Irish general election, 1933
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The Irish general election of 1933 was held on January 24, 1933. The newly elected members of the 8th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on February 8 when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed.
The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
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[edit] Result
| 8th Irish General Election – 24 January 1933 | ||||||
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| Party | Leader | # of Seats |
Gains/ Losses |
% of Dáil |
% of Votes |
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| Fianna Fáil | Éamon de Valera | 76 | +4 | 49.7 | 49.7 | |
| Cumann na nGaedhael | W. T. Cosgrave | 48 | -9 | 31.4 | 30.5 | |
| National Centre Party[1] | Frank MacDermot | 11 | +7 | 7.2 | ||
| Labour Party | William Norton | 8 | +1 | 5.2 | 5.7 | |
| Independents | 9 | -4 | 5.8 | |||
| Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) | 1 | - | 0.7 | - | ||
| Totals | 153 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Fianna Fáil majority government formed. | ||||||
[edit] First time TDs
[edit] Retiring TDs
- Eamonn Duggan
- Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (Lost seat)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The National Centre Party's results are compared with those of the Farmers' Party in the previous general election as all four Farmers' TDs then stood for the National Centre Party.
[edit] See also
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