Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 12 and 13 September 1993.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 It was the first European election where the two largest parties fielded a female leadership candidate, and the first election in history where all the largest three parties fielded female leadership candidates. The Labour Party remained the largest party in the

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, winning 67 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 76% , the lowest in a national election since the 1927 elections. The prospect of European Union membership was a key issue in the election campaign.

Results

Seat distribution

Notes

References

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