1923 Irish general election

1923 Irish general election

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All 153 seats in Dáil Éireann 77[a] seats needed for a majority
Turnout	61.3% 1.2 pp
First party Second party   Leader W. T. Cosgrave Éamon de Valera Party Cumann na nGaedheal Republican Leader since April 1923 1917 Leader's seat Carlow–Kilkenny Clare Last election 58 seats, 38.5% 36 seats, 21.8% Seats won 63 44 Seat change 5[b] 8[c] Popular vote 410,695 288,794 Percentage 39.0% 27.4% Swing 0.5 pp[b] 5.6 pp[c]   Third party Fourth party   Leader Denis Gorey Thomas Johnson Party Farmers' Party Labour Leader since 1922 1914 Leader's seat Carlow–Kilkenny Dublin County Last election 7 seats, 7.8% 16 seats, 21.3% Seats won 15 14 Seat change 8 3 Popular vote 127,184 111,939 Percentage 12.1% 10.6% Swing 4.3 pp 10.7 pp
Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency
President of the Executive Council before election W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal President of the Executive Council after election W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal

The 1923 Irish general election to elect the 4th Dáil was held on Monday, 27 August, following the dissolution of the Third Dáil on 9 August 1923. It was the first general election held since the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922. The election was held shortly after the end of the Irish Civil War in May 1923. Many of the Republican TDs, who represented the losing anti-Treaty side, were still imprisoned during and after the election and had committed to not participating in the Dáil if elected.

The 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September to nominate the President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State for appointment by the Governor-General. Cumann na nGaedheal, the successor to the Pro-Treaty wing of Sinn Féin, won the election and formed the government.^[1] Despite falling 14 seats of an outright majority, the opposition Republican TDs refused to take their seats, giving CnG effective control of the chamber and allowing it to form what amounted to a majority government.

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