 On the day of the vote Fianna Fáil won 45.5%, failing to secure a majority in the 166-seat Dáil.A Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition came to power, under FitzGerald and Haughey went into opposition.Within days of his becoming Taoiseach, Allied Irish Banks forgave Haughey £400,000 of a £1,000,000 debt.