Laois–Offaly: 1997 general election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | to Progressive Democrats | to National Party | to Natural Law | ||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 617 (10.6%) | 4306 (74.3%) | 768 (13.2%) | 10 (0.2%) | 87 (1.5%) | 6 (0.1%) | 3 (0.1%) |
| from Progressive Democrats | | 441 (11.4%) | 2389 (61.7%) | 1043 (26.9%) |