This is a summary of the results of general elections to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament, from 1918 to the present. With the exception of 1918, they were held using the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
General elections
editNotes:
- To preserve space, the table is divided according to the participation of different parties.
- An empty cell (–) indicates that the party did not participate in the election.
Legend:
Sinn Féin majority government
Irish Unionist Alliance majority government
Fianna Fáil majority government
Fianna Fáil-led minority or coalition government
Party providing confidence and supply
Non-government party abstaining on confidence vote
1918–1921
editThe first two elections were not held as elections to the Dáil. The 1918 election refers to the results in Ireland of the British general election, treated by Sinn Féin as the election for the First Dáil. The 1921 election refers to the separate elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, treated by Sinn Féin as elections to the Second Dáil.
| House of Commons |
Dáil | Election date | Sinn Féin | Irish Unionist | Irish Parliamentary Nationalist (NI) |
Labour Unionist |
Ind Unionist |
Ind | Ministry of the Dáil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (31st) | 1st | 14 Dec 1918 | 73 (46.9%) | 22 (25.3%) | 6 (21.7%) | 3 (3%) | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (2.1%) | 1st | Brugha | SF | ||||||
| 2nd | De Valera | SF | |||||||||||||||
| Southern Ireland | 2nd | 24 May 1921 | 124 (unopposed) | – | – | – | 4 (unopposed) | – | 3rd 4th |
De Valera Griffith |
SF | ||||||
| Northern Ireland (1st) | 6 (20.5%) | 40 (66.9%) | 6 (11.8%) | – | 0 (0.6%) | 0 (0.2%) | |||||||||||
1922
editOn 7 January 1922, in the Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote, TDs constituting the 2nd Dáil divided 64–57 (4 not voting) in favour of the Treaty. Those voting were those who were elected for Sinn Féin, which were 125, as five were elected for constituencies in both Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. The Treaty being passed, elections were called for a constituent assembly of the Irish Free State, which constituted the 3rd Dáil.
| Dáil | Election date | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
Labour | Farmers | BPG | Ind | Provisional Government Executive Council (Dec 1922) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 16 Jun 1922 | 58 (38.5%) | 36[a] (21.8%) | 17 (21.3%) | 7 (7.8%) | 1 (2.3%) | 9 (8.2%) | 2nd | W. T. Cosgrave | SF (Pro-Treaty) | ||||||
| 1st | W. T. Cosgrave | SF (Pro-Treaty) CnaG | ||||||||||||||
1923–1933
edit| Dáil | Election date | FF | CnaG | Labour | Farmers | SF | BPG | NL | IWL | NCP | Ind | Executive Council | Days | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 27 Aug 1923 | – | 63 (39%) | 14 (10.6%) | 15 (12.1%) | 44[a][b] (27.4%) | 3 (0.9%) | – | – | – | 14 (10%) | 2nd | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | 1382 | ||||||||||
| 5th | 9 Jun 1927 | 44 (26.2%) | 47 (27.4%)[c] | 22 (12.6%) | 11 (8.9%) | 5 (3.6%) | – | 8 (7.3%) | – | – | 16 (14%) | 3rd | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | 98 | ||||||||||
| 6th | 15 Sep 1927 | 57 (35.2%) | 62 (38.7%)[c] | 13 (9.1%) | 6 (6.4%) | – | – | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (1.1%) | – | 12 (7.9%) | 4th | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | 1615 | ||||||||||
