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1966 Irish presidential election

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Nomination process
Result
References

{{Infobox election
| election_name = Irish presidential election, 1966
| country = Ireland
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Irish presidential election, 1959
| previous_year = 1959
| next_election = Irish presidential election, 1973
| next_year = 1973
| turnout = 65.3%
| 1blank = Final percentage
| election_date = 1 June 1966
| image1 =
| nominee1 = Éamon de Valera
| party1 = Fianna Fáil
| popular_vote1 = 558,861
| 1data1 = 50.5%
| image2 =
| nominee2 = Tom O'Higgins
| party2 = Fine Gael
| popular_vote2 = 548,144
| 1data2 = 49.5%
| title = President
| before_election = Éamon de Valera
| before_party = Fianna Fáil
| after_election = Éamon de Valera
| after_party = Fianna Fáil
}}

The Irish presidential election of 1966 was the fifth election in Ireland and was held on 1 June 1966. Incumbent president Éamon de Valera, 83 and with a rapidly deteriorating eyesight, standing for Fianna Fáil was narrowly re-elected, with Fine Gael candidate Tom O'Higgins coming within 1% (or 10,718 votes) of defeating de Valera.

Nomination process

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

at least twenty of the 204 serving members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or
at least four of 31 councils of the administrative counties, including county boroughs, or
themselves, in the case of a former or retiring president.

On 27 April, the Minister for Local Government made the order for the presidential election, with noon on 10 May as the date for nominations, and 1 June as the date of polling.^[1] Eoin "the Pope" O'Mahony, who had sought and failed to be nominated in 1959, tried again, unsuccessfully. He had the support of North Tipperary County Council.^[2]

As president, Éamon de Valera had the right to nominate himself for a second term, but he chose to be nominated by Fianna Fáil, the party he had led from 1926 until his election in 1959.^[3] Then Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach Seán Lemass had urged de Valera not to retire, as he had been considering.^[4] De Valera's campaign manager was Charles Haughey, later to become Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach.^[3]

Fine Gael nominated Tom O'Higgins, who had served as a TD since 1948, and was 49 at the time of the election. Gerard Sweetman served as his election director.^[5]

De Valera did not campaign, and to maintain balance, RTÉ chose not to cover the campaign of O'Higgins either.^[3]

Result

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}}{{STV Election box candidate5|
|candidate = Éamon de Valera
|party = Fianna Fáil
|nominator= Oireachtas: Fianna Fáil
|count1 = 558,861
|percentage = 50.5
}}{{STV Election box candidate5|
|candidate = Tom O'Higgins
|party = Fine Gael
|nominator= Oireachtas: Fine Gael
|count1 = 548,144
|percentage = 49.5
}}{{STV Election box end5
|numcounts = 1
|electorate = 1,709,161
|valid = 1,107,005
|spoilt = 9,910 (0.9%)
|quota = 553,503
|turnout = 65.3%
}}{{bar box
|title=Popular vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=410px
|bars={{bar percent|De Valera|{{Fianna Fáil/meta/color}}|50.5}}{{bar percent|O'Higgins|{{Fine Gael/meta/color}}|49.5}}
}}

Results by constituency
Constituency	De Valera		O'Higgins
Constituency	Votes	%	Votes	%
Carlow–Kilkenny	21,332	53.3	18,725	46.7
Cavan	12,542	50.2	12,431	49.8
Clare	19,992	64.2	11,132	35.8
Cork Borough	18,129	48.5	19,281	51.5
Cork Mid	17,532	48.0	19,015	52.0
Cork North-East	21,204	51.2	20,175	48.8
Cork South-West	11,590	46.9	13,131	53.1
Donegal North-East	13,540	60.2	8,967	39.8
Donegal South-West	12,781	54.2	10,804	45.8
Dublin County	9,842	45.0	12,016	55.0
Dublin North-Central	20,300	41.4	28,676	58.6
Dublin North-East	10,202	42.2	13,995	57.8
Dublin North-West	13,954	44.9	17,149	55.1
Dublin South-Central	10,554	40.0	15,841	60.0
Dublin South-East	14,764	42.8	19,692	57.2
Dublin South-West	19,656	44.5	24,554	55.5
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown	13,869	37.7	22,945	62.3
Galway East	20,621	56.4	15,951	43.6
Galway West	11,793	60.6	7,674	39.4
Kerry North	11,334	55.7	9,016	44.3
Kerry South	11,083	55.9	8,759	44.1
Kildare	16,022	52.1	14,705	47.9
Laois–Offaly	19,046	48.7	20,075	51.3
Limerick East	17,002	53.4	14,822	46.6
Limerick West	13,719	57.2	10,262	42.8
Longford–Westmeath	14,951	50.4	14,740	49.6
Louth	13,519	54.0	11,523	46.0
Mayo North	9,878	55.0	8,096	45.0
Mayo South	12,598	48.9	13,161	51.1
Meath	13,368	57.5	9,891	42.5
Monaghan	11,700	50.6	11,408	49.4
Roscommon	15,655	51.7	14,646	48.3
Sligo–Leitrim	13,251	50.6	12,918	49.4
Tipperary North	12,589	55.2	10,209	44.8
Tipperary South	19,300	58.4	13,745	41.6
Waterford	13,334	55.0	10,913	45.0
Wexford	15,268	50.1	15,203	49.9
Wicklow	11,047	48.1	11,898	51.9
Total	558,861	50.5	548,144	49.5

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Presidential election|work=The Irish Times|date=28 April 1966}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=O'Mahony still seeks nomination|work=The Irish Times|date=29 April 1966}}
3. ^¹²{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/how-dev-almost-lost-the-1966-presidential-election-1.3601119|title=How Dev almost lost the 1966 presidential election|first=Ray|last=Ryan|date=20 August 2018|access-date=25 August 2018|website=The Irish Times}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Why Lemass urged de Valera to stay|work=The Irish Times|date=10 May 1966}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Presidential nomination papers handed in|work=The Irish Times|date=11 May 1966}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/migrated-files/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Voting/FileDownLoad%2C661%2Cen.pdf|title=Presidential Elections 1938–2011|publisher=Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government|access-date=25 August 2018|p=26}}

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