1943 Irish general election

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1943 Irish general election
← 1938 23 June 1943 1944 →
138 seats in Dáil Éireann[lower-alpha 1]
70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 74.2% Decrease 2.5pp
  First party Second party
 
Éamon de Valera.jpg
William Thomas Cosgrave.jpg
Leader Éamon de Valera W. T. Cosgrave
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael
Leader since 26 March 1926 September 1934
Leader's seat Clare Cork Borough
Last election 77 seats, 51.9% 45 seats, 33.3%
Seats before 77 44
Seats won 67[lower-alpha 1] 32
Seat change Decrease10 Decrease12
Popular vote 557,525 307,490
Percentage 41.9% 23.1%
Swing Decrease10.0% Decrease10.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader William Norton Michael Donnellan
Party Labour Party Clann na Talmhan
Leader since 19 July 1932 29 June 1939
Leader's seat Carlow–Kildare Galway East
Last election 9 seats, 10.0% New Party
Seats before 9 N/A
Seats won 17 10
Seat change Increase8 Increase10
Popular vote 208,812 130,452
Percentage 15.7% 9.0%
Swing Increase5.7% New party
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Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
Taoiseach before election

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

 Taoiseach after election

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

The 1943 Irish general election was held on Wednesday, 23 June, having been called on 31 May by proclamation of President Douglas Hyde on the instruction of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. It took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies for 138 seats in Dáil Éireann the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament). Fianna Fáil lost its overall majority of seats. The newly elected members of the 11th Dáil assembled on 1 July when Éamon de Valera was re-elected Taoiseach at the head of a minority Fianna Fáil government.

Because of the state of emergency arising from the Second World War, although the outgoing Dáil did not meet after 26 May, it was not dissolved until 26 June, after the election.[3] Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.[4][5][6]

In April the government had proposed to postpone the election by introducing a bill to extend the maximum term of the Dáil from five to six years;[7] however, in the absence of support from the Fine Gael opposition, the bill was withdrawn.[8][9]

The Emergency Powers Act 1939 was in force at the time of the election campaign, and concomitant press censorship affected coverage.

Result

11th Irish general election – 23 June 1943[10][11][12]
Party Leader Seats ±  % of
seats		 First Pref
votes		  % FPv ±%
Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera 67[lower-alpha 1] –10 48.6 557,525 41.9 –10.0
Fine Gael W. T. Cosgrave 32 –13 23.2 307,490 23.1 –10.2
Labour Party William Norton 17 +8 12.3 208,812 15.7 +5.7
Clann na Talmhan Michael Donnellan 10[lower-alpha 2] New 7.2 130,452 9.8 –
style="background-color: Template:Irish Monetary Reform Association/meta/color; width: 1px;" | [[Irish Monetary Reform Association|Template:Irish Monetary Reform Association/meta/shortname]] Oliver J. Flanagan 1 New 0.7 4,377 0.3 –
Córas na Poblachta Simon Donnelly 0 New 0 3,892 0.3 –
Ailtirí na hAiséirghe 0 New 0 3,137 0.2 –
style="background-color: Template:Independent politicians in Ireland/meta/color; width: 1px;" | [[Independent politicians in Ireland|Template:Independent politicians in Ireland/meta/shortname]] N/A 11 +4 7.3 116,024 8.7 +4.0
Spoilt votes 16,198 — —
Total 138[lower-alpha 1] 0 100 1,347,907 100 —
Electorate/Turnout 1,816,142 74.2% —

Voting summary

First preference vote
Fianna Fáil
  
 41.86%
Fine Gael
  
 23.09%
Labour
  
 15.68%
Clann na Talmhan
  
 9.80%
Others
  
 0.86%
Independent
  
 8.71%

Seats summary

Dáil seats
Fianna Fáil
  
 48.55%
Fine Gael
  
 23.19%
Labour
  
 12.32%
Clann na Talmhan
  
 7.25%
Monetary Reform
  
 0.72%
Independent
  
 7.97%

Government formation

Fianna Fáil formed the 3rd Government of Ireland, a minority government.

First time TDs

Outgoing TDs

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Including Frank Fahy, returned automatically for Galway East as outgoing Ceann Comhairle, under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937.[1][2]
  2. ↑ Manning (1972) notes that the Clann na Talmhan figure is often listed in error as 14, due to the inclusion of Independent Farmer TDs in the CnaT total.

References

  1. ↑ Section 3 of the Electoral (Chairman of Dail Eireann) Act 1937 (Public Act No. 25 of 1937). Act of the Irish Parliament.
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  5. ↑ General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943 (Public Act No. 11 of 1943). Act of the Irish Parliament.
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  9. ↑ Electoral (Duration of Dáil Éireann) Bill 1943 (Bill no. 10 of 1943). Houses of the Oireachtas.
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