144 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
76.9% 1.8pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Jack Lynch
Liam Cosgrave
Brendan Corish
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Leader since
9 November 1966
21 April 1965
2 March 1960
Leader's seat
Cork City North-West
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown
Wexford
Last election
72 seats, 47.7%
47 seats, 34.1%
22 seats, 15.4%
Seats before
75
46
19
Seats won
75[a]
50
18
Seat change
0
4
1
Percentage
45.7%
34.1%
17.0%
Swing
2.0%
0%
1.6%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
Taoiseach before election
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach after election
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fáil
The 1969 Irish general election to the 19th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 18 June, following the dissolution of the 18th Dáil on 22 May by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The general election took place in 42 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, with boundary changes under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969. The governing Fianna Fáil won its fourth successive election.
The 19th 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. Lynch was re-appointed Taoiseach, forming the 13th 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.
^Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, s. 5: Re-election of outgoing Ceann Comhairle (No. 3 of 1969, s. 5). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^"19th Dáil 1969: Donegal–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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