166 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 84 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
73.3% 0.4pp
First party
Second party
Third party
PD
Leader
Charles Haughey
Garret FitzGerald
Desmond O'Malley
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Progressive Democrats
Leader since
7 December 1979
1977
21 December 1985
Leader's seat
Dublin North-Central
Dublin South-East
Limerick East
Last election
75 seats, 45.2%
70 seats, 39.2%
New party
Seats before
71
69
5
Seats won
81
51[a]
14
Seat change
6
19
14
Popular vote
784,547
481,127
210,583
Percentage
44.2%
27.1%
11.9%
Swing
1.0%
12.1%
New party
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
DSP
Leader
Dick Spring
Tomás Mac Giolla
Jim Kemmy
Party
Labour
Workers' Party
Democratic Socialist
Leader since
November 1982
1977
1982
Leader's seat
Kerry North
Dublin West
Limerick East
Last election
16 seats, 9.4%
2 seats, 3.3%
0 seats, 0.4%
Seats before
16
2
0
Seats won
12
4
1
Seat change
4
2
1
Popular vote
114,551
67,293
7,424
Percentage
6.5%
3.8%
0.4%
Swing
2.9%
0.5%
Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency.
Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency.
Taoiseach before election
Garret FitzGerald
Fine Gael
Taoiseach after election
Charles Haughey
Fianna Fáil
The 1987 Irish general election to the 25th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 17 February, four weeks after the dissolution of the 24th Dáil on 20 January by President Patrick Hillery, on the request of Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. A continuing crisis over public finance and a rejection of the budget had led to the Labour Party withdrawing from the Fine Gael–led coalition government. The general election took place in 41 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas. There were minor amendments to constituency boundaries under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983.
The 25th Dáil met at Leinster House on 10 March to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Charles Haughey was appointed Taoiseach, forming the 20th Government of Ireland, a minority single-party Fianna Fáil government.
^Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1980, s. 1: Amendment of section 14 of Electoral Act 1963 (No. 40 of 1980, s. 1). Enacted on 23 December 1980. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^"25th Dáil 1987: Cavan–Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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