1989 Irish General Election
15 June 1989 · Three elections in eighteen months · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 77 of 166 seats on 44.1% of the vote. Turnout 68.5%.
Taoiseach before
Charles Haughey
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
77 of 166 seats
Turnout
68.5%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Charles Haughey | 77 | -4 | 731,472 | 44.1% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Alan Dukes | 55 | +4 | 485,307 | 29.3% | — | |
| Labour | Dick Spring | 15 | +3 | 156,989 | 9.5% | — | |
| Workers' Party | Proinsias De Rossa | 7 | +3 | 82,263 | 5.0% | — | |
| Progressive Democrats | Desmond O'Malley | 6 | -8 | 91,013 | 5.5% | — | |
| Green | None | 1 | +1 | 24,827 | 1.5% | — | |
| Democratic Socialist | Jim Kemmy | 1 | 0 | 9,836 | 0.6% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 0 | 0 | 20,003 | 1.2% | — | |
| Communist | James Stewart | 0 | 0 | 342 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 4 | +1 | 54,761 | 3.3% | — |