47–66
Fine Gael – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party 58 55 0% 53–60 52–61 51–63 49–65
Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats – Solidarity–People Before Profit 41 54 0% 51–58 49–59 48–61 47–64
Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats 35 53 0% 50–57 49–58 48–60 47–63
Fianna Fáil – Labour Party 51 53 0% 48–56 47–58 47–58 43–59
Fine Gael – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas 51 51 0% 48–55 47–56 47–58 45–61
Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Solidarity–People Before Profit 38 51 0% 48–55 47–57 45–58 44–61
Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party 32 50 0% 47–54 46–56 45–57 44–60
Fine Gael – Labour Party 56 46 0% 43–50 42–53 40–53 38–56
Fine Gael 49 42 0% 38–45 38–47 37–48 34–50

Fianna Fáil – Fine Gael

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
77 0% 100%  
78 0.3% 99.9%  
79 0.3% 99.6%  
80 0.8% 99.4%  
81 0.8% 98.6% Majority
82 2% 98%  
83 1.3% 96%  
84 3% 95%  
85 7% 92%  
86 5% 85%  
87 11% 80%  
88 6% 69%  
89 11% 63%  
90 8% 52%  
91 8% 44% Median
92 13% 36%  
93 5% 23% Last Result
94 5% 18%  
95 4% 13%  
96 4% 9%  
97 0.9% 5%  
98 2% 4%  
99 2% 2%  
100 0.4% 0.6%  
101 0.1% 0.2%  
102 0% 0.1%  
103 0% 0%  

Fianna Fáil – Sinn Féin

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
67 0% 100% Last Result
68 0% 100%  
69 0% 100%  
70 0% 100%  
71 0% 100%  
72 0% 100%  
73 0.1% 99.9%  
74 0.4% 99.9%  
75 0.2% 99.4%  
76 0.4% 99.3%  
77 1.1% 98.8%  
78 0.6% 98%  
79 2% 97%  
80 4% 95%  
81 6% 92% Majority
82 8% 85%  
83 10% 77%  
84 17% 67%  
85 11% 51% Median
86 18% 40%  
87 7% 22%  
88 5% 14%  
89 4% 9%  
90 3% 5%  
91 0.9% 2%  
92 0.5% 0.8%  
93 0.2% 0.2%  
94 0% 0%  

Fianna Fáil – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
51 0% 100%  
52 0.1% 99.9%  
53 0.1% 99.9%  
54 0.1% 99.8%  
55 0.3% 99.7%  
56 0.5% 99.5% Last Result
57 0.4% 99.0%  
58 0.6% 98.6%  
59 1.2% 98%  
60 3% 97%  
61 2% 93%  
62 4% 91%  
63 8% 87%  
64 16% 79%  
65 14% 64%  
66 14% 50% Median
67 13% 37%  
68 8% 23%  
69 9% 15%  
70 4% 6%  
71 1.1% 3%  
72 0.8% 1.4%  
73 0.4% 0.6%  
74 0.1% 0.2%  
75 0% 0.1%  
76 0.1% 0.1%  
77 0% 0%  

Fianna Fáil – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
49 0% 100%  
50 0.1% 99.9%  
51 0.1% 99.8%  
52 0.1% 99.7%  
53 0.4% 99.6% Last Result
54 0.3% 99.2%  
55 0.7% 99.0%  
56 1.2% 98%  
57 2% 97%  
58 3% 95%  
59 3% 92%  
60 8% 89%  
61 16% 80%  
62 14% 64%  
63 14% 51% Median
64 14% 37%  
65 8% 23%  
66 9% 16%  
67 4% 6%  
68 1.1% 3%  
69 0.8% 2%  
70 0.3% 0.7%  
71 0.2% 0.4%  
72 0% 0.1%  
73 0% 0.1%  
74 0% 0%  

