1987 Irish General Election
17 February 1987 · Three elections in eighteen months · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 81 of 166 seats on 44.1% of the vote. Turnout 73.3%.
Taoiseach before
Garret FitzGerald
Fine Gael
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
81 of 166 seats
Turnout
73.3%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Charles Haughey | 81 | +6 | 784,547 | 44.1% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Garret FitzGerald | 51 | -19 | 481,127 | 27.1% | — | |
| Progressive Democrats | Desmond O'Malley | 14 | +14 | 210,583 | 11.8% | — | |
| Labour | Dick Spring | 12 | -4 | 114,551 | 6.4% | — | |
| Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 4 | +2 | 67,273 | 3.8% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 0 | — | 32,933 | 1.9% | — | |
| Democratic Socialist | Jim Kemmy | 1 | +1 | 7,424 | 0.4% | — | |
| Green | None | 0 | 0 | 7,159 | 0.4% | — | |
| Communist | Eugene McCartan | 0 | 0 | 725 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 3 | -1 | 70,843 | 4.0% | — |