Irish general election, September 1927

Jun 1927 ←

15 September 1927

→ 1932

152 of 153 seats in Dáil Éireann 77 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	69.0%
	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	Cork Borough	Clare	Dublin County (defeated)
Last election	46 seats, 27.4%	44 seats, 26.2%	22 seats, 12.6%
Seats before	47	43	22
Seats won	61	57	13
Seat change	14	14	9
Percentage	38.6%	35.2%	9.1%
Swing	11.2%	9.0%	3.5%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Michael Heffernan	William Redmond
Party	Farmers' Party	National League Party
Leader since	1927	1926
Leader's seat	Tipperary	Waterford
Last election	11 seats, 8.9%	8 seats, 7.3%
Seats before	11	8
Seats won	6	2
Seat change	5	6
Percentage	6.4%	1.6%
Swing	2.5%	5.7%

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

The Irish general election of September 1927 was held on 15 September 1927. The newly elected members of the 6th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 11 October when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. The result was a Cumann na nGaedheal minority government.

The second general election of 1927 was caused by the uncertain political arithmetic within Dáil Éireann. Only three votes separated the two largest parties, Cumann na nGaedheal and Fianna Fáil, and the government was very unstable. When Fianna Fáil decided to enter the Dáil in August it gave its support to the Labour Party's motion of no confidence in the Cumann na nGaedheal government and to replace it with a Labour-led coalition with Labour leader Thomas Johnson as President of the Executive Council. The Labour Party was supported by Fianna Fáil and the National League Party. On the other hand, the Cumann na nGaedheal government had the backing of the Farmers' Party and most of the Independent TDs. When the vote was taken, John Jinks, a National League TD failed to attend. As a result, the vote was a dead heat and the Ceann Comhairle voted with the government. The motion failed.

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