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Ireland 1923 general election

What was the result of the 1923 general election in Ireland?

Cumann na nGaedheal won 63 of 153 seats with 39.0% of the vote. 61.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Cumann na nGaedheal won 63 of 153 seats with 39.0% of the vote; 61.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Cumann na nGaedheal 63 39.0%
  • Fianna Fáil 44 27.4%
  • Farmers' Party 15 12.1%
  • Labour Party 14 10.6%
  • Business and Professional Group 2 0.9%
  • Cork Progressive Association 2 0.3%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
  • Cumann na nGaedheal63
  • Fianna Fáil44
  • Farmers' Party15
  • Labour Party14
  • Independents13
  • Business and Professional Group2
  • Cork Progressive Association2
77 of 153 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.0%

    Share of the vote won by Cumann na nGaedheal

    Cumann na nGaedheal won 63 of 153 seats. A majority needs 77.

  2. 61.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Cumann na nGaedheal6339.0410,695
Fianna Fáil4427.4288,794
Farmers' Party1512.1127,184
Labour Party1410.6111,939
Independents138.185,869
Business and Professional Group20.99,648
Cork Progressive Association20.36,588
Largest party without seats00.54,968
Votes by party
  • Cumann na nGaedheal 410,695
  • Fianna Fáil 288,794
  • Farmers' Party 127,184
  • Labour Party 111,939
  • Independents 85,869
  • Business and Professional Group 9,648
  • Cork Progressive Association 6,588
  • Largest party without seats 4,968

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

61.2% of the 1,786,318 registered voters cast a ballot (1,094,002 ballots). 1,053,955 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Cumann na nGaedheal39.0% of votes41.2% of seats
  • Fianna Fáil27.4% of votes28.8% of seats
  • Farmers' Party12.1% of votes9.8% of seats
  • Labour Party10.6% of votes9.2% of seats
  • Business and Professional Group0.9% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Cork Progressive Association0.3% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Cumann na nGaedheal led Fianna Fáil by 11.6 points of the vote.

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