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Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92: Irish elections to parliaments and parliamentary assemblies at Westminster, Belfast, Dublin, Strasbourg. Edited by Brian M. Walker. Pp 358. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy; Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast. 1992. IR£25. (A New History of Ireland, Ancillary Publications V)

Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92: Irish elections to parliaments and parliamentary assemblies at Westminster, Belfast, Dublin, Strasbourg. Edited by Brian M. Walker. Pp 358. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy; Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast. 1992. IR£25. (A New History of Ireland, Ancillary Publications V) - Volume 28 Issue 112

The Irish election of 1992

The general election in the Republic of Ireland, held on 25 November 1992, resulted in a spectacular success for the Labour Party, the largest of the three left wing parties in the Dáil, the National Assembly. The incumbent government party, Fianna Fáil, lost 9 seats and the main opposition party, Fine Gael, was reduced by 10. The result made a coalition government inevitable and, following extensive negotiations, Fianna Fáil and Labour formed a government on 12 January 1993. The result of the election is summarized in Table 1 (p. 182). The turnout, 68.5 per cent was the same as the previous election. The national swing from Fianna Fáil was 5.0 per cent.

West european politics: Bill Beamish, ‘The Irish Election of November 1982’, 6:3, July 1983, pp. 271–6

The 1980 reapportionment and redistricting continued several previous trends. The rural areas and big cities lost seats again, while the suburbs made substantial gains. In the 1982 election, the Republicans' hopes for gains from reapportionment and redistricting were not realized. The Democrats entered the reapportionment and redistricting processes with the disadvantage of holding most of the heavily underpopulated districts and less than half of the heavily overpopulated districts. They emerged with a net gain of six seats from reapportionment and won most of the redistricting-influenced, races. They maintained almost all of their districts which had lost population in the 1970s. No support was found for the hypothesis that the population decreases in the northern cities and the population increases in the sunbelt would shift seats from liberal Democrats to conservative Republicans. While redistricting had little adverse impact on most incumbents in the 1982 election, it was a factor in about one-half of the races in which incumbents lost.

The Irish election of November 1982

On 24 November 1982 the Irish electorate went to the polls for the second time in a year and the third time in eighteen months.* The election marked another stage in a period of governmental instability not previously experienced in Ireland. The election of June 1982 had produced a minority coalition government of Fine Gael and Labour requiring the support of independent deputies to remain in office. The first election of February 1982 resulted in a minority Fianna Fail government with the same problem. This most recent election of November 1982 gave no party an overall majority but opened the way for another coalition government of Fine Gael and Labour which would command a majority in the Dail and be virtually assured of serving a full term in government. The focal points of the campaign were virtually the same as those of the previous two elections: the economic policies required to restore national finances and the credibility of the alternative party leaders. The two issues were closely linked.

Nonspatial Candidate Characteristics and Electoral Competition

BASIC TO MODELS of electoral competition is the assumption that candidates adopt positions on policy issues as a means of attracting votes. However, candidates are also judged on the basis of human qualities and other attributes not related to the policies they espouse in a campaign. The spatial theory of electoral competition has, in the past, treated such attributes as part of the policy space over which candidates compete. However, certain difficulties attend such an interpretation. For example, it is difficult to view a candidate's personality as something which can be altered to please the voters. The mistakes that an incumbent has committed in office are not things he can erase to compete more effectively for votes. A candidate's religion cannot be abandoned because it is a political liability. In short, there are nonspatial attributes that affect voter evaluations of each candidate, which are beyond that candidate's immediate control. It is the purpose of this paper to incorporate these nonspatial attributes into the spatial model of electoral competition to show how the policy outcome of two candidate electoral competition is af-

Cornelius O'Leary. <italic>Irish Elections, 1918–77: Parties, Voters, and Proportional Representation</italic>. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1979. Pp. 134. $19.95

Cornelius O'Leary. Irish Elections, 1918–77: Parties, Voters, and Proportional Representation. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1979. Pp. 134. $19.95 Get access O'Leary Cornelius. Irish Elections, 1918–77: Parties, Voters, and Proportional Representation. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1979. Pp. 134. $19.95. Trowbridge H. Ford Trowbridge H. Ford Holy Cross College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 85, Issue 1, February 1980, Pages 134–135, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/85.1.134-a Published: 01 February 1980

Irish Elections, 1918-77: Parties, Voters, and Proportional Representation

Irish Elections, 1918-77: Parties, Voters, and Proportional Representation

The Pact General Election of 1922

The general election of 1922 was the first election to be held in the independent Irish state, the first held under the PR electoral system, and the first to be contested by the parties which, in modified forms, were to dominate subsequent Irish politics. The 1918 election, at which Sinn Féin had routed the Irish parliamentary party, had been the last of the old order. The 1922 election was the first of the new order — the two wings of Sinn Féin were challenged by Labour and other interests, as was to be the pattern for the next fifty years at least. In that light, this paper represents an attempt to start the scarcely-begun task of closely analysing modern Irish elections. Furthermore, the 1922 election merits attention because of the unusual circumstances under which it was held, foremost among which was the ‘pact’ between Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera.

Irish Elections 1918-1977: Parties, Voters and Proportional Representation

Irish Elections 1918-1977: Parties, Voters and Proportional Representation

Review: The Great Famine, 1845–52; Irish Elections, 1750–1832; The Act of Union; The United Irishmen; The ′98 Rebellion; The Penal Laws; Eighteenth-Century Ulster Emigration to North America; The Volunteers, 1778–84; Plantations in Ulster, c. 1600–41; Robert Emmet: Insurrection of July 1803; Steps to Partition, 1885–1921; Ireland after the Glorious Revolution; Catholic Emancipation

Review: The Great Famine, 1845–52; Irish Elections, 1750–1832; The Act of Union; The United Irishmen; The ′98 Rebellion; The Penal Laws; Eighteenth-Century Ulster Emigration to North America; The Volunteers, 1778–84; Plantations in Ulster, c. 1600–41; Robert Emmet: Insurrection of July 1803; Steps to Partition, 1885–1921; Ireland after the Glorious Revolution; Catholic Emancipation

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Education facsimiles. Nos 1-20: The great famine 1845–1853; Nos 21–40 Irish elections 1750–1832; Nos 41–60. The act of union; Nos 61–80: THE United Irishmen. Belfast: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, for the Northern Ireland Public Record Office. [1969–70.] 15p each.

Education facsimiles. Nos 1-20: The great famine 1845–1853; Nos 21–40 Irish elections 1750–1832; Nos 41–60. The act of union; Nos 61–80: THE United Irishmen. Belfast: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, for the Northern Ireland Public Record Office. [1969–70.] 15p each. - Volume 18 Issue 69

P. R. in Ireland. The irish election system. By J. F. S. Ross. London, Pall Mall Press, 1959. 95 pp. Paperback edition, 3/6

P. R. in Ireland. The irish election system. By J. F. S. Ross. London, Pall Mall Press, 1959. 95 pp. Paperback edition, 3/6

The coming Irish election

The coming Irish election

De Valera’s Entry Into Parliamentary Arena Forces Irish Election

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The Irish Election

The Irish Election

An Irish election in the old times

An Irish election in the old times