Elections for Dáil Éireann November 1982

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(Voter turnout 72.9%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

45.20

39.22

9.36

3.25

2.97

FF

FG

ILP

WP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to February 1982

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-2.06

+1.92

+0.24

+0.96

-1.06

FF

FG

ILP

WP

Otherwise.

Allocation of seats in the 31st Dáil (as of January 2016)

     

A total of 166 seats

• Independent: 3
• Otherwise: 2
• ILP : 16
• FG : 70
• FF : 75

The elections for the Dáil Éireann took place on November 24, 1982 . The members of the 24th Dáil were determined.

Results 1982 (November)

The 166 parliamentarians met for the first time on December 14th and the term of office lasted 1546 days.

The second general election in 1982 came just nine months after the last election and was the third election in 18 months.

The election became necessary because Fianna Fáil had lost the support of the Workers' Party and the Independents who refused to support the government's financial cuts. Although the economic problems were pressing, the parties now had to fight another election campaign.

After the votes were counted, Fine Gael had the highest number of seats in history, just 5 seats behind Fianna Fáil (there were times when Fianna Fáil had twice as many seats as Fine Gael). The Labor Party had a new leader in Dick Spring and was able to quickly agree with Fine Gael on a government program, so that Garret FitzGerald became Taoiseach for the second time . Fianna Fáil's poor performance was mainly due to the (internally) controversial leader Charles Haughey , who even had to face a (won) vote of confidence in his party.

Political party	leader	Distribution of seats			By-elections (3)
		number	±	%-Distribution	Lost	Won	To keep	±
Fianna Fáil	Charles J. Haughey	75	−6	45.18%			3
Fine Gael	Garret FitzGerald	70	+7	42.17%
Labor Party	Michael O'Leary	16	+1	9.64%
Workers' party	Tomás Mac Giolla	2	−1	1.21%
Independent		3	−1	1.80%
		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.