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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Hiberno-English Шаблон:Infobox election The 1990 Irish presidential election was the tenth presidential election to be held in Ireland, the fifth to be contested by more than one candidate, and the first to have a female candidate and winner. It was held on Wednesday, 7 November 1990 and was won by Mary Robinson on a joint Labour Party and Workers' Party ticket. The election was the first time in history a Fianna Fáil candidate failed to win the Presidency. It was also the first time the Labour Party had contested a Presidential election. The election had one of the tightest margins of victory in Irish Presidential elections history, and the final leg of the campaign was characterised by intense internal turmoil within the Fianna Fáil party as well as personal attacks on the candidates from competing political parties. The election was considered a political failure for the Fine Gael party and would cause their leader, Alan Dukes, to resign in the immediate aftermath.

One of the central issues during the campaign was whether the role of the President should be expanded or not, with Robinson and Currie arguing it should while Lenihan argued against it. In the years following Robinson's election, she would transform the position into a much more visible and influential position in Irish politics.

Nomination procedure

Under Article 12 of the Constitution of Ireland, a candidate for president could be nominated by:

The outgoing president, Patrick Hillery, had served the maximum of two terms, and no other former president was living.

The deadline for nominations was 16 October 1990.[1]

Nomination campaigns

Labour and the Workers' Party

In January 1990, Labour leader Dick Spring publicly stated his belief that the Labour Party needed to run a serious candidate in the election and that if no other candidate could be found, he himself would run.[2]

The first viable candidate Labour sought was Mary Robinson; with her background in both the Seanad and her legal work, both of which saw her fighting for causes such as women's and minority rights, Robinson seem to have excellent credentials for the role of President. However, a major stumbling block towards recruiting Robinson was her reluctance to rejoin/reaffiliate with the Labour Party.Шаблон:Efn This delay in the recruitment of Robinson allowed for a second contender to emerge in the Labour camp: Dr Noel Browne.[2]

Dr Noel Browne was a politician who had first emerged into Irish politics as a member of Clann na Poblachta and a Minister for Health in his very first term as a Teachta Dala as part of the first "interparty" government of 1948. Browne was initially lauded for his successful crusade against Tuberculous in Ireland, but his plan to introduce the Mother and Child Scheme was a major component in bringing down the government. From that time on, Browne was a persistent figure in Irish national politics but frequently found himself unable to integrate himself into party politics. After moving through a number of parties in the 1950s and 1960s, Browne was part of Labour for 14 years between 1963 and 1977. He would eventually leave the party in a bitter dispute over forming a formal electoral alliance with Fine Gael.

Spring's announcement in January had piqued Browne's interest and that of his supporters (which included Labour members such as Michael D. Higgins and Emmet Stagg). They quickly moved to explore options for how Browne could stand in elections, which led to Browne having an inconclusive meeting with the Workers' Party at the end of January. Browne's manoeuvring caught the attention of the Irish news media, who began to openly speculate about the prospect of a Browne candidacy, almost to the exclusion of Robinson. On 26 March, Browne was able to secure the endorsement of the Labour Women's National Council, a sub-organisation within the Labour Party with former ties to Robinson.[2]

However, the Spring-Robinson talks continued to progress in parallel to Browne's movements, and on 4 April, Spring held a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party to discuss each candidate. A vote proposing Noel Browne as Labour's candidate was defeated by a 4 to 1 ratio, while a subsequent vote proposing Robinson succeeded.[2]

Browne was bitterly disappointed to not receive the nomination and would for the remainder of his life hold a caustic view of Robinson.[2][3][4] Nevertheless, it has been suggested that many of his supporters transferred their allegiance to Robinson once she became Labour's nominee and that they were a key component in her campaign.[2]

Although Robinson had secured the Labour Party's nomination, she was not yet eligible to formally enter the race as the Labour Party consisted of only 15 Teachtaí Dála and 4 senators, and the support of 20 members of the Oireachtas was required to enter the race. In order to secure the final signatures required, the Labour Party worked together with the Workers' Party, who had 7 TDs.

