Dáil election results

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

Notes:

  • 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
  Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael-led coalition government
  Party providing confidence and supply
  Non-government party abstaining on confidence vote

1918–1921

The 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%) 1stBrughaSF
2ndDe ValeraSF
Southern Ireland2nd 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

On 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[lower-alpha 1] (21.8%) 17 (21.3%) 7 (7.8%) 1 (2.3%) 9 (8.2%) 2ndW. T. CosgraveSF (Pro-Treaty)
1stW. T. CosgraveSF (Pro-Treaty)
CnaG

1923–1933
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[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] (27.4%) 3 (0.9%) – – – 14 (10%) 2ndW. T. CosgraveCnaG 1382
5th 9 Jun 1927 44 (26.2%) 47 (27.4%)[lower-alpha 3] 22 (12.6%) 11 (8.9%) 5 (3.6%) – 8 (7.3%) – – 16 (14%) 3rdW. T. CosgraveCnaG 98
6th 15 Sep 1927 57 (35.2%) 62 (38.7%)[lower-alpha 3] 13 (9.1%) 6 (6.4%) – – 2 (1.6%) 1 (1.1%) – 12 (7.9%) 4thW. T. CosgraveCnaG 1615
5thW. T. CosgraveCnaG
7th 16 Feb 1932 72 (44.5%) 57 (35.2%)[lower-alpha 3] 7 (7.7%) 4 (2%) – – – – – 13 (11%) 6thDe ValeraFF 343
8th 24 Jan 1933 77 (49.7%)[lower-alpha 3] 48 (30.5%) 8 (5.7%) – – – – – 11 (9.2%) 9 (5.0%) 7thDe ValeraFF 1619

1937–1948
Dáil Election date FF FG Labour Ntl Labour CnaT CnaP Ind Government Days
9th 1 Jul 1937 69 (45.2%)[lower-alpha 3] 48 (34.8%) 13 (10.3%) – – – 8 (9.7%) 8thDe ValeraFF 351
1stDe ValeraFF
10th 17 Jun 1938 77 (51.9%)[lower-alpha 3] 45 (33.3%) 9 (10%) – – – 7 (4.7%) 2ndDe ValeraFF 1832
11th 23 Jun 1943 67 (41.8%)[lower-alpha 3] 32 (23.1%) 17 (15.7%) – 10 (9.8%) – 12 (9.6%) 3rdDe ValeraFF 342
12th 30 May 1944 76 (48.9%)[lower-alpha 3] 30 (20.5%) 8 (8.8%) 4 (2.7%) 9 (10.1%) – 11 (9.1%) 4thDe ValeraFF 1345
13th 4 Feb 1948 68 (41.9%)[lower-alpha 3] 31 (19.8%) 14 (8.7%) 5 (2.6%) 7 (5.5%) 10 (13.3%) 12 (8.3%) 5thCostelloInter-Party (1st) 1211

1951–1965
Dáil Election date FF FG Labour CnaT CnaP SF NPD Ind Government Days
14th 30 May 1951 69 (46.3%)[lower-alpha 3] 40 (25.8%) 16 (11.4%) 6 (2.9%) 2 (4.1%) – – 14 (9.5%) 6thDe ValeraFF 1084
15th 18 May 1954 65 (43.4%) 50 (32%) 19 (12.1%)[lower-alpha 3] 5 (3.1%) 3 (3.8%) 0 (0.1%) – 5 (5.5%) 7thCostelloInter-Party (2nd) 1022
16th 5 Mar 1957 78 (48.3%) 40 (26.6%) 12 (9.1%)[lower-alpha 3] 3 (2.4%) 1 (1.7%) 4[lower-alpha 1] (5.4%) – 9 (6.6%) 8thDe ValeraFF 1674
9thLemassFF
17th 4 Oct 1961 70 (43.8%) 47 (32%) 16 (11.6%)[lower-alpha 3] 2 (1.5%) 1 (1.1%) 0 (3.1%) 2 (1%) 6 (5.7%) 10thLemassFF 1281
18th 7 Apr 1965 72 (47.7%) 47 (34.1%) 22 (15.4%)[lower-alpha 3] – 1 (0.8%) – – 2 (2.1%) 11thLemassFF 1533
12thLynchFF

