Dáil Éireann election summary

This is a summary of the results of all the general elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1918 to 2007.

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General elections

Election results from 1918–1921

Election Date Sinn Féin Irish Unionist Irish Parliamentary Labour Unionist Ind Unionist Others Government Days
1918 14 Dec 1918 73 (46.9%) 22 (25.3%) 6 (21.7%) 3 (3%) 1 (0.9%) 0 (2.1%) Sinn Féin –
1921 24 May 1921 124 – – – 4 – Sinn Féin –

Election results from 1922–2007

Election Date FF FG Lab SF (Pro) SF (Anti) CnaG FP SF BPG NL IWL NCP CnaT NLP CnaP NPD WP AHB SLP PD GP DSP DL SP PBP Others Government Days
1922 16 Jun 1922 – – 16 58 36 – 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 SF (Pro-Treaty) –
1923 27 Aug 1923 – – 14 (10.6%) – – 63 (39%) 15 (12.1%) 44 (27.4%) 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14 CnaG 1382
1927 (Jun) 9 Jun 1927 44 (26.2%) – 22 (12.6%) – – 46 (27.4%) 11 (8.9%) 5 (3.6%) – 8 (7.3%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17 CnaG 98
1927 (Sep) 15 Sep 1927 57 (35.2%) – 13 (9.1%) – – 61 (38.6%) 6 (6.4%) – – 2 (1.6%) 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 CnaG 1615
1932 16 Feb 1932 72 (44.5%) – 7 (7.7%) – – 56 (35.2%) 3 (2%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15 (11%) Fianna Fáil 343
1933 24 Jan 1933 76 (49.7%) – 8 (5.7%) – – 48 (30.4%) – – – – – 11 (9.2%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 Fianna Fáil 1619
1937 1 Jul 1937 68 (45.2%) 48 (34.8%) 13 (10.3%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 Fianna Fáil 351
1938 17 Jun 1938 76 (51.9%) 45 (33.3%) 9 (10%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 (3%) Fianna Fáil 1832
1943 23 Jun 1943 66 (41.8%) 32 (23.1%) 17 (15.7%) – – – – – – – – – 10 (9.0%) – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 Fianna Fáil 342
1944 30 May 1944 75 (48.9%) 30 (20.5%) 8 (8.7%) – – – – – – – – – 9 (10.8%) 4 (2.7%) – – – – – – – – – – – 12 Fianna Fáil 1345
1948 4 Feb 1948 67 (41.9%) 31 (19.8%) 14 (11.3%) – – – – – – – – – 7 (5.5%) 5 (2.6%) 10 (13.3%) – – – – – – – – – – 13 (8%) Inter-Party (1st) 1211
1951 30 May 1951 68 (46.3%) 40 (25.8%) 16 (11.4%) – – – – – – – – – 6 (2.9%) – 2 (4.1%) – – – – – – – – – – 15 (9.5%) Fianna Fáil 1084
1954 18 May 1954 65 (43.4%) 50 (32%) 18 (12.1%) – – – – – – – – – 5 (3.1%) – 3 (3.8%) – – – – – – – – – – 6 (5.5%) Inter-Party (2nd) 1022
1957 5 Mar 1957 78 (48.3%) 40 (26.6%) 11 (9.1%) – – – – 4 (5.4%) – – – – 3 (2.4%) – 1 (1.7%) – – – – – – – – – – 10 (7%) Fianna Fáil 1674
1961 4 Oct 1961 70 (43.8%) 47 (32%) 15 (11.7%) – – – – 0 (3.1%) – – – – 2 (1.5%) – 1 (1.1%) 2 (1%) – – – – – – – – – 7 Fianna Fáil 1281
1965 7 Apr 1965 72 (47.7%) 47 (34.1%) 21 (15.4%) – – – – – – – – – – – 1 (0.8%) – – – – – – – – – – 3 (2%) Fianna Fáil 1533
1969 18 Jun 1969 74 (44.6%) 50 (33.3%) 18 (16.6%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 (5.5%) Fianna Fáil 1351
1973 28 Feb 1973 68 (46.2%) 54 (35.1%) 19 (13.7%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 (5%) FG–Lab 1569
1977 16 Jun 1977 84 (50.6%) 43 (30.6%) 16 (11.6%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 (7.2%) Fianna Fáil 1456
1981 11 Jun 1981 77 (45.3%) 65 (36.5%) 15 (9.9%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 (1.7%) 2 (3.1%) 1 – – – – – – 5 (3.5%) FG–Lab 252
1982 (Feb) 18 Feb 1982 81 (47.3%) 65 (37.3%) 15 (9.1%) – – – – 0 (1%) – – – – – – – – 3 (2.2%) – – – – – – – – 4 (3.1%) Fianna Fáil 279
1982 (Nov) 24 Nov 1982 75 (45.2%) 70 (39.2%) 16 (9.4%) – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 (3.3%) – – – – – – – – 3 (2.9%) FG–Lab 1546
1987 17 Feb 1987 81 (44.2%) 50 (27.1%) 12 (6.5%) – – – – 0 (1.8%) – – – – – – – – 4 (3.8%) – – 14 (11.9%) 0 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) – – – 4 (4%) Fianna Fáil 849
1989 15 Jun 1989 77 (44.2%) 55 (29.3%) 15 (9.5%) – – – – 0 (1.2%) – – – – – – – – 7 (5%) – – 6 (5.5%) 1 (1.5%) 1 (0.6%) – – – 4 (3.3%) FF–PD 1259
1992 25 Nov 1992 68 (39.1%) 45 (24.5%) 33 (19.5%) – – – – 0 (1.6%) – – – – – – – – 0 (0.6%) – – 10 (4.7%) 1 (1.4%) – 4 (2.8%) – – 5 (3.6%) FF–Lab 1654
15 Dec 1994 FG–Lab–DL
1997 6 Jun 1997 77 (39.3%) 54 (27.9%) 17 (10.4%) – – – – 1 (2.6%) – – – – – – – – – – – 4 (4.7%) 2 (2.8%) – 4 (2.5%) 1 (0.7%) – 6 (6.9%) FF–PD 1806
2002 17 May 2002 81 (41.5%) 31 (22.5%) 20 (10.8%) – – – – 5 (6.5%) – – – – – – – – – – – 8 (4.0%) 6 (3.8%) – – 1 (0.8%) – 14 (9.5%) FF–PD 1833
2007 24 May 2007 77 (41.5%) 51 (27.3%) 20 (10.1%) – – – – 4 (6.9%) – – – – – – – – 0 (0.1%) – – 2 (2.7%) 6 (4.6%) – – 0 (0.6%) 0 (0.4%) 6 (5.3%) FF–GP–PD 1383
2011 25 February 2011 20 (17.4%) 76 (36.1%) 37 (19.4%) – – – – 14 (9.9%) – – – – – – – – 0 (0.1%) – – – 0 (1.8%) – – 2 (1.2%) 2 (1.0%) 15 (12.9%) FG–Lab –

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