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)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
77 of 166 seats
Turnout
65.9%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Bertie Ahern · 39.3% of votes · +10 seats
77
seats
Fine Gael
John Bruton · 27.9% of votes · +9 seats
54
seats
Labour
Dick Spring · 10.4% of votes · -16 seats
17
seats
Progressive Democrats
Mary Harney · 4.7% of votes · -6 seats
4
seats
Green
2.8% of votes · +1 seats
2
seats
Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams · 2.5% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats
Democratic Left
Proinsias De Rossa · 2.5% of votes · 0 seats
4
seats
National Party
Nora Bennis · 1.1% of votes
0
seats
Socialist Party
Joe Higgins · 0.7% of votes
1
seats
Christian Solidarity
Gerard Casey · 0.5% of votes
0
seats
Workers' Party
Tom French · 0.4% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Socialist Workers
0.1% of votes
0
seats