Editing Political realignment (section)

==== Ireland ====
* [[1932 Irish general election]] – [[Fianna Fáil]] victory; [[Éamon de Valera]] [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]]
** This election resulted in Fianna Fáil, led by Éamon de Valera, becoming the largest party in [[Dáil Éireann]] for the first time. Fianna Fáil remained in power for the next sixteen years and remained the largest party in the Dáil for the next 79 years, serving as the government more than 58 of those years.
* [[2011 Irish general election]]
** [[Fianna Fáil]], who had governed Ireland for most of the post-independence era, were heavily defeated at the election following anger over the Irish financial crisis. For the first time, [[Fine Gael]] overtook Fianna Fáil to win the most votes and seats, while Fianna Fáil fell from first place to third place, in terms of both votes and seats. Fine Gael and the second largest party in the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]], the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] formed a coalition government.
* [[2020 Irish general election]]
**This election resulted in the three largest parties each winning a share of the vote between 20% and 25%, along with the best result for [[Sinn Féin]] since 1923 (37 of the 160 seats) (before the formation of [[Fianna Fáil]]). Along with the two dominant parties [[Fine Gael]] and [[Fianna Fáil]] not having enough seats between them (38 and 35 respectively) to have a majority (at least 80 seats needed out of 160 seats), this election resulted in a break from a two-party dominant legislature, with something closer to a three party result.