Fianna Fáil leadership election, 2011

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Fianna Fáil leadership election, 2011
← 2008 26 January 2011 (2011-01-26)
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Candidate Micheál Martin Brian Lenihan, Jnr
Party Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil
1st preference 33 15
2nd count 36 18
Final count 50 22
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Candidate Mary Hanafin Éamon Ó Cuív
Party Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil
1st preference 14 10
2nd count 18
Leader before election

Brian Cowen

 Elected Leader

Micheál Martin

The 2011 Fianna Fáil leadership election was called by party leader Brian Cowen on 22 January 2011, when he announced that he was resigning as president and leader of the party. He remained as Taoiseach until after the 2011 general election.[1]

The deadline for nominations closed at 1 p.m. on 24 January, and the new leader was elected at a special Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting on 26 January. Micheál Martin was elected as the party's eighth leader.[2][3]

Candidates

Standing

Declined to stand

  • Conor Lenihan – Minister of State for Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources[7]

Results

Election: 26 January 2011[8][9]
Candidate 1st count 2nd count 3rd count
Micheál Martin 33 36 50
Éamon Ó Cuív 15 18 22
Brian Lenihan, Jnr 14 18 –
Mary Hanafin 10 – –
Result: Micheál Martin elected leader.

Only TDs who were members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party were eligible to vote. Jimmy Devins rejoined the parliamentary party on 25 January, a day before the leadership election, bringing the total number of eligible voters to 72.[10]

RTÉ News reported that Martin had received 33 first preference votes, compared to Ó Cuív's 15, Lenihan's 14 and Hanafin's 10; it added that the election ended on the third count, with Ó Cuív the runner-up.[8] When Hanafin had been eliminated and her votes redistributed, Ó Cuív and Lenihan were equal on 18 votes each; Lenihan was then eliminated, having received fewer first preferences.

References

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