1957 Irish general election
Result
Fianna Fáil majority government formed. When the votes were counted it was clear that Fianna Fáil had achieved an overall majority.

1957 Irish general election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: Fianna Fáil majority government formed. When the votes were counted it was clear that Fianna Fáil had achieved an overall majority.

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

Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	78	+13	53.1	592,994	48.3	+4.9

Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy	40	–10	27.2	326,699	26.6	–5.4

Labour Party	William Norton	12	–7	8.2	111,747	9.1	–3.0

Sinn Féin	Paddy McLogan	4	+4	2.7	65,640	5.3	+5.2

Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	3	–2	2.0	28,905	2.4	–1.4

Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	1	–2	0.7	20,632	1.7	–1.4

Irish Housewives' Association	0	New	0	4,797	0.4	–

Ratepayers' Association	0	New	0	3,113	0.3	–

Independent	N/A	9	+4	6.1	72,492	5.9	+0.6

Spoilt votes	11,540	—	—

Total	147	0	100	1,238,559	100	—

Electorate/Turnout	1,738,278	71.3%	—

Sentence(s)

The general election took place throughout Ireland for 147 seats.

final_sentence: The general election took place throughout Ireland for 147 seats.