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The Irish general election of 1933 was held on 24 January 1933. The newly elected members of the 8th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 8 February when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed.

The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.

[edit] Result

**8th Irish general election** – 24 January 1933^[1]^[2]
Party		Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First Pref votes	% FPv	±%
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	76	+4	49.7		49.7	+5.2
	Cumann na nGaedhael	W. T. Cosgrave	48	–8	31.4		30.4	–4.8
	National Centre Party	Frank MacDermot	11	+8^[3]	7.2		9.2	+1.5
	Labour Party	William Norton	8	+1	5.2		5.7	–2.0
	Independent	N/A	9	–5	5.8
	Ceann Comhairle	N/A	1	N/A	0.7	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total			153	0	100		100	—

Fianna Fáil minority government formed.

Excluding the Ceann Comhairle (speaker), Fianna Fáil, had won exactly half the seats and formed a government with support from the Labour Party, eventually winning enough by-elections to govern without Labour Party support.

[edit] First time TDs

[edit] Re-elected TDs

Michael Óg McFadden

[edit] Outgoing TDs

Eamonn Duggan (Retired)
Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (Lost seat)
Francis Gormley (Lost seat)
Patrick Gorry (Lost seat)
Raphael Keyes (Lost seat)
John Kiersey (Lost seat)
Joseph Mongan (Lost seat)
Eugene O'Brien (Lost seat)
Patrick O'Hara (Retired)
Martin Sexton (Lost seat)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "8th Dáil 1933 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/results/general/08dail.cfm. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^ "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^ The National Centre Party's results are compared with those of the Farmers' Party in the previous general election as all outgoing Farmers' Party TDs then stood for the National Centre