June 1927 Irish general election

The June 1927 Irish general election was held on 9 June 1927. The newly elected members of the 5th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 23 June, at which W. T. Cosgrave of Cumann na nGaedheal was reappointed as President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, alongside his reconstituted Executive Council.

June 1927 Irish general election

9 June 1927

152 of 153 seats in Dáil Éireann
77 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.1% 6.8pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader W. T. Cosgrave Éamon de Valera Thomas Johnson
Party Cumann na nGaedheal Fianna Fáil Labour
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
Popular vote 314,703 299,486 143,849
Percentage 27.4% 26.2% 12.6%
Swing 11.6% New party 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
Popular vote 101,955 83,598 41,401
Percentage 8.9% 7.3% 3.6%
Swing 3.2% New party 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

Following the election, Fianna Fáil took its seats in the Dáil on 12 August 1927.[1] Fianna Fáil had been formed a year earlier when Éamon de Valera, leader of the abstentionist Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin, failed to convince the party to take their seats if and when the Oath of Allegiance were abolished. Most of Sinn Féin's TDs, as well as the bulk of its support, shifted to Fianna Fáil.

The impact of this shift saw Sinn Féin all but decimated; it was reduced to five seats. This was for many years the end of the party as a major force in the southern part of the island; it would not win more than 10 seats at an election until 2011. This election cemented Fianna Fáil as a major party; it and Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael remained the two major parties in Ireland until 2020. Fianna Fáil's decision to take up its seats removed Cumann na nGaedheal's working majority among TDs attending, making the Dáil short-lived. The 5th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Timothy Michael Healy, at the request of W. T. Cosgrave, the President of the Executive Council, on 25 August 1927.

Result

5th Irish general election 9 June 1927[2][3][4]
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 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[5] –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.

Voting summary

First preference vote
Cumann na nGaedheal
27.44%
Fianna Fáil
26.12%
Labour
12.55%
Farmers'
8.89%
National League Party
7.29%
Sinn Féin
3.61%
Others
0.71%
Independent
13.37%

Seats summary

Assembly seats
Cumann na nGaedheal
30.72%
Fianna Fáil
28.76%
Labour
14.38%
Farmers'
7.19%
National League Party
5.23%
Sinn Féin
3.27%
Independent
10.46%

First time TDs

Outgoing TDs

See also

References

  1. Dáil Éireann Debate - Friday, 12 Aug 1927 - New Deputies take their seats
  2. "5th Dáil June 1927 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  4. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1010-1017 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  5. Results given for Sinn Féin here are compared to those won by Republicans in the previous election.
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