September 1923 Election

Irish general election, 1923

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27 August 1923

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All 153 seats in Dáil Éireann
77 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

61.3%

	First party	Second party

Leader	W. T. Cosgrave	Éamon de Valera
Party	Cumann na nGaedheal	Republican
Leader since	April 1923	1917
Leader's seat	Carlow–Kilkenny	Clare
Last election	58 seats	36 seats
Seats won	63	44
Seat change	5	8
Popular vote	410,695	288,794
Percentage	39.0%	27.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Denis Gorey	Thomas Johnson
Party	Farmers' Party	Labour Party
Leader since	1922	1922
Leader's seat	Carlow–Kilkenny	Dublin County
Last election	7 seats	16 seats
Seats won	15	14
Seat change	8	3
Popular vote	127,184	111,939
Percentage	12.1%	10.6%

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

W. T. Cosgrave
Cumann na nGaedheal

Subsequent President of the Executive Council

W. T. Cosgrave
Cumann na nGaedheal

The Irish general election of 1923 was held on 27 August 1923. The newly elected members of the 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. The election was held just after the end of the Irish Civil War. Many of the Republican TDs, who represented the losing anti-Treaty side, were still imprisoned during and after the election. Cumann na nGaedheal, who represented the winning side in the war, also won the election and formed the government.

Most parties made gains, in part because the total number of seats in the Dáil was increased by 25 from 128 to 153. Cumann na nGaedheal were able to form a minority government while Republicans (Anti-Treaty) abstained from taking their seats in the Dáil.

Lax electoral practices were tightened up beforehand by the new The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923.

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