irish general election, 1987

The election for the 25th Dil was held on February 17, 1987.

Results

lign=center\| Party	align=center\| Leader	align=center\| Seats	align=center\| Loss/Gain	align=center\| Dil Seats (%)
a href="/encyclopedia/Fianna-Fil" title="Fianna Fil">Fianna Fil	align="right"\|Charles J. Haughey	align=center\|81	align=center\| +6	align=center\|48.8
a href="/encyclopedia/Fine-Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael	align="right"\|Garret FitzGerald	align=center\|51	align=center\| -19	align=center\|30.7
a href="/encyclopedia/Irish-Labour-Party" title="Irish Labour Party">Labour	align="right"\|Dick Spring	align=center\|12	align=center\| -4	align=center\|7.2
a href="/encyclopedia/Progressive-Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats	align="right"\|Desmond O'Malley	align=center\|14	align=center\| +0	align=center\|8.4
thers	align="right"\|-	align=center\|8	align=center\| +3	align=center\|4.8

Charles Haughey leads Fianna Fil into a minority government after five years in opposition. Garret FitzGerald of Fine Gael resigns following the election result. He is replaced by Alan Dukes. The Progressive Democrats, lead by Desmond O'Malley, contest there first general election. Since then they have never recorded such an electoral result. Newly elected deputies: Dermot Ahern, John O'Donoghue, Mary Coughlan, Michael McDowell, Noel Dempsey, Martin Cullen, Dick Roche See also:

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