IRISH GENERAL ELECTION, 1937

The 'Irish general election of 1937' was held on July 1, 1937, just over two weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on June 14. The newly elected 138 members of the 9th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on July 21, 1937 when the new President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State was appointed.
The general election took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 138 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann. For this election the membership of the Dáil was reduced to 138 seats, a reduction of 15 since the previous election.

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Result

9th Irish General Election – 1 July, 1937
Party		Leader	# of Seats	Gains/ Losses	% of Dáil	% of Votes
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	68	-8	49.3	45.2
	Fine Gael[1]	W. T. Cosgrave	48	-11	34.8	34.8
	Labour Party	William Norton	13	+5	9.4
	Independents		8	-1	5.8
	Ceann Comhairle (Speaker)		1	-	0.7	-
'Totals'			138	-15	100.0	100.0
Fianna Fáil government formed.

Footnotes

1. The total number of Fine Gael TDs is compared to the combined total won by Cumann na nGaedhael and the National Centre Party in the previous general election.

See also

★ Members of the 9th Dáil

★ Government of the 9th Dáil