By May 1990, Robinson was the formal joint Labour and Workers' Party nominee, and the first candidate to enter the race.[5]

Fine Gael

Шаблон:Multiple image At the 1990 Fine Gael Ard Fheis, party leader Alan Dukes promised that he would find a "candidate of vigour and stature" to contest the election. However, Dukes had great difficulty in trying to secure a candidate from his party's ranks, primarily due to their perception that Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan would be a runaway favourite to win.[6] Dukes attempted to secure the candidacies of former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and former Tánaiste Peter Barry but failed.[7]

With his options dwindling, Dukes turned to the newly elected Teachta Dala Austin Currie. Currie had only entered the Dáil for the first time 15 months previously following the 1989 general election. However, Currie had an extensive background as a political activist in Northern Ireland as part of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and as a former member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party.

After Dukes convinced Currie to stand,[8] Currie's nomination was confirmed by a unanimous vote of Fine Gael's parliamentary party on 12 September.[6][9] By that point, it was already well known to the public that Brian Lenihan would be frontrunner for the Fianna Fáil nomination.[9]

Fianna Fáil

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John Wilson contested the Fianna Fáil nomination, but lost by a wide margin of votes to the favoured Brian Lenihan

On 17 September 1990, Fianna Fáil selected their candidate by holding a vote amongst members of their parliamentary party. Two members put their names forward: Brian Lenihan Snr, the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence and John Wilson, Minister for the Marine. Lenihan won the vote 51 to 19.[10][11][12]

Failed Independent bid by Carmencita Hederman

On 15 October (the day before the nomination deadline) recently elected Senator and former Lord Mayor of Dublin Carmencita Hederman asked Dublin City Council to support her and to give her a nomination towards the Presidency.[1] However, the motion was defeated by 31 votes to 5. Councillors from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats and the Workers' Party cited that they could not support her bid, as their parties had already given their support to other candidates or ruled themselves neutral.[1] Hederman's bid was supported by Independent TDs such as Tony Gregory and Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus as well Green TD Roger Garland.[1] Hederman did not petition any additional councils following her failure to secure a nomination from Dublin City Council.[13]

Hederman asserted on 15 October that the Progressive Democrats had promised to support her bid contingent on her securing 20,000 signatures of public support, but pulled their pledge at the last moment. Mary Harney denied this, and stated she had told Hederman her support was contingent on Hederman securing the backing of 11 other TDs. Ultimately, the Progressive Democrats declared "neutrality" in the election, and did not officially support any candidate.[1]

Campaign and issues

When Lenihan entered the race in mid-September, he was considered the odds-on favourite; no Fianna Fáil candidate had ever lost a presidential election.

Role of the President

Immediately upon his selection as the Fianna Fáil candidate on 17 September, Lenihan stated that he felt that expanding the role of the President was "not an issue in this campaign" and suggested it was not possible for any candidate to, by themselves, expand the role. Lenihan were in response to previous comments by both Robinson and Currie suggesting they could and would develop the Presidency into a more active role in Irish politics.[14][15] From as early as April 1990, Robinson made clear her ambitions to expand the role of the presidency.[16]

Broad party support for Robinson

On October 11, the Green Party announced that it had held a ballot of its members and they had overwhelmingly voted to officially support Robinson's campaign bid.[17] Robinson welcomed the announcement and stated her belief that environmentalism was an area in which the office of President could provide leadership.[17]

In addition to enjoying the formal support of 3 separate political parties and their canvassers, many Fine Gael canvassers choose to provide support for Robinson over Currie. Polling carried out by The Irish Times by 16 October showed that half of those who considered themselves Fine Gael supporters favoured Robinson over Currie.[18] Following the end of the campaign, Currie would cite the fact that many Fine Gael activists choose to support Robinson over himself as damaging his own campaign.[19]

Furthermore, although their party was officially "neutral", many Progressive Democrats activists were broadly sympathetic to Robinson's social views and were also attracted to offering her support. This support intensified following Michael McDowell's robust defence of Robinson in the face of personal attacks by Fianna Fáil's Padraig Flynn (See Flynn personal remarks about Robinson below for more).

