2016 Irish General Election
26 February 2016 · After the crash · 158 seats, 80 for a majority
Fine Gael finished first with 50 of 158 seats on 25.5% of the vote. Turnout 65.1%.
Taoiseach before
Enda Kenny
Fine Gael
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fine Gael
50 of 158 seats
Turnout
65.1%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Enda Kenny | 50 | -26 | 544,140 | 25.5% | — | |
| Fianna Fáil | Micheál Martin | 44 | +24 | 519,356 | 24.3% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 23 | +9 | 295,319 | 13.8% | — | |
| Labour | Joan Burton | 7 | -30 | 140,898 | 6.6% | — | |
| AAA–PBP | — | 6 | +2 | 84,168 | 3.9% | — | |
| Inds. 4 Change | — | 4 | +4 | 31,365 | 1.5% | — | |
| Social Democrats | Catherine Murphy | 3 | 0 | 64,094 | 3.0% | — | |
| Green | — | 2 | +2 | 57,999 | 2.7% | — | |
| Renua | — | 0 | -3 | 46,552 | 2.2% | — |
19 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.