30 October 1997 Presidential election

Electorate: 2,739,529

Total Valid Poll: 1,269,836

Percentage poll: 46.7%

Spoiled votes: 9,852

Total poll: 1,279,688

Quota: 634,919

CandidatesFirst CountSecond Count
Transfer of Nally’s, Roche’s and Scallon’s VotesResults
Banotti, Mary372,002+125,514497,516
McAleese, Mary574,424+131,835706,259
Nally, Derek59,529-59,529–
Roche, Adi88,423-88,423–
Scallon, Dana175,458-175,458–
Non-transferable papers not effective66,061–
CandidatesFirst Count
Banotti, Mary372,002
McAleese, Mary574,424
Nally, Derek59,529
Roche, Adi88,423
Scallon, Dana175,458
Non-transferable papers not effective
CandidatesSecond Count
Transfer of Nally’s, Roche’s and Scallon’s VotesResults
Banotti, Mary+125,514497,516
McAleese, Mary+131,835706,259
Nally, Derek-59,529–
Roche, Adi-88,423–
Scallon, Dana-175,458–
Non-transferable papers not effective66,061–

Mary McAleese was declared elected and was inaugurated as President on 11 November 1997.