Dáil election results
Irish parliamentary results for the lower house
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a summary of the results of general elections to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament, from 1918 to the present. With the exception of 1918, they were held using the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
General elections
Notes:
- To preserve space, the table is divided according to the participation of different parties.
- An empty cell (–) indicates that the party did not participate in the election.
Legend:
Non-government party abstaining on confidence vote
1918–1921
The first two elections were not held as elections to the Dáil. The 1918 election refers to the results in Ireland of the British general election, treated by Sinn Féin as the election for the First Dáil. The 1921 election refers to the separate elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, treated by Sinn Féin as elections to the Second Dáil.
| House of Commons |
Dáil | Election date | Sinn Féin | Irish Unionist | Irish Parliamentary Nationalist (NI) |
Labour Unionist |
Ind Unionist |
Ind | Ministry of the Dáil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (31st) | 1st | 14 December 1918 | 73 (46.9%) | 22 (25.3%) | 6 (21.7%) | 3 (3%) | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (2.1%) | 1st | Brugha | SF | ||||||
| 2nd | De Valera | SF | |||||||||||||||
| Southern Ireland | 2nd | 24 May 1921 | 124 (unopposed) | – | – | – | 4 (unopposed) | – | 3rd 4th |
De Valera Griffith |
SF | ||||||
| Northern Ireland (1st) | 6 (20.5%) | 40 (66.9%) | 6 (11.8%) | – | 0 (0.6%) | 0 (0.2%) | |||||||||||
1922
On 7 January 1922, in the Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote, TDs constituting the Second Dáil divided 64–57 (4 not voting) in favour of the Treaty. Those voting were those who were elected for Sinn Féin, which were 125, as five were elected for constituencies in both Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. The Treaty being passed, elections were called for a constituent assembly of the Irish Free State, which constituted the 3rd Dáil.
| Dáil | Election date | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
Labour | Farmers | BPG | Ind | Provisional Government Executive Council (Dec 1922) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 16 June 1922 | 58 (38.5%) | 36[a] (21.8%) | 17 (21.3%) | 7 (7.8%) | 1 (2.3%) | 9 (8.2%) | 2nd | W. T. Cosgrave | SF (Pro-Treaty) | ||||||
| 1st | W. T. Cosgrave | SF (Pro-Treaty) CnaG | ||||||||||||||
1923–1933
| Dáil | Election date | FF | CnaG | Labour | Farmers | SF | BPG | NL | IWL | NCP | Ind | Executive Council | Days | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 27 August 1923 | – | 63 (39%) | 14 (10.6%) | 15 (12.1%) | 44[a][b] (27.4%) | 3 (0.9%) | – | – | – | 14 (10%) | 2nd | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | 1382 | ||||||||||
| 5th | 9 June 1927 | 44 (26.2%) | 47 (27.4%)[c] | 22 (12.6%) | 11 (8.9%) | 5 (3.6%) | – | 8 (7.3%) | – | – | 16 (14%) | 3rd | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | 98 | ||||||||||
| 6th | 15 September 1927 | 57 (35.2%) | 62 (38.7%)[c] | 13 (9.1%) | 6 (6.4%) | – | – | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (1.1%) | – | 12 (7.9%) | 4th | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | 1615 | ||||||||||
