Results
| Election | Candidate | Nominated by | % 1st Pref. vote | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Douglas Hyde | Fianna Fáil | n/a | Douglas Hyde | ||
| Fine Gael | ||||||
| 1945 | Patrick McCartan | Labour Party | 19.6% | Seán T. O'Kelly | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | ||||||
| Seán Mac Eoin | Fine Gael | 30.9% | ||||
| Seán T. O'Kelly | Fianna Fáil | 49.5% | ||||
| 1952 | Seán T. O'Kelly | Self-nomination | n/a | Seán T. O'Kelly | ||
| 1959 | Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil | 56.3% | Éamon de Valera | ||
| Seán Mac Eoin | Fine Gael | 43.7% | ||||
| 1966 | Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil | 50.5% | Éamon de Valera | ||
| Tom O'Higgins | Fine Gael | 49.5% | ||||
| 1973 | Erskine H. Childers | Fianna Fáil | 51.9% | Erskine H. Childers | ||
| Tom O'Higgins | Fine Gael | 48.0% | ||||
| 1974 | Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | Fianna Fáil | n/a | Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | ||
| Fine Gael | ||||||
| Labour Party | ||||||
| 1976 | Patrick Hillery | Fianna Fáil | n/a | Patrick Hillery | ||
| 1983 | Patrick Hillery | Self-nomination | n/a | Patrick Hillery | ||
| 1990 | Austin Currie | Fine Gael | 17.0% | Mary Robinson | ||
| Brian Lenihan | Fianna Fáil | 44.1% | ||||
| Mary Robinson | Labour Party | 38.9% | ||||
| Workers' Party | ||||||
| 1997 | Mary Banotti | Fine Gael | 29.3% | Mary McAleese | ||
| Mary McAleese | Fianna Fáil | 45.2% | ||||
| Progressive Democrats | ||||||
| Derek Nally | County and City Councils | 4.7% | ||||
| Adi Roche | Labour Party | 6.9% | ||||
| Democratic Left | ||||||
| Green Party | ||||||
| Dana Rosemary Scallon | County and City Councils | 13.8% | ||||
| 2004 | Mary McAleese | Self-nomination | n/a | Mary McAleese | ||
| 2011 | Mary Davis | County and City Councils | 2.7% | Michael D. Higgins | ||
| Seán Gallagher | County and City Councils | 28.5% | ||||
| Michael D. Higgins | Labour Party | 39.6% | ||||
| Martin McGuinness | Sinn Féin | 13.7% | ||||
| Independent TDs | ||||||
| Gay Mitchell | Fine Gael | 6.4% | ||||
| David Norris | County and City Councils | 6.2% | ||||
| Dana Rosemary Scallon | County and City Councils | 2.9% | ||||
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