2002 Irish General Election
17 May 2002 · Three elections in eighteen months · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 81 of 166 seats on 41.5% of the vote. Turnout 62.6%.
Taoiseach before
Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
81 of 166 seats
Turnout
62.6%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Bertie Ahern | 81 | +8 | 770,748 | 41.5% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Noonan | 31 | -23 | 417,619 | 22.5% | — | |
| Labour | Ruairi Quinn | 21 | +4 | 200,130 | 10.8% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 5 | +4 | 121,020 | 6.5% | — | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mary Harney | 8 | +4 | 73,628 | 4.0% | — | |
| Green | Trevor Sargent | 6 | +4 | 71,470 | 3.8% | — | |
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 1 | 0 | 14,896 | 0.8% | — | |
| Christian Solidarity | — | 0 | 0 | 4,741 | 0.3% | — | |
| Workers' Party | Seán Garland | 0 | 0 | 4,012 | 0.2% | — | |
| Socialist Workers | — | 0 | 0 | 3,333 | 0.2% | — | |
| Independent | — | 13 | +7 | 176,305 | 9.5% | — |