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

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Fianna Fáil

Jack Lynch · 45.7% of votes · +3 seats

seats

Fine Gael

Liam Cosgrave · 34.1% of votes · +3 seats

seats

Labour

Brendan Corish · 17.0% of votes · -4 seats

seats

Irish Workers' Party

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

seats

Independent

3.2% of votes · -1 seats

seats