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screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-election .mw-file-description img{background-color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-election .mw-file-description img{background-color:#f8f9fa}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1997 Irish general election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/75px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/100px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_general_election" title="1992 Irish general election">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>6 June 1997</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/27th_D%C3%A1il" title="27th Dáil">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/28th_D%C3%A1il" title="28th Dáil">elected members</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />166 seats in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a><br />84 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">65.9% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.6<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #66BB66;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bertie_Ahern_1997_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bertie Ahern 1997 (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bertie_Ahern_1997_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Bertie_Ahern_1997_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bertie_Ahern_1997_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Bertie_Ahern_1997_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bertie_Ahern_1997_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Bertie_Ahern_1997_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="496" data-file-height="744" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #6699FF;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bruton,_December_1996_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="John Bruton, December 1996 (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/John_Bruton%2C_December_1996_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-John_Bruton%2C_December_1996_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/John_Bruton%2C_December_1996_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-John_Bruton%2C_December_1996_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/John_Bruton%2C_December_1996_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-John_Bruton%2C_December_1996_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="649" data-file-height="866" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #CC0000;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -5px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dick_Spring_1995_(headshot).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dick Spring 1995 (headshot).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dick_Spring_1995_%28headshot%29.jpg/120px-Dick_Spring_1995_%28headshot%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dick_Spring_1995_%28headshot%29.jpg/180px-Dick_Spring_1995_%28headshot%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dick_Spring_1995_%28headshot%29.jpg/240px-Dick_Spring_1995_%28headshot%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Bruton" title="John Bruton">John Bruton</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Spring" title="Dick Spring">Dick Spring</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1994_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election">19 December 1994</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1990_Fine_Gael_leadership_election" title="1990 Fine Gael leadership election">20 November 1990</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">November 1982 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Central</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Meath_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Meath (Dáil constituency)">Meath</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry North (Dáil constituency)">Kerry North</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">68 seats, 39.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45 seats, 24.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">33 seats, 19.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>77</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">54 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 16 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>703,700</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">499,900 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">186,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>39.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">27.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Sixth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #1251A2;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_Harney,_2004_(headshot).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Mary Harney, 2004 (headshot).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Mary_Harney%2C_2004_%28headshot%29.jpg/120px-Mary_Harney%2C_2004_%28headshot%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Mary_Harney%2C_2004_%28headshot%29.jpg/180px-Mary_Harney%2C_2004_%28headshot%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Mary_Harney%2C_2004_%28headshot%29.jpg/240px-Mary_Harney%2C_2004_%28headshot%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #C700C7;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Proinsias_De_Rossa,_July_1996_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Proinsias De Rossa, July 1996 (cropped).png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Proinsias_De_Rossa%2C_July_1996_%28cropped%29.png/120px-Proinsias_De_Rossa%2C_July_1996_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Proinsias_De_Rossa%2C_July_1996_%28cropped%29.png/180px-Proinsias_De_Rossa%2C_July_1996_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Proinsias_De_Rossa%2C_July_1996_%28cropped%29.png/240px-Proinsias_De_Rossa%2C_July_1996_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="973" data-file-height="1298" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #22AC6F;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#22AC6F; font-size:34px;"> <b>Green</b></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Harney" title="Mary Harney">Mary Harney</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Proinsias_De_Rossa" title="Proinsias De Rossa">Proinsias De Rossa</a></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>None</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12 October 1993 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1992 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>n/a</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-West</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-West</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>n/a</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 seats, 4.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 seats, 2.8% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seat, 1.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">83,800 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">44,900 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">49,300 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2.8% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Seventh party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Eighth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #326760;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gerry_Adams,_1997.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Gerry Adams, 1997.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Gerry_Adams%2C_1997.jpg/120px-Gerry_Adams%2C_1997.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Gerry_Adams%2C_1997.jpg/180px-Gerry_Adams%2C_1997.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Gerry_Adams%2C_1997.jpg/240px-Gerry_Adams%2C_1997.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1251" data-file-height="1668" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF3300;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Higgins_TD,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Joe Higgins TD, 2014.