Guidelines for Political Parties on Exchequer funding under the Electoral Acts (March 2009 edition).

Appendix 2 - First preference votes obtained by candidates of qualified political parties

Qualified Political Parties	First preference votes at 2007 general election	First preference votes as a % of total first preference votes	First preference votes as a % of qualified parties' total first preference votes
Fianna Fáil	858,565	41.56	44.52
Fine Gael	564,428	27.32	29.26
Labour Party	209,175	10.13	10.84
Sinn Féin	143,410	6.94	7.43
Green Party	96,936	4.69	5.03
Progressive Democrats	56,396	2.73	2.92
Total	1,928,910	93.37	100.00