1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

The 1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland took place in July 1865. It was the first election contested by the new Liberal Party. In Ireland, the Liberals increased their seat total. This composed the greater part of the increase of 13 seats for the Liberals led by Viscount Palmerston in the United Kingdom election as a whole, after which they stayed in office. Palmerston died later that year and was succeeded as prime minister by Earl Russell.

1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
11–24 July 1865 (1865-07-11 – 1865-07-24)
105 of the 658 seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Viscount Palmerston Earl of Derby
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 6 February 1855 July 1846
Leader's seat Tiverton House of Lords
Seats before 50 55
Seats won 58 47
Seat change Increase8 Decrease8
Popular vote 51,532 41,497
Percentage 55.6% 44.4%
Swing Decrease 5.5% Increase5.5%
Results of the 1865 election in Ireland

Results
Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes  %  % Change
Liberal 83 28 58 Increase8 51,532 55.6 Decrease5.5
Irish Conservative 61 27 47 Decrease8 41,497 44.4 Increase5.5
Total 142 55 105 — 93,029 100

The vote total does not include the result from Dublin University

Popular vote
Liberal
 
 55.39%
Irish Conservative
 
 44.61%
Parliamentary seats
Liberal
 
 55.24%
Irish Conservative
 
 44.76%

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