1981 Irish general election

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The 1981 Irish general election was a national parliamentary election in Ireland that led to a change of government and took place amid intense political tension over the Northern Ireland hunger strikes.

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1981 Irish general election canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
context took place during the 1981 Irish hunger strike ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
date 11 June 1981 ⓘ
electedBody Dáil Éireann ⓘ
electionType parliamentary ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote ⓘ
FiannaFáilSeatChange −6 ⓘ
FiannaFáilSeatsWon 78 ⓘ
FiannaFáilVoteSharePercentage 45.3 ⓘ
FineGaelSeatChange +22 ⓘ
FineGaelSeatsWon 65 ⓘ
FineGaelVoteSharePercentage 36.5 ⓘ
governmentFormedOn 30 June 1981 ⓘ
incomingGovernmentHead Garret FitzGerald ⓘ
incomingTaoiseach Garret FitzGerald ⓘ
IndependentFiannaFáilSeatsWon 1 ⓘ
IndependentFiannaFáilVoteSharePercentage 1.0 ⓘ
independentSeatsWon 4 ⓘ
independentsVoteSharePercentage 5.0 ⓘ
LabourSeatChange −2 ⓘ
LabourSeatsWon 15 ⓘ
LabourVoteSharePercentage 9.9 ⓘ
largestPartyBySeats Fianna Fáil ⓘ
largestPartyLeader Charles Haughey ⓘ
legislatureNumber 22nd Dáil ⓘ
mainIssue Northern Ireland hunger strikes ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
majoritySeats 84 ⓘ
nextElection February 1982 Irish general election ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 41 ⓘ
otherParty Independent Fianna Fáil ⓘ
Independents ⓘ
Sinn Féin The Workers Party ⓘ
linked to: Official Sinn Féin
outgoingGovernment Fianna Fáil government ⓘ
outgoingTaoiseach Charles Haughey ⓘ
previousElection 1977 Irish general election ⓘ
resultedIn change of government ⓘ
resultedInGovernment Fine Gael–Labour coalition government ⓘ
secondLargestPartyBySeats Fine Gael ⓘ
secondLargestPartyLeader Garret FitzGerald ⓘ
SinnFéinTheWorkersPartySeatsWon 3 ⓘ
SinnFéinTheWorkersPartyVoteSharePercentage 2.3 ⓘ
thirdParty Labour Party (Ireland) ⓘ
totalSeats 166 ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange +0.8 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 76.2 ⓘ
year 1981 ⓘ

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Kieran Doherty → election → 1981 Irish general election ⓘ
Dublin West → firstElection → 1981 Irish general election ⓘ