Fine Gael – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
50 0.1% 100%  
51 0.3% 99.9%  
52 0.4% 99.7%  
53 0.6% 99.3%  
54 2% 98.7%  
55 4% 96%  
56 12% 93%  
57 14% 81%  
58 25% 67%  
59 11% 42% Median
60 16% 31%  
61 3% 14% Last Result
62 1.5% 12%  
63 2% 10%  
64 4% 8%  
65 2% 5%  
66 1.0% 2%  
67 0.5% 1.2%  
68 0.4% 0.8%  
69 0.3% 0.4%  
70 0.1% 0.1%  
71 0% 0.1%  
72 0% 0.1%  
73 0% 0%  

Fianna Fáil – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
45 0.3% 100%  
46 0.1% 99.6% Last Result
47 0.3% 99.5%  
48 0.2% 99.2%  
49 0.4% 99.0%  
50 1.1% 98.6%  
51 2% 98%  
52 2% 95%  
53 2% 93%  
54 1.2% 92%  
55 9% 90%  
56 9% 81%  
57 15% 72%  
58 17% 57% Median
59 8% 39%  
60 10% 31%  
61 8% 21%  
62 7% 13%  
63 3% 6%  
64 1.2% 3%  
65 1.3% 2%  
66 0.4% 0.9%  
67 0.3% 0.5%  
68 0.1% 0.1%  
69 0% 0%  

Fine Gael – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
47 0% 100%  
48 0.3% 99.9%  
49 0.3% 99.6%  
50 0.5% 99.3%  
51 2% 98.8%  
52 2% 97%  
53 13% 94%  
54 14% 81%  
55 25% 67%  
56 11% 42% Median
57 17% 32%  
58 3% 15% Last Result
59 1.3% 12%  
60 1.4% 11%  
61 5% 9%  
62 2% 5%  
63 2% 3%  
64 0.7% 2%  
65 0.4% 0.9%  
66 0.3% 0.5%  
67 0% 0.1%  
68 0% 0.1%  
69 0% 0.1%  
70 0% 0%  

Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats – Solidarity–People Before Profit

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
41 0% 100% Last Result
42 0% 100%  
43 0% 100%  
44 0% 100%  
45 0% 100%  
46 0% 100%  
47 0.8% 100%  
48 2% 99.2%  
49 2% 97%  
50 3% 95%  
51 13% 91%  
52 12% 78%  
53 11% 67%  
54 9% 56% Median
55 16% 47%  
56 7% 31%  
57 11% 24%  
58 4% 13%  
59 4% 9%  
60 2% 5%  
61 1.2% 3%  
62 0.9% 2%  
63 0.3% 1.0%  
64 0.5% 0.7%  
65 0.1% 0.2%  
66 0.1% 0.1%  
67 0% 0.1%  
68 0% 0%  

Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Social Democrats

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
35 0% 100% Last Result
36 0% 100%  
37 0% 100%  
38 0% 100%  
39 0% 100%  
40 0% 100%  
41 0% 100%  
42 0% 100%  
43 0% 100%  
44 0% 100%  
45 0% 100%  
46 0.1% 100%  
47 1.0% 99.9%  
48 3% 98.8%  
49 4% 96%  
50 13% 92%  
51 11% 79%  
52 12% 68%  
53 9% 55% Median
54 10% 46%  
55 10% 36%  
56 13% 26%  
57 3% 13%  
58 4% 9%  
59 2% 5%  
60 1.3% 3%  
61 0.9% 2%  
62 0.3% 0.9%  
63 0.3% 0.6%  
64 0.1% 0.2%  
65 0.1% 0.1%  
66 0% 0.1%  
67 0% 0%  

Fianna Fáil – Labour Party

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
39 0% 100%  
40 0.1% 99.9%  
41 0% 99.8%  
42 0.2% 99.8%  
43 0.2% 99.6%  
44 0.3% 99.4%  
45 0.8% 99.1%  
46 0.7% 98%  
47 3% 98%  
48 5% 95%  
49 4% 90%  
50 4% 86%  
51 8% 82% Last Result
52 14% 74%  
53 13% 60%  
54 15% 47% Median
55 13% 32%  
56 11% 19%  
57 3% 9%  
58 5% 5%  
59 0.5% 1.0%  
60 0.2% 0.4%  
61 0.2% 0.3%  
62 0% 0.1%  
63 0% 0%  

