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Ireland June 1927 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Cumann na nGaedheal won 47 of 153 seats with 27.4% of the vote; 68.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Cumann na nGaedheal4727.4314,703
Fianna Fáil4426.2299,486
Labour Party2212.6143,849
Farmers' Party118.9101,955
National League Party87.383,598
Workers' Party53.641,401
Independents1613.415,337
Largest party without seats00.55,527
Votes by party
  • Cumann na nGaedheal 314,703
  • Fianna Fáil 299,486
  • Labour Party 143,849
  • Farmers' Party 101,955
  • National League Party 83,598
  • Workers' Party 41,401
  • Independents 15,337
  • Largest party without seats 5,527

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

68.1% of the 1,730,177 registered voters cast a ballot (1,177,797 ballots). 1,146,460 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Cumann na nGaedheal27.4% of votes30.7% of seats
  • Fianna Fáil26.2% of votes28.8% of seats
  • Labour Party12.6% of votes14.4% of seats
  • Farmers' Party8.9% of votes7.2% of seats
  • National League Party7.3% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Workers' Party3.6% of votes3.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 4.6 by seats; Cumann na nGaedheal led Fianna Fáil by 1.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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