• Source: 2025 Irish presidential election

      • The 2025 Irish presidential election must take place by Monday, 27 October 2025. The incumbent president, Michael D. Higgins, is term limited, having served the maximum two terms permitted under the Constitution of Ireland. He was elected in 2011 with the support of the Labour Party, and in 2018 as an independent.


      Procedure



      To stand for election as President of Ireland, candidates must:

      be a citizen of Ireland
      be at least 35 years of age
      be nominated by:
      at least twenty of the 234 serving members of the Houses of the Oireachtas (parliament), or
      at least four of the 31 county or city councils, or
      themselves, in the case of a former or retiring president who has served one 7-year term.
      If a member of the Oireachtas or a County or City council nominate more than one candidate, only the first nomination paper received from them will be deemed valid. Presidential elections are conducted in line with Article 12 of the Constitution and under the Presidential Elections Act 1993, as amended. The President of Ireland is elected through Instant-runoff voting. All Irish citizens entered on the current electoral register are eligible to vote. Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011, there is a spending limit by each candidate of €750,000. Candidates who are elected or who reach 12.5% of the vote on their elimination are entitled to a reimbursement of expenses up to €200,000.


      Speculative candidates




      = Fine Gael

      =
      Mairead McGuinness, former European Commissioner
      Frances Fitzgerald, former Tánaiste


      = Fianna Fáil

      =
      Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach


      = Sinn Féin

      =
      John Finucane, Member of Parliament for Belfast North


      = Independent

      =
      Conor McGregor, professional mixed martial artist and boxer
      Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, MEP for Midlands-North West


      Declined candidates




      = Fine Gael

      =
      Enda Kenny, former Taoiseach


      = Sinn Féin

      =
      Gerry Adams, former President of Sinn Féin


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