Fine Gael – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
43 0.1% 100%  
44 0.2% 99.9%  
45 0.4% 99.7%  
46 1.0% 99.4%  
47 8% 98%  
48 7% 90%  
49 11% 83%  
50 17% 72%  
51 12% 55% Last Result, Median
52 20% 42%  
53 6% 23%  
54 7% 17%  
55 4% 10%  
56 2% 6%  
57 1.0% 4%  
58 1.4% 3%  
59 0.5% 2%  
60 0.5% 1.2%  
61 0.2% 0.7%  
62 0.4% 0.5%  
63 0.1% 0.1%  
64 0% 0.1%  
65 0% 0%  

Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party – Solidarity–People Before Profit

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
38 0% 100% Last Result
39 0% 100%  
40 0% 100%  
41 0% 100%  
42 0% 100%  
43 0% 100%  
44 0.7% 100%  
45 2% 99.3%  
46 2% 97%  
47 3% 96%  
48 13% 92%  
49 11% 79%  
50 11% 68%  
51 10% 57% Median
52 16% 47%  
53 5% 31%  
54 12% 26%  
55 4% 14%  
56 4% 9%  
57 2% 5%  
58 1.4% 3%  
59 0.9% 2%  
60 0.3% 1.0%  
61 0.5% 0.7%  
62 0.1% 0.2%  
63 0.1% 0.1%  
64 0% 0.1%  
65 0% 0%  

Sinn Féin – Green Party/Comhaontas Glas – Labour Party

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
32 0% 100% Last Result
33 0% 100%  
34 0% 100%  
35 0% 100%  
36 0% 100%  
37 0% 100%  
38 0% 100%  
39 0% 100%  
40 0% 100%  
41 0% 100%  
42 0% 100%  
43 0% 100%  
44 0.9% 100%  
45 3% 99.1%  
46 4% 97%  
47 12% 92%  
48 11% 80%  
49 12% 69%  
50 10% 57% Median
51 10% 47%  
52 9% 37%  
53 14% 27%  
54 4% 13%  
55 4% 9%  
56 2% 5%  
57 1.4% 3%  
58 1.0% 2%  
59 0.4% 0.9%  
60 0.3% 0.6%  
61 0.1% 0.3%  
62 0.1% 0.1%  
63 0% 0.1%  
64 0% 0%  

Fine Gael – Labour Party

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
36 0.1% 100%  
37 0.2% 99.9%  
38 0.3% 99.7%  
39 0.4% 99.4%  
40 2% 99.0%  
41 1.2% 97%  
42 4% 96%  
43 10% 92%  
44 12% 82%  
45 13% 70%  
46 17% 57%  
47 11% 40% Median
48 12% 29%  
49 6% 16%  
50 2% 10%  
51 0.7% 8%  
52 1.1% 7%  
53 3% 6%  
54 1.1% 2%  
55 0.8% 1.3%  
56 0.4% 0.5% Last Result
57 0.1% 0.2%  
58 0% 0.1%  
59 0% 0.1%  
60 0% 0.1%  
61 0% 0%  

Fine Gael

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
32 0% 100%  
33 0.1% 99.9%  
34 0.4% 99.8%  
35 0.7% 99.4%  
36 0.9% 98.7%  
37 3% 98%  
38 9% 95%  
39 11% 86%  
40 12% 75%  
41 14% 64%  
42 17% 50% Median
43 15% 33%  
44 6% 19%  
45 5% 13%  
46 2% 8%  
47 3% 5%  
48 0.9% 3%  
49 0.4% 2% Last Result
50 0.8% 1.2%  
51 0.2% 0.4%  
52 0.2% 0.3%  
53 0% 0.1%  
54 0% 0%  

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