"Red Scare" tactics

The early and strong support amongst Fine Gael voters for Robinson alarmed the Fine Gael camp, who reacted by engaging in Red Scare tactics against Robinson rather than focusing on the favourite Lenihan. Immediately upon the confirmation that Currie was in the race, prominent members of Fine Gael, such as Jim Mitchell and Michael Noonan, suggested that Robinson would be the "acceptable face of Socialism in Ireland" and that a victory for Robinson would be a victory for the Workers' Party.[18]

Members of Fianna Fáil would repeat similar accusations as the polls tightened and it became apparent that Robinson was a credible threat to Lenihan's campaign.[20]

Robinson Hot Press interview

In September 1990, the magazine Hot Press conducted a 90-minute interview with Robinson. The audio was recorded and certain portions were later transcribed in order to be used in print. Two weeks passed between the actual interview and its eventual appearance in the October edition of the monthly magazine. Upon the release of the interview, the Fianna Fáil affiliated newspaper The Irish Press lead that day with a front-page headline reading "LONGEST SUICIDE NOTE IN HISTORY" and an article by Emily O’Reilly focusing on Robinson responding "Yes" when asked in the interview if she would, as president, officiate the opening of a stall selling contraceptives in a Virgin Megastore.Шаблон:Efn Both Lenihan and Currie accused Robinson of making a political gaffe with this response. The Robinson camp initially claimed Robinson had been misquoted, but when Liam Fay, the journalist for Hot Press, was able to produce the audio recording of the interview, his transcription was proven correct. The Robinson camp changed tack, and claimed that Robinson had not meant "Yes, I would", but simply that because of her legal background, she was in the habit of advancing dialogue by saying "Yes" as an interjection. Robinson would henceforth deny that she would preside over any illegal activity should she win the election.[21][22][23]

The Lenihan tape

Шаблон:Further Although Lenihan was the initial favourite to win the election, his campaign was derailed when he confirmed in an on-the-record interview with freelance journalist and academic researcher Jim Duffy that he had been involved in controversial attempts to pressurise President Patrick Hillery not to dissolve the Dáil in 1982.[24][25] After the contrast between his public denials during the campaign and his eventual confirmation of his role during his earlier interview recorded in May the Progressive Democrats, then in coalition with Fianna Fáil, threatened to support an opposition motion of no confidence unless Lenihan was dismissed from the government or an inquiry into the 1982 events was set up.[25] The incident caused Lenihan's support to drop from 43% to 32% with Robinson going from 38% to 51%.[26] Taoiseach Charles Haughey privately asked Lenihan to resign, and sacked him on 31 October—a week before the election—when he refused to do so leading to a sympathy vote for Lenihan; his support in the polls going from 32% on 29 October to 42% on 3 November (with Robinson's support dropping from 51 to 42%).Шаблон:Sfn

Flynn personal remarks about Robinson

Шаблон:Quote box On 3 November, just days before voting was due to take place, cabinet minister Pádraig Flynn of Fianna Fáil made an appearance on the RTÉ Radio 1 show Saturday View alongside Michael McDowell of the Progressive Democrats and Brendan Howlin of the Labour Party. During the segment, Flynn launched a personal attack on Mary Robinson, accusing her of "having a new-found interest in her family" as part of a new public persona introduced for the campaign.[24] An infuriated McDowell, whose party had been broadly sympathetic to Lenihan and Fianna Fáil until that moment, excoriated Flynn, immediately calling the remarks a "disgrace", called upon Flynn to withdraw them and told him to "learn some manners". Similarly, an incensed Howlin called the remarks typical of a Fianna Fáil campaign in which "no dirt was too awful, no smear too great", and accused Flynn of outright lying about Robinson. Flynn did not withdraw the remark during the course of the programme, however, following an immediate and powerful public backlash, Flynn hurried to publicly withdraw the remark later the same day.[27]

