1965 Irish General Election

7 April 1965 · Lemass to the crash of 1977 · 144 seats, 73 for a majority

Fianna Fáil finished first with 72 of 144 seats on 47.7% of the vote. Turnout 75.1%.

Taoiseach before

Seán Lemass

Fianna Fáil

Taoiseach (continued)

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Largest force

Fianna Fáil

72 of 144 seats

Turnout

75.1%

The result

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Fianna Fáil

Seán Lemass · 47.7% of votes · +2 seats

seats

Fine Gael

James Dillon · 34.1% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Labour

Brendan Corish · 15.4% of votes · +6 seats

seats

Clann na Poblachta

Seán MacBride · 0.8% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Irish Workers' Party

Michael O'Riordan · 0.0% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Independent

2.1% of votes · -4 seats

seats