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.
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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 ofCommonsDáilElection dateSinn FéinIrish UnionistIrish ParliamentaryNationalist (NI)LabourUnionistIndUnionistIndMinistry of the Dáil United Kingdom (31st) 1st 14 December 1918 73 (46.9%) 22 (25.3%) 3 (3%) 1 (0.9%) 1st BrughaSF 2nd De ValeraSF Southern Ireland 2nd24 May 1921 124 (unopposed) – – – 4 (unopposed) – 3rd4th De ValeraGriffithSF Northern Ireland (1st) 6 (20.5%)6 (11.8%)–0 (0.6%) 0 (0.2%)
1922 On 7 January 1922, in the Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote, TDs constituting the Second 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.
DáilElection dateSinn Féin(Pro-Treaty)Sinn Féin(Anti-Treaty)LabourFarmersBPGIndProvisional GovernmentExecutive Council (Dec 1922) 3rd 16 June 1922 58 (38.5%) 36 (21.8%) 17 (21.3%) 7 (7.8%) 1 (2.3%) 9 (8.2%) 2nd W. T. CosgraveSF (Pro-Treaty) 1st W. T. CosgraveSF (Pro-Treaty)CnaG
1923–1933 DáilElection dateFFCnaGLabourFarmersSFBPGNLIWLNCPIndExecutive CouncilDays 4th 27 August 1923 – 63 (39%) 14 (10.6%) 15 (12.1%) 44 (27.4%) 3 (0.9%) – – – 14 (10%) 2ndW. T. CosgraveCnaG1382 5th 9 June 1927 44 (26.2%) 47 (27.4%) 22 (12.6%) 11 (8.9%) 5 (3.6%) – 8 (7.3%) – – 16 (14%) 3rdW. T. CosgraveCnaG98 6th 15 September 1927 57 (35.2%) 62 (38.7%) 13 (9.1%) 6 (6.4%) – – 2 (1.6%) 1 (1.1%) – 12 (7.9%) 4thW. T. CosgraveCnaG 1615 5thW. T. CosgraveCnaG 7th 16 February 1932 72 (44.5%) 57 (35.2%) 7 (7.7%) 4 (2%) – – – – – 13 (11%) 6th De ValeraFF343 8th 24 January 1933 77 (49.7%) 48 (30.5%) 8 (5.7%) – – – – – 11 (9.2%) 9 (5.0%) 7thDe ValeraFF1619
1937–1948 DáilElection dateFFFGLabourNtl LabourCnaTCnaPIndGovernmentDays 9th 1 July 1937 69 (45.2%) 48 (34.8%) 13 (10.3%) – – – 8 (9.7%) 8th De ValeraFF 351 1stDe ValeraFF 10th 17 June 1938 77 (51.9%) 45 (33.3%) 9 (10%) – – – 7 (4.7%) 2ndDe ValeraFF 1832 11th 23 June 1943 67 (41.8%) 32 (23.1%) 17 (15.7%) – 10 (9.8%) – 12 (9.6%) 3rdDe ValeraFF 342 12th 30 May 1944 76 (48.9%) 30 (20.5%) 8 (8.8%) 4 (2.7%) 9 (10.1%) – 11 (9.1%) 4thDe ValeraFF 1345 13th 4 February 1948 68 (41.9%) 31 (19.8%) 14 (8.7%) 5 (2.6%) 7 (5.5%) 10 (13.3%) 12 (8.3%) 5thCostelloInter-Party (1st) 1211
1951–1965 DáilElection dateFFFGLabourCnaTCnaPSFNPDIndGovernmentDays 14th 30 May 1951 69 (46.3%) 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%) 5 (3.1%) 3 (3.8%) 0 (0.1%) – 5 (5.5%) 7thCostelloInter-Party (2nd) 1022 16th 5 March 1957 78 (48.3%) 40 (26.6%) 12 (9.1%) 3 (2.4%) 1 (1.7%) 4 (5.4%) – 9 (6.6%) 8thDe ValeraFF 1674 9thLemassFF 17th 4 October 1961 70 (43.8%) 47 (32%) 16 (11.6%) 2 (1.5%) 1 (1.1%) 0 (3.1%) 2 (1%) 6 (5.7%) 10thLemassFF 1281 18th 7 April 1965 72 (47.7%) 47 (34.1%) 22 (15.4%) – 1 (0.8%) – – 2 (2.1%) 11thLemassFF 1533 12thLynchFF
