Irish general election, June 1927

Irish general election, June 1927

← 1923 9 June 1927 Sep 1927 →
← outgoing members TDs elected →
152 of 153 seats in Dáil Éireann 77 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	68.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader W. T. Cosgrave Éamon de Valera Thomas Johnson Party Cumann na nGaedheal Fianna Fáil Labour Party Leader since April 1923 26 March 1926 1922 Leader's seat Carlow–Kilkenny Clare Dublin County Last election 63 seats, 39.0% N/A 14 seats, 10.6% Seats before 60 N/A 15 Seats won 47 44 22 Seat change 13 44 7 Percentage 27.4% 26.2% 12.6% Swing 11.6% 26.2% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Michael Heffernan William Redmond John J. O'Kelly Party Farmers' Party National League Party Sinn Féin Leader since 1927 1926 1926 Leader's seat Tipperary Waterford N/A Last election 15 seats, 12.1% N/A 44 seats, 27.4% Seats before 15 2 47 Seats won 11 8 5 Seat change 4 6 42 Percentage 8.9% 7.3% 3.6% Swing 3.2% 7.3% 23.8%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the five biggest parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
President of the Executive Council before election W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal Subsequent President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal

W. T. Cosgrave
Cumann na nGaedheal

W. T. Cosgrave
Cumann na nGaedheal

The Irish general election of June 1927 was held on 9 June 1927. The newly elected members of the 5th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 23 June when the new President of the Executive Council 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 nGaedheal's working majority among TDs attending, making the Dáil short-lived.

Jasper Travers Wolfe