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Joe_Higgins_TD%2C_2014.jpg/120px-Joe_Higgins_TD%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Joe_Higgins_TD%2C_2014.jpg/180px-Joe_Higgins_TD%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Joe_Higgins_TD%2C_2014.jpg/240px-Joe_Higgins_TD%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3316" data-file-height="4421" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Higgins_(politician)" title="Joe Higgins (politician)">Joe Higgins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13 November 1983 </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Did not stand</i><sup id="cite_ref-sf_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin West</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Did not exist</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45,614 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12,445 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1997_Irish_general_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/1997_Irish_general_election.svg/400px-1997_Irish_general_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/1997_Irish_general_election.svg/600px-1997_Irish_general_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/1997_Irish_general_election.svg/800px-1997_Irish_general_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency.</span></div><div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1997_Irish_general_election,_seats_per_constituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/1997_Irish_general_election%2C_seats_per_constituency.svg/400px-1997_Irish_general_election%2C_seats_per_constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/1997_Irish_general_election%2C_seats_per_constituency.svg/600px-1997_Irish_general_election%2C_seats_per_constituency.svg.png 1.5x, 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</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1997 Irish general election</b> to the <a href="/wiki/28th_D%C3%A1il" title="28th Dáil">28th Dáil</a> was held on Friday, 6 June, following the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of Parliament">dissolution</a> of the <a href="/wiki/27th_D%C3%A1il" title="27th Dáil">27th Dáil</a> on 15 May by <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinson" title="Mary Robinson">Mary Robinson</a>, on the request of <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Bruton" title="John Bruton">John Bruton</a>. The general election took place in 41 <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">Dáil constituencies</a> throughout Ireland for 166 seats in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a>, the house of representatives of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>, under a revision in the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_1995" title="Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995">Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995</a>. </p><p>The two largest parties, <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a>, increased both their vote totals and representation, while both the junior parties in the Dáil, the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a>, had disastrous campaigns that saw their representation in the Dáil slashed by 50% or greater. However, some of the other minor parties in the Dáil saw improvements: for the first time in 75 years a <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> TD took their seat in the Dáil after <a href="/wiki/Caoimhgh%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Caol%C3%A1in" title="Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin">Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin</a> was elected, while the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green party</a> added a second TD and the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a> gained their first ever national representative in <a href="/wiki/Joe_Higgins_(politician)" title="Joe Higgins (politician)">Joe Higgins</a>. </p><p>Following the election, the 28th Dáil met at <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> on 26 June to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">government of Ireland</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a> was appointed Taoiseach, forming the <a href="/wiki/25th_government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="25th government of Ireland">25th government of Ireland</a>, a minority <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats. </p><p>The election has been described by <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Independent" title="Irish Independent">Irish Independent</a></i> journalist Shane Coleman as a prelude to the "golden years" of the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Tiger" title="Celtic Tiger">Celtic Tiger</a>, and thus one of the most significant general elections in Irish history.<sup id="cite_ref-Shane_Coleman_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shane_Coleman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The maximum amount of time between a general election in Ireland is five years, and thus the governing <a href="/wiki/24th_government_of_Ireland" title="24th government of Ireland">Rainbow Coalition</a> of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> knew an election would have to be called in mid to late 1997. Fine Gael had wanted to wait until the autumn to call the election, but Labour were keen to fight their campaign in the summer. Anticipating the election, on 14 April 1997 during their annual party conference, Labour leader Dick Spring declared "I will not, in the aftermath of the next general election, come before you and recommend any form of coalition with either of the parties that make up the centre-right alternative, the Progressive Democrats or Fianna Fail", which ruled out the possibility of Labour being able to play kingmaker between possible coalition blocs.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats were delighted by the decision to hold the election in the summer instead of the autumn; Fianna Fáil in particular feared the release in October or November of the report by the <a href="/wiki/Brian_McCracken#McCracken_Tribunal" title="Brian McCracken">McCracken Tribunal</a>, which was investing allegations that <a href="/wiki/Ben_Dunne_(entrepreneur)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Dunne (entrepreneur)">Ben Dunne Jnr.</a> had bribed members of Fianna Fáil and that they had aided him in tax evasion.<sup id="cite_ref-Shane_Coleman_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shane_Coleman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1997 general election saw the public offered a choice of two possible coalitions. The existing government was a coalition of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> – called the <a href="/wiki/24th_government_of_Ireland" title="24th government of Ireland">Rainbow Coalition</a>, while the opposition "alternative coalition" consisted of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaigns">Campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rainbow_coalition_(Fine_Gael,_Labour,_Democratic_Left)"><span id="Rainbow_coalition_.28Fine_Gael.2C_Labour.2C_Democratic_Left.29"></span>Rainbow coalition (Fine Gael, Labour, Democratic Left)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rainbow coalition (Fine Gael, Labour, Democratic Left)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The outgoing Rainbow parties campaigned to re-elect the coalition and thus emphasized the working relationship that they had developed, running with the slogan 'Partnership That Works'.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They claimed credit for a <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Tiger" title="Celtic Tiger">booming economy</a>, improving social services and reforms such as the introduction of divorce. Despite this united front, each party fought its own campaign. Labour emphasised the number of campaign pledges it had managed to implement not only as part of the Rainbow government but also during its coalition with Fianna Fáil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fianna_Fáil_campaign"><span id="Fianna_F.C3.A1il_campaign"></span>Fianna Fáil campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fianna Fáil campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fianna Fáil under Bertie Ahern had been restructuring itself after its turbulent period under <a href="/wiki/Charles_Haughey" title="Charles Haughey">Charles Haughey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Reynolds" title="Albert Reynolds">Albert Reynolds</a>. The party's central office gained control of candidate selection and modernised its campaigning strategy, especially concerning vote management and controlling transfers under Ireland's PR electoral system. In addition, the bitter internal feuding that had dogged the party for decades was ended by Ahern's more unifying style of leadership. This leadership also allowed Fianna Fáil to run a very energetic campaign that emphasised Ahern's relative youth and enthusiasm, which distanced the party from scandals that had beset the party.