Irish general election, 1937

1933 ←

1 July 1937

→ 1938

137 of 138 seats in Dáil Éireann 70 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	76.2%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Éamon de Valera	W. T. Cosgrave	William Norton
Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Leader since	26 March 1926	September 1934	1932
Leader's seat	Clare	Cork Borough	Kildare
Last election	76 seats, 49.7%	59 seats, 39.6%	8 seats, 5.7%
Seats before	79	56	8
Seats won	68	48	13
Seat change	11	8	5
Percentage	45.2%	34.8%	10.3%
Swing	4.5%	4.8%	4.6%

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

Subsequent President of the Executive Council

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

The Irish general election of 1937 was held on 1 July 1937, just over two weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on 14 June. A plebiscite to ratify the Constitution of Ireland was held on the same day. The newly elected 138 members of the 9th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 21 July 1937 when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. Fianna Fáil retained power, though it failed to achieve an outright majority.

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 number of seats in the Dáil was reduced by 15, from 153 to 138 seats.