Irish general election, 1933

24 January 1933

152 of 153 seats in Dáil Éireann 77 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Éamon de Valera	W. T. Cosgrave
Party	Fianna Fáil	Cumann na nGaedheal
Leader since	26 March 1926	April 1923
Leader's seat	Clare	Cork Borough
Last election	72 seats, 44.5%	56 seats, 35.2%
Seats won	76	48
Seat change	4	8
Percentage	49.7%	30.4%
Swing	5.2%	4.8%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Frank MacDermot	William Norton
Party	National Centre Party	Labour Party
Leader since	1932	1932
Leader's seat	Roscommon	Kildare
Last election	N/A	7 seats, 7.7%
Seats won	11	8
Seat change	11	1
Percentage	9.2%	5.7%
Swing	9.2%	2.0%

Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.

President of the Executive Council before election

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

Subsequent President of the Executive Council

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

The Irish general election of 1933 was held on 24 January 1933. The newly elected members of the 8th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 8 February when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. Fianna Fáil retained power, though fell one seat short of an overall majority.

The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.

Result 1
First time TDs 2
Re-elected TDs 3
Outgoing TDs 4
See also 5
References 6

Result

**8th Irish general election – 24 January 1933**^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First Pref votes	% FPv	±%
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	77	+5	50.3	689,054	49.7	+5.2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave	48	–9	31.4	422,495	30.5	–4.8
	National Centre Party	Frank MacDermot	11	New	7.2	126,909	9.2	–
	Labour Party	William Norton	8	+1	5.2	79,221	5.7	–2.0
	Independent	N/A	9	–5	5.9	68,882	5.0	–5.4
Spoilt votes						14,707	—	—
Total			153	0	100	1,401,265	100	—
Electorate/Turnout						1,727,680	81.3%	—

Fianna Fáil minority government formed.

Excluding the Ceann Comhairle (speaker), Fianna Fáil, had won exactly half the seats and formed a government with support from the Labour Party, eventually winning enough by-elections to govern without Labour Party support.

First time TDs

Re-elected TDs

Outgoing TDs

Eamonn Duggan (Retired)
Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (Lost seat)
Francis Gormley (Lost seat)
Patrick Gorry (Lost seat)
Raphael Keyes (Lost seat)
John Kiersey (Lost seat)
Joseph Mongan (Lost seat)
Fred McDonogh (Lost seat)
Eugene O'Brien (Lost seat)
Patrick O'Hara (Retired)
Martin Sexton (Lost seat)

References

^ "8th Dáil 1933 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^ "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1009-1017 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Elections and referendums in the Republic of Ireland

General elections	1918 1921 1922 1923 1927 (Jun) 1927 (Sep) 1932 1933 1937 1938 1943 1944 1948 1951 1954 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1982 (Feb) 1982 (Nov) 1987 1989 1992 1997 2002 2007 2011 Next By-elections

Seanad elections	1925

Presidential elections	1938 1945 1952 1959 1966 1973 1974 1976 1983 1990 1997 2004 2011

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Local elections	1920 1925 1928 1934 1942 1945 1950 1955 1960 1967 1974 1979 1985 1991 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1937 1959 1968 1972 (May) 1972 (Dec) 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1992 (Jun) 1992 (Nov) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 (Mar) 2002 (Oct) 2004 2008 2009 2011 2012 (May) 2012 (Nov) 2013 2015

See also:

Irish Free State

Executive

Legislative

Judiciary

Elections

General	1922 1923 1927 (Jun) 1927 (Sep) 1932 1933 1937

Seanad	1925

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