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The 2009 European Parliament Election in Ireland

Abstract The 2009 European Parliament election was held in the midst of one of the worst national and global recessions since the 1930s and saw the governing parties, Fianna Fáil and the Greens, suffer considerable losses. This report provides a detailed review of the 2009 European elections in Ireland. It begins by outlining two analytical approaches to the election, seeking to tease out where the 2009 election in Ireland fits. It evaluates the political and economic context that the election was fought in showing how the events of the year previous to the election set the tone for its eventual outcome. The report then examines the campaign itself before providing an assessment of some of the factors that determined voters’ behaviour in the election before concluding by looking ahead to what the results may tell us about future elections and voting behaviour in Ireland.