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Ireland 1943 general election

What was the result of the 1943 general election in Ireland?

Fianna Fáil won 67 of 138 seats with 41.9% of the vote. 74.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Fianna Fáil won 67 of 138 seats with 41.9% of the vote; 74.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Fianna Fáil 67 41.9%
  • Labour Party 17 15.7%
  • Clann na Talmhan 10 9.8%
  • Fine Gael 32 23.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
70 of 138 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.9%

    Share of the vote won by Fianna Fáil

    Fianna Fáil won 67 of 138 seats. A majority needs 70.

  2. 74.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Fianna Fáil6741.9557,525
Labour Party1715.7208,812
Clann na Talmhan109.8130,452
Independents118.7116,024
Fine Gael3223.130,749
Unnamed party with one seat10.34,377
Largest party without seats00.33,892
Votes by party
  • Fianna Fáil 557,525
  • Labour Party 208,812
  • Clann na Talmhan 130,452
  • Independents 116,024
  • Fine Gael 30,749
  • Unnamed party with one seat 4,377
  • Largest party without seats 3,892

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?

74.2% of the 1,816,142 registered voters cast a ballot (1,347,907 ballots). 1,331,709 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fianna Fáil41.9% of votes48.6% of seats
  • Fine Gael23.1% of votes23.2% of seats
  • Labour Party15.7% of votes12.3% of seats
  • Clann na Talmhan9.8% of votes7.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Fine Gael by 18.8 points of the vote.

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