166 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 84 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
73.8% 2.4pp
First party
Second party
Leader
Charles Haughey
Garret FitzGerald
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Leader since
7 December 1979
1977
Leader's seat
Dublin North-Central
Dublin South-East
Last election
78 seats, 45.3%
65 seats, 36.5%
Seats won
81
63
Seat change
3
2
Popular vote
786,851
621,088
Percentage
47.3%
37.3%
Swing
2.0%
0.8%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Michael O'Leary
Tomás Mac Giolla
Party
Labour
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Leader since
1981
1977
Leader's seat
Dublin Central
N/A
Last election
15 seats, 9.9%
1 seat, 1.7%
Seats won
15
3
Seat change
2
Popular vote
151,875
38,088
Percentage
9.1%
2.3%
Swing
0.8%
0.6%
Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency.
Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency.
Taoiseach before election
Garret FitzGerald
Fine Gael
Taoiseach after election
Charles Haughey
Fianna Fáil
The February 1982 Irish general election to the 23rd Dáil was held on Thursday, 18 February, three weeks after the dissolution of the 22nd Dáil on 27 January by President Patrick Hillery on the request of Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald on the defeat of the government's budget. The general election took place in 41 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas.
The 23rd Dáil met at Leinster House on 9 March to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Charles Haughey was appointed Taoiseach, forming the 18th Government of Ireland, a minority single-party Fianna Fáil government.
^Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1980, s. 1: Amendment of section 14 of Electoral Act 1963 (No. 40 of 1980, s. 1). Enacted on 23 December 1980. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
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