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
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch | 84 | +15 | 811,615 | 50.6% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 43 | -11 | 488,767 | 30.5% | — | |
| Labour | Brendan Corish | 17 | -2 | 186,410 | 11.6% | — | |
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 0 | — | 27,209 | 1.7% | — | |
| Irish Republican Socialist | Seamus Costello | 0 | — | 955 | 0.1% | — | |
| Communist | Michael O'Riordan | 0 | — | 544 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 4 | +2 | 87,527 | 5.5% | — |