Irish general election, 1997
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The Irish general election of 1997 was a national parliamentary election that led to a change of government, bringing Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats to power in a coalition and marking a significant realignment in Ireland’s party politics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1997 Irish general election | 1 |
| Irish general election, 1997 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18033839 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Irish general election, 1997 Context triple: [Democratic Left, participatedIn, Irish general election, 1997]
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Irish general election, 1992
The Irish general election of 1992 was a parliamentary election that reshaped the country’s political landscape, leading to significant gains for Labour, the emergence of new parties, and the eventual formation of a coalition government.
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B.
Irish general election, 2011
The Irish general election of 2011 was a landmark national vote that dramatically reshaped Ireland’s political landscape amid the financial crisis, leading to a major defeat for the long-dominant Fianna Fáil and the rise of Fine Gael to power.
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Irish general election, 1951
The Irish general election of 1951 was a parliamentary election that led to the return of Éamon de Valera’s Fianna Fáil to single-party government after a period of inter-party coalition rule.
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D.
Irish general election, 2016
The Irish general election of 2016 was a national parliamentary vote that resulted in a highly fragmented Dáil Éireann and led to a minority government headed by Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael party.
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E.
1989 Irish general election
The 1989 Irish general election was a national parliamentary vote that led to a hung Dáil and the formation of a Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition government under Charles Haughey.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irish general election, 1997 Target entity description: The Irish general election of 1997 was a national parliamentary election that led to a change of government, bringing Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats to power in a coalition and marking a significant realignment in Ireland’s party politics.
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A.
Irish general election, 1992
The Irish general election of 1992 was a parliamentary election that reshaped the country’s political landscape, leading to significant gains for Labour, the emergence of new parties, and the eventual formation of a coalition government.
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B.
Irish general election, 2011
The Irish general election of 2011 was a landmark national vote that dramatically reshaped Ireland’s political landscape amid the financial crisis, leading to a major defeat for the long-dominant Fianna Fáil and the rise of Fine Gael to power.
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C.
Irish general election, 1951
The Irish general election of 1951 was a parliamentary election that led to the return of Éamon de Valera’s Fianna Fáil to single-party government after a period of inter-party coalition rule.
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D.
Irish general election, 2016
The Irish general election of 2016 was a national parliamentary vote that resulted in a highly fragmented Dáil Éireann and led to a minority government headed by Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael party.
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E.
1989 Irish general election
The 1989 Irish general election was a national parliamentary vote that led to a hung Dáil and the formation of a Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition government under Charles Haughey.
- F. None of above. chosen
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