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)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
81 of 166 seats
Turnout
73.8%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey · 47.3% of votes · +3 seats
81
seats
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald · 37.3% of votes · -2 seats
63
seats
Labour
Michael O'Leary · 9.1% of votes · 0 seats
15
seats
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla · 2.3% of votes · +2 seats
3
seats
Sinn Féin
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh · 1.0% of votes
0
seats
Irish Republican Socialist
0.2% of votes
0
seats
Communist
0.0% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Independent
2.8% of votes · 0 seats
4
seats