1981 Irish General Election
11 June 1981 · Three elections in eighteen months · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 78 of 166 seats on 45.3% of the vote. Turnout 76.2%.
Taoiseach before
Charles Haughey
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
78 of 166 seats
Turnout
76.2%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey · 45.3% of votes · -6 seats
78
seats
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald · 36.5% of votes · +22 seats
65
seats
Labour
Frank Cluskey · 9.9% of votes · -2 seats
15
seats
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla · 1.7% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats
Socialist Labour
Noël Browne · 0.4% of votes
1
seats
Socialist Party
Eamonn O'Brien · 0.0% of votes
0
seats
Communist
Eugene McCartan · 0.0% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Independent
6.2% of votes · +2 seats
6
seats