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shane_Coleman_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shane_Coleman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Progressive_Democrats'_campaign"><span id="Progressive_Democrats.27_campaign"></span>Progressive Democrats' campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Progressive Democrats' campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite entering the election with polls suggesting they would overtake Labour as the third biggest party, and with Mary Harney as the most popular party leader, the Progressive Democrats struggled. Initially, it ran a presidential-style campaign that emphasized Harney. However, entering a pact with a resurgent Fianna Fáil meant it struggled to assert itself. In response, the PDs hastily published a manifesto — a move that backfired as it controversially called for single parent benefits to be cut in order to encourage single mothers to live with their parents.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This drew fire from Pronsias De Rossa, who claimed Harney did "not have a bull's notion about social welfare".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Progressive Democrat's manifesto also called for the laying off of 25,000 public sector workers over five years, a proposal that was heavily criticised by the left-wing parties.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Fianna Fáil's leadership demanded a sit-down meeting with the Progressive Democrat leadership, and after the two parties publicly announced together that no layoffs would be made in the public sector without the consent of Irish trade unions. Harney also claimed her comments about unwed mothers had been misrepresented by the media.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_slogans/Manifestos"><span id="Party_slogans.2FManifestos"></span>Party slogans/Manifestos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Party slogans/Manifestos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" class="unsortable">Party </th> <th class="unsortable">Slogan/Manifesto name </th> <th class="unsortable">Refs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#6699FF;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#66BB66;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>People before Politics </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CC0000;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Labour makes the vital difference </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#1251A2;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> </td> <td>Real answers, not idle promises </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#C700C7;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> </td> <td>Make the future work </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#22AC6F;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green Party</a> </td> <td>For Quality of Life </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#326760;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Building a dynamic for change</li><li>A New Opportunity for Peace</li></ul></div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FF3300;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign_topics">Campaign topics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Campaign topics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sinn_Féin_and_Northern_Ireland"><span id="Sinn_F.C3.A9in_and_Northern_Ireland"></span>Sinn Féin and Northern Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sinn Féin and Northern Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1997 was a pivotal year politically across the island of Ireland as <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">the Troubles</a> drew to an end and progress towards the forthcoming <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a> was being made. Inevitably, the issue of Sinn Féin's participation in the election and each party's policy on Northern Ireland came up repeatedly during the campaign. Previous to the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">May 1997 United Kingdom general election</a>, leader of Fine Gael John Bruton declared that if the IRA had not declared a ceasefire, then a vote for Sinn Féin would be a vote for violence. However, on 26 May, Labour leader and coalition partner Dick Spring stated that a vote for Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland would be a vote for peace. The opposition in the Dáil responded by declaring that the government was sending out mixed messaging about Sinn Féin and Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late May/early June, Bernie Ahern began attacking Bruton on the topic of Northern Ireland, criticising Bruton for not being the leading voice of "Nationalist Ireland" and promising that he would take this mantle if elected Taoiseach. Simultaneously, Sinn Féin leader <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a> involved himself in the election by criticising Bruton's handling of the peace process. On 31 May, an active <a href="/wiki/Provisional_IRA" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisional IRA">Provisional IRA</a> landmine was discovered in Belfast, prompting Bruton to state he would "think very hard" before allowing any further contact between members of the government and Sinn Féin. Afterwards, the leader of the Democratic Left, <a href="/wiki/Proinsias_De_Rossa" title="Proinsias De Rossa">Proinsias De Rossa</a>, asked Ahern to clarify his "electoral support for Sinn Féin". Ahern denied he had ever lent support to Sinn Féin and went further by stating categorially he would rule Sinn Féin out of any possible coalition talks following the election. Ahern justified this by saying it would send the wrong message to Unionists in Northern Ireland to add Sinn Féin to a coalition.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime">Crime</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The murder of journalist <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Guerin" title="Veronica Guerin">Veronica Guerin</a> in June 1996 by <a href="/wiki/Drug_lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug lords">drug lords</a> in Dublin ensured that the subject of crime was a pressing one during the election. Although Fine Gael had traditionally been the "party of law and order" in Ireland, Fianna Fáil were able to seize on the subject of crime and declared they would have a "zero tolerance" approach to crime. Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Crime, <a href="/wiki/John_O%27Donoghue_(politician)" title="John O'Donoghue (politician)">John O'Donoghue</a>, was able to dictate the conversation and was also able, previous to the election, to convince the government to support his bill which gave greater powers to the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Assets_Bureau" title="Criminal Assets Bureau">Criminal Assets Bureau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shane_Coleman_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shane_Coleman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Opinion polls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"> <tbody><tr style="height:40px;"> <th style="width:85px;" rowspan="2">Polling firm </th> <th style="width:60px;" rowspan="2">Date </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">FG</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Lab</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">PDs</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">DL</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">GP</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:40px;">Ind/Oth </th></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990128232045/http://archive.rte.ie/election97/polls/mrbi.html/">Irish Times/MRBI</a> </td> <td>7 June </td> <td>44 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990422014738/http://archive.rte.ie/election97/polls/ims.html/">Independent Newspapers-IMS</a> </td> <td>2 June </td> <td>44 