Opinion polling for the Irish general election, 2016

Numerous polls of support for political parties in Ireland were taken between the 2011 general election and the 2016 general election, held on Friday, 26 February 2016. The article also contains polls taken after the election while a government was being formed.

Two main tables of opinion polls are shown below. The top table lists opinion polls taken in 2016, the election year, and includes all political parties with Dáil representation, plus the Green Party. The second table, for polls from the last general election in 2011 up to 2015, does not break out Renua Ireland or the Social Democrats, which were both founded in 2015.

2016

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  Exit poll

Date	Source/Link	Polling Agency	FG	Lab	FF	SF	AAA -PBP	RI	SD	GP	Others
26 February 2016	General election	N/A	25.5	6.6	24.3	13.8	3.9	2.2	3.0	2.7	17.9
26 February 2016	RTÉ[p 1]	Behaviour & Attitudes	24.8	7.1	21.1	16.0	4.7	2.4	3.7	3.6	16.6
26 February 2016	The Irish Times[p 2]	Ipsos MRBI	26.1	7.8	22.9	14.9	3.6	2.3	2.8	3.5	16.1
23 February 2016	Paddy Power[p 3][p 4]	Red C	30	7	20	15	3	2	4	3	16[nb 1]
22 February 2016	The Irish Times[p 5]	Ipsos MRBI	28	6	23	15	3	2	3	2	18[nb 2]
21 February 2016	Sunday Independent[p 6][p 7]	Millward Brown	27	6	23	19	5	2	4	2	14[nb 3]
21 February 2016	The Sunday Business Post[p 8][p 9]	Red C	30	8	18	16	3	2	4	4	15[nb 4]
21 February 2016	The Sunday Times[p 10][p 11]	Behaviour & Attitudes	30	4	22	15	5	3	3	3	15[nb 5]
16 February 2016	The Irish Sun[p 12][p 13]	Red C	26	9	19	17	2	2	3	4	18[nb 6]
13 February 2016	The Sunday Business Post[p 14][p 15]	Red C	28	8	18	20	3	1	4	2	16[nb 7]
10 February 2016	Paddy Power[p 16][p 17]	Red C	30	8	18	17	4	2	3	2	16[nb 8]
6 February 2016	The Sunday Times[p 18][p 19]	Behaviour & Attitudes	28	8	20	17	3	2	4	3	15[nb 9]
6 February 2016	The Sunday Business Post[p 18][p 20]	Red C	31	10	17	17	3	1	3	2	16[nb 10]
6 February 2016	Sunday Independent[p 21][p 22]	Millward Brown	27	6	22	21	3	1	1	1	18
4 February 2016	The Irish Times[p 23]	Ipsos MRBI	28	7	21	19	4	1	2	2	16[nb 11]
30 January 2016	The Sunday Business Post[p 24]	Red C	29	10	17	19	3	1	2	3	16
16 January 2016	The Sunday Business Post[p 25]	Red C	30	9	19	19	3	2	1	2	15
16 January 2016	The Sunday Times[p 26][p 27]	Behaviour & Attitudes	31	6	20	16	3	2	1	3	20[nb 12]
25 February 2011	General election	N/A	36.1	19.4	17.4	9.9	2.2[nb 13]	N/A	N/A	1.8	14.2

