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Ireland 2020 general election

What was the result of the 2020 general election in Ireland?

Fianna Fáil won 38 of 160 seats with 22.2% of the vote. 62.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Fianna Fáil won 38 of 160 seats with 22.2% of the vote; 62.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Sinn Féin 37 +14 seats 24.5% +10.7 points
  • Fianna Fáil 38 −6 seats 22.2% −2.2 points
  • Fine Gael 35 −15 seats 20.9% −4.7 points
  • Green Party 12 +10 seats 7.1% +4.4 points
  • Labour Party 6 −1 seat 4.4% −2.2 points
  • Social Democrats 6 +3 seats 2.9% −0.1 points
  • Solidarity -- People Before Profit 5 2.6%
  • Aontú 1 1.9%
  • Independents 4 Change 1 −3 seats 0.4% −1.1 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 2016 general election, party by party.

81 of 160 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 22.2%

    Share of the vote won by Fianna Fáil

    Fianna Fáil won 38 of 160 seats. A majority needs 81.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by Sinn Féin

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2016. Fine Gael lost 15 seats.

  3. 62.9%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Sinn Féin37+1424.5+10.7535,573
Fianna Fáil38−622.2−2.2484,315
Fine Gael35−1520.9−4.7455,568
Independents19+712.2+1.1266,353
Green Party12+107.1+4.4155,695
Labour Party6−14.4−2.295,582
Social Democrats6+32.9−0.163,397
Solidarity -- People Before Profitwith People Before Profit52.657,420
Aontú11.941,575
Independents 4 Change1−30.4−1.18,421
Largest party without seats00.35,495

± is the change against the Ireland 2016 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Sinn Féin 535,573
  • Fianna Fáil 484,315
  • Fine Gael 455,568
  • Independents 266,353
  • Green Party 155,695
  • Labour Party 95,582
  • Social Democrats 63,397
  • Solidarity -- People Before Profit 57,420
  • Aontú 41,575
  • Independents 4 Change 8,421
  • Largest party without seats 5,495

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.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

62.9% of the 3,498,526 registered voters cast a ballot (2,201,192 ballots). 2,183,489 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 2002 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fianna Fáil22.2% of votes23.8% of seats
  • Sinn Féin24.5% of votes23.1% of seats
  • Fine Gael20.9% of votes21.9% of seats
  • Green Party7.1% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Labour Party4.4% of votes3.8% of seats
  • Social Democrats2.9% of votes3.8% of seats
  • Solidarity -- People Before Profit2.6% of votes3.1% of seats
  • Aontú1.9% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Independents 4 Change0.4% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.7 by votes and 5.5 by seats; Sinn Féin led Fianna Fáil by 2.4 points of the vote.

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