1933 Irish general election

The 1933 Irish general election 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.

1933 Irish general election
24 January 1933
152 of 153 seats in Dáil Éireann
77 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.3% 4.8pp
  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
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 general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.

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 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

Re-elected TDs

Outgoing TDs

See also

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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