November 1982 Irish General Election
24 November 1982 · Three elections in eighteen months · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 75 of 166 seats on 45.2% of the vote. Turnout 72.9%.
Taoiseach before
Charles Haughey
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
75 of 166 seats
Turnout
72.9%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Charles Haughey | 75 | -6 | 763,313 | 45.2% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Garret FitzGerald | 70 | +7 | 662,284 | 39.2% | — | |
| Labour | Dick Spring | 16 | +1 | 158,115 | 9.4% | — | |
| Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 2 | -1 | 54,888 | 3.3% | — | |
| Democratic Socialist | Jim Kemmy | 0 | — | 7,012 | 0.4% | — | |
| Green | — | 0 | — | 3,716 | 0.2% | — | |
| Irish Republican Socialist | Jim Lane | 0 | 0 | 398 | 0.0% | — | |
| Communist | Eugene McCartan | 0 | 0 | 259 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 3 | -1 | 38,735 | 2.3% | — |