2011–2015

Graphical summary

Poll results

Date	Source/Link	Polling Agency	FG	Lab	FF	SF	GP	AAA-PBP	Others
19 December 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 28]	Red C	32	9	17	19	2	3	18[nb 14]
13 December 2015	The Sunday Times[p 29]	Behaviour & Attitudes	31	8	19	17	3	4	18[nb 15]
2 December 2015	Paddy Power[p 30]	Red C	28	9	20	18	2	4	19[nb 16]
26 November 2015	The Irish Times[p 31]	Ipsos MRBI	30	7	19	21	2	3	18[nb 17]
21 November 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 32]	Red C	31	7	19	18	2	4	19[nb 18]
14 November 2015	The Sunday Times[p 33]	Behaviour & Attitudes	26	7	20	21	1	9	16[nb 19]
7 November 2015	Sunday Independent[p 34]	Millward Brown	29	7	24	21	1	N/A	19[nb 20]
24 October 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 35][p 36]	Red C	30	7	20	16	2	1	24[nb 21]
18 October 2015	The Sunday Times[p 37]	Behaviour & Attitudes	24	8	19	19	1	7	21[nb 22]
23 September 2015	The Irish Times[p 38]	Ipsos MRBI	28	8	20	19	1	3	21[nb 23]
12 September 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 39]	Red C	28	10	18	16	N/A	N/A	28
15 August 2015	The Sunday Times[p 40]	Behaviour & Attitudes	27	6	20	19	2	5	23[nb 24]
30 July 2015	Sunday Independent[p 41]	Millward Brown	24	7	23	21	1	3[nb 25]	23[nb 26]
26 July 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 42]	Red C	25	8	18	18	2	1	28
18 July 2015	The Sunday Times[p 43]	Behaviour & Attitudes	24	8	18	17	N/A	N/A	32
27 June 2015	Sunday Independent[p 44]	Millward Brown	29	6	23	21	1	3	17[nb 20]
24 June 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 44][p 45]	Red C	28	7	20	18	2[nb 27]	N/A	25[nb 27]
15 June 2015	The Sunday Times[p 46][p 47]	Behaviour & Attitudes	24	9	21	19	2[nb 28]		26[nb 28]
30 May 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 48]	Red C	28	10	19	21	3	N/A	19[nb 20]
14 May 2015	The Irish Times[p 49]	Ipsos MRBI	28	7	20	21	N/A	N/A	24
26 April 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 50][p 51]	Red C	25	8	19	22	1[nb 29]	N/A[nb 30]	24[nb 29]
5 April 2015	Sunday Independent[p 52]	Millward Brown	25	8	19	24	3	2	18[nb 31]
28 March 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 53][p 54]	Red C	27	10	18	17	2[nb 32]	N/A	26[nb 32]
26 March 2015	The Irish Times[p 55]	Ipsos MRBI	24	7	17	24	3	N/A	25
11 March 2015	The Sunday Times[p 56]	Behaviour & Attitudes	27	9	18	19	3	N/A	23
21 February 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 57]	Red C	24	7	18	21	3	N/A	27[nb 33]
14 February 2015	Sunday Independent[p 58][p 59]	Millward Brown	25	6	19	26	1[nb 34]	N/A	23[nb 34]
19 January 2015	The Sunday Business Post[p 60]	Red C	24	9	19	20	2	N/A	26
13 January 2015	RTÉ (Today with Sean O'Rourke)[p 61]	Red C	24	8	18	21	1	N/A	28[nb 35]
21 December 2014	The Sunday Times[p 62]	Behaviour & Attitudes	24	5	18	22	1	N/A	29
18 December 2014	Sunday Independent[p 63]	Millward Brown	22	5	18	21	2	N/A	32
17 December 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 64]	Red C	21	6	19	24	2	N/A	28
4 December 2014	The Irish Times[p 65]	Ipsos MRBI	19	6	21	22	3	N/A	29
23 November 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 66]	Red C	22	8	18	22	3	N/A	27
2 November 2014	Sunday Independent[p 67]	Millward Brown	22	7	20	26	2	N/A	23
26 October 2014	The Sunday Times[p 68]	Behaviour & Attitudes	25	9	18	19	3	N/A	25
26 October 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 66]	Red C	26	8	18	20	2	N/A	28
9 October 2014	The Irish Times[p 69]	Ipsos MRBI	24	9	20	24	N/A	N/A	23
21 September 2014	Sunday Independent[p 70]	Millward Brown	25	9	21	22	1	N/A	23
14 September 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 71]	Red C	28	8	18	23	2	N/A	23
17 August 2014	The Sunday Times[p 72]	Behaviour & Attitudes	24	14	18	19	1	N/A	24
3 August 2014	Sunday Independent[p 73]	Millward Brown	25	7	20	24	1	N/A	23
