Democratic Left Candidates for 1997 general election
| Candidate | Constituency | Elected | |
| Joe Sherlock | Cork East | ||
 | Kathleen Lynch | Cork North–Central | |
| Helen Lahert | Dublin North–Central | ||
| Anthony Creevey | Dublin North–East | ||
| Proinsias De Rossa | Dublin North–West |  | |
 | Eric Byrne | Dublin South–Central | |
| Pat Rabbitte | Dublin South–West | | |
| Eamon Gilmore | Dún Laoghaire | | |
 | Catherine Murphy | Kildare North | |
| John Ryan | Limerick East | ||
| Christy Gorman | Meath | ||
| Michael Enright | Wexford | ||
| Liz McManus | Wicklow | |