1961
Party Leader Seats Loss/Gain Dáil Seats (%)
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 70 - 8 48.6
Fine Gael James Dillon 47 + 7 32.6
Labour Brendan Corish 16 + 3 11.1
Independents - 6 - 2 4.2
Clann na Talmhan Michael Donnellan 2 - 1 1.4
National Progressive Democrats - 2 + 0 1.4
Clann na Poblachta Seán MacBride 1 + 0 0.7

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