Flynn's attack was a fatal blow to Lenihan's campaign, causing many female supporters of Lenihan to vote for Robinson in a gesture of support.Шаблон:Sfn[28][29][30]

Lenihan received a plurality of first-preference votes. Robinson received more than twice as many votes as Currie, and 76.73% of Currie's votes transferred to Robinson, beating Lenihan into second place and electing Robinson as Ireland's first female president.Шаблон:Sfn

Result

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Results by constituency

First count votes[31]
Constituency Currie Lenihan Robinson
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Carlow–Kilkenny 9,941 18.8% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 23,808 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 45.1% 19,054 36.1%
Cavan–Monaghan 10,049 21.2% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 25,365 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 53.6% 11,923 25.2%
Clare 7,956 18.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 21,669 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.0% 13,745 31.7%
Cork East 7,048 18.5% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 16,928 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 44.4% 14,124 37.1%
Cork North-Central 6,038 15.5% 15,020 38.6% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 17,832 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 45.9%
Cork North-West 8,414 27.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 13,843 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 45.5% 8,162 26.8%
Cork South-Central 9,254 17.3% 18,176 33.9% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 26,226 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 48.8%
Cork South-West 8,623 29.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 11,957 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 40.4% 9,034 30.5%
Donegal North-East 3,958 17.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 12,834 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 55.3% 6,397 27.6%
Donegal South-West 4,794 19.0% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 13,344 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 53.0% 7,058 28.0%
Dublin Central 4,711 12.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 17,855 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 46.7% 15,683 41.0%
Dublin North 3,931 11.4% 14,812 43.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 15,637 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 45.5%
Dublin North-Central 4,752 12.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 16,658 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 44.5% 16,064 42.8%
Dublin North-East 3,690 11.0% 13,939 41.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 16,082 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 47.7%
Dublin North-West 2,795 10.1% 11,611 42.0% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 13,240 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 47.9%
Dublin South 9,646 17.0% 17,948 31.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 29,103 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 51.3%
Dublin South-Central 5,578 13.0% 16,847 39.4% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 20,394 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 47.6%
Dublin South-East 5,528 16.6% 10,573 31.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 17,262 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 51.7%
Dublin South-West 3,661 9.9% 15,340 41.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 17,826 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 48.4%
Dublin West 6,439 13.4% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 21,987 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 45.6% 19,772 41.0%
Dún Laoghaire 8,957 17.0% 14,974 28.4% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 28,815 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 54.6%
Galway East 5,629 20.4% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 13,883 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.4% 8,043 29.2%
Galway West 8,094 17.6% 18,885 41.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 18,978 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 41.3%
Kerry North 5,192 17.2% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 13,896 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 45.9% 11,155 36.9%
Kerry South 4,891 17.2% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 14,230 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.0% 9,336 32.8%
Kildare 7,701 15.2% 21,388 42.2% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 21,638 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 42.6%
Laois–Offaly 8,690 17.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 25,635 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.4% 16,571 32.5%
Limerick East 7,498 17.6% 14,583 34.2% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 20,527 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 48.2%
Limerick West 5,955 19.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 16,055 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 51.2% 8,766 28.5%
Longford–Westmeath 7,716 18.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 21,860 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.9% 11,741 28.4%
Louth 5,588 14.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 20,134 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.8% 13,894 35.1%
Mayo East 5,023 18.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 11,838 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 44.2% 9,947 37.1%
Mayo West 4,706 18.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 12,114 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 47.1% 8,905 34.6%
Meath 8,174 16.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 23,960 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 49.0% 16,818 34.3%
Roscommon 6,482 23.0% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 14,454 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 51.3% 7,223 25.7%
Sligo–Leitrim 7,794 20.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 18,917 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 49.3% 11,660 30.4%
Tipperary North 5,822 20.0% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 14,373 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 49.4% 8,926 30.6%
Tipperary South 7,227 19.4% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 17,317 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 46.4% 12,751 34.2%
Waterford 6,160 15.9% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 17,236 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 44.5% 15,359 39.6%
Wexford 7,906 16.8% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 21,790 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 46.5% 17,201 36.7%
Wicklow 5,891 14.1% 16,448 39.4% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 19,393 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 46.5%
Total 267,902 17.0% 694,484 44.1% 612,265 38.9%
