166 seats in Dáil Éireann 84 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
65.9% 2.6pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Bertie Ahern
John Bruton
Dick Spring
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Leader since
19 December 1994
20 November 1990
November 1982
Leader's seat
Dublin Central
Meath
Kerry North
Last election
68 seats, 39.1%
45 seats, 24.5%
33 seats, 19.9%
Seats before
67
47
32
Seats won
77
54
17
Seat change
9
9
16
Popular vote
703,700
499,900
186,000
Percentage
39.3%
27.9%
10.4%
Swing
0.2%
3.4%
8.9%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Green
Leader
Mary Harney
Proinsias De Rossa
—
Party
Progressive Democrats
Democratic Left
Green
Leader since
12 October 1993
1992
—
Leader's seat
Dublin South-West
Dublin North-West
—
Last election
10 seats, 4.7%
4 seats, 2.8%
1 seat, 1.4%
Seats before
8
6
1
Seats won
4
4
2
Seat change
6
0
1
Popular vote
83,800
44,900
49,300
Percentage
4.7%
2.5%
2.8%
Swing
0.0%
0.3%
1.4%
Seventh party
Eighth party
Leader
Gerry Adams
Joe Higgins
Party
Sinn Féin
Socialist Party
Leader since
13 November 1983
Leader's seat
Did not stand[a]
Dublin West
Last election
0
Did not exist
Seats before
0
0
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
45,614
12,445
Percentage
2.5%
0.7%
Swing
0.9%
New
Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency.
Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency.
Taoiseach before election
John Bruton
Fine Gael
Taoiseach after election
Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fáil
The 1997 Irish general election to the 28th Dáil was held on Friday, 6 June, following the dissolution of the 27th Dáil on 15 May by President Mary Robinson, on the request of Taoiseach John Bruton. The general election took place in 41 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, under a revision in the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995.
The two largest parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, increased both their vote totals and representation, while both the junior parties in the Dáil, the Labour Party and the Progressive Democrats, 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 Sinn Féin TD took their seat in the Dáil after Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin was elected, while the Green party added a second TD and the Socialist Party gained their first ever national representative in Joe Higgins.
Following the election, the 28th Dáil met at Leinster House on 26 June to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Bertie Ahern was appointed Taoiseach, forming the 25th government of Ireland, a minority coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats.
The election has been described by Irish Independent journalist Shane Coleman as a prelude to the "golden years" of the Celtic Tiger, and thus one of the most significant general elections in Irish history.[1]
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