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 nGaedhael's working majority among TDs attending, making the Dáil short-lived.

Result

5th Irish general election – 9 June 1927[1][2] Party Leader Seats ±  % of seats First Pref votes  % FPv ±%
Cumann na nGaedhael W. T. Cosgrave 46 –17 30.1 27.4 –11.6
Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera 44 +44 28.7 26.2 +26.2
Labour Party Thomas Johnson 22 +8 14.4 12.6 +2.0
Farmers' Party Michael Heffernan 11 –4 7.2 8.9 –3.2
National League Party William Redmond 8 +8 5.2 7.3 +7.3
Sinn Féin John J. O'Kelly 5 –39 3.3 3.6 –23.8
Independent N/A 16 +2 10.4
Ceann Comhairle N/A 1 N/A 0.7 N/A N/A N/A
Total 153 0 100 100 —

• Cumann na nGaedhael 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

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