Ireland 1948 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Fianna Fáil won 68 of 147 seats with 41.9% of the vote; 74.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Ireland
- Held
Result
74 for a majority
- Fianna Fáil68
- Fine Gael31
- Labour Party14
- Independents12
- Clann na Poblachta10
- Clann na Talmhan7
- National Labour Party5
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 68 | 41.9 | 553,914 |
| Fine Gael | 31 | 19.8 | 262,393 |
| Clann na Poblachta | 10 | 13.2 | 174,823 |
| Labour Party | 14 | 8.7 | 115,073 |
| Clann na Talmhan | 7 | 5.6 | 73,813 |
| National Labour Party | 5 | 2.6 | 34,015 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.0 | 323 |
| Independents | 12 |
Votes by party
- Fianna Fáil 553,914
- Fine Gael 262,393
- Clann na Poblachta 174,823
- Labour Party 115,073
- Clann na Talmhan 73,813
- National Labour Party 34,015
- Largest party without seats 323
- 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 we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
74.2% of the 1,800,210 registered voters cast a ballot (1,336,628 ballots). 1,323,443 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Fianna Fáil41.9% of votes46.3% of seats
- Fine Gael19.8% of votes21.1% of seats
- Labour Party8.7% of votes9.5% of seats
- Clann na Poblachta13.2% of votes6.8% of seats
- Clann na Talmhan5.6% of votes4.8% of seats
- National Labour Party2.6% of votes3.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Fine Gael by 22.0 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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