| 5th | W. T. Cosgrave | CnaG | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 16 Feb 1932 | 72 (44.5%) | 57 (35.2%)[c] | 7 (7.7%) | 4 (2%) | – | – | – | – | – | 13 (11%) | 6th | De Valera | FF | 343 | ||||||||||
| 8th | 24 Jan 1933 | 77 (49.7%)[c] | 48 (30.5%) | 8 (5.7%) | – | – | – | – | – | 11 (9.2%) | 9 (5.0%) | 7th | De Valera | FF | 1619 | ||||||||||
1937–1948
edit| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | Ntl Labour | CnaT | CnaP | Ind | Government | Days | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | 1 Jul 1937 | 69 (45.2%)[c] | 48 (34.8%) | 13 (10.3%) | – | – | – | 8 (9.7%) | 8th | De Valera | FF | 351 | |||||||
| 1st | De Valera | FF | |||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 17 Jun 1938 | 77 (51.9%)[c] | 45 (33.3%) | 9 (10%) | – | – | – | 7 (4.7%) | 2nd | De Valera | FF | 1832 | |||||||
| 11th | 23 Jun 1943 | 67 (41.8%)[c] | 32 (23.1%) | 17 (15.7%) | – | 10 (9.8%) | – | 12 (9.6%) | 3rd | De Valera | FF | 342 | |||||||
| 12th | 30 May 1944 | 76 (48.9%)[c] | 30 (20.5%) | 8 (8.8%) | 4 (2.7%) | 9 (10.1%) | – | 11 (9.1%) | 4th | De Valera | FF | 1345 | |||||||
| 13th | 4 Feb 1948 | 68 (41.9%)[c] | 31 (19.8%) | 14 (8.7%) | 5 (2.6%) | 7 (5.5%) | 10 (13.3%) | 12 (8.3%) | 5th | Costello | Inter-Party (1st) | 1211 | |||||||
1951–1965
edit| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | CnaT | CnaP | SF | NPD | Ind | Government | Days | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 30 May 1951 | 69 (46.3%)[c] | 40 (25.8%) | 16 (11.4%) | 6 (2.9%) | 2 (4.1%) | – | – | 14 (9.5%) | 6th | De Valera | FF | 1084 | ||||||||
| 15th | 18 May 1954 | 65 (43.4%) | 50 (32%) | 19 (12.1%)[c] | 5 (3.1%) | 3 (3.8%) | 0 (0.1%) | – | 5 (5.5%) | 7th | Costello | Inter-Party (2nd) | 1022 | ||||||||
| 16th | 5 Mar 1957 | 78 (48.3%) | 40 (26.6%) | 12 (9.1%)[c] | 3 (2.4%) | 1 (1.7%) | 4[a] (5.4%) | – | 9 (6.6%) | 8th | De Valera | FF | 1674 | ||||||||
| 9th | Lemass | FF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17th | 4 Oct 1961 | 70 (43.8%) | 47 (32%) | 16 (11.6%)[c] | 2 (1.5%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (3.1%) | 2 (1%) | 6 (5.7%) | 10th | Lemass | FF | 1281 | ||||||||
| 18th | 7 Apr 1965 | 72 (47.7%) | 47 (34.1%) | 22 (15.4%)[c] | – | 1 (0.8%) | – | – | 2 (2.1%) | 11th | Lemass | FF | 1533 | ||||||||
| 12th | Lynch | FF | |||||||||||||||||||
1969–1982
edit| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | SF-WP | (P)SF | AHB | SLP | Ind | Government | Days | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th | 18 Jun 1969 | 75 (45.7%)[c] | 50 (34.1%) | 18 (17%) | – | – | – | – | 1 (3.2%) | 13th | Lynch | FF | 1351 | ||||||||
| 20th | 28 Feb 1973 | 69 (46.2%)[c] | 54 (35.1%) | 19 (13.7%) | 0[d] (1.1%) | – | – | – | 2 (3.8%) | 14th | Cosgrave | FG–Lab | 1569 | ||||||||
| 21st | 16 Jun 1977 | 84 (50.6%) | 43 (30.6%) | 17 (11.6%)[c] | 0[e] (1.7%) | – | – | – | 4 (5.6%) | 15th | Lynch | FF | 1456 | ||||||||
| 16th | Haughey | FF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22nd | 11 Jun 1981 | 78 (45.3%)[c] | 65 (36.5%) | 15 (9.9%) | 1[e] (1.7%) | – | 2 (2.5%) | 1 (0.4%) | 4 (3.7%) | 17th | FitzGerald | FG–Lab | 252 | ||||||||
| 23rd | 18 Feb 1982 | 81 (47.3%) | 63 (37.3%) | 15 (9.1%) | 3[e] (2.3%) | 0 (1%) | – | – | 4 (3.0%)[c] | 18th | Haughey | FF | 279 | ||||||||
1982–1989
edit| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | PD | WP | SF | DSP | GP | Ind | Government | Days | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24th | 24 Nov 1982 | 75 (45.2%) | 70 (39.2%) | 16 (9.4%) | – | 2[e] (3.3%) | – | 0 (0.4%) | 0[f] (0.2%) | 3 (2.3%)[c] | 19th | FitzGerald | FG–Lab[g] | 1546 | |||||||||