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990128232045/http://archive.rte.ie/election97/polls/mrbi.html/">Irish Times/MRBI</a> </td> <td>28 May </td> <td>42 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990422014738/http://archive.rte.ie/election97/polls/ims.html/">Independent Newspapers-IMS</a> </td> <td>29 May </td> <td>40 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990422014738/http://archive.rte.ie/election97/polls/ims.html/">Independent Newspapers-IMS</a> </td> <td>26 May </td> <td>41 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990128232045/http://archive.rte.ie/election97/polls/mrbi.html/">Irish Times/MRBI</a> </td> <td>20 May </td> <td>43 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990128232045/http://archive.rte.ie/election97/polls/mrbi.html/">Irish Times/MRBI</a> </td> <td>5 May </td> <td>43 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-left:1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2">Party </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green Party</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:center; background:#66BB66;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#6699FF;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#CC0000;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#1251A2;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#22AC6F;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#326760;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#C700C7;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#FF3300;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Leader </td> <td align="center"><small><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a></small> </td> <td align="center"><small><a href="/wiki/John_Bruton" title="John Bruton">John Bruton</a></small> </td> <td align="center"><small><a href="/wiki/Dick_Spring" title="Dick Spring">Dick Spring</a></small> </td> <td align="center"><small><a href="/wiki/Mary_Harney" title="Mary Harney">Mary Harney</a></small> </td> <td align="center"><small>—</small> </td> <td align="center"><small><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a></small> </td> <td align="center"><small><a href="/wiki/Proinsias_De_Rossa" title="Proinsias De Rossa">Proinsias De Rossa</a></small> </td> <td align="center"><small><a href="/wiki/Joe_Higgins_(politician)" title="Joe Higgins (politician)">Joe Higgins</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Votes </td> <td align="center">39.3%, 703,682 </td> <td align="center">27.9%, 499,936 </td> <td align="center">10.4%, 186,044 </td> <td align="center">4.7%, 83,765 </td> <td align="center">2.8%, 49,323 </td> <td align="center">2.5%, 45,614 </td> <td align="center">2.5%, 44,901 </td> <td align="center">0.7%, 12,445 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; 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margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="background-color:#008800; width: 2%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style=""></div></div></div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="background-color:#C700C7; width: 2%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style=""></div></div></div> </td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="background-color:#FF3300; width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style=""></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Seats </td> <td align="center">77 (46.4%) </td> <td align="center">54 (32.5%) </td> <td align="center">17 (10.2%) </td> <td align="center">4 (2.4%) </td> <td align="center">2 (1.2%) </td> <td align="center">1 (0.6%) </td> <td align="center">4 (2.4%) </td> <td align="center">1 (0.6%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; 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width:10.2%;"><b>17</b> </td> <td style="background:#C700C7; width:2.4%;"><b>4</b> </td> <td style="background:#22AC6F; width:1.2%;"> </td> <td style="background:#326760; width:0.6%;"> </td> <td style="background:#FF3300; width:0.6%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#66BB66;"><b>Fianna Fáil</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#1251A2;"><b>PD</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:grey;"><b>Inds</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#6699FF;"><b>Fine Gael</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#CC0000;"><b>Labour</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#C700C7;"><b>DL</b></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 176.60553439863px; border-left-color:#FF3300"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FF3300"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#FF3300"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 162.04028779102px; border-left-color:#8A8AE0"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#8A8AE0"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#8A8AE0"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 139.47270339741px; border-left-color:#C700C7"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#C700C7"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#C700C7"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 101.26459941541px; border-left-color:#326760"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#326760"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#326760"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 73.618653272908px; border-left-color:#22AC6F"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#22AC6F"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#22AC6F"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 49.379652823647px; border-left-color:#1251A2"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#1251A2"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#1251A2"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 16.483174423393px; border-left-color:#CC0000"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#CC0000"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#CC0000"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:88.229122643495px 47.070393216533px 0 0; border-top-color:#6699FF"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#6699FF"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 125.62719357843px 100px 0; border-right-color:#66BB66"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:#66BB66"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Vote Share of different parties in the election. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#66BB66; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> (39.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6699FF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> (27.9%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CC0000; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> (10.4%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1251A2; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> (4.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#22AC6F; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green Party</a> (2.8%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#326760; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (2.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C700C7; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> (2.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8A8AE0; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Party_(Ireland,_1995)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party (Ireland, 1995)">National Party</a> (1.1%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF3300; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a> (0.6%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> Other (8.2%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Election to the 28th Dáil</a> – 6 June 1997<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NS_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:white;" colspan="9"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_general_election_1997.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Irish_general_election_1997.svg/360px-Irish_general_election_1997.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Irish_general_election_1997.svg/540px-Irish_general_election_1997.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Irish_general_election_1997.svg/720px-Irish_general_election_1997.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>± </th> <th>% of<br />seats </th> <th>First pref.