Workers' Party Candidates for 1987 general election
| Candidate | Constituency | Elected | |
| Joseph Butler | Carlow–Kilkenny | ||
| Oliver Rogers | Cavan–Monaghan | ||
| Joe Sherlock | Cork East |  | |
| John Kelleher | Cork North–Central | ||
 | Kathleen Lynch | Cork South–Central | |
| Séamus Rodgers | Donegal South–West | ||
| Michael Jennings | Dublin Central | ||
| Triona Dooney | Dublin North–Central | ||
| Pat McCartan | Dublin North–East | | |
| Proinsias De Rossa | Dublin North–West | | |
| Philomena Donnelly | Dublin North–West | ||
| Eamonn Ó Liathain | Dublin South | ||
 | Eric Byrne | Dublin South–Central | |
| Tom Crilly | Dublin South–East | ||
| Andy Smith | Dublin South–East | ||
| Pat Rabbitte | Dublin South–West | ||
| Tomás Mac Giolla | Dublin West | | |
| Eamon Gilmore | Dún Laoghaire | ||
| James Brick | Galway West | ||
| Sean O'Grady | Kerry South | ||
| Colm Purcell | Kildare | ||
| Fergal Grant | Limerick East | ||
| Donnchadha MacRaghnaill | Louth | ||
 | Seamus McDonagh | Meath | |
| Seán Hill | Tipperary South | ||
| Paddy Gallagher | Waterford | ||
| Anthony Wright | Waterford | ||
| Michael Enright | Wexford | ||
| John McManus | Wicklow |