As the dust settles on the 2025 Presidential Election, take a look at some of the key numbers that decided the race for Áras an Uachtaráin.
The final outcome of last Friday's Presidential poll
Catherine Connolly (IND): 914,143 (63.4%)
Heather Humphreys (FG): 424,987 (29.5%)
Jim Gavin (FF): 103,568 (7.2%)
A historic number of spoiled votes
In total 213,738, or 12.9%, of votes cast on Friday were invalid.
In the 2018 Presidential Election that number was just 1.2%.
Constituencies with the highest number of spoiled votes are seen below:
- Dublin North West at 20.5%
- Dublin Mid West at 20.2%
- Dublin South-Central at 19.0%
Record first preference vote
Catherine Connolly's total first preference vote was 914,143, or 63.4% of the total valid poll.
This first preference result is greater than the previous highs of Éamon De Valera at 56.3% in 1959 and Michael D Higgins at 55.8% in 2018.
Turnout was higher than anticipated at 45.8%
Connacht/Ulster - 47.9%
Dublin - 45.3%
Leinster 45.9%
Munster 45.1%
Heather Humphreys wins on home turf
Heather Humphreys topped the poll in just one constituency - her home base of Cavan-Monaghan.
She took 58.7% of the vote to Catherine Connolly's 38.3%.
Catherine Connolly also took an emphatic win in her home constituency of Galway West with 76.8% of the vote to 18.4% for Heather Humphreys.
Highest vote percentage
Dublin South Central gave Catherine Connolly her highest vote percentage of 79%, compared to 15.7% for Heather Humphreys.
Jim Gavin's campaign fails to recoup expenses
Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin withdrew from the election on 5 October but his name was still on the ballot for voters on Friday.
Mr Gavin secured 103,568 first preference votes to claim 7.2% of the total vote.
For Fianna Fáil, this means the threshold of 12.5% support to reclaim election expenses has not been met.
In West Clare, which is home to both of Mr Gavin's parents, he took 5,047 votes, or 12.6%.
