1997 Irish General Election
6 June 1997 · Three elections in eighteen months · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 77 of 166 seats on 39.3% of the vote. Turnout 65.9%.
Taoiseach before
John Bruton
Fine Gael
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
77 of 166 seats
Turnout
65.9%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Bertie Ahern | 77 | +10 | 703,682 | 39.3% | — | |
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 54 | +9 | 499,936 | 27.9% | — | |
| Labour | Dick Spring | 17 | -16 | 186,044 | 10.4% | — | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mary Harney | 4 | -6 | 83,765 | 4.7% | — | |
| Green | — | 2 | +1 | 49,323 | 2.8% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 1 | +1 | 45,614 | 2.5% | — | |
| Democratic Left | Proinsias De Rossa | 4 | 0 | 44,901 | 2.5% | — | |
| National Party | Nora Bennis | 0 | — | 19,077 | 1.1% | — | |
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 1 | — | 12,445 | 0.7% | — | |
| Christian Solidarity | Gerard Casey | 0 | — | 8,357 | 0.5% | — | |
| Workers' Party | Tom French | 0 | 0 | 7,808 | 0.4% | — | |
| Socialist Workers | — | 0 | — | 2,028 | 0.1% | — | |
| Natural Law Party | — | 0 | — | 1,515 | 0.1% | — | |
| SKIA | — | 0 | — | 1,388 | 0.1% | — | |
| Independent | — | 6 | +2 | 123,102 | 7.9% | — |