29 June 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 74]	Red C	25	7	18	22	2	N/A	26
12 June 2014	Paddy Power[p 75]	Red C	22	4	18	22	2	N/A	32
7 June 2014	Sunday Independent[p 76]	Millward Brown	20	5	20	26	2	2	25
23 May 2014	European election	N/A	22.3	5.3	22.3	19.5	4.9	3.3[nb 36]	23.9
23 May 2014	Local elections	N/A	24.0	7.2	25.3	15.2	1.6	2.9[nb 36]	25.5
19 May 2014	Sunday Independent[p 77]	Millward Brown	20	6	21	23	2	N/A	27
16 May 2014	The Irish Sun[p 78]	Red C	25	8	20	20	2	N/A	25[nb 37]
1 May 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 79]	Red C	25	11	21	18	N/A	N/A	25
19 April 2014	Sunday Independent[p 80][p 81]	Millward Brown	29	6	22	20	2	N/A	21
19 April 2014	The Sunday Times[p 81][p 82]	Behaviour & Attitudes	21	9	20	20	4	N/A	26
3 April 2014	The Irish Times[p 83]	Ipsos MRBI	25	8	25	21	N/A	N/A	21
30 March 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 84]	Red C	26	9	22	21	N/A	N/A	22
28 February 2014	Sunday Independent[p 85]	Millward Brown	27	8	21	22	2	N/A	20
22 February 2014	The Sunday Times[p 86]	Behaviour & Attitudes	30	9	19	18	N/A	N/A	24
22 February 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 86]	Red C	29	11	22	16	N/A	N/A	22
24 January 2014	Sunday Independent[p 87]	Millward Brown	30	12	26	16	1	N/A	15
22 January 2014	The Sunday Business Post[p 87]	Red C	27	9	23	16	N/A	N/A	25
9 January 2014	Paddy Power[p 88]	Red C	28	10	22	18	N/A	N/A	22
15 December 2013	The Sunday Times[p 89]	Behaviour & Attitudes	30	11	21	15	3[nb 38]	N/A	21[nb 38]
10 December 2013	The Irish Times[p 90]	Ipsos MRBI	30	9	22	21	N/A[nb 39]	N/A	18
24 November 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 92]	Red C	29	12	22	15	2[nb 40]	N/A	20[nb 40]
17 November 2013	Sunday Independent[p 93]	Millward Brown	27	9	24	21	1	N/A	18
7 November 2013	Paddy Power[p 94]	Red C	25	9	24	16	2	N/A	24
23 October 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 95]	Red C	29	9	23	17	N/A	N/A	23
October 2013	Sunday Independent[p 93]	Millward Brown	27	9	27	19	2	N/A	17
1 October 2013	The Irish Times[p 96]	Ipsos MRBI	26	6	22	23	2	N/A	21
28 September 2013	Sunday Independent[p 97]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	28	10	27	19	1	N/A	15
21 September 2013	The Sunday Times[p 98][p 99]	Behaviour & Attitudes	25	11	21	18	3	N/A	23
16 September 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 100]	Red C	27	10	23	17	4	N/A	19
1 September 2013	Sunday Independent[p 101]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	27	8	25	21	1	N/A	18
18 August 2013	Sunday Independent[p 102]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	29	8	28	19	1	N/A	15
7 July 2013	Sunday Independent[p 103]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	26	8	29	19	N/A	N/A	19
30 June 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 104]	Red C	28	12	22	17	N/A	N/A	21
14 June 2013	The Irish Times[p 105]	Ipsos MRBI	24	9	26	21	2	N/A	18
13 June 2013	Paddy Power[p 105]	Red C	30	10	24	16	N/A	N/A	20
2 June 2013	Sunday Independent[p 106]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	27	11	27	17	N/A	N/A	18
26 May 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 107]	Red C	26	11	26	16	N/A	N/A	21
19 May 2013	Sunday Independent[p 108]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	23	12	26	19	1	N/A	18
28 April 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	28	11	25	16	2	N/A	18
14 April 2013	Sunday Independent[p 110]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	24	12	27	16	2	N/A	18
31 March 2013	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	27	7	23	15	2	N/A	25
24 March 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	28	13	24	14	1	N/A	20
17 March 2013	Sunday Independent[p 110]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	25	9	29	20	1	N/A	16
