2011 Irish General Election
25 February 2011 · After the crash · 166 seats, 84 for a majority
Fine Gael finished first with 76 of 166 seats on 36.1% of the vote. Turnout 69.9%.
Taoiseach before
Brian Cowen
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fine Gael
76 of 166 seats
Turnout
69.9%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Enda Kenny | 76 | +25 | 801,628 | 36.1% | — | |
| Labour | Eamon Gilmore | 37 | +17 | 431,796 | 19.4% | — | |
| Fianna Fáil | Micheál Martin | 20 | -58 | 387,358 | 17.4% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 14 | +10 | 220,661 | 9.9% | — | |
| Socialist Party | Collective | 2 | +2 | 26,770 | 1.2% | — | |
| People Before Profit | — | 2 | +2 | 21,551 | 1.0% | — | |
| Workers and Unemployed | Séamus Healy | 1 | +1 | 8,818 | 0.4% | — | |
| Green | John Gormley | 0 | -6 | 41,039 | 1.8% | — |
14 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.