1961 Irish General Election
4 October 1961 · Lemass to the crash of 1977 · 144 seats, 73 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 70 of 144 seats on 43.8% of the vote. Turnout 70.6%.
Taoiseach before
Seán Lemass
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
70 of 144 seats
Turnout
70.6%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Seán Lemass · 43.8% of votes · -8 seats
70
seats
Fine Gael
James Dillon · 32.0% of votes · +7 seats
47
seats
Labour
Brendan Corish · 11.6% of votes · +4 seats
16
seats
Sinn Féin
Paddy McLogan · 3.1% of votes · -4 seats
0
seats
Clann na Talmhan
Joseph Blowick · 1.5% of votes · -1 seats
2
seats
Clann na Poblachta
Seán MacBride · 1.1% of votes · 0 seats
1
seats
National Progressive Democrats
Noël Browne · 1.0% of votes
2
seats
Christian Democratic Party
0.1% of votes
0
seats
Irish Workers' League
Michael O'Riordan · 0.0% of votes
0
seats
Independent
5.6% of votes · -3 seats
6
seats