1973 Irish General Election
28 February 1973 · Lemass to the crash of 1977 · 144 seats, 73 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 69 of 144 seats on 46.2% of the vote. Turnout 76.6%.
Taoiseach before
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
69 of 144 seats
Turnout
76.6%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch · 46.2% of votes · -6 seats
69
seats
Fine Gael
Liam Cosgrave · 35.1% of votes · +4 seats
54
seats
Labour
Brendan Corish · 13.7% of votes · +1 seats
19
seats
Official Sinn Féin
Tomás Mac Giolla · 1.1% of votes
0
seats
Aontacht Éireann
Kevin Boland · 0.9% of votes
0
seats
Communist
0.0% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Independent
2.9% of votes · +1 seats
2
seats