<br />votes </th> <th>% FPv </th> <th>±% </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">77 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">703,682 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Bruton" title="John Bruton">John Bruton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">54 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">499,936 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>3.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Spring" title="Dick Spring">Dick Spring</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>16 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">186,044 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #1251A2; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Harney" title="Mary Harney">Mary Harney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">83,765 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">±0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">49,323 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #326760; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Adams" title="Gerry Adams">Gerry Adams</a><sup id="cite_ref-sf_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45,614 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #C700C7; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Proinsias_De_Rossa" title="Proinsias De Rossa">Proinsias De Rossa</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44,901 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #8A8AE0; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_(Ireland,_1995)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party (Ireland, 1995)">National Party</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nora_Bennis" title="Nora Bennis">Nora Bennis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19,077 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FF3300; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Higgins_(politician)" title="Joe Higgins (politician)">Joe Higgins</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,445 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFFF99; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Solidarity_Party" title="Christian Solidarity Party">Christian Solidarity</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Casey_(philosopher)" title="Gerard Casey (philosopher)">Gerard Casey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,357 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_French_(politician)" title="Tom French (politician)">Tom French</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,808 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #660000; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)">Socialist Workers</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,028 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFE4E1; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Law Party (Ireland)">Natural Law Party</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,515 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #97285B; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/South_Kerry_Independent_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="South Kerry Independent Alliance">SKIA</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,388 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #DDDDDD; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">123,102 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">Spoilt votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,947 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Total</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>166</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>0</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,806,932</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100</b> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">Electorate/Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,741,262 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65.9% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The outgoing Ceann Comhairle retired at this election. Independents include <a href="/wiki/Independent_Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Independent Fianna Fáil">Independent Fianna Fáil</a> (11,607 votes, 1 seat). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting_summary">Voting summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Voting summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">First preference vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:350px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Fianna Fáil</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#66BB66; width:39.33%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">39.33%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Fine Gael</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#6699FF; width:27.95%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">27.95%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#CC0000; width:10.40%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.40%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Progressive Democrats</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1251A2; width:4.68%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.68%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Green</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#22AC6F; width:2.76%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.76%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Sinn Féin</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#326760; width:2.55%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.55%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Democratic Left</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#C700C7; width:2.51%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.51%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">National</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#8A8AE0; width:1.07%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.07%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Socialist</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FF3300; width:0.70%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.70%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:1.18%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.18%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independent</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DDDDDD; width:6.88%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.88%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seats_summary">Seats summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Seats summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Dáil seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:350px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Fianna Fáil</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#66BB66; width:46.39%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">46.39%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Fine Gael</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#6699FF; width:32.53%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">32.53%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#CC0000; width:10.24%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.24%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Progressive Democrats</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1251A2; width:2.41%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.41%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Democratic Left</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#C700C7; width:2.41%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.41%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Green</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#22AC6F; width:1.20%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.20%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Sinn Féin</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#326760; width:0.60%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.60%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Socialist</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FF3300; width:0.60%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.60%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independent</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DDDDDD; width:3.61%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.61%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Fianna