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Ireland Workers' Party: Latest polls, election results and positions

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Páirtí na nOibrithe at a glance

Workers' Party
Flag of Ireland Ireland Left Eurosceptic Founded 1970
Political Alignment
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Progressive

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Workers' Party in Europe

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Workers' Party: Election results in Ireland since 1945

1994 12 June 1994 Vote share 1.9 % -5.6 Seats 0 -1 1989 18 June 1989 Best result Vote share 7.5 % +2.5 Seats 1 -6 1989 15 June 1989 Vote share 5.0 % +1.2 Seats 7 +3 1987 17 February 1987 Vote share 3.8 % -0.5 Seats 4 +4 1984 17 June 1984 Vote share 4.3 % +1.0 Seats 0 -2 1982 24 November 1982 Vote share 3.3 % +1.0 Seats 2 -1 1982 18 February 1982 Vote share 2.3 % +0.6 Seats 3 +2 1981 11 June 1981 Vote share 1.7 % -1.6 Seats 1 +1 1979 10 June 1979 Vote share 3.3 % +1.6 Seats 0 ±0 1977 16 June 1977 Vote share 1.7 % +0.6 Seats 0 ±0 1973 28 February 1973 Vote share 1.1 % -4.3 Seats 0 -4 1957 5 March 1957 Vote share 5.4 % +5.2 Seats 4 +4 1954 18 May 1954 Worst result Vote share 0.2 % Seats 0
Workers' Party: Election results in Ireland since 1945 1954: 0.2 %, 1957: 5.4 %, 1973: 1.1 %, 1977: 1.7 %, 1979: 3.3 %, 1981: 1.7 %, 1982: 2.3 %, 1982: 3.3 %, 1984: 4.3 %, 1987: 3.8 %, 1989: 5.0 %, 1989: 7.5 %, 1994: 1.9 %

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Workers' Party in government: the record since 1945

1948 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Today
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No government involvement to date

Workers' Party has not been involved in any government since 1948.

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