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1983 Irish presidential election

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Field	Value
election_name	1983 Irish presidential election
country	Ireland
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1976 Irish presidential election
previous_year	1976
next_election	1990 Irish presidential election
next_year	1990
election_date	23 November 1983
(Unopposed)
image1
nominee1	Patrick Hillery
party1	Independent politician (Ireland)
title	President
before_election	Patrick Hillery
before_party	Fianna Fáil
after_election	Patrick Hillery
after_party	Independent politician (Ireland)

(Unopposed) In the 1983 Irish presidential election outgoing President Patrick Hillery agreed under enormous political pressure to seek a second term. Though former Nobel Peace Prize and Lenin Peace Prize winner Seán MacBride made it known in the Sunday Press that he wanted to contest the office, only Hillery was nominated and was declared re-elected without the need for a poll.

Procedure

Under Article 12 of the Constitution of Ireland, candidates could be nominated by:

at least twenty of the 226 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.

All Irish citizens on the Dáil electoral register were eligible to vote.

Result

The Minister for the Environment made the order opening nominations on 7 October, with noon on 21 October as the deadline for nominations, and 23 November set as the date for a contest. The only candidate nominated was Patrick Hillery, who had the right to nominate himself, and he was declared elected at the close of nominations.

Hillery was inaugurated for his second term as President of Ireland on Saturday, 3 December 1983.

References

Walsh, Dick. (7 October 1983). "Date for presidential poll set". [[The Irish Times]].
(22 October 1983). "Hillery deemed elected to office". [[The Irish Times]].
"Presidential Elections 1938–2011". [[Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

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