1969 Irish General Election
18 June 1969 · Lemass to the crash of 1977 · 144 seats, 73 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 75 of 144 seats on 45.7% of the vote. Turnout 76.9%.
Taoiseach before
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
75 of 144 seats
Turnout
76.9%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch | 75 | +3 | 602,234 | 45.7% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 50 | +3 | 449,749 | 34.1% | — | |
| Labour | Brendan Corish | 18 | -4 | 224,498 | 17.0% | — | |
| Irish Workers' Party | Michael O'Riordan | 0 | 0 | 242 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 1 | -1 | 42,230 | 3.2% | — |