2025 Seanad election

2025 Seanad election
29–30 January 2025
60 members of the Seanad Éireann
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Fiona O'Loughlin Seán Kyne Conor Murphy
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Leader's seat Administrative Panel Cultural and Educational Panel Industrial and Commercial Panel
Last election 20 seats 16 seats 5 seats
Seats before 18 12 2
Seats after 19 18 6
Seat change 1 2 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Laura Harmon & Nessa Cosgrove Malcolm Noonan Sarah O'Reilly
Party Labour Green Aontú
Leader's seat Agricultural Panel Agricultural Panel
Last election 5 seats 4 seats 0 seats
Seats before 2 5 0
Seats after 2 1 1
Seat change 3 3 1
  Seventh party
 
Leader Patricia Stephenson
Party Social Democrats
Leader's seat Labour Panel
Last election 0 seats
Seats before 0
Seats after 1
Seat change 1
Leader of the Seanad before election

Lisa Chambers
Fianna Fáil

 Elected Leader of the Seanad

Seán Kyne
Fine Gael

An indirect election to the 27th Seanad took place in January 2025, following the 2024 general election to the 34th Dáil in November 2024. Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas, with Dáil Éireann as its lower house. Polls closed for six senators elected in two university constituencies on 29 January and for 43 senators elected on five vocational panels on 30 January; the remaining 11 senators were be nominated by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin.

The election saw senators from Aontú and the Social Democrats elected for the first time.

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