Editing Joe Doyle (politician) (section)

==Winning and losing seats==
He was one of a number of TDs to lose their seats at the [[1987 Irish general election|1987 general election]]. At the Seanad election that followed, he was elected by the [[Administrative Panel]] to sit in the upper house ([[Seanad Éireann]]). He regained his Dáil seat at the [[1989 Irish general election|1989 general election]], where he and FitzGerald achieved two seats out of four with a tight vote-management strategy. However, he lost his seat again at the [[1992 Irish general election|1992 general election]] to new running mate [[Frances Fitzgerald (politician)|Frances Fitzgerald]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web |title=Joe Doyle |url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3334 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-date=21 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221223800/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3334 |url-status=live }}</ref> Though he contested the [[1997 Irish general election|1997 general election]]—under party pressure because it saw Doyle as the party's best chance to win a seat, even though he had originally decided not to contest any more general elections—he failed to regain a Dáil seat. He had the consolation of retaining his Senate seat in the election to the [[21st Seanad]].