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Irish general election, 1943
137 of 138 seats in Dáil Éireann
23 June 1943
First party Second party Third party


Leader Éamon de Valera W. T. Cosgrave William Norton
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Leader since 1926 1933 1932
Leader's seat Clare Cork Borough Kildare
Last election 76 seats, 51.9% 45 seats, 33.3% 9 seats, 10.0%
Seats won 66 32 17
Seat change –10 –13 +8
Percentage 41.8% 23.1% 15.7%
Swing –10.1% –10.2% +5.7%
Fourth party


Leader Michael Donnellan
Party Clann na Talmhan
Leader since 1938
Leader's seat Galway East
Last election N/A
Seats won 10
Seat change +10
Percentage 9.0%
Swing +9.0%

The Irish general election of 1943 was held on 23 June 1943. The 138 newly elected members of the 11th Dáil assembled on 1 July when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed.

The general election took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 138 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann. The election was fought while the Emergency Powers Act 1939 was still in force.

Result

11th Irish general election – 23 June 1943[1][2][3] Party Leader Seats ±  % of seats First Pref votes  % FPv ±%
Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera 66 –10 47.9 41.8 –10.1
Fine Gael W. T. Cosgrave 32 –13 23.2 23.1 –10.2
Labour Party William Norton 17 +8 12.3 15.7 +5.7
Clann na Talmhan Michael Donnellan 10 +10 7.2 9.0 +9.0
Independent N/A 12 +5 8.7
Ceann Comhairle N/A 1 N/A 0.7 N/A N/A N/A
Total 138 0 100 100 —

• Fianna Fáil minority government formed.

First time TDs

• Liam Cosgrave
• Frank Daly
• Michael Donnellan
• Michael Hilliard
• James Kilroy
• Martin O'Sullivan
• Leo Skinner
• Dan Spring
• Richard Stapleton

Outgoing TDs

• Eamonn Cooney (Lost seat)
• Thomas Dowdall (Deceased)
• Daniel Hogan (Lost seat)
• Henry McDevitt (Retired)
• Thomas Mullen (Retired)
• John Munnelly (Deceased)
• Frank Loughman (Lost seat)
• Peter O'Loghlen (Lost seat)
• Laurence Walsh (Lost seat)
• Richard Walsh (Lost seat)

See also

• Members of the 11th Dáil
• Government of the 11th Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 11th Dáil

Notes

References

• Manning, Maurice, 1972. Irish Political Parties: An Introduction. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 9780717105366

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