Galway West: 1987 general election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | to Progressive Democrats | to Workers' Party | ||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 315 (6.9%) | 3965 (87.4%) | 256 (5.6%) | |||
| from Fine Gael | | 2206 (27.9%) | 609 (7.7%) | 4925 (62.2%) | 91 (1.2%) | 71 (0.9%) | 10 (0.1%) |
| from Independent | | 858 (15.9%) | 3004 (55.8%) | 1027 (19.1%) | 109 (2.0%) | 293 (5.4%) | 96 (1.8%) |
| from Progressive Democrats | | 580 (21.1%) | 659 (23.9%) | 1103 (40.1%) | 158 (5.7%) | 243 (8.8%) | 10 (0.4%) |
| from Workers' Party | | 877 (54.7%) | 262 (16.3%) | 283 (17.7%) | 87 (5.4%) | 94 (5.9%) |