2 March 2013	Irish Independent[p 110]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	24	11	23	21	2	N/A	20
24 February 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	28	12	26	16	2	N/A	16
18 February 2013	Irish Independent[p 110]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	25	13	27	20	1	N/A	15
8 February 2013	The Irish Times[p 112]	Ipsos MRBI	25	10	26	18	1	N/A	20
27 January 2013	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	28	11	21	19	2	N/A	19
21 January 2013	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	26	11	24	19	3	N/A	18
10 January 2013	Paddy Power[p 113]	Red C	29	13	21	16	3	N/A	18
2 December 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	28	14	20	17	3	N/A	18
18 November 2012	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	30	12	22	14	3	N/A	19
28 October 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	34	13	19	17	2	N/A	15
18 October 2012	The Irish Times[p 114]	Ipsos MRBI	31	12	21	20	2	N/A	14
23 September 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	32	14	18	18	2	N/A	16
16 September 2012	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	31	14	16	18	2	N/A	19
24 June 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	32	15	18	16	2	N/A	17
27 May 2012	Sunday Independent[p 115]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	36	12	17	20	1	N/A	14
26 May 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	30	15	18	19	2	N/A	16
25 May 2012	The Irish Times[p 116]	Ipsos MRBI	32	10	17	24	2	N/A	15
23 May 2012	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	33	14	16	17	2	N/A	18
18 May 2012	Paddy Power[p 117]	Red C	32	13	18	20	2	N/A	15
18 May 2012	Irish Independent[p 115]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	34	15	16	17	1	N/A	17
13 May 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	29	13	19	21	2	N/A	16
29 April 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	32	14	17	19	2	1	15
17 April 2012	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	33	14	15	16	5	N/A	18
20 April 2012	The Irish Times[p 118]	Ipsos MRBI	33	13	14	21	2	N/A	17
30 March 2012	Paddy Power[p 117]	Red C	35	16	15	14	2	N/A	18
25 March 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	34	15	16	18	2	N/A	15
4 March 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	30	16	17	18	2	N/A	17
20 February 2012	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	33	13	16	20	2	N/A	16
29 January 2012	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	30	14	18	17	3	N/A	18
12 January 2012	Paddy Power[p 117]	Red C	33	16	17	14	2	N/A	18
12 December 2011	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	29	12	18	19	3	N/A	18
4 December 2011	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	32	15	18	15	1	N/A	19
25 October 2011	The Irish Times[p 119]	Ipsos MRBI	36	19	15	15	1	N/A	14
23 October 2011	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	31	17	14	16	2	N/A	20
18 October 2011	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	35	16	14	17	1	N/A	16
7 October 2011	The Irish Times[p 120]	Ipsos MRBI	35	17	16	18	2	N/A	12
2 October 2011	The Sunday Times[p 111]	Behaviour & Attitudes	34	16	16	14	3	N/A	17
25 September 2011	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	33	16	15	15	2	N/A	19
17 September 2011	Sunday Independent[p 121]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	40	20	10	11	2	N/A	17
4 September 2011	The Sunday Times[p 122]	Behaviour & Attitudes	44	12	15	13	2	N/A	12
21 July 2011	The Irish Times[p 123]	Ipsos MRBI	38	18	18	10	2	N/A	14
22 June 2011	Irish Independent[p 115]	Millward Brown Lansdowne	42	19	16	11	1	N/A	12
29 May 2011	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	41	19	16	11	3	N/A	10
10 April 2011	The Sunday Business Post[p 109]	Red C	39	18	16	11	2	N/A	14
25 February 2011	General election	N/A	36.1	19.4	17.4	9.9	1.8	2.2[nb 41]	14.2

