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De Valera campaigning in Clare
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Cosgrave campaigning in Dublin
The 1933 Irish general election to the 8th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 24 January following the dissolution of the 7th Dáil on 2 January by Governor-General Domhnall Ua Buachalla on the advice of the Executive Council. The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in Dáil Éireann.
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153 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 77 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 8th Dáil met at Leinster House on 8 February to nominate the President and Executive Council of the Irish Free State for appointment by the Governor-General. Outgoing president Éamon de Valera was re-appointed leading a Fianna Fáil government, which fell one seat short of an overall majority.
Election to the 8th Dáil – 24 January 1933[4][5][6] | ||||||||
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Party | Leader | Seats | ± | % of seats |
First pref. votes |
% FPv | ±% | |
Fianna Fáil | Éamon de Valera | 77[a] | +5 | 50.3 | 689,054 | 49.7 | +5.2 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | W. T. Cosgrave | 48 | –9 | 31.4 | 422,495 | 30.5 | –4.8 | |
National Centre Party | Frank MacDermot | 11 | New | 7.2 | 126,909 | 9.2 | – | |
Labour | William Norton | 8 | +1 | 5.2 | 79,221 | 5.7 | –2.0 | |
Independent | N/A | 9 | –5 | 5.9 | 68,882 | 5.0 | –5.4 | |
Spoilt votes | 14,707 | — | — | |||||
Total | 153[a] | 0 | 100 | 1,401,265 | 100 | — | ||
Electorate/Turnout | 1,727,680 | 81.3% | — |
Excluding the Ceann Comhairle, Fianna Fáil won exactly half the seats and formed the 7th Executive Council of the Irish Free State with support from the Labour Party. Fianna Fáil eventually won enough by-elections to govern without Labour Party support.