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Ireland 1922 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Cumann na nGaedheal won 58 of 128 seats with 38.5% of the vote; 44.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Cumann na nGaedheal5838.5239,195
Labour Party1721.3132,565
Farmers' Party77.848,718
Independents97.848,638
Business and Professional Group12.314,542
Fianna Fáil3621.813,531
Votes by party
  • Cumann na nGaedheal 239,195
  • Labour Party 132,565
  • Farmers' Party 48,718
  • Independents 48,638
  • Business and Professional Group 14,542
  • Fianna Fáil 13,531

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 we read it.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

Share of the vote

Turnout

44.8% of the 1,430,104 registered voters cast a ballot (641,271 ballots). 621,587 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Cumann na nGaedheal38.5% of votes45.3% of seats
  • Fianna Fáil21.8% of votes28.1% of seats
  • Labour Party21.3% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Farmers' Party7.8% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Business and Professional Group2.3% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Cumann na nGaedheal led Fianna Fáil by 16.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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