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Ireland 1977 general election

What was the result of the 1977 general election in Ireland?

Fianna Fáil won 84 of 148 seats with 50.6% of the vote. 76.3% 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 84 of 148 seats with 50.6% of the vote; 76.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1973.

  • Fianna Fáil 84 +15 seats 50.6% +4.4 points
  • Fine Gael 43 −11 seats 30.5% −4.6 points
  • Labour Party 17 −2 seats 11.6% −2.1 points
  • Workers' Party 0 0 seats 1.7% +0.6 points
  • 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 1973 general election, party by party.

75 of 148 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.6%

    Share of the vote won by Fianna Fáil

    Fianna Fáil won 84 of 148 seats. A majority needs 75.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Fianna Fáil

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1973. Fine Gael lost 11 seats.

  3. 76.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.3 points on 1973.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Fianna Fáil84+1550.6+4.4811,615
Fine Gael43−1130.5−4.6488,767
Labour Party17−211.6−2.1186,410
Workers' Party001.7+0.627,209
Independents4+2

± is the change against the Ireland 1973 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Fianna Fáil 811,615
  • Fine Gael 488,767
  • Labour Party 186,410
  • Workers' Party 27,209
  • 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?

76.3% of the 2,118,606 registered voters cast a ballot (1,616,770 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1973. 1,603,027 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1965 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fianna Fáil50.6% of votes56.8% of seats
  • Fine Gael30.5% of votes29.1% of seats
  • Labour Party11.6% of votes11.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Fine Gael by 20.1 points of the vote.

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