| 5th | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 16 February 1932 | 72 (44.5%) | 57 (35.2%)[c] | 7 (7.7%) | 4 (2%) | – | – | – | – | – | 13 (11%) | 6th | De Valera | FF | 343 | ||||||||||
| 8th | 24 January 1933 | 77 (49.7%)[c] | 48 (30.5%) | 8 (5.7%) | – | – | – | – | – | 11 (9.2%) | 9 (5.0%) | 7th | De Valera | FF | 1619 | ||||||||||
1937–1948
| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | Ntl Labour | CnaT | CnaP | Ind | Government | Days | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | 1 July 1937 | 69 (45.2%)[c] | 48 (34.8%) | 13 (10.3%) | – | – | – | 8 (9.7%) | 8th | De Valera | FF | 351 | |||||||
| 1st | De Valera | FF | |||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 17 June 1938 | 77 (51.9%)[c] | 45 (33.3%) | 9 (10%) | – | – | – | 7 (4.7%) | 2nd | De Valera | FF | 1832 | |||||||
| 11th | 23 June 1943 | 67 (41.8%)[c] | 32 (23.1%) | 17 (15.7%) | – | 10 (9.8%) | – | 12 (9.6%) | 3rd | De Valera | FF | 342 | |||||||
| 12th | 30 May 1944 | 76 (48.9%)[c] | 30 (20.5%) | 8 (8.8%) | 4 (2.7%) | 9 (10.1%) | – | 11 (9.1%) | 4th | De Valera | FF | 1345 | |||||||
| 13th | 4 February 1948 | 68 (41.9%)[c] | 31 (19.8%) | 14 (8.7%) | 5 (2.6%) | 7 (5.5%) | 10 (13.3%) | 12 (8.3%) | 5th | Costello | Inter-Party (1st) | 1211 | |||||||
1951–1965
| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | CnaT | CnaP | SF | NPD | Ind | Government | Days | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 30 May 1951 | 69 (46.3%)[c] | 40 (25.8%) | 16 (11.4%) | 6 (2.9%) | 2 (4.1%) | – | – | 14 (9.5%) | 6th | De Valera | FF | 1084 | ||||||||
| 15th | 18 May 1954 | 65 (43.4%) | 50 (32%) | 19 (12.1%)[c] | 5 (3.1%) | 3 (3.8%) | 0 (0.1%) | – | 5 (5.5%) | 7th | Costello | Inter-Party (2nd) | 1022 | ||||||||
| 16th | 5 March 1957 | 78 (48.3%) | 40 (26.6%) | 12 (9.1%)[c] | 3 (2.4%) | 1 (1.7%) | 4[a] (5.4%) | – | 9 (6.6%) | 8th | De Valera | FF | 1674 | ||||||||
| 9th | Lemass | FF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17th | 4 October 1961 | 70 (43.8%) | 47 (32%) | 16 (11.6%)[c] | 2 (1.5%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (3.1%) | 2 (1%) | 6 (5.7%) | 10th | Lemass | FF | 1281 | ||||||||
| 18th | 7 April 1965 | 72 (47.7%) | 47 (34.1%) | 22 (15.4%)[c] | – | 1 (0.8%) | – | – | 2 (2.1%) | 11th | Lemass | FF | 1533 | ||||||||
| 12th | Lynch | FF | |||||||||||||||||||
1969–1982
| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | SF-WP | (P)SF | AHB | SLP | Ind | Government | Days | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th | 18 June 1969 | 75 (45.7%)[c] | 50 (34.1%) | 18 (17%) | – | – | – | – | 1 (3.2%) | 13th | Lynch | FF | 1351 | ||||||||
| 20th | 28 February 1973 | 69 (46.2%)[c] | 54 (35.1%) | 19 (13.7%) | 0[d] (1.1%) | – | – | – | 2 (3.8%) | 14th | Cosgrave | FG–Lab | 1569 | ||||||||
| 21st | 16 June 1977 | 84 (50.6%) | 43 (30.6%) | 17 (11.6%)[c] | 0[e] (1.7%) | – | – | – | 4 (5.6%) | 15th | Lynch | FF | 1456 | ||||||||
| 16th | Haughey | FF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22nd | 11 June 1981 | 78 (45.3%)[c] | 65 (36.5%) | 15 (9.9%) | 1[e] (1.7%) | – | 2 (2.5%) | 1 (0.4%) | 4 (3.7%) | 17th | FitzGerald | FG–Lab | 252 | ||||||||
| 23rd | 18 February 1982 | 81 (47.3%) | 63 (37.3%) | 15 (9.1%) | 3[e] (2.3%) | 0 (1%) | – | – | 4 (3.0%)[c] | 18th | Haughey | FF | 279 | ||||||||
1982–1989
| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | PD | WP | SF | DSP | GP | Ind | Government | Days | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24th | 24 November 1982 | 75 (45.2%) | 70 (39.2%) | 16 (9.4%) | – | 2[e] (3.3%) | – | 0 (0.4%) | 0[f] (0.2%) | 3 (2.3%)[c] | 19th | FitzGerald | FG–Lab[g] | 1546 | |||||||||