1969–1982
Dáil Election date FF FG Labour SF-WP (P)SF AHB SLP Ind Government Days
19th 18 Jun 1969 75 (45.7%)[lower-alpha 3] 50 (34.1%) 18 (17%) – – – – 1 (3.2%) 13thLynchFF 1351
20th 28 Feb 1973 69 (46.2%)[lower-alpha 3] 54 (35.1%) 19 (13.7%) 0[lower-alpha 4] (1.1%) – – – 2 (3.8%) 14thCosgraveFG–Lab 1569
21st 16 Jun 1977 84 (50.6%) 43 (30.6%) 17 (11.6%)[lower-alpha 3] 0[lower-alpha 5] (1.7%) – – – 4 (5.6%) 15thLynchFF 1456
16thHaugheyFF
22nd 11 Jun 1981 78 (45.3%)[lower-alpha 3] 65 (36.5%) 15 (9.9%) 1[lower-alpha 5] (1.7%) – 2 (2.5%) 1 (0.4%) 4 (3.7%) 17thFitzGeraldFG–Lab 252
23rd 18 Feb 1982 81 (47.3%) 63 (37.3%) 15 (9.1%) 3[lower-alpha 5] (2.3%) 0 (1%) – – 4 (3.0%)[lower-alpha 3] 18thHaugheyFF 279

1982–1989
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[lower-alpha 5] (3.3%) – 0 (0.4%) 0[lower-alpha 6] (0.2%) 3 (2.3%)[lower-alpha 3] 19thFitzGeraldFG–Lab[lower-alpha 7] 1546
25th 17 Feb 1987 81 (44.1%) 51 (27.1%)[lower-alpha 3] 12 (6.4%) 14 (11.8%) 4 (3.8%) 0 (1.9%) 1 (0.4%) 0[lower-alpha 8] (0.4%) 3 (4%) 20thHaugheyFF 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%)[lower-alpha 3] 21stHaugheyFF–PD 1259
22ndReynoldsFF–PD[lower-alpha 7]

1992–2011
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%)[lower-alpha 3] 23rdReynoldsFF–Lab 1654
66 47 32 9 — — 1 6 — — 5 24thBrutonFG–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[lower-alpha 9] (0.1%) 6 (8.6%) 25thAhernFF–PD 1806
29th 17 May 2002 81 (41.5%) 31 (22.5%) 20 (10.8%)[lower-alpha 3] 8 (4.0%) 5 (6.5%) 0 (0.2%) 6 (3.8%) – 1 (0.8%) 0[lower-alpha 9] (0.2%) 14 (9.7%) 26thAhernFF–PD 1833
30th 24 May 2007 78 (41.6%)[lower-alpha 3] 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%) 27thAhernFF–GP–PD 1328
28thCowenFF–GP[lower-alpha 7]–PD
31st 25 Feb 2011 20 (17.5%)[lower-alpha 3] 76 (36.1%) 37 (19.5%) – 14 (9.9%) 0 (0.1%) 0 (1.8%) – 2 (1.2%) 2 (1.0%) 15 (12.5%) 29thKennyFG–Lab 1792

2016–
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%)[lower-alpha 3] 23 (13.8%) 7 (6.6%) 2 (2.7%) 6 (3.9%) 3 (3.0%) 4 (1.5%) – 19 (11.7%) 30thKennyFG–Ind[lower-alpha 10] 1405
31stVaradkarFG–Ind[lower-alpha 10]
33rd 8 Feb 2020 38 (22.2%)[lower-alpha 3] 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%) 32ndMartinFF–FG–GP 1346 to date

See also

Notes
  1. Did not sit
  2. As Republican candidates.
  3. Includes the outgoing Ceann Comhairle returned without election.
  4. The anti-abstentionist faction of Sinn Féin, often described as Official Sinn Féin or Sinn Féin (Gardiner Place).
  5. As Sinn Féin The Workers Party.
  6. As the Ecology Party of Ireland.
  7. Left the government, forcing it to call early elections.
  8. As the Green Alliance.
  9. As the Socialist Workers Party, before the creation of People Before Profit, which includes the SWP.
  10. In a confidence and supply arrangement with Fianna Fáil.

References
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