Fáil increased its representation, but the Progressive Democrats had a disastrous election, maintaining its share of the vote, but winning only four seats compared to ten at the previous election, losing seats thought safe such as <a href="/wiki/Cork_North-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork North-Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)">Dún Laoghaire</a>. </p><p>Although Fine Gael gained seats, it entered opposition due to seat losses of its government coalition colleagues. One of the main features of the election, was the collapse of the Labour Party vote. Not only did it lose seats it had picked up in the <a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_general_election" title="1992 Irish general election">1992 general election</a>, when its vote was at an all-time high – such as in <a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laois%E2%80%93Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Laois–Offaly</a> – but it also lost reasonably safe seats, such as in <a href="/wiki/Dublin_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cork_South-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-Central</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dick_Spring" title="Dick Spring">Dick Spring</a> would retire as leader of the Labour Party later that year, after further disappointment in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_presidential_election" title="1997 Irish presidential election">presidential election</a>. <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> also suffered, losing its two gains made in by-elections during the 27th Dáil. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green Party</a> won a second seat, with <a href="/wiki/John_Gormley" title="John Gormley">John Gormley</a> elected in <a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-East</a>. He was elected by just over 30 votes after a recount lasting four days saw Progressive Democrat <a href="/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(politician)" title="Michael McDowell (politician)">Michael McDowell</a> defeated. The loss of McDowell was particularly stinging to the Progressive Democrats as McDowell was their "chief ideologue".<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Murphy_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Murphy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> won its first Dáil seat since <a href="/wiki/1957_Irish_general_election" title="1957 Irish general election">1957</a>, with the party winning a seat in <a href="/wiki/Cavan%E2%80%93Monaghan_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)">Cavan–Monaghan</a> with the election of <a href="/wiki/Caoimhgh%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Caol%C3%A1in" title="Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin">Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin</a>. It also narrowly missed a seat in <a href="/wiki/Kerry_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry North (Dáil constituency)">Kerry North</a>. When Ó Caoláin took his seat in the Dáil, it was the first time since 1922 that a member of Sinn Féin had done so, having abandoned its policy of abstention with regard to the Dáil in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhite2017292_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite2017292-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFeeney200210_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFeeney200210-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ó Caoláin's entry into the Dáil marked a major turning point in the history of Sinn Féin, which would continue thereafter to hold a presence in the Dáil. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Trotskyist" class="mw-redirect" title="Trotskyist">Trotskyist</a> party which consisted of former members of the Labour Party expelled in 1989, won its first seat in <a href="/wiki/Dublin_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin West</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_formation">Government formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Government formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the election, none of the major parties had a clear majority. Negotiations resulted in a Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition taking office. Four Independent <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TDs) also supported the government ensuring a working majority. <a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> while <a href="/wiki/Mary_Harney" title="Mary Harney">Mary Harney</a> of the Progressive Democrats became <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1naiste" title="Tánaiste">Tánaiste</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dáil_membership_changes"><span id="D.C3.A1il_membership_changes"></span>Dáil membership changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Dáil membership changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following changes took place as a result of the election: </p> <ul><li>17 outgoing TDs retired, including the <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Treacy_(politician)" title="Seán Treacy (politician)">Seán Treacy</a></li> <li>149 TDs stood for re-election <ul><li>121 were re-elected</li> <li>28 failed to be re-elected</li></ul></li> <li>45 successor TDs were elected <ul><li>32 were elected for the first time</li> <li>13 had previously been TDs</li></ul></li> <li>There were 6 successor female TDs, replacing 9 outgoing, decreasing the total number by 3 to 20</li> <li>There were changes in 34 of the 41 constituencies contested</li></ul> <p>Outgoing TDs are listed in the constituency they contested in the election. For some, such as <a href="/wiki/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare North (Dáil constituency)">Kildare North</a>, this differs from the constituency they represented in the outgoing Dáil. Where more than one change took place in a constituency the concept of successor is an approximation for presentation only. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background: #efefef;"> <th scope="col">Constituency </th> <th scope="col">Departing TD </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col">Change </th> <th scope="col">Comment </th> <th scope="col">Successor TD </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlow%E2%80%93Kilkenny_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)">Carlow–Kilkenny</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._J._Nolan" title="M. J. Nolan">M. J. Nolan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McGuinness_(politician)" title="John McGuinness (politician)">John McGuinness</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cavan%E2%80%93Monaghan_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)">Cavan–Monaghan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Leonard" title="Jimmy Leonard">Jimmy Leonard</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caoimhgh%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Caol%C3%A1in" title="Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin">Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #326760"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moosajee_Bhamjee" title="Moosajee Bhamjee">Moosajee Bhamjee</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td>Daly – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Daly_(politician)" title="Brendan Daly (politician)">Brendan Daly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork East (Dáil constituency)">Cork East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mulvihill_(politician)" title="John Mulvihill (politician)">John Mulvihill</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Stanton_(politician)" title="David Stanton (politician)">David Stanton</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cork_North-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork North-Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Lynch_(politician)" title="Kathleen Lynch (politician)">Kathleen Lynch</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #C700C7"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Noel_O%27Flynn" title="Noel O'Flynn">Noel O'Flynn</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ir%C3%ADn_Quill" title="Máirín Quill">Máirín Quill</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #1251A2"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Kelleher" title="Billy