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Ireland September 1927 general election

What was the result of the September 1927 general election in Ireland?

Cumann na nGaedheal won 62 of 153 seats with 38.7% of the vote. 68.9% 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 62 of 153 seats with 38.7% of the vote; 68.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Cumann na nGaedheal 62 38.7%
  • Fianna Fáil 57 35.2%
  • Labour Party 13 9.1%
  • Farmers' Party 6 6.4%
  • National League Party 2 1.6%
  • Irish Worker League 1 1.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
  • Cumann na nGaedheal62
  • Fianna Fáil57
  • Labour Party13
  • Independents12
  • Farmers' Party6
  • National League Party2
  • Irish Worker League1
77 of 153 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.7%

    Share of the vote won by Cumann na nGaedheal

    Cumann na nGaedheal won 62 of 153 seats. A majority needs 77.

  2. 68.9%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Cumann na nGaedheal6238.7453,028
Fianna Fáil5735.2411,777
Labour Party139.1106,184
Independents127.992,959
Farmers' Party66.474,626
National League Party21.618,990
Irish Worker League11.112,473
Largest party without seats00.1832
Votes by party
  • Cumann na nGaedheal 453,028
  • Fianna Fáil 411,777
  • Labour Party 106,184
  • Independents 92,959
  • Farmers' Party 74,626
  • National League Party 18,990
  • Irish Worker League 12,473
  • Largest party without seats 832

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?

68.9% of the 1,730,177 registered voters cast a ballot (1,192,755 ballots). 1,170,869 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Cumann na nGaedheal38.7% of votes40.5% of seats
  • Fianna Fáil35.2% of votes37.3% of seats
  • Labour Party9.1% of votes8.5% of seats
  • Farmers' Party6.4% of votes3.9% of seats
  • National League Party1.6% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Irish Worker League1.1% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Cumann na nGaedheal led Fianna Fáil by 3.5 points of the vote.

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