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1923 Irish general election

Election to the 4th Dáil

Field	Value
election_name	1923 Irish general election
country	Ireland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1922 Irish general election
previous_year	1922
previous_mps	Members of the 3rd Dáil
next_election	June 1927 Irish general election
next_year	Jun 1927
seats_for_election	All 153 seats in Dáil Éireann
majority_seats	77
election_date	27 August 1923
elected_mps	4th Dáil
turnout	61.3% 1.2 pp
<!-- CnaG -->	image1
leader1	W. T. Cosgrave
leader_since1	April 1923
party1	Cumann na nGaedheal
leaders_seat1	Carlow–Kilkenny
last_election1	58 seats, 38.5%
seats1	63
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	410,695
percentage1	39.0%
swing1	0.5 pp
<!-- Republican -->	image2
leader2	Éamon de Valera
colour2	008800
leader_since2	1917
party2	Republican
leaders_seat2	Clare
last_election2	36 seats, 21.8%
seat_change2	8
seats2	44
popular_vote2	288,794
percentage2	27.4%
swing2	5.6 pp
<!-- Farmers' -->	image4
leader4	Denis Gorey
leader_since4	1922
party4	Farmers' Party (Ireland)
leaders_seat4	Carlow–Kilkenny
last_election4	7 seats, 7.8%
seats4	15
seat_change4	8
popular_vote4	127,184
percentage4	12.1%
swing4	4.3 pp
<!-- Labour -->	image5
leader5	Thomas Johnson
leader_since5	1914
party5	Labour Party (Ireland)
leaders_seat5	Dublin County
last_election5	16 seats, 21.3%
seats5	14
seat_change5	3
popular_vote5	111,939
percentage5	10.6%
swing5	10.7 pp
map_image	{{Switcher
title	President of the Executive Council
posttitle	President of the Executive Council after election
before_election	W. T. Cosgrave
before_party	Cumann na nGaedheal
after_election	W. T. Cosgrave
after_party	Cumann na nGaedheal

| [[File:1923_Irish_general_election.svg|300px]] | Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency | [[File:Irish_general_election_1923.png|300px]] | Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency}} The 1923 Irish general election to elect the 4th Dáil was held on Monday, 27 August, following the dissolution of the Third Dáil on 9 August 1923. It was the first general election held since the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922. The election was held shortly after the end of the Irish Civil War in May 1923. Many of the Republican TDs, who represented the losing anti-Treaty side, were still imprisoned during and after the election and had committed to not participating in the Dáil if elected.

The 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September to nominate the President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State for appointment by the Governor-General. Cumann na nGaedheal, the successor to the Pro-Treaty wing of Sinn Féin, won the election and formed the government. Despite falling 14 seats of an outright majority, the opposition Republican TDs refused to take their seats, giving CnG effective control of the chamber and allowing it to form what amounted to a majority government.

Legal background

It was the first general election fought since the establishment of the Irish Free State and the adoption of the Constitution of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922. It was contested under the Electoral Act 1923, which increased the seats in the Dáil from 128 to 153, and introduced a franchise of all citizens over the age of 21, without distinction of sex. Lax electoral practices were tightened up by The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act 1923.

Result

|seats_% = 41.2 |fpv_% = 39.0 |seats_% = 28.7 |fpv_% = 27.4 |seats_% = 9.8 |fpv_% = 12.1 |seats_% = 9.2 |fpv_% = 10.6 |seats_% = 1.3 |fpv_% = 0.9 |seats_% = 1.3 |fpv_% = 0.6 |seats_% = 0 |fpv_% = 0.5 |seats_% = 0 |fpv_% = 0.4 |seats_% = 0 |fpv_% = 0.2 |seats_% = 0 |fpv_% = 0.2 |seats_% = 8.5 |fpv_% = 8.1 |}

Most parties made gains, in part because the total number of seats in the Dáil was increased by 25 from 128 to 153.

Voting summary

Seats summary

Government formation

The Republican TDs continued to abstain from the Dáil. Therefore, Cumann na nGaedheal had a majority of seats which were taken in the Dáil and formed the 2nd Executive Council of the Irish Free State on 19 September 1923.

Changes in membership

First time TDs

Frank Aiken
Patrick Baxter
Dan Breen
Frank Cahill
John James Cole
Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll
Cornelius Connolly
Edward Doyle
Peadar Doyle
Seán Gibbons
Kathleen Lynn
Patrick McFadden
James Myles
Michael Shelly
Paddy Smith

Retiring TDs

Gerald Fitzgibbon
Joseph Whelehan

Defeated TDs

Walter L. Cole
Robert Day
Patrick Gaffney

References

Notes

Sources

Citations

References

Hopkinson, Michael. (1988). "Green Against Green: The Irish Civil War". Gill and Macmillan.
{{cite Irish legislation. (1923). (8 August 1923)
"4th Dáil 1923 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org.
"Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland.
(2010). "Elections in Europe: A data handbook". Nomos.

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