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Ireland 1954 general election

What was the result of the 1954 general election in Ireland?

Fianna Fáil won 65 of 147 seats with 43.4% 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 65 of 147 seats with 43.4% of the vote; 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.2 points on 1951.

  • Fianna Fáil 65 −4 seats 43.4% −2.9 points
  • Fine Gael 50 +10 seats 32.0% +6.2 points
  • Labour Party 19 +3 seats 12.1% +0.7 points
  • Clann na Poblachta 3 +1 seat 3.8% −0.3 points
  • Clann na Talmhan 5 −1 seat 3.1% +0.2 points
  • Workers' Party 0 0.1%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Ireland 1951 general election, party by party.

74 of 147 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 43.4%

    Share of the vote won by Fianna Fáil

    Fianna Fáil won 65 of 147 seats. A majority needs 74.

  2. +10 seats

    Seats gained by Fine Gael

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1951. Fianna Fáil lost 4 seats.

  3. 76.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.2 points on 1951.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Fianna Fáil65−443.4−2.9578,960
Fine Gael50+1032.0+6.2427,031
Labour Party19+312.1+0.7161,034
Clann na Poblachta3+13.8−0.351,069
Clann na Talmhan5−13.1+0.241,249
Workers' Party00.11,990
Independents5−9

± is the change against the Ireland 1951 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Fianna Fáil 578,960
  • Fine Gael 427,031
  • Labour Party 161,034
  • Clann na Poblachta 51,069
  • Clann na Talmhan 41,249
  • Workers' Party 1,990
  • Independents

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.

How many people voted?

76.4% of the 1,763,209 registered voters cast a ballot (1,347,932 ballots), up 1.2 points on 1951. 1,335,202 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fianna Fáil43.4% of votes44.2% of seats
  • Fine Gael32.0% of votes34.0% of seats
  • Labour Party12.1% of votes12.9% of seats
  • Clann na Talmhan3.1% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Clann na Poblachta3.8% of votes2.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Fine Gael by 11.4 points of the vote.

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