144 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
75.1% 4.5pp
First party
Second party
Leader
Seán Lemass
James Dillon
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Leader since
22 June 1959
21 March 1959
Leader's seat
Dublin South-Central
Monaghan
Last election
70 seats, 43.8%
47 seats, 32.0%
Seats before
71
48
Seats won
72
47
Seat change
1
1
Percentage
47.7%
34.1%
Swing
3.9%
2.1%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Brendan Corish
Seán MacBride
Party
Labour
Clann na Poblachta
Leader since
2 March 1960
21 January 1946
Leader's seat
Wexford
N/A
Last election
16 seats, 11.6%
1 seat, 1.1%
Seats before
17
1
Seats won
22[a]
1
Seat change
5
0
Percentage
15.4%
0.8%
Swing
3.7%
0.3%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
Taoiseach before election
Seán Lemass
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach after election
Seán Lemass
Fianna Fáil
The 1965 Irish general election to the 18th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 7 April, following the dissolution of the 17th Dáil on 18 March by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The general election took place in 38 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas. The governing Fianna Fáil saw a slight increase, though did not obtain a majority.
The 18th Dáil met at Leinster House on 21 April to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Lemass was re-appointed Taoiseach, forming the 11th Government of Ireland, a single-party minority Fianna Fáil government.
^Electoral Act 1963, s. 14: Re-election of outgoing Ceann Comhairle (No. 19 of 1963, s. 14). Enacted on 12 July 1963. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^"18th Dáil 1965: Clare". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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