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The election for the 25th Dáil was held on February 17, 1987.


Results


Party Leader Seats Loss/Gain Dáil Seats (%)
Fianna Fáil Charles J. Haughey 81 +6 48.8
Fine Gael Garret FitzGerald 51 -19 30.7
Labour Dick Spring 12 -4 7.2
Progressive Democrats Desmond O'Malley 14 +0 8.4
Others - 8 +3 4.8



Overview

Charles Haughey leads Fianna Fáil into a minority government after five years in opposition. Garret FitzGerald of Fine Gael resigns following the election result. He is replaced by Alan Dukes. The Progressive Democrats, lead by Desmond O'Malley, contest there first general election. Since then they have never recorded such an electoral result.


Newly elected deputies: Dermot Ahern, John O'Donoghue, Mary Coughlan, Michael McDowell, Noel Dempsey, Martin Cullen, Dick Roche


See also:


Irish General Elections

1923 | 1927 (Jun) | 1927 (Sep) | 1932 | 1933 | 1937 | 1938 | 1943 | 1944 | 1948 | 1951 | 1954 | 1957 | 1961 | 1965 | 1969 | 1973 | 1977 | 1981 | 1982 (Feb) | 1982 (Nov) | 1987 | 1989 | 1992 | 1997 | 2002



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The Irish general election of 1987 was held on February 17, 1987, four weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on January 20.
The general election took place in 41 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 166 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
The general election of 1987 was precipitated by the withdrawal of the Labour Party from the Fine Gael led government on January 20, 1987.
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