| align="center" | Party | align="center" | Leader | align="center" | Seats | align="center" | Loss/Gain | align="center" | Dil Seats (%) |
| Fianna Fil | align="right" | Sen Lemass | align="center" | 70 | align="center" | - 8 | align="center" | 48.6 |
| Fine Gael | align="right" | James Dillon | align="center" | 47 | align="center" | + 7 | align="center" | 32.6 |
| Labour | align="right" | Brendan Corish | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | + 3 | align="center" | 11.1 |
| Independents | align="right" | - | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | - 2 | align="center" | 4.2 |
| Clann na Talmhan | align="right" | Michael Donnellan | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - 1 | align="center" | 1.4 |
| National Progressive Democrats | align="right" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | + 0 | align="center" | 1.4 |
| Clann na Poblachta | align="right" | Sen MacBride | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | + 0 | align="center" | 0.7 |