Elections for Dáil Éireann 1992

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(Turnout 68.5%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

39.11

24.47

19.31

4.68

2.78

1.61

1.40

0.67

5.97

FF

FG

ILP

PD

DL

SF

GP

WP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1989

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-5.04

-4.82

+9.83

-0.81

+2.78

+0.40

-0.10

-4.30

+2.05

FF

FG

ILP

PD

DL

SF

GP

WP

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

       

A total of 166 seats

• DL : 4
• GP : 1st
• ILP : 33
• FF : 68
• PD : 10
• FG : 45
• Independent: 5

The 1992 elections for the Dáil Éireann took place on November 25, 1992 . The members of the 27th Dáil were determined.

Results 1992

The 166 parliamentarians met for the first time on January 4, 1993 and the term of office lasted 1,654 days.

The election became necessary because of the failure of the Fianna Fáil - Progressive Democrats coalition. Accusations of dishonesty during the so-called "Beef Tribunal" ( beef tribunal , a tribunal that was created in 1991 to clear up inconsistencies in the export trade for beef, and the extent to which politicians were also involved) led to the breakup of Desmond O'Malley and his Party with Albert Reynolds ' Fianna Fáil.

Both Reynolds and for John Bruton of Fine Gael was the first choice as party chairman; it would remain the only one for Reynolds, as the election went very badly for Fianna Fáil and the party lost 20%.

Before the election, many political experts had predicted that Fianna Fáil would not be re-elected and that a rainbow coalition of Fine Gael , Labor and possibly the Democratic Left (a split from the Workers' Party ) would instead be formed, but Bruton had from Fine Gael own problems. Polls showed that in a rainbow coalition, Labor Dick Spring would be a more popular Taoiseach than him. The possibility of a changing Taoiseach was also discussed in the media.

The big winner of the election was the Labor Party, which had completely distanced itself from Fianna Fáil and had launched its own election campaign. Before the election, Spring made only a few statements about possible coalitions; but he made it clear that if the Labor Party became part of the government, he would have to become Taoiseach at least temporarily.

After the votes were counted, it was clear that Fianna Fáil had achieved the worst election result since 1927. But Fine Gael also lost votes. In contrast, the Labor Party achieved its best result in its history. Since a rainbow coalition was not mathematically possible, Spring had to enter into negotiations with Fianna Fáil, which met with little approval from the ranks of Labor supporters, as Spring had fiercely campaigned against Fianna Fáil and Reynolds. Because of the coalition, Reynolds was elected Taoiseach with over 100 votes - the largest number of votes in Irish history.

After various scandals in 1994, Labor left the government coalition and after various negotiations finally formed the Rainbow Coalition on December 15, 1994 with Fine Gael and Democratic Left , which was now possible due to various by-elections. This was the first time in the history of Ireland that a party left an existing government and formed a new government with opposition parties without a new election.

Political party	leader	Distribution of seats			By-elections (4)
		number	±	%-Distribution	Lost	Won	To keep	±
Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	68	−9	40.96%	1	1	2
Fine Gael	John Bruton	45	−10	27.11%		2		+2
Labor Party	Dick Spring	33	+18	19.89%	1			−1
Progressive Democrats	Desmond O'Malley	10	+4	6.02%	1			−1
Democratic Left	Proinsias De Rossa	4th	−3	2.41%
Green Party / Comhaontas glass		1		0.60%
Independent		5		3.01%			1
		166	± 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The (+/-) comparisons each refer to the previous election and do not take into account any seat shifts caused by by-elections.
2. ↑ If a member of parliament leaves (e.g. through resignation, exclusion or death), his seat must be reassigned in a by-election . This can lead to a loss or gain of seats for individual parties. The number in brackets indicates the number of post-election dates; several seats can be re-elected on one appointment. This list includes seat changes due to changes in the party of individual parliamentarians.