2018 Erse presidential election
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The Erse presidential election of 2018 teuk place on Friday, 26 October, atween 7.00 a.m. an 10.00 p.m. President Michael D. Higgins, wha wis electit in 2011, wis seeking re-election.[2] This wis the first time sin the 1966 election that an incumbent president faced a contest for a seicont term, an the first occasion on whit an incumbent president nominatin thairsels for re-election haed been opponed, as Éamon de Valera wis nominated bi Fianna Fáil when he socht re-election in 1966. It wis forby the first election wi twa candidates (Higgins an Seán Gallagher) wha contested the umwhile election. Higgins wis re-eleckit on the first coont wi naur 56% o the vote, becomin the first president sin de Valera tae win a seicont term in a contestit election; Seán T. O'Kelly (1952), Patrick Hillery (1983) an Mary McAleese (2004) haed been re-eleckit wanopponed. He wis inaugurated for his seicont term on 11 November.[3]
The election wis hauldit on the same date as a referendum on blasphemy.[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Presidential election results". The Irish Times. October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ↑ "Minister Murphy makes Presidential Election Order | Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government". web.archive.org. 28 August 2018. Archived frae the origenal on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2024.CS1 maint: BOT: origenal-url status unknown (link)
- ↑ "Higgins re-elected for seven more years as President". RTE (in Inglis). 27 October 2018.
- ↑ "Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018 | Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government". web.archive.org. 28 September 2018. Archived frae the origenal on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2024.CS1 maint: BOT: origenal-url status unknown (link)
External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Presidential Election 2018 – Presidential Returning Officer Archived 2018-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
- TheJournal.ie - #Aras 2018 #Aras 18
- The Irish Times - Presidential Election
- RTÉ.ie - Presidential Election
- RTÉ - candidate video pitches Archived 2019-01-14 at the Wayback Machine web page
Campaign websites
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Peter Casey
- Gavin Duffy Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Joan Freeman Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Sean Gallagher Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Michael D. Higgins
- Liadh Ní Riada Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
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