Left-wing nationalist party surges to historic result in the Irish general election, upending the country’s two-party system as the wave of anti-establishment populism appears to reach Ireland.
February 10, 2020, 8:43 PMSinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald motions a number one with her finger after being elected at the RDS Count center, Feb. 9, 2020 in Dublin, Ireland.
With over 96% of ballots counted on Monday, Sinn Féin had 24.53% of the first preference votes, Fianna Fáil had 22.18% and Fine Gael had 20.86%. "There is no longer a two-party system," Sinn Féin's leader Mary Lou McDonald told a jubilant crowd of supporters on Sunday. Sinn Féin, believing before the election it would suffer losses, only fielded half the 80 candidates it would need to form a government itself. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil ran more candidates and Fianna Fáil currently looks to have the largest number of seats. That means the two parties could theoretically keep Sinn Féin out of power.
Before the election, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil had both ruled out a coalition with Sinn Féin. Leo Varadkar, Fine Gael’s leader who had been Ireland’s prime minister, said previously he would be open to forming a coalition with Fianna Fáil. Varadkar's party had hoped for a third term. “We’ll assess when the full count is in and the full number of seats are in," he told the public broadcaster RTÉ. “I’m a Democrat, I listen to the people. I respect the decision of the people.”
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