Irish presidential election, 1966

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The Irish presidential election of 1966 was held on 1 June 1966. The outgoing president Éamon de Valera reluctantly agreed under Fianna Fáil party pressure to seek a second term. Fine Gael decided to run one of its younger TDs, Tom O'Higgins against him. In an astonishing upset, O'Higgins came within 1% (or 10,000 votes) of defeating de Valera. De Valera left the blame for this with his campaign manager Charles Haughey.

[edit] Result

Irish Presidential Election, 1966
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	558,861	50.48	1	1
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins	548,144	49.52

[edit] See also

• President of Ireland

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