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)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
70 of 144 seats
Turnout
70.6%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Lemass | 70 | -8 | 512,073 | 43.8% | — | |
| Fine Gael | James Dillon | 47 | +7 | 374,099 | 32.0% | — | |
| Labour | Brendan Corish | 16 | +4 | 136,111 | 11.6% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McLogan | 0 | -4 | 36,396 | 3.1% | — | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Joseph Blowick | 2 | -1 | 17,693 | 1.5% | — | |
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán MacBride | 1 | 0 | 13,170 | 1.1% | — | |
| National Progressive Democrats | Noël Browne | 2 | — | 11,490 | 1.0% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 1,132 | 0.1% | — | |
| Irish Workers' League | Michael O'Riordan | 0 | — | 277 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 6 | -3 | 65,963 | 5.6% | — |