IRISH ELECTIONS, 1921

Two 'elections in Ireland' took place in 1921, as a result of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to establish the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. The election was used by Irish Republicans as the basis of membership of the Second Dáil. Where contested, the elections used Single Transferable Vote.

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Northern Ireland result

Southern Ireland result

See also

Northern Ireland result

The general election to the Northern Ireland House of Commons occurred on 24 May. Of 52 seats, including Queen's University of Belfast, 40 were won by Unionists, 6 by moderate nationalists and 6 by Sinn Féin.

Northern Ireland General Election 1921
Party		Leader	Seats		Votes
			# of Seats	% of Seats	# of Votes	% of Votes
	Ulster Unionist Party	James Craig	40	76.9	343,347	66.9
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera	6	11.5	104,917	20.5
	Nationalist Party	Joe Devlin	6	11.5	60,577	11.8
	Belfast Labour Party		0	0	3,075	0.6
	Independents		0	0	926	0.2
'Totals'			52	100.0	512,842	100.0

Southern Ireland result

No actual polling took place in Southern Ireland as all 128 candidates were returned unopposed. Of these, 124 were won by Sinn Féin and four by independent Unionists representing the University of Dublin (Trinity College).

Southern Ireland General Election 1921
Party		Leader	# of Seats	% of Seats
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera	124 (unopposed)	96.9
	Independent Unionist		4 (unopposed)	3.1
'Totals'			128	100.0

Only Sinn Féin candidates recognised the Dáil and five of these had been elected in two constituencies (Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Sean Milroy and Eoin MacNeill) one in each part of Ireland. The total number of members who assembled in the Second Dáil was 125: 119 elected solely in Southern Ireland, 1 solely in Northern Ireland (John O'Mahony), and 5 in both.
In Southern Ireland, there were fresh elections in 1922 as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

See also

★ Members of the 2nd Dáil

★ Government of the 2nd Dáil

★ 1918 general election in Ireland