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)
—
Largest force
Fine Gael
76 of 166 seats
Turnout
69.9%
The result
Fine Gael
Enda Kenny · 36.1% of votes · +25 seats
76
seats
Labour
Eamon Gilmore · 19.4% of votes · +17 seats
37
seats
Fianna Fáil
Micheál Martin · 17.4% of votes · -58 seats
20
seats
Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams · 9.9% of votes · +10 seats
14
seats
Socialist Party
Collective · 1.2% of votes · +2 seats
2
seats
People Before Profit
1.0% of votes · +2 seats
2
seats
Workers and Unemployed
Séamus Healy · 0.4% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats
Green
John Gormley · 1.8% of votes · -6 seats
0
seats
14 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.