Irish general election, 1922

1921 ←

16 June 1922

→ 1923

All 128 seats in Dáil Éireann 65 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	62.5%
	First party	Second party

Leader	Michael Collins	Éamon de Valera
Party	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Leader since	1922	1917
Leader's seat	Cork Mid, etc.	Clare
Seats won	58	36

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Thomas Johnson	Denis Gorey
Party	Labour Party	Farmers' Party
Leader since	1922	1922
Leader's seat	Dublin County	Carlow–Kilkenny
Seats won	17	7

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

Chairman of the Provisional
Government before election

Michael Collins
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)

Subsequent Chairman of the
Provisional Government

Michael Collins
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)

The Irish general election of 1922 took place in Southern Ireland on 16 June 1922, under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the formal establishment of the Irish Free State. For Irish republicans this chose part of the membership of the Third Dáil of the Irish Republic; under the provisions of the treaty it was a provisional parliament replacing the parliament of Southern Ireland. From 6 December 1922 it was the Dáil Éireann of the Irish Free State.

The election was by the single transferable vote version of proportional representation.

As in the 1921 elections, Sinn Féin stood one candidate for every seat, except those for the University of Dublin and one other; however the treaty had divided the party between 65 pro-treaty candidates, 57 anti-treaty and 1 nominally on both sides. Unlike the elections a year earlier where Sinn Féin had been returned unopposed in almost every constituency, this time other parties stood in most constituencies and thus forced elections. A divided Sinn Féin could expect significant losses.

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