Irish general election, 1933

Irish general election, 1933

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152 of 153 seats in Dáil Éireann 77 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	81.3%
First party Second party   Leader Éamon de Valera W. T. Cosgrave Party Fianna Fáil Cumann na nGaedheal Leader since 26 March 1926 April 1923 Leader's seat Clare Cork Borough Last election 72 seats, 44.5% 56 seats, 35.2% Seats won 76 48 Seat change 4 8 Popular vote 689,054 422,495 Percentage 49.7% 30.5% Swing 5.2% 4.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Frank MacDermot William Norton Party National Centre Party Labour Party Leader since 1932 1932 Leader's seat Roscommon Kildare Last election N/A 7 seats, 7.7% Seats won 11 8 Seat change 11 1 Popular vote 126,909 79,221 Percentage 9.2% 5.7% Swing New party 2.0%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
President of the Executive Council before election Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil Subsequent President of the Executive Council Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil

The Irish general election of 1933 was held on 24 January 1933. The newly elected members of the 8th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 8 February when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. Fianna Fáil retained power, though fell one seat short of an overall majority.

The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.

Contents

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  1 Result
  
  • 
    1.1 Voting summary
    
  
  
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    1.2 Seats summary
    
  
  


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  2 First time TDs
  


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  3 Re-elected TDs
  


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  4 Outgoing TDs
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  

Result

8th Irish general election – 24 January 1933^[1][2][3]

Party		Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First Pref votes	% FPv	±%
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	77	+5	50.3	689,054	49.7	+5.2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave	48	–9	31.4	422,495	30.5	–4.8
	National Centre Party	Frank MacDermot	11	New	7.2	126,909	9.2	–
	Labour Party	William Norton	8	+1	5.2	79,221	5.7	–2.0
	Independent	N/A	9	–5	5.9	68,882	5.0	–5.4
Spoilt votes						14,707	—	—
Total			153	0	100	1,401,265	100	—
Electorate/Turnout						1,727,680	81.3%	—

• Fianna Fáil minority government formed.

Excluding the Ceann Comhairle (speaker), Fianna Fáil, had won exactly half the seats and formed a government with support from the Labour Party, eventually winning enough by-elections to govern without Labour Party support.

Voting summary

First preference vote Fianna Fáil   49.70% Cumann na nGaedheal   30.47% National Centre   9.15% Labour   5.71% Independent   4.97%

Seats summary

Assembly seats Fianna Fáil   50.33% Cumann na nGaedheal   31.37% National Centre   7.19% Labour   5.23% Independent   5.88%

First time TDs

• James Burke


• John A. Costello


• Patrick Daly


• Robert Davitt


• Hugh Doherty


• Eamon Donnelly


• Séamus Keely


• Patrick Kehoe


• James McGuire


• James Morrisroe

Re-elected TDs

• Martin McDonogh


• Michael Óg McFadden


• Patrick O'Dowd

Outgoing TDs

• 
  Eamonn Duggan (Retired)


• 
  Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (Lost seat)


• 
  Francis Gormley (Lost seat)


• 
  Patrick Gorry (Lost seat)


• 
  Raphael Keyes (Lost seat)


• 
  John Kiersey (Lost seat)


• 
  Joseph Mongan (Lost seat)


• 
  Fred McDonogh (Lost seat)


• 
  Eugene O'Brien (Lost seat)


• 
  Patrick O'Hara (Retired)


• 
  Martin Sexton (Lost seat)

See also

• Members of the 8th Dáil


• Government of the 8th Dáil

References

1. 
   ^ "8th Dáil 1933 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 April 2009. 
   


2. 
   ^ "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. Retrieved 13 April 2009. 
   


3. 
   ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1009-1017 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
   

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