Irish general election, June 1927

Irish general election, June 1927

9 June 1927

152 of 153 seats in Dáil Éireann 77 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 68.1%   First party Second party Third party   Leader W. T. Cosgrave Éamon de Valera Thomas Johnson Party Cumann na nGaedheal Fianna Fáil Labour Party Leader since April 1923 26 March 1926 1922 Leader's seat Carlow–Kilkenny Clare Dublin County Last election 63 seats, 39.0% N/A 14 seats, 10.6% Seats before 60 N/A 15 Seats won 47 44 22 Seat change 13 44 7 Percentage 27.4% 26.2% 12.6% Swing 11.6% 26.2% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Michael Heffernan William Redmond John J. O'Kelly Party Farmers' Party National League Party Sinn Féin Leader since 1927 1926 1926 Leader's seat Tipperary Waterford N/A Last election 15 seats, 12.1% N/A 44 seats, 27.4% Seats before 15 2 47 Seats won 11 8 5 Seat change 4 6 42 Percentage 8.9% 7.3% 3.6% Swing 3.2% 7.3% 23.8%

Percentage of seats gained by each of the five biggest parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.

President of the Executive Council before election W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal Subsequent President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal

The Irish general election of June 1927 was held on 9 June 1927. The newly elected members of the 5th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 23 June when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed.

The election saw the establishment of Fianna Fáil as a participant in the Dáil, taking most of the support and many of the members of the abstentionist Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin. The impact of this shift was to remove Cumann na nGaedheal's working majority among TDs attending, making the Dáil short-lived.

Result

5th Irish general election – 9 June 1927^[1][2][3]

Party		Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First Pref votes	% FPv	±%
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave	47	–16	30.7	314,703	27.4	–11.6
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	44	New	28.7	299,486	26.2	New
	Labour Party	Thomas Johnson	22	+8	14.4	143,849	12.6	+2.0
	Farmers' Party	Michael Heffernan	11	–4	7.2	101,955	8.9	–3.2
	National League Party	William Redmond	8	New	5.2	83,598	7.3	New
	Sinn Féin	John J. O'Kelly	5[4]	–39	3.3	41,401	3.6	–23.8
	Clann Éireann	William Magennis	0	New	0	5,527	0.5	New
	Blind Men's Party		0	New	0	1,559	0.1	New
	Town Tenants' Association		0	0	0	1,012	0.1	–0.1
	Independent	N/A	16	+3	10.4	153,370	13.4	+5.3
Spoilt votes						31,337	—	—
Total			153	0	100	1,177,797	100	—
Electorate/Turnout						1,730,177	68.1%	—

• Cumann na nGaedheal minority government formed.

First time TDs

• Patrick Boland
• Andrew Fogarty
• John Jinks
• Michael Keyes
• Michael Óg McFadden
• Thomas Mullins
• Matthew O'Reilly

Outgoing TDs

• Cornelius Connolly (Retired)
• Patrick McFadden (Lost seat)

See also

• Members of the 5th Dáil
• Government of the 5th Dáil

References

1. "5th Dáil June 1927 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
2. "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
3. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1010-1017 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
4. Results given for Sinn Féin here are compared to those won by Republicans in the previous election.