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Ireland 1937 general election

What was the result of the 1937 general election in Ireland?

Fianna Fáil won 69 of 138 seats with 45.2% of the vote. 76.2% 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 69 of 138 seats with 45.2% of the vote; 76.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Fine Gael 48 34.8%
  • Labour Party 13 10.3%
  • Fianna Fáil 69 45.2%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
70 of 138 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.2%

    Share of the vote won by Fianna Fáil

    Fianna Fáil won 69 of 138 seats. A majority needs 70.

  2. 76.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Fine Gael4834.8461,171
Labour Party1310.3135,758
Fianna Fáil6945.259,904
Independents89.712,848
Votes by party
  • Fine Gael 461,171
  • Labour Party 135,758
  • Fianna Fáil 59,904
  • Independents 12,848

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?

76.2% of the 1,775,055 registered voters cast a ballot (1,352,273 ballots). 1,324,449 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fianna Fáil45.2% of votes50.0% of seats
  • Fine Gael34.8% of votes34.8% of seats
  • Labour Party10.3% of votes9.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Fine Gael by 10.4 points of the vote.

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