Second count result[31]
Constituency Lenihan Robinson
Votes % Votes %
Carlow–Kilkenny 25,103 48.4% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 26,733 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 51.6%
Cavan–Monaghan style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 26,796 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 57.7% 19,664 42.3%
Clare style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 22,715 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 53.2% 20,004 46.8%
Cork East 17,836 47.8% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 19,438 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.2%
Cork North-Central 15,934 41.6% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 22,346 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 58.4%
Cork North-West style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 14,896 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.3% 14,711 49.7%
Cork South-Central 19,416 36.8% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 33,301 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 63.2%
Cork South-West 13,084 45.6% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 15,640 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 54.4%
Donegal North-East style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 13,384 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 59.4% 9,162 40.6%
Donegal South-West style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 13,915 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 56.5% 10,730 43.5%
Dublin Central 18,648 49.5% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 19,042 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.5%
Dublin North 15,458 45.5% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 18,563 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 54.5%
Dublin North-Central 17,394 47.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 19,585 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.9%
Dublin North-East 14,537 43.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 18,772 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 56.3%
Dublin North-West 12,059 44.2% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 15,281 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 55.8%
Dublin South 19,330 34.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 36,473 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 65.3%
Dublin South-Central 17,743 42.0% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 24,517 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 58.0%
Dublin South-East 11,358 34.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 21,418 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 65.3%
Dublin South-West 15,894 43.6% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 20,573 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 56.4%
Dublin West 22,959 48.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 24,668 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 51.7%
Dún Laoghaire 16,293 31.5% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 35,527 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 68.5%
Galway East style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 14,486 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 53.4% 12,651 46.6%
Galway West 19,875 43.9% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 25,472 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 56.1%
Kerry North 14,669 49.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 15,096 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.7%
Kerry South style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 14,812 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.9% 13,238 47.1%
Kildare 22,493 45.1% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 27,467 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 54.9%
Laois–Offaly style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 26,740 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 53.4% 23,397 46.6%
Limerick East 15,589 37.3% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 26,235 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 62.7%
Limerick West style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 16,834 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 55.8% 13,380 44.2%
Longford–Westmeath style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 22,881 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 56.3% 17,795 43.7%
Louth style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 21,070 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 53.9% 18,053 46.1%
Mayo East 12,362 46.7% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 14,162 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 53.3%
Mayo West 12,566 49.5% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 12,845 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.5%
Meath style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 25,122 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.2% 23,037 47.8%
Roscommon style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 15,185 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 54.9% 12,495 45.1%
Sligo–Leitrim style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 19,906 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.7% 17,882 47.3%
Tipperary North style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 15,119 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.9% 13,483 47.1%
Tipperary South style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 18,299 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.2% 18,214 49.8%
Waterford 18,170 47.8% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 19,880 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 52.2%
Wexford 22,990 49.9% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 23,058 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 50.1%
Wicklow 17,353 42.2% style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 23,842 style="text-align: right;" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | 57.8%
Total 731,273 46.5% 817,830 51.9%

Aftermath

Шаблон:Cquote Both the immediate and long-term reactions to Robinson's election were to declare it a turning point in Irish social and political history. The Irish Press, a national newspaper staunchly aligned with Fianna Fáil, immediately stated that the election "signals a change in Irish society and a shift away from traditional attitudes and allegiances".[32]

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The result of the election brought an immediate end to the leadership of Alan Dukes over Fine Gael.

The result obtained by Austin Currie for Fine Gael, just 17%, was considered a terrible result for the party and immediately undermined the credibility of party leader Alan Dukes. Dukes resigned his position as party leader on 20 November 1990.[6][33]

Footnotes

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References

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Шаблон:Irish elections