Ireland 1923 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Cumann na nGaedheal won 63 of 153 seats with 39.0% of the vote; 61.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Ireland
- Held
Result
- Cumann na nGaedheal63
- Fianna Fáil44
- Farmers' Party15
- Labour Party14
- Independents13
- Business and Professional Group2
- Cork Progressive Association2
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumann na nGaedheal | 63 | 39.0 | 410,695 |
| Fianna Fáil | 44 | 27.4 | 288,794 |
| Farmers' Party | 15 | 12.1 | 127,184 |
| Labour Party | 14 | 10.6 | 111,939 |
| Independents | 13 | 8.1 | 85,869 |
| Business and Professional Group | 2 | 0.9 | 9,648 |
| Cork Progressive Association | 2 | 0.3 | 6,588 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.5 | 4,968 |
Votes by party
- Cumann na nGaedheal 410,695
- Fianna Fáil 288,794
- Farmers' Party 127,184
- Labour Party 111,939
- Independents 85,869
- Business and Professional Group 9,648
- Cork Progressive Association 6,588
- Largest party without seats 4,968
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
61.2% of the 1,786,318 registered voters cast a ballot (1,094,002 ballots). 1,053,955 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Cumann na nGaedheal39.0% of votes41.2% of seats
- Fianna Fáil27.4% of votes28.8% of seats
- Farmers' Party12.1% of votes9.8% of seats
- Labour Party10.6% of votes9.2% of seats
- Business and Professional Group0.9% of votes1.3% of seats
- Cork Progressive Association0.3% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Cumann na nGaedheal led Fianna Fáil by 11.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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