1961 Irish general election

The 1961 Irish general election to the 17th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 4 October, following the dissolution of the 16th Dáil on 15 September 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, which had been reduced in size by three seats from the previous election by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961. Fianna Fáil lost its majority but remained the dominant party.

1961 Irish general election
4 October 1961
144 seats in Dáil Éireann
73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.6% 0.7pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Seán Lemass James Dillon Brendan Corish
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Leader since 22 June 1959 21 March 1959 2 March 1960
Leader's seat Dublin South-Central Monaghan Wexford
Last election 78 seats, 48.3% 40 seats, 26.6% 12 seats, 9.1%
Seats before 77 41 11
Seats won 70 47 16
Seat change 7 6 4
Percentage 43.8% 32.0% 11.6%
Swing 4.5% 5.4% 2.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
CnaT
NPD
Leader Joseph Blowick Noël Browne Seán MacBride
Party Clann na Talmhan National Progressive Democrats Clann na Poblachta
Leader since 5 September 1944 23 July 1958 21 January 1946
Leader's seat Mayo South Dublin South-East Dublin South-West
(defeated)
Last election 3 seats, 2.4% N/A 1 seat, 1.7%
Seats before 3 2 1
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 0 0
Percentage 1.5% 1.0% 1.1%
Swing 0.9% 1.0% 0.6%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the five biggest 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 17th Dáil met at Leinster House on 11 October 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 10th Government of Ireland, a single-party minority Fianna Fáil government.

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