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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections:
Dáil Éireann, 5-year term, proportional
representation system (STV) |
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· President:
Mary McAleese (FF) · Taoiseach:
Brian Cowen (FF) · Government:
FF, GP |
| Party |
Ideology, Affiliation,
Founding |
2007 |
Seats |
2002 |
Seats |
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Fianna
Fáil
- The Republican Party (FF) 
Soldiers of Destiny |
Centrism;
Conservatism, Irish republicanism |
ELDR
1926 |
41,6% |
78 |
41,5% |
81 |
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Fine Gael
- The United Ireland Party (FG)
Family of the Irish |
Centrism; Christian democracy
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EPP, CDI
1933 |
27,3% |
51 |
22,5% |
31 |
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Labour Party
(LAB)
|
Social democracy
|
PES, SI
1912 |
10,1% |
20 |
10,8% |
21 |
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Sinn Féin (SF)
We
Ourselves |
Irish republicanism;
Democratic socialism |
-
1970 (pred.
1905) |
6,9% |
4 |
6,5% |
5 |
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Green Party (GP)
|
Green politics
|
EGP, GG
1981 |
4,7% |
6 |
3,8% |
6 |
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Progressive Democrats (PD)
(dissolved
in 2009) |
Conservative liberalism
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ELDR, LI
1985 |
2,7% |
2 |
4,0% |
8 |
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Socialist Party (SP)
|
Trotskyism
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EACL, CWI
1996 |
0,6% |
- |
0,8% |
1 |
| Independents |
- |
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5,7% |
5 |
9,5% |
13 |
| Others |
- |
- |
0,2% |
- |
0,7% |
- |
| Total |
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- |
- |
166 |
- |
166 |
| Turnout |
- |
- |
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63,0% |
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