DUBLIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Partial counting results showed on Saturday night that Ireland's opposition party Fine Gael has become the biggest party in parliament after Friday's crucial poll.
85 of 166 TDs (members of parliament) have so far been elected to the 31st Dail (lower house of parliament) - 37 Fine Gael, 22 Labour, seven Sinn Fein, eight Fianna Fail, two Socialists and nine Independents.
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny told the country's public broadcaster RTE that it looks like he will be elected Taoiseach (prime minister) when the 31st Dail, lower house of parliament, meets on March 9.
Describing Saturday's events as "a democratic revolution at the ballot box," Kenny said that he had not yet ruled out the possibility of a single party Fine Gael government.
He stressed it was still too early to say if his party would be in government with Labor Party, with the support of Independents or on its own.
Ireland is the first eurozone state to hold a general election following a financial bail-out.
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