1969 Irish general election
Result
Fianna Fáil majority government formed. The result marked a third successive victory for Fianna Fáil, led by Jack Lynch.

1969 Irish general election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: Fianna Fáil majority government formed. The result marked a third successive victory for Fianna Fáil, led by Jack Lynch.

Party	Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First Pref votes	% FPv	±%

Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	75	+3	52.1	602,234	45.7	–2.0

Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	50	+3	34.7	449,749	34.1	0

Labour Party	Brendan Corish	18	–4	12.5	224,498	17.0	+1.6

Irish Workers' Party	Michael O'Riordan	0	0	0	242	0.0	0

Independent	N/A	1	–1	0.7	42,230	3.2	+1.1

Spoilt votes	16,010	—	—

Total	144	0	100	1,334,963	100	—

Electorate/Turnout	1,735,388	76.9%	—

Sentence(s)

The 1969 Irish general election took place for 144 seats.

final_sentence: The 1969 Irish general election took place for 144 seats.