| 25th | 17 Feb 1987 | 81 (44.1%) | 51 (27.1%)[c] | 12 (6.4%) | 14 (11.8%) | 4 (3.8%) | 0 (1.9%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0[h] (0.4%) | 3 (4%) | 20th | Haughey | FF | 849 | |||||||||
| 26th | 15 Jun 1989 | 77 (44.1%) | 55 (29.3%) | 15 (9.5%) | 6 (5.5%) | 7 (5%) | 0 (1.2%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (1.5%) | 4 (3.3%)[c] | 21st | Haughey | FF–PD | 1259 | |||||||||
| 22nd | Reynolds | FF–PD[g] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2011
edit| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | Labour | PD | SF | WP | GP | DL | SP | PBP | Ind | Government | Days | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27th | 25 Nov 1992 | 68 (39.1%) | 45 (24.5%) | 33 (19.3%) | 10 (4.7%) | 0 (1.6%) | 0 (0.7%) | 1 (1.4%) | 4 (2.8%) | – | – | 5 (5.9%)[c] | 23rd | Reynolds | FF–Lab | 1654 | |||||||||||
| 66 | 47 | 32 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 24th | Bruton | FG–Lab–DL | ||||||||||||||
| 28th | 6 Jun 1997 | 77 (39.3%) | 54 (27.9%) | 17 (10.4%) | 4 (4.7%) | 1 (2.5%) | 0 (0.4%) | 2 (2.8%) | 4 (2.5%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0[i] (0.1%) | 6 (8.6%) | 25th | Ahern | FF–PD | 1806 | |||||||||||
| 29th | 17 May 2002 | 81 (41.5%) | 31 (22.5%) | 20 (10.8%)[c] | 8 (4.0%) | 5 (6.5%) | 0 (0.2%) | 6 (3.8%) | – | 1 (0.8%) | 0[i] (0.2%) | 14 (9.7%) | 26th | Ahern | FF–PD | 1833 | |||||||||||
| 30th | 24 May 2007 | 78 (41.6%)[c] | 51 (27.3%) | 20 (10.1%) | 2 (2.7%) | 4 (6.9%) | 0 (0.1%) | 6 (4.7%) | – | 0 (0.6%) | 0 (0.5%) | 5 (5.4%) | 27th | Ahern | FF–GP–PD | 1328 | |||||||||||
| 28th | Cowen | FF–GP[g]–PD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31st | 25 Feb 2011 | 20 (17.5%)[c] | 76 (36.1%) | 37 (19.5%) | – | 14 (9.9%) | 0 (0.1%) | 0 (1.8%) | – | 2 (1.2%) | 2 (1.0%) | 15 (12.5%) | 29th | Kenny | FG–Lab | 1792 | |||||||||||
2016–
edit| Dáil | Election date | FF | FG | SF | Labour | GP | AAA–PBP S–PBP |
SD | I4C | Aon | Ind | Government | Days | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32nd | 26 Feb 2016 | 44 (24.3%) | 50 (25.5%)[c] | 23 (13.8%) | 7 (6.6%) | 2 (2.7%) | 6 (3.9%) | 3 (3.0%) | 4 (1.5%) | – | 19 (11.7%) | 30th | Kenny | FG–Ind[j] | 1405 | ||||||||||
| 31st | Varadkar | FG–Ind[j] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33rd | 8 Feb 2020 | 38 (22.2%)[c] | 35 (20.9%) | 37 (24.5%) | 6 (4.4%) | 12 (7.1%) | 5 (2.6%) | 6 (2.9%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (1.9%) | 19 (12.2%) | 32nd | Martin | FF–FG–GP | 1743 to date | ||||||||||
| 33rd | Varadkar | FG–FF–GP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34th | Harris | FG–FF–GP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c Did not sit
- ^ As Republican candidates.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Includes the outgoing Ceann Comhairle returned without election.
- ^ The anti-abstentionist faction of Sinn Féin, often described as Official Sinn Féin or Sinn Féin (Gardiner Place).
- ^ a b c d As Sinn Féin The Workers Party.
- ^ As the Ecology Party of Ireland.
- ^ a b c Left the government, forcing it to call early elections.
- ^ As the Green Alliance.
- ^ a b As the Socialist Workers Party, before the creation of People Before Profit, which includes the SWP.
- ^ a b In a confidence and supply arrangement with Fianna Fáil.