February 1982 Irish General Election
18 February 1982 · Three elections in eighteen months · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 81 of 166 seats on 47.3% of the vote. Turnout 73.8%.
Taoiseach before
Garret FitzGerald
Fine Gael
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
81 of 166 seats
Turnout
73.8%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Charles Haughey | 81 | +3 | 786,951 | 47.3% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Garret FitzGerald | 63 | -2 | 621,088 | 37.3% | — | |
| Labour | Michael O'Leary | 15 | 0 | 151,875 | 9.1% | — | |
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 3 | +2 | 38,088 | 2.3% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Ruairí Ó Brádaigh | 0 | — | 16,894 | 1.0% | — | |
| Irish Republican Socialist | — | 0 | — | 2,716 | 0.2% | — | |
| Communist | — | 0 | 0 | 462 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 4 | 0 | 46,059 | 2.8% | — |