Kelleher">Billy Kelleher</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_North-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork North-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork North-West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Crowley_(politician)" title="Frank Crowley (politician)">Frank Crowley</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moynihan_(Cork_politician)" title="Michael Moynihan (Cork politician)">Michael Moynihan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cork_South-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barry_(politician)" title="Peter Barry (politician)">Peter Barry</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Clune" title="Deirdre Clune">Deirdre Clune</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toddy_O%27Sullivan" title="Toddy O'Sullivan">Toddy O'Sullivan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Dennehy – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Dennehy" title="John Dennehy">John Dennehy</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-West</a> </td> <td colspan="8" align="center">No membership changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Donegal_North-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)">Donegal North-East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Harte" title="Paddy Harte">Paddy Harte</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Blaney" title="Harry Blaney">Harry Blaney</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #7FFF00"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Independent Fianna Fáil">Ind. Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Donegal_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)">Donegal South-West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_%22the_Cope%22_Gallagher" title="Pat "the Cope" Gallagher">Pat "the Cope" Gallagher</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gildea" title="Tom Gildea">Tom Gildea</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #DDDDDD"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Costello_(politician)" title="Joe Costello (politician)">Joe Costello</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marian_McGennis" title="Marian McGennis">Marian McGennis</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Ryan_(Irish_politician)" title="Seán Ryan (Irish politician)">Seán Ryan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Wright – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._V._Wright" title="G. V. Wright">G. V. Wright</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-Central</a> </td> <td colspan="8" align="center">No membership changes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Kenny_(politician)" title="Seán Kenny (politician)">Seán Kenny</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Cosgrave – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Joe_Cosgrave" title="Michael Joe Cosgrave">Michael Joe Cosgrave</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fitzgerald" title="Liam Fitzgerald">Liam Fitzgerald</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Brady" title="Martin Brady">Martin Brady</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary_Flaherty_(politician)" title="Mary Flaherty (politician)">Mary Flaherty</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Carey" title="Pat Carey">Pat Carey</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eithne_FitzGerald" title="Eithne FitzGerald">Eithne FitzGerald</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Mitchell" title="Olivia Mitchell">Olivia Mitchell</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Byrne" title="Eric Byrne">Eric Byrne</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #C700C7"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Ardagh" title="Seán Ardagh">Seán Ardagh</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(politician)" title="Michael McDowell (politician)">Michael McDowell</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #1251A2"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gormley" title="John Gormley">John Gormley</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #22AC6F"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amonn_Walsh_(politician)" title="Éamonn Walsh (politician)">Éamonn Walsh</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conor_Lenihan" title="Conor Lenihan">Conor Lenihan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Taylor" title="Mervyn Taylor">Mervyn Taylor</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hayes_(politician)" title="Brian Hayes (politician)">Brian Hayes</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Burton" title="Joan Burton">Joan Burton</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Higgins_(politician)" title="Joe Higgins (politician)">Joe Higgins</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF3300"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)">Dún Laoghaire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Bhreathnach" title="Niamh Bhreathnach">Niamh Bhreathnach</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary_Hanafin" title="Mary Hanafin">Mary Hanafin</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Helen_Keogh" title="Helen Keogh">Helen Keogh</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #1251A2"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Barnes – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monica_Barnes" title="Monica Barnes">Monica Barnes</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galway_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway East (Dáil constituency)">Galway East</a> </td> <td colspan="3"> </td> <td>New seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulick_Burke_(politician)" title="Ulick Burke (politician)">Ulick Burke</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galway_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway West (Dáil constituency)">Galway West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ire_Geoghegan-Quinn" title="Máire Geoghegan-Quinn">Máire Geoghegan-Quinn</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td>Fahey – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahey_(politician)" title="Frank Fahey (politician)">Frank Fahey</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerry_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry North (Dáil constituency)">Kerry North</a> </td> <td colspan="8" align="center">No membership changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerry_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry South (Dáil constituency)">Kerry South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Leary_(Kerry_politician)" title="John O'Leary (Kerry politician)">John O'Leary</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Healy-Rae" title="Jackie Healy-Rae">Jackie Healy-Rae</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #DDDDDD"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare North (Dáil constituency)">Kildare North</a> </td> <td colspan="8" align="center">No membership changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> </td> <td colspan="4" align="center">New constituency, new seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Wall_(politician)" title="Jack Wall (politician)">Jack Wall</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Laois%E2%80%93Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Laois–Offaly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Hyland" title="Liam Hyland">Liam Hyland</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fleming" title="Seán Fleming">Seán Fleming</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Gallagher_(Labour_politician)" title="Pat Gallagher (Labour politician)">Pat Gallagher</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Enright – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Enright" title="Tom Enright">Tom Enright</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ger_Connolly" title="Ger Connolly">Ger Connolly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Moloney_(Irish_politician)" title="John Moloney (Irish politician)">John Moloney</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Limerick_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick East (Dáil constituency)">Limerick East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peadar_Clohessy" title="Peadar Clohessy">Peadar