Ireland 1954 general election
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.
- Ireland
- Held
Result
- Fianna Fáil65
- Fine Gael50
- Labour Party19
- Clann na Talmhan5
- Independents5
- Clann na Poblachta3
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 65 | −4 | 43.4 | −2.9 | 578,960 |
| Fine Gael | 50 | +10 | 32.0 | +6.2 | 427,031 |
| Labour Party | 19 | +3 | 12.1 | +0.7 | 161,034 |
| Clann na Poblachta | 3 | +1 | 3.8 | −0.3 | 51,069 |
| Clann na Talmhan | 5 | −1 | 3.1 | +0.2 | 41,249 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0.1 | 1,990 | ||
| Independents | 5 | −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 we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
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 turnout is counted.
Votes and 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
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. 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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