Elections Ireland: General Elections

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class="dailbar" title="Index of all D谩il Éireann results"> Index </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/01dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="1st D谩il"> 1918 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/02dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="2nd D谩il"> 1921 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/03dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="3rd D谩il"> 1922 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/04dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="4th D谩il"> 1923 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/05dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="5th D谩il"> 1927 Jun </a></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../results/general/06dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="6th D谩il"> 1927 Sep </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/07dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="7th D谩il"> 1932 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/08dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="8th D谩il"> 1933 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/09dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="9th D谩il"> 1937 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/10dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="10th D谩il"> 1938 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/11dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="11th D谩il"> 1943 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/12dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="12th D谩il"> 1944 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/13dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="13th D谩il"> 1948 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/14dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="14th D谩il"> 1951 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/15dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="15th D谩il"> 1954 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/16dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="16th D谩il"> 1957 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/17dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="17th D谩il"> 1961 </a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../../results/general/18dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="18th D谩il"> 1965 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/19dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="19th D谩il"> 1969 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/20dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="20th D谩il"> 1973 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/21dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="21st D谩il"> 1977 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/22dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="22nd D谩il"> 1981 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/23dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="23rd D谩il"> 1982 Feb </a></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../results/general/24dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="24th D谩il"> 1982 Nov </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/25dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="25th D谩il"> 1987 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/26dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="26th D谩il"> 1989 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/27dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="27th D谩il"> 1992 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/28dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="28th D谩il"> 1997 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/29dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="29th D谩il"> 2002 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/30dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="30th D谩il"> 2007 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/31dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="31st D谩il"> 2011 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/32dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="32nd D谩il"> 2016 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/33dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="33rd D谩il"> 2020 </a></td> <td><a href="../../results/general/34dail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="34th D谩il"> 2024 </a></td> <td colspan=2 align="center"><a href="../../results/general/byelectiondail.cfm" class="dailbar" title="All By Elections"> By Elections </a></td> </tr> </table> <h1>Elections to Dáil Éireann</h1> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" class="table" align="center" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="right">Date</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Dáil</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Days</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Seats</td><td> </td> <td colspan="3">Government</td><td> </td> <td>Taoiseach</td><td> </td> <td>Tánaiste</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffff00"> <td colspan="15">Current Dáil:</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">26 February 2016</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="32dail.cfm">32nd Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">3279</td><td></td> <td align="right">158</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3199">Enda Kenny</a> (acting) </td><td></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">Date</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Dáil</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Days</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Seats</td><td> </td> <td colspan="3">Ministry</td><td> </td> <td>Priomh Aire</td><td> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">14 December 1918</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="01dail.cfm">1st Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">892</td><td></td> <td align="right">105</td><td></td> <td align="right">1</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/sf.gif" alt="Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/sf.gif" alt="Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1089">Cathal Brugha</a> </td><td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1919</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">2</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/sf.gif" alt="Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/sf.gif" alt="Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">24 May 1921</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="02dail.cfm">2nd Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">388</td><td></td> <td align="right">128</td><td></td> <td align="right">3</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/sf.gif" alt="Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/sf.gif" alt="Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">January 1922</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">4</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1082">Arthur Griffith</a> </td><td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Date</td><td> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Dáil</td><td> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Days</td><td> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Seats</td><td> </td> <td colspan="3" valign="bottom">Provisional Government</td><td> </td> <td valign="bottom">Chairman</td><td> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">16 June 1922</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="03dail.cfm">3rd Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">437</td><td></td> <td align="right">128</td><td></td> <td align="right">1</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=6695">Michael Collins</a> </td><td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">August 1922</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">2</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1106">W T Cosgrave</a> </td><td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Date</td><td> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Dáil</td><td> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Days</td><td> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom">Seats</td><td> </td> <td colspan="3" valign="bottom">Executive Council</td><td> </td> <td valign="bottom">President</td><td> </td> <td valign="bottom">Vice President</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">December 1922</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">1</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1106">W T Cosgrave</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/psf.gif" alt="Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1225">Kevin O'Higgins</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">27 August 1923</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="04dail.cfm">4th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1382</td><td></td> <td align="right">153</td><td></td> <td align="right">2</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1106">W T Cosgrave</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1225">Kevin O'Higgins</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">9 June 1927</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="05dail.cfm">5th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">98</td><td></td> <td align="right">153</td><td></td> <td align="right">3</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1106">W T Cosgrave</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1225">Kevin O'Higgins</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap">15 September 1927</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="06dail.cfm">6th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1615</td><td></td> <td align="right">153</td><td></td> <td align="right">4</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1106">W T Cosgrave</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1405">Ernest Blythe</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1932</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">5</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1106">W T Cosgrave</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/cg.gif" alt="Cumann na nGaedheal" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1405">Ernest Blythe</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">16 February1932</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="07dail.cfm">7th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">343</td><td></td> <td align="right">153</td><td></td> <td align="right">6</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=978">Seán T O'Kelly</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">24 January 1933</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="08dail.cfm">8th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1619</td><td></td> <td align="right">153</td><td></td> <td align="right">7</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=978">Seán T O'Kelly</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">Date</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Dáil</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Days</td><td> </td> <td align="right">Seats</td><td> </td> <td colspan="3">Government</td><td> </td> <td>Taoiseach</td><td> </td> <td>Tánaiste</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="15"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1 