1938 Irish general election

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1938 Irish general election
← 1937 17 June 1938 1943 →
138 seats in Dáil Éireann[lower-alpha 1]
70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 76.7% Increase 0.5pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Éamon de Valera W. T. Cosgrave William Norton
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Leader since 26 March 1926 September 1934 19 July 1932
Leader's seat Clare Cork Borough Carlow–Kildare
Last election 69 seats, 45.2% 48 seats, 34.8% 13 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 77[lower-alpha 1] 45 9
Seat change Increase8 Decrease3 Decrease4
Popular vote 667,996 428,633 128,945
Percentage 51.9% 33.3% 10.0%
Swing Increase6.7% Decrease1.5% Decrease0.3%
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Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
Taoiseach before election

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

 Taoiseach after election

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

The 1938 Irish general election to the 10th Dáil was held on Friday, 17 June following the dissolution of the 9th Dáil on 27 May 1938 by the Presidential Commission on the request of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. It was a snap election, less than a year after the previous election, the proximate cause being the government's loss of an opposition motion recommending use of arbitration to resolve Civil Service labour disputes.[3] The general election took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 138 seats in Dáil Éireann. It was the first election held after the adoption of the Constitution of Ireland on 29 December 1937. Fianna Fáil won the first overall majority in the history of the State.

The 10th Dáil met at Leinster House on 30 June to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by President Douglas Hyde and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach. Outgoing Taoiseach Éamon de Valera was re-appointed leading a single-party Fianna Fáil government.

Result

10th Irish general election – 17 June 1938[4][5][6]
Party Leader Seats ±  % of
seats		 First Pref
votes		  % FPv ±%
Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera 77[lower-alpha 1] +8 55.8 667,996 51.9 +6.7
Fine Gael W. T. Cosgrave 45 –3 32.6 428,633 33.3 –1.5
Labour Party William Norton 9 –4 6.5 128,945 10.0 –0.3
[[Independent politician (Ireland)|Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/shortname]] N/A 7 –1 5.1 60,685 4.7 –5.0
Spoilt votes 15,811 — —
Total 138[lower-alpha 1] 0 100 1,302,070 100 —
Electorate/Turnout 1,770,422 76.7% —

Voting summary

First preference vote
Fianna Fáil
  
 51.93%
Fine Gael
  
 33.32%
Labour
  
 10.02%
Independent
  
 4.72%

Seats summary

Dáil seats
Fianna Fáil
  
 55.80%
Fine Gael
  
 32.61%
Labour
  
 6.52%
Independent
  
 5.07%

Government formation

Fianna Fáil formed a majority government, the 2nd Government of Ireland.

First time TDs

Re-elected TDs

Outgoing TDs

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Including Frank Fahy, returned automatically for Galway East as outgoing Ceann Comhairle, under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Section 3 of the Electoral (Chairman of Dail Eireann) Act 1937 (Public Act No. 25 of 1937). Act of the Irish Parliament.
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