IRISH GENERAL ELECTION, JUNE 1927

The 'Irish general election of June 1927' was held on June 9, 1927. The newly elected members of the 5th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on June 23 when the new President and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed.
The election saw the establishment of Fianna Fáil as a participant in the Dáil, taking most of the support and many of the members of the abstentionist Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin. The impact of this shift was to remove Cumann na nGaedhael's working majority among TDs attending, making the Dáil short-lived.

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Result

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Result

5th Irish General Election – June 9, 1927
Party		Leader	# of Seats	Gains/ Losses	% of Dáil	% of Votes
	Cumann na nGaedhael	W. T. Cosgrave	47	-16	30.7	27.5
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	44	+44	28.7	26.1
	Labour Party	Thomas Johnson	22	+8	14.4	13.8
	Farmers' Party	Michael Heffernan	11	-4	7.2
	National League Party	William Redmond	8	+8	5.2
	Sinn Féin	John J. O'Kelly	5	-39	3.3
	Independents		15	-1	9.8
	Ceann Comhairle (Speaker)		1	-	0.7	-
'Totals'			153	0	100.0	100.0
Cumann na nGaedhael minority government formed.

See also

★ Members of the 5th Dáil

★ Government of the 5th Dáil