July 1937</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="09dail.cfm">9th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">351</td><td></td> <td align="right">138</td><td></td> <td align="right">1</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=978">Seán T O'Kelly</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">17 June 1938</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="10dail.cfm">10th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1832</td><td></td> <td align="right">138</td><td></td> <td align="right">2</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=978">Seán T O'Kelly</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">23 June 1943</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="11dail.cfm">11th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">342</td><td></td> <td align="right">138</td><td></td> <td align="right">3</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=978">Seán T O'Kelly</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">30 May 1944</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="12dail.cfm">12th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1345</td><td></td> <td align="right">138</td><td></td> <td align="right">4</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=978">Seán T O'Kelly</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">4 February 1948</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="13dail.cfm">13th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1211</td><td></td> <td align="right">147</td><td></td> <td align="right">5</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/ncp.gif" alt="Clann na Poblachta" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/ct.gif" alt="Clann na Talmhan" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1837">John A Costello</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1545">William Norton</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">30 May 1951</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="14dail.cfm">14th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1084</td><td></td> <td align="right">147</td><td></td> <td align="right">6</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1472">Seán Lemass</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">18 May 1954</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="15dail.cfm">15th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1022</td><td></td> <td align="right">147</td><td></td> <td align="right">7</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/ct.gif" alt="Clann na Talmhan" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1837">John A Costello</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1545">William Norton</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">5 March 1957</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="16dail.cfm">16th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1674</td><td></td> <td align="right">147</td><td></td> <td align="right">8</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=921">Eamon de Valera</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1472">Seán Lemass</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1959</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">9</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1472">Seán Lemass</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1232">Seán MacEntee</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">4 October 1961</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="17dail.cfm">17th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1281</td><td></td> <td align="right">144</td><td></td> <td align="right">10</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1472">Seán Lemass</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1232">Seán MacEntee</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">7 April 1965</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="18dail.cfm">18th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1533</td><td></td> <td align="right">144</td><td></td> <td align="right">11</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1472">Seán Lemass</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1374">Frank Aiken</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1966</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">12</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2210">Jack Lynch</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1374">Frank Aiken</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">18 June 1969</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="19dail.cfm">19th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1351</td><td></td> <td align="right">144</td><td></td> <td align="right">13</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2210">Jack Lynch</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=1103">Erskine Childers</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">28 February 1973</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="20dail.cfm">20th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1569</td><td></td> <td align="right">144</td><td></td> <td align="right">14</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=6554">Liam Cosgrave</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2374">Brendan Corish</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">16 June 1977</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="21dail.cfm">21st Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1456</td><td></td> <td align="right">148</td><td></td> <td align="right">15</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2210">Jack Lynch</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2654">George Colley</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1979</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">16</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2403">Charlie Haughey</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2654">George Colley</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">11 June 1981</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="22dail.cfm">22nd Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">252</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td align="right">17</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2881">Garret Fitzgerald</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2761">Michael O'Leary</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">18 February 1982</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="23dail.cfm">23th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">279</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td align="right">18</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2403">Charlie Haughey</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2964">Ray MacSharry</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">24 November 1982</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="24dail.cfm">24th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1546</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td align="right">19</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2881">Garret Fitzgerald</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3357">Dick Spring</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">17 February 1987</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="25dail.cfm">25th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">849</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td align="right">20</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2403">Charlie Haughey</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2517">Brian Lenihan Snr</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">15 June 1989</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="26dail.cfm">26th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1259</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td align="right">21</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2403">Charlie Haughey</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2517">Brian Lenihan Snr</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1992</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td>22</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3189">Albert Reynolds</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2989">John Wilson</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">25 November 1992</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="27dail.cfm">27th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1654</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td align="right">23</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3189">Albert Reynolds</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3357">Dick Spring</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">1994</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td>24</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/dl.gif" alt="Democratic Left" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=2954">John Bruton</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3357">Dick Spring</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">6 June 1997</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="28dail.cfm">28th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1806</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td>25</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3133">Bertie Ahern</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=898">Mary Harney</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">17 May 2002</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="29dail.cfm">29th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">1788</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td>26</td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3133">Bertie Ahern</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=898">Mary Harney</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">24 May 2007</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="30dail.cfm">30th Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td><a href="30thdail/government.cfm">27</a></td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/gp.gif" alt="Green" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3133">Bertie Ahern</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3697">Brian Cowen</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">7 May 2008</td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td align="right"></td><td></td> <td><a href="30thdail/government.cfm">28</a></td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/gp.gif" alt="Green" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/pd.gif" alt="Progressive Democrats" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3697">Brian Cowen</a> </td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/ff.gif" alt="Fianna F谩il" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a href="../../candidate.cfm?ID=3611">Mary Coughlan</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">25 February 2011</td><td></td> <td align="right"><a href="31dail.cfm">31st Dáil</a></td><td></td> <td align="right">5106</td><td></td> <td align="right">166</td><td></td> <td><a href="30thdail/government.cfm">29</a></td><td></td> <td><img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"><img src="../../images/party/lb.gif" alt="Labour" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"></td><td></td> <td> <img src="../../images/party/fg.gif" alt="Fine Gael" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="absbottom"> <a 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