1969–1982 DáilElection dateFFFGLabourSF-WP(P)SFAHBSLPIndGovernmentDays 19th 18 June 1969 75 (45.7%) 50 (34.1%) 18 (17%) – – – – 1 (3.2%) 13thLynchFF 1351 20th 28 February 1973 69 (46.2%) 54 (35.1%) 19 (13.7%) 0 (1.1%) – – – 2 (3.8%) 14thCosgraveFG–Lab 1569 21st 16 June 1977 84 (50.6%) 43 (30.6%) 17 (11.6%) 0 (1.7%) – – – 4 (5.6%) 15thLynchFF 1456 16thHaugheyFF 22nd 11 June 1981 78 (45.3%) 65 (36.5%) 15 (9.9%) 1 (1.7%) – 2 (2.5%) 1 (0.4%) 4 (3.7%) 17thFitzGeraldFG–Lab 252 23rd 18 February 1982 81 (47.3%) 63 (37.3%) 15 (9.1%) 3 (2.3%) 0 (1%) – – 4 (3.0%) 18thHaugheyFF 279
1982–1989 DáilElection dateFFFGLabourPDWPSFDSPGPIndGovernmentDays 24th 24 November 1982 75 (45.2%) 70 (39.2%) 16 (9.4%) – 2 (3.3%) – 0 (0.4%) 0 (0.2%) 3 (2.3%) 19thFitzGeraldFG–Lab 1546 25th 17 February 1987 81 (44.1%) 51 (27.1%) 12 (6.4%) 14 (11.8%) 4 (3.8%) 0 (1.9%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.4%) 3 (4%) 20thHaugheyFF 849 26th 15 June 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%) 21stHaugheyFF–PD 1259 22ndReynoldsFF–PD
1992–2011 DáilElection dateFFFGLabourPDSFWPGPDLSPPBPIndGovernmentDays 27th 25 November 199268 (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%) 23rdReynoldsFF–Lab1654 24thBrutonFG–Lab–DL 28th 6 June 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 (0.1%) 6 (8.6%) 25thAhernFF–PD 1806 29th 17 May 2002 81 (41.5%) 31 (22.5%) 20 (10.8%) 8 (4.0%) 5 (6.5%) 0 (0.2%) 6 (3.8%) – 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.2%) 14 (9.7%) 26thAhernFF–PD 1833 30th 24 May 2007 78 (41.6%) 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–PD 31st 25 February 2011 20 (17.5%) 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
2016–2020 DáilElection dateFFFGSFLabourGPAAA–PBP/S–PBPSDI4CAonIndGovernmentDays 32nd 26 February 2016 44 (24.3%) 50 (25.5%) 23 (13.8%) 7 (6.6%) 2 (2.7%) 6 (3.9%) 3 (3.0%) 4 (1.5%) – 19 (11.7%)30thKennyFG–Ind 1405 31stVaradkarFG–Ind33rd8 February 202038 (22.2%)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–GP1724 33rdVaradkarFG–FF–GP 34thHarrisFG–FF–GP
2024– DáilElection dateFFFGSFLabourSDIIAonGP100%RIndGovernmentDays 34th 30 November 2024 48 (21.9%) 38 (20.8%) 39 (19.0%) 11 (4.7%) 11 (4.8%) 4 (3.6%) 3 (2.8%) 2 (3.9%) 1 (3.0%) 1 (0.3%) 16 (13.2%) 35thMartinFF–FG–Ind
See also List of Dáil by-elections Elections in the Republic of Ireland Elections in Northern Ireland
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References
General bibliography Lyons, Francis Stewart Leland, Ireland since the famine. Fontana Press, London (1987).