2011 General Election Results

Seats for the Party’s:

Political Affiliation	2007	2011
Christian Solidarity	0	0
Fianna Fáil **excl. Ceann Comhairle	77	19
Fine Gael	51	76
Fís Nua	n/a	0
Green Party	6	0
Labour Party	20	37
Sinn Féin	4	14
United Left Alliance	n/a	5
• People Before Profit Alliance	0	2
– Socialist Workers Party	0	0
• Socialist Party	0	2
• Workers & Unemployed Action Group	0	1
• Declan Bree, Independent Candidate	n/a	0
Workers Party of Ireland	0	0
Independent Candidates	5	14
• New Vision Independent Candidates	n/a	1
**Ceann Comhairle	1	1
**Progressive Democrats	2	n/a
Confirmed Seats	166	166

**NOTES: The 2007 results are for the 2007 General Election alone, and do not allow for subsequent by-elections which saw seat changes between affiliations. The ‘Progress Democrats’ also won 2 seats in that election, but they are now disbanded. 165 seats are directly elected, and the 166th seat is filled automatically by the serving Ceann Comhairle (the Speaker Of the House). In 2011, this will be filled by a Fianna Fáil candidate (Séamus Kirk/Louth), as it was in 2007 too (John O’Donoghue/Kerry South).

Voter Turnout:

	2007	2011
Electorate	3,110,914	3,198,765
Turnout %	67.03%	70.1%
Turnout	2,085,245	2,243,146

1st Preference Votes:

Political Affiliation	2007	2011
Christian Solidarity	1,705	2,102
Fianna Fáil	858,565	387,425
Fine Gael	564,428	801,729
Fís Nua	n/a	938
Green Party	96,936	41,040
Labour Party	209,175	431,856
Sinn Féin	143,410	220,691
United Left Alliance	n/a	59,423
• People Before Profit Alliance	9,333	21,551
– Socialist Workers Party	4,100	n/a
• Socialist Party	13,218	26,770
• Workers & Unemployed Action Group	5,707	8,818
• Declan Bree, Independent Candidate	n/a	2,284
Workers Party of Ireland	3,026	3,056
Independent Candidates	100,722	272,400
• New Vision Independent Candidates	n/a	25,422
• South Kerry Independent Alliance	n/a	4,939
Fathers Rights	1,355	n/a
Immigration Control	1,329	n/a
Irish Socialist Network	505	n/a
Progressive Democrats	56,396	n/a
Spoiled Votes	19,435	22,529
Total Ballots Cast	2,085,245	2,243,146

**Notes: These overall party figures will look slightly different across different websites, due to different criteria used by different media outlets. Some will dump candidates from smaller party’s into the ‘Independent’ category, plus, there is also no real allowance for the overall United Left Alliance total on most other websites. That figure is generally split between figures for the Socialist Party, People Before Profit plus two Independent candidates (Seamus Healy, Tipperary South, Workers & Unemployed Action Group + Declan Bree, Sligo-North Leitrim, Independent). For these reasons, along with different seat totals, you will also find differing vote totals for Independent candidates across different websites.