1977 Irish General Election

16 June 1977 · Lemass to the crash of 1977 · 148 seats, 75 for a majority

Fianna Fáil finished first with 84 of 148 seats on 50.6% of the vote. Turnout 76.3%.

Taoiseach before

Liam Cosgrave

Fine Gael

Taoiseach (continued)

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Largest force

Fianna Fáil

84 of 148 seats

Turnout

76.3%

The result

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Fianna Fáil

Jack Lynch · 50.6% of votes · +15 seats

seats

Fine Gael

Liam Cosgrave · 30.5% of votes · -11 seats

seats

Labour

Brendan Corish · 11.6% of votes · -2 seats

seats

Sinn Féin The Workers' Party

Tomás Mac Giolla · 1.7% of votes

seats

Irish Republican Socialist

Seamus Costello · 0.1% of votes

seats

Communist

Michael O'Riordan · 0.0% of votes

seats

Independent

5.5% of votes · +2 seats

seats