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Article: Irish elect lawmakers in key test for largest party, Fianna Fail _ and smallest, Sinn Fein
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- May 17, 2002
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DUBLIN, Ireland _ Despite relentless rain, voters turned out in force
Friday to elect Ireland's next parliament, a contest that could place
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fail party in a position
of strength achieved only once before in Irish history.
Ahern, 50, who has led Ireland through five years of double-digit
economic growth, declined to make predictions as he voted in his native
Drumcondra, north Dublin. Ballots in most districts wouldn't be counted
until Saturday, with full results expected that evening.
But all the polls in the three-week campaign forecast Ahern's Fianna
Fail will build on the 77 seats it won in Ireland's 166-seat parliament
in ...