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)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
81 of 166 seats
Turnout
73.3%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey · 44.1% of votes · +6 seats
81
seats
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald · 27.1% of votes · -19 seats
51
seats
Progressive Democrats
Desmond O'Malley · 11.8% of votes · +14 seats
14
seats
Labour
Dick Spring · 6.4% of votes · -4 seats
12
seats
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla · 3.8% of votes · +2 seats
4
seats
Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams · 1.9% of votes
0
seats
Democratic Socialist
Jim Kemmy · 0.4% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats
Green
None · 0.4% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Communist
Eugene McCartan · 0.0% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Independent
4.0% of votes · -1 seats
3
seats