1923 Irish general election





















Irish general election, 1923







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27 August 1923
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All 153 seats in Dáil Éireann
77 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 61.3%

















































































































 
First party
Second party
 

William Thomas Cosgrave.jpg

Eamon de Valera c 1922-30.jpg
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
36 seats
Seats won
63
44
Seat change

Increase5

Increase8
Popular vote
410,695
288,794
Percentage
39.0%
27.4%

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

No image.png

Tomjohnson.jpg
Leader

Denis Gorey

Thomas Johnson
Party

Farmers' Party

Labour Party
Leader since
1922
1922
Leader's seat

Carlow–Kilkenny

Dublin County
Last election
7 seats
16 seats
Seats won
15
14
Seat change

Increase8

Decrease3
Popular vote
127,184
111,939
Percentage
12.1%
10.6%




Irish general election 1923.png
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

W. T. Cosgrave
Cumann na nGaedheal



Subsequent President of the Executive Council

W. T. Cosgrave
Cumann na nGaedheal




The Irish general election of 1923 was held on 27 August 1923. The newly elected members of the 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. The election was held just after the end of the Irish Civil War. Many of the Republican TDs, who represented the losing anti-Treaty side, were still imprisoned during and after the election. Cumann na nGaedheal, who represented the winning side in the war, also won the election and formed the government.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Result


    • 1.1 Voting summary


    • 1.2 Seats summary




  • 2 First time TDs


  • 3 Outgoing TDs


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


    • 5.1 Sources


    • 5.2 Citations







Result































































































































































4th Irish general election – 27 August 1923[2][3][4]
Party
Leader
Seats
±
% of
seats
First Pref
votes
% FPv
±%


Cumann na nGaedheal

W. T. Cosgrave
63[5]
+5
41.2
410,695
39.0
+0.5


Republican

Éamon de Valera
44[5]
+8
28.7
288,794
27.4
+5.6


Farmers' Party

Denis Gorey
15
+8
9.8
127,184
12.1
+4.3


Labour Party

Thomas Johnson
14
−3
9.2
111,939
10.6
−10.7


Businessmen's Party

N/A
2
+2
1.3
9,648
0.9
−1.4

Cork Progressive Association

N/A
2[6]

New
1.3
6,588
0.6

New


National Democratic Party

N/A
0

New
0
4,968
0.5

New


Dublin Trades Council

P. T. Daly
0

New
0
3,847
0.4

New

Ratepayers' Association

N/A
0
±0
0
2,620
0.2
−0.2

Town Tenants' Association

N/A
0

New
0
1,803
0.2

New


Independent

N/A
13
+4
8.5
85,869
8.1
+0.3
Spoilt votes
40,047



Total

153

+25

100

1,094,002

100

Electorate/Turnout
1,786,318
61.3%


  • Cumann na nGaedheal minority government formed.

Most parties made gains, in part because the total number of seats in the Dáil was increased by 25 from 128 to 153. Cumann na nGaedheal were able to form a minority government while Republicans (Anti-Treaty) abstained from taking their seats in the Dáil.


Lax electoral practices were tightened up beforehand by the new The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923.[7]



Voting summary





















































First preference vote
Cumann na nGaedheal
38.97%
Republican
27.40%
Farmers'
12.07%
Labour
10.62%
Businessman's
0.92%
Cork Progressive Association
0.63%
Others
1.26%
Independent
8.15%




Seats summary
















































Assembly seats
Cumann na nGaedheal
41.18%
Republican
28.76%
Farmers'
9.80%
Labour
9.15%
Businessman's
1.31%
Cork Progressive Association
1.31%
Independent
8.50%




First time TDs



  • Frank Aiken

  • Patrick Baxter

  • Dan Breen

  • Frank Cahill

  • John James Cole

  • Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll

  • Cornelius Connolly

  • Edward Doyle

  • Peadar Doyle

  • Seán Gibbons

  • Patrick McFadden

  • James Myles

  • Michael Skelly

  • Paddy Smith



Outgoing TDs



  • Joseph Whelehan (Retired)


See also



  • Members of the 4th Dáil

  • Government of the 4th Dáil

  • Irish Treaty Election, 1922



References



Sources



  • Department of Local Government and Public Health (July 1924). Memorandum on the conduct of the general election to Dáil Éireann held on the 27th August, 1923 (PDF). Dublin. Retrieved 2 February 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


Citations





  1. ^ Hopkinson, Michael (1988). Green Against Green: The Irish Civil War. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. p. 262. ISBN 0-7171-3760-0. Despite the absence of many Sinn Féin candidates and workers in jail, the results were surprising good for the Republicans. Cumann na nGaedheal, the newly formed government party, had 63 candidates elected, compared with 44 Republicans.


  2. ^ "4th Dáil 1923 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, pp1009-1017
    ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7



  5. ^ ab Cumann na nGaedheal's results are compared with those of the Pro-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin in the previous general election. Results given for Republicans here are compared to those won by the Anti-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin in the previous election.


  6. ^ Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Richard Beamish were elected under the label of Cork Progressive Association, a group associated with the Businessmen's Party.


  7. ^ "The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923". Office of the Attorney General of Ireland. Retrieved 5 April 2009.











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