Catherine Connolly became president of Ireland: Catherine Connolly wins
Voters went to the polls on 24 October 2025. Catherine Connolly became President. Catherine Connolly came first with 63.4%, Heather Humphreys second with 29.5%.
Turnout:
45.8%
The result
Seats, change and vote share as the results table of 2025 Irish presidential election gives them; the change is against the seats it lists for the previous election.
Readers: each leader's busiest day around the vote, against their own usual readership. A leader the record names whose busiest day falls in the vote's days was read for the vote.
Candidate and partyChangeVoteReaders vs usualSeats
The small line: each leader's readers over these days. The figure: their busiest day against usual.
A presidential election was held in Ireland on Friday, 24 October 2025.
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The incumbent president, Michael D. Higgins, was term-limited, having served the maximum two seven-year terms permitted under the Constitution of Ireland.
