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Ireland 1973 general election

What was the result of the 1973 general election in Ireland?

Fianna Fáil won 69 of 144 seats with 46.2% of the vote. 76.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Ireland
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Fianna Fáil won 69 of 144 seats with 46.2% of the vote; 76.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1969.

  • Fianna Fáil 69 −6 seats 46.2% +0.6 points
  • Fine Gael 54 +4 seats 35.1% +1.0 points
  • Labour Party 19 +1 seat 13.7% −3.3 points
  • Workers' Party 0 1.1%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Ireland 1969 general election, party by party.

73 of 144 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.2%

    Share of the vote won by Fianna Fáil

    Fianna Fáil won 69 of 144 seats. A majority needs 73.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Fine Gael

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1969. Fianna Fáil lost 6 seats.

  3. 76.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.3 points on 1969.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Fianna Fáil69−646.2+0.6624,528
Fine Gael54+435.1+1.0473,781
Labour Party19+113.7−3.3185,117
Workers' Party01.115,366
Independents2+1

± is the change against the Ireland 1969 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Fianna Fáil 624,528
  • Fine Gael 473,781
  • Labour Party 185,117
  • Workers' Party 15,366
  • Independents

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

76.6% of the 1,783,604 registered voters cast a ballot (1,366,474 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1969. 1,350,537 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fianna Fáil46.2% of votes47.9% of seats
  • Fine Gael35.1% of votes37.5% of seats
  • Labour Party13.7% of votes13.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Fine Gael by 11.2 points of the vote.

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