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)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
69 of 144 seats
Turnout
76.6%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch | 69 | -6 | 624,528 | 46.2% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 54 | +4 | 473,781 | 35.1% | — | |
| Labour | Brendan Corish | 19 | +1 | 184,656 | 13.7% | — | |
| Official Sinn Féin | Tomás Mac Giolla | 0 | — | 15,366 | 1.1% | — | |
| Aontacht Éireann | Kevin Boland | 0 | — | 12,321 | 0.9% | — | |
| Communist | — | 0 | 0 | 466 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 2 | +1 | 39,419 | 2.9% | — |