| 25th | 17 February 1987 | 81 (44.1%) | 51 (27.1%)[c] | 12 (6.4%) | 14 (11.8%) | 4 (3.8%) | 0 (1.9%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0[h] (0.4%) | 3 (4%) | 20th | Haughey | FF | 849 | |||||||||
| 26th | 15 June 1989 | 77 (44.1%) | 55 (29.3%) | 15 (9.5%) | 6 (5.5%) | 7 (5%) | 0 (1.2%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (1.5%) | 4 (3.3%)[c] | 21st | Haughey | FF–PD | 1259 | |||||||||
| 22nd | Reynolds | FF–PD[g] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2011
| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | PD | SF | WP | GP | DL | SP | PBP | Ind | Government | Days | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27th | 25 November 1992 | 68 (39.1%) | 45 (24.5%) | 33 (19.3%) | 10 (4.7%) | 0 (1.6%) | 0 (0.7%) | 1 (1.4%) | 4 (2.8%) | – | – | 5 (5.9%)[c] | 23rd | Reynolds | FF–Lab | 1654 | |||||||||||
| 66 | 47 | 32 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 24th | Bruton | FG–Lab–DL | ||||||||||||||
| 28th | 6 June 1997 | 77 (39.3%) | 54 (27.9%) | 17 (10.4%) | 4 (4.7%) | 1 (2.5%) | 0 (0.4%) | 2 (2.8%) | 4 (2.5%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0[i] (0.1%) | 6 (8.6%) | 25th | Ahern | FF–PD | 1806 | |||||||||||
| 29th | 17 May 2002 | 81 (41.5%) | 31 (22.5%) | 20 (10.8%)[c] | 8 (4.0%) | 5 (6.5%) | 0 (0.2%) | 6 (3.8%) | – | 1 (0.8%) | 0[i] (0.2%) | 14 (9.7%) | 26th | Ahern | FF–PD | 1833 | |||||||||||
| 30th | 24 May 2007 | 78 (41.6%)[c] | 51 (27.3%) | 20 (10.1%) | 2 (2.7%) | 4 (6.9%) | 0 (0.1%) | 6 (4.7%) | – | 0 (0.6%) | 0 (0.5%) | 5 (5.4%) | 27th | Ahern | FF–GP–PD | 1328 | |||||||||||
| 28th | Cowen | FF–GP[g]–PD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31st | 25 February 2011 | 20 (17.5%)[c] | 76 (36.1%) | 37 (19.5%) | – | 14 (9.9%) | 0 (0.1%) | 0 (1.8%) | – | 2 (1.2%) | 2 (1.0%) | 15 (12.5%) | 29th | Kenny | FG–Lab | 1792 | |||||||||||
2016–2020
| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | SF | Labour | GP | AAA–PBP/ S–PBP |
SD | I4C | Aon | Ind | Government | Days | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32nd | 26 February 2016 | 44 (24.3%) | 50 (25.5%)[c] | 23 (13.8%) | 7 (6.6%) | 2 (2.7%) | 6 (3.9%) | 3 (3.0%) | 4 (1.5%) | – | 19 (11.7%) | 30th | Kenny | FG–Ind[j] | 1405 | ||||||||||
| 31st | Varadkar | FG–Ind[j] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33rd | 8 February 2020 | 38 (22.2%)[c] | 35 (20.9%) | 37 (24.5%) | 6 (4.4%) | 12 (7.1%) | 5 (2.6%) | 6 (2.9%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (1.9%) | 19 (12.2%) | 32nd | Martin | FF–FG–GP | 1724 | ||||||||||
| 33rd | Varadkar | FG–FF–GP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34th | Harris | FG–FF–GP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–
See also
Notes
- As Republican candidates.
- Includes the outgoing Ceann Comhairle returned without election.
- The anti-abstentionist faction of Sinn Féin, often described as Official Sinn Féin or Sinn Féin (Gardiner Place).
- As Sinn Féin The Workers Party.
- As the Ecology Party of Ireland.
- Left the government, forcing it to call early elections.
- As the Green Alliance.
- As the Socialist Workers Party, before the creation of People Before Profit, which includes the SWP.
- In a confidence and supply arrangement with Fianna Fáil.
References
General bibliography
- Lyons, Francis Stewart Leland, Ireland since the famine. Fontana Press, London (1987).