Polling Companies

Four companies carry out national and sectoral opinion polls in Ireland. They use different methodologies, which can have a bearing on overall accuracy.

Normally the sample size for a national poll is in the very low thousands with a margin of error of ~ 3%

The methodologies used by the four companies are:

Polling Agency	Methodology	Own Statement on Sampling (with page number)
BandA	Face To Face(In Home)	[t 1] (Page 3)
IpSoS/MRBI	Telephone(Random Autodial)	[t 2] (Description section at bottom)
Millward Brown	Face To Face (In Home)	[t 3] (Page 2)
RedC	Telephone(Random Autodial)	[t 4] (Page 2)

Footnotes

1. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 2%
2. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 4% .Others also includes 3% who indicated they would vote Independent/Other but were undecided as to precisely whom.
3. Millward Brown does not break out Independent Alliance
4. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 3%
5. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 5%, Workers' Party 1%
6. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 5%
7. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 3%
8. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 4%
9. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 4%, Workers' Party 1%
10. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 2%
11. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 3%
12. "Others" includes Workers' Party 2%, and Independent Alliance 3%
13. Socialist Party 1.2% and People Before Profit 1% in 2011, they have combined since the 2014 Local Elections, where they ran separately, as the Anti Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit Party abbreviated initially as AAA-PBP and latterly as AAA only.
14. "Others" includes Social Democrats 2% and Renua 2%
15. "Others" includes Social Democrats 1%, Workers' Party 1%, Independent Alliance 2% and Renua 1%
16. "Others" includes Social Democrats 3%, Independent Alliance 2% and Renua 1%
17. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 3%, Renua 2% and Social Democrats 2%
18. "Others" includes Social Democrats 3% and Renua 1%
19. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 2%, Renua 1% and Social Democrats 1%
20. "Others" includes Renua 1%
21. "Others" includes Renua 2% and Social Democrats 1%
22. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 5%, Renua 2%, Social Democrats 1% and Workers' Party 1%
23. "Others" includes Independent Alliance 3%, Renua 2% and Social Democrats 1%
24. "Others" includes Workers' Party 2%, Renua 2% and Social Democrats 1%
25. 2% reported as Socialist Party
26. "Others" includes Renua 1% and Social Democrats 0.5%
27. "Others" includes Renua 1%. The "Others" figure of 27% reported by RTÉ also included 2% Greens.^{[p 45]})
28. "Others" includes Renua 1%. The "Others" figure of 28% reported by RTÉ also included 2% Greens.^{[p 47]})
29. "Others" includes Renua (1%) and the Socialist Party (less than 1%). The "Others" figure of 26% reported by RTÉ also included 1% Greens.^{[p 51]})
30. Less than 1%, included in "Others"
31. "Others" includes Renua 2%
32. "Others" includes Renua 2%. The "Others" figure of 28% reported by Breaking News also included 2% Greens.^{[p 54]})
33. "Others" includes Renua 1% (The reported "others" figure of 30% also included 3% Greens.^{[p 57]})
34. The "Others" figure of 24% reported by The Irish Times also included 1% Greens.^{[p 59]})
35. "Others" includes 1% for Renua, which had not been named at that point.
36. Contested as separate parties
37. 24% "Independent"; 1% "Other party"
38. Others figure of 24% includes 3% for the Green Party
39. Less than 1%; included in "Others".^{[p 91]}
40. "Independents and other parties" had 19% of the core vote, adjusted to 22% excluding undecided voters. The Green Party was 2 percentage points of the 19% core vote.^{[p 92]}
41. Socialist Party 1.2% and People Before Profit 1%

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