2007 Irish general election

2007 Irish general election

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166 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 84 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.0% 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[a] 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[b] 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%
Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency. Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency.
Taoiseach before election Bertie Ahern Fianna Fáil Taoiseach after election Bertie Ahern Fianna Fáil

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.

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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