2007 Irish general election

The 2007 Irish general election took place on Thursday, 24 May after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 30 April, at the request of the Taoiseach. The general election took place in 43 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament, with a revision of constituencies since the last election under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005.

This article is about the general election in the Republic of Ireland. For the assembly election in Northern Ireland, see 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election.

2007 Irish general election
24 May 2007
166 seats in Dáil Éireann
84 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.0% 4.4pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bertie Ahern Enda Kenny Pat Rabbitte
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Leader since 19 December 1994 2 June 2002 25 October 2002
Leader's seat Dublin Central Mayo Dublin South-West
Last election 81 seats, 41.5% 31 seats, 22.5% 20 seats, 10.8%
Seats before 78 32 21
Seats won 78 51 20
Seat change 3 20 0
Popular vote 858,565 564,428 209,175
Percentage 41.6% 27.3% 10.1%
Swing 0.1% 4.8% 0.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Trevor Sargent Gerry Adams Michael McDowell
Party Green Sinn Féin Progressive Democrats
Leader since 6 October 2001 13 November 1983 11 September 2006
Leader's seat Dublin North N/A Dublin South-East
(defeated)
Last election 6 seats, 3.8% 5 seats, 6.5% 8 seats, 4.0%
Seats before 6 5 8
Seats won 6 4 2
Seat change 0 1 6
Popular vote 96,936 143,410 56,396
Percentage 4.7% 6.9% 2.7%
Swing 0.9% 0.4% 1.3%
Taoiseach before election

Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fáil

 Taoiseach after election

Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fáil

While Fine Gael gained 20 seats, Fianna Fáil remained the largest party. The election was considered a success for Fianna Fáil; however, Fianna Fáil's junior coalition partners in the 29th Dáil, the Progressive Democrats, lost six of their eight seats.

The 30th Dáil met on 14 June to nominate a Taoiseach and ratify the ministers of the new 27th Government of Ireland. It was a coalition government of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats initially supported by four Independent TDs. It was the first time the Green Party entered government.

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