166 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 84 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
62.6% 3.3pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Bertie Ahern
Michael Noonan
Ruairi Quinn
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Leader since
19 December 1994
9 February 2001
November 1997
Leader's seat
Dublin Central
Limerick East
Dublin South-East
Last election
77 seats, 39.3%
54 seats, 27.9%
17 seats, 12.9%
Seats before
73
54
20[b]
Seats won
81
31
21[a]
Seat change
4
23
4
Popular vote
770,748
417,619
200,130
Percentage
41.5%
22.5%
10.8%
Swing
2.2%
5.4%
2.1%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Mary Harney
Trevor Sargent
Gerry Adams
Party
Progressive Democrats
Green
Sinn Féin
Leader since
12 October 1993
6 October 2001
13 November 1983
Leader's seat
Dublin South-West
Dublin North
N/A[c]
Last election
4 seats, 4.7%
2 seats, 2.8%
1 seat, 2.6%
Seats before
4
2
1
Seats won
8
6
5
Seat change
4
4
4
Popular vote
73,628
71,470
121,020
Percentage
4.0%
3.8%
6.5%
Swing
0.7%
1.0%
3.9%
Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency.
Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency.
Taoiseach before election
Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach after election
Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fáil
The 2002 Irish general election to the 29th Dáil was held on Friday, 17 May, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday, 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. The general election took place in 42 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, with a revision of constituencies since the last election under the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998.
The 29th Dáil met at Leinster House on Thursday, 6 June to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Bertie Ahern was re-appointed Taoiseach, forming the 26th government of Ireland, a majority coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats.
^Electoral Act 1980, s. 36: Re-election of outgoing Chairman of Dáil (No. 23 of 1980, s. 36). Enacted on 23 December 1980. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^"29th Dáil 2002: Carlow–Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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