Clohessy</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #1251A2"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Wade" title="Eddie Wade">Eddie Wade</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Limerick_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick West (Dáil constituency)">Limerick West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Collins_(politician)" title="Gerry Collins (politician)">Gerry Collins</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Limerick_politician)" title="Michael Collins (Limerick politician)">Michael Collins</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Noonan_(Fianna_F%C3%A1il_politician)" title="Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician)">Michael J. Noonan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Neville" title="Dan Neville">Dan Neville</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Longford%E2%80%93Roscommon_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Longford–Roscommon (Dáil constituency)">Longford–Roscommon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Connor_(Irish_politician)" title="John Connor (Irish politician)">John Connor</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Naughten" title="Denis Naughten">Denis Naughten</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Foxe" title="Tom Foxe">Tom Foxe</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #DDDDDD"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Belton – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Belton" title="Louis Belton">Louis Belton</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louth_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Louth (Dáil constituency)">Louth</a> </td> <td colspan="8" align="center">No membership changes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mayo_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Mayo (Dáil constituency)">Mayo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._J._Morley" title="P. J. Morley">P. J. Morley</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beverley_Flynn" title="Beverley Flynn">Beverley Flynn</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Hughes" title="Séamus Hughes">Séamus Hughes</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td colspan="4" align="center">Constituency reduced to 5 seats </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Meath_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Meath (Dáil constituency)">Meath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colm_Hilliard" title="Colm Hilliard">Colm Hilliard</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Brady" title="Johnny Brady">Johnny Brady</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Brian Fitzgerald (politician)">Brian Fitzgerald</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Farrelly – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_V._Farrelly" title="John V. Farrelly">John V. Farrelly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–Leitrim</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Nealon" title="Ted Nealon">Ted Nealon</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Perry_(Irish_politician)" title="John Perry (Irish politician)">John Perry</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Declan_Bree" title="Declan Bree">Declan Bree</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Reynolds – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Reynolds_(Irish_politician)" title="Gerry Reynolds (Irish politician)">Gerry Reynolds</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tipperary_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Tipperary North (Dáil constituency)">Tipperary North</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ryan_(Irish_politician)" title="John Ryan (Irish politician)">John Ryan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td>O'Kennedy – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Kennedy" title="Michael O'Kennedy">Michael O'Kennedy</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tipperary_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Tipperary South (Dáil constituency)">Tipperary South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Treacy_(politician)" title="Seán Treacy (politician)">Seán Treacy</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #DDDDDD"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td colspan="4" align="center">Constituency seats from 4 to 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waterford_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Waterford (Dáil constituency)">Waterford</a> </td> <td colspan="8" align="center">No membership changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Westmeath_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Westmeath (Dáil constituency)">Westmeath</a> </td> <td colspan="8" align="center">No membership changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wexford_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Wexford (Dáil constituency)">Wexford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avril_Doyle" title="Avril Doyle">Avril Doyle</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>D'Arcy – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_D%27Arcy" title="Michael D'Arcy">Michael D'Arcy</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wicklow_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Wicklow (Dáil constituency)">Wicklow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Timmins" title="Godfrey Timmins">Godfrey Timmins</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td>Retired </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Timmins" title="Billy Timmins">Billy Timmins</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #6699FF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Kavanagh" title="Liam Kavanagh">Liam Kavanagh</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #CC0000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td> <td>Roche – Former TD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Roche" title="Dick Roche">Dick Roche</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #66BB66"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seanad_election">Seanad election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Seanad election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dáil election was followed by the election to the <a href="/wiki/21st_Seanad" title="21st Seanad">21st Seanad</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Dublin: O'Brien. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0862786953" title="Special:BookSources/978-0862786953"><bdi>978-0862786953</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sinn+F%C3%A9in+%3A+a+hundred+turbulent+years&rft.place=Dublin&rft.pub=O%27Brien&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0862786953&rft.aulast=Feeney&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+Irish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNealon1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Nealon" title="Ted Nealon">Nealon, Ted</a> (1997). <i>Nealon's guide to the 28th Dáil & Seanad: election '97</i>. Dublin: <a href="/wiki/Gill_%26_Macmillan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gill & Macmillan">Gill & Macmillan</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0717126749" title="Special:BookSources/0717126749"><bdi>0717126749</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nealon%27s+guide+to+the+28th+D%C3%A1il+%26+Seanad%3A+election+%2797&rft.place=Dublin&rft.pub=Gill+%26+Macmillan&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0717126749&rft.aulast=Nealon&rft.aufirst=Ted&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+Irish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite2017" class="citation book cs1">White, Robert W. (2017). <i>Out of the ashes : an oral history of provisional Irish Republican movement (Social movements vs terrorism)</i>. Merrion Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781785370939" title="Special:BookSources/9781785370939"><bdi>9781785370939</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Out+of+the+ashes+%3A+an+oral+history+of+provisional+Irish+Republican+movement+%28Social+movements+vs+terrorism%29&rft.pub=Merrion+Press&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9781785370939&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=Robert+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+Irish+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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