Irish general election, 1997

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The election for the 28th D?l was held on the 6 June 1997. The results were:

Party	Leader	Seats	Loss/Gain	D?l Seats (%)
Fianna F?l	Bertie Ahern	77	+ 9	46.4
Fine Gael	John Bruton	54	+ 9	32.6
Labour	Ruair?Quinn	21	- 12	12.7
Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney	4	- 6	2.4
Independents	-	7	-	4.2
Green Party	Trevor Sargent	2	-	1.2
Sinn F?n	Gerry Adams	1	+ 1	0.6

Following the election a Fianna F?l-Progressive Democrats coaltion return to power with Bertie Ahern becoming Taoiseach for the first time. Mary Harney, leader of the Progressive Democrats becomes T?aiste. Dick Spring retires as leader of the Irish Labour Party to be replaced by Ruair?Quinn.

See also:

• Government of the 28th D?l
• Irish General Election, 1992
• Irish General Election, 2002
• List of Irish general elections