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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.
18 February – General election: Fianna Fáil was the largest party. 9 March – 23rd Dáil assembled; Charles Haughey was elected Taoiseach . 12 March – The country's first crematorium was officially opened at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin .
November 1982 Irish general election Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 1982 Irish general election .
The 18th government of Ireland (9 March – 14 December 1982) was the government of Ireland formed after the February 1982 general election to the 23rd Dáil.It was a minority Fianna Fáil government led by Charles Haughey as Taoiseach, reliant on the support of the Sinn Féin The Workers' Party and independent TD Tony Gregory.
This could be the Labour Party or the Social Democrats – both securing 11 seats – or the right-leaning Independent Ireland, which won four. The two parties joined in a coalition for the first ...
The President is directly elected by secret ballot under the system of the instant-runoff voting (although the Constitution describes it as "the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote"). While both Irish and British citizens resident in the state may vote in Dáil elections, only Irish citizens, who must ...
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said it is "too close to call" how many seats his party will win in the Irish general election. Exit polls suggest a close ...
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