Ireland's outgoing prime minister Enda Kenny on Thursday March 10,2016 lost a
parliamentary vote to be renamed to his post, as expected, following an
inconclusive general election in the eurozone nation last month.
Kenny won the support of 57 deputies -- far short of the required majority of 80 in the 158-seat chamber. He got 94 votes against and five abstentions.
Kenny remains as caretaker prime minister until he manages to build coalition support behind him or a different prime ministerial candidate is nominated.
The February 26,2016 election produced no clear winner but stripped his outgoing coalition of its majority, as voters expressed anger over continued austerity policies despite a return to economic growth.
Kenny's Fine Gael party won 50 seats and nearest rivals Fianna Fail have 44, while anti-austerity Sinn Fein -- long associated with the sectarian conflict in neighbouring Northern Ireland -- got 23.
Kenny won the support of 57 deputies -- far short of the required majority of 80 in the 158-seat chamber. He got 94 votes against and five abstentions.
Kenny remains as caretaker prime minister until he manages to build coalition support behind him or a different prime ministerial candidate is nominated.
The February 26,2016 election produced no clear winner but stripped his outgoing coalition of its majority, as voters expressed anger over continued austerity policies despite a return to economic growth.
Kenny's Fine Gael party won 50 seats and nearest rivals Fianna Fail have 44, while anti-austerity Sinn Fein -- long associated with the sectarian conflict in neighbouring Northern Ireland -- got 23.
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