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
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Lemass | 72 | +2 | 597,414 | 47.7% | — | |
| Fine Gael | James Dillon | 47 | 0 | 427,081 | 34.1% | — | |
| Labour | Brendan Corish | 22 | +6 | 192,740 | 15.4% | — | |
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán MacBride | 1 | 0 | 9,427 | 0.8% | — | |
| Irish Workers' Party | Michael O'Riordan | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 2 | -4 | 26,277 | 2.1% | — |