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)
—
Largest force
Fine Gael
50 of 158 seats
Turnout
65.1%
The result
Fine Gael
Enda Kenny · 25.5% of votes · -26 seats
50
seats
Fianna Fáil
Micheál Martin · 24.3% of votes · +24 seats
44
seats
Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams · 13.8% of votes · +9 seats
23
seats
Labour
Joan Burton · 6.6% of votes · -30 seats
7
seats
AAA–PBP
3.9% of votes · +2 seats
6
seats
Inds. 4 Change
1.5% of votes · +4 seats
4
seats
Social Democrats
Catherine Murphy · 3.0% of votes · 0 seats
3
seats
Green
2.7% of votes · +2 seats
2
seats
Renua
2.2% of votes · -3 seats
0
seats
19 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.