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Ireland 1932 general election

What was the result of the 1932 general election in Ireland?

Fianna Fáil won 72 of 153 seats with 44.5% of the vote. 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Ireland
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Fianna Fáil won 72 of 153 seats with 44.5% of the vote; 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Fianna Fáil 72 44.5%
  • Cumann na nGaedheal 57 35.3%
  • Labour Party 7 7.7%
  • Farmers' Party 3 1.8%
  • Irish Worker League 0 0.3%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
77 of 153 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.5%

    Share of the vote won by Fianna Fáil

    Fianna Fáil won 72 of 153 seats. A majority needs 77.

  2. 76.4%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Fianna Fáil7244.5566,498
Cumann na nGaedheal5735.3449,506
Labour Party77.798,286
Farmers' Party31.822,899
Independents1410.413,189
Irish Worker League00.33,860
Votes by party
  • Fianna Fáil 566,498
  • Cumann na nGaedheal 449,506
  • Labour Party 98,286
  • Farmers' Party 22,899
  • Independents 13,189
  • Irish Worker League 3,860

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?

76.4% of the 1,695,175 registered voters cast a ballot (1,294,830 ballots). 1,274,026 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fianna Fáil44.5% of votes47.1% of seats
  • Cumann na nGaedheal35.3% of votes37.3% of seats
  • Labour Party7.7% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Farmers' Party1.8% of votes2.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Cumann na nGaedheal by 9.2 points of the vote.

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