Irish general election, 2016

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The Irish general election of 2016 was a national parliamentary vote that resulted in a highly fragmented Dáil Éireann and led to a minority government headed by Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael party.

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Irish general election, 2016 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
campaignIssue economic recovery after financial crisis ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
housing and homelessness ⓘ
water charges ⓘ
characterisedBy rise of independents and smaller parties ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dissolvedGovernment Fine Gael–Labour coalition government ⓘ
dáilDissolvedOn 2016-02-03 ⓘ
dáilElected 32nd Dáil ⓘ
electionDate 2016-02-26 ⓘ
electoralSystem single transferable vote ⓘ
electorateIncluded Irish citizens resident in the state ⓘ
firstMeetingOfNewDáil 2016-03-10 ⓘ
followedBy Irish general election, 2020 ⓘ
forLegislature 32nd Dáil ⓘ
Dáil Éireann ⓘ
incomingTaoiseach Enda Kenny ⓘ
largestPartyBySeats Fine Gael ⓘ
ledToGovernmentHeadedBy Enda Kenny ⓘ
ledToGovernmentParty Fine Gael ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
mainGoverningPartyAfterElection Fine Gael ⓘ
mainPartyLeader Enda Kenny ⓘ
Gerry Adams ⓘ
Joan Burton ⓘ
Micheál Martin ⓘ
notableOutcome longest government formation period in modern Irish history up to that time ⓘ
no party won an overall majority ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 40 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 158 ⓘ
outgoingGovernment Fine Gael–Labour coalition government ⓘ
outgoingTaoiseach Enda Kenny ⓘ
oversawGovernmentFormationProcessDuration over 60 days ⓘ
pollingDay 2016-02-26 ⓘ
precededBy Irish general election, 2011 ⓘ
presidentAtTime Michael D. Higgins ⓘ
regulatedBy Electoral Act 1992 (as amended) ⓘ
resultedIn highly fragmented Dáil Éireann ⓘ
sawSeatLossFor Labour Party (Ireland) ⓘ
secondLargestPartyBySeats Fianna Fáil ⓘ
supportedBy Fianna Fáil (confidence and supply) ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyBySeats Sinn Féin ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed minority government ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 65.1 ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ
year 2016 ⓘ

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Enda Kenny → participatedIn → Irish general election, 2016 ⓘ
Irish general election, 2011 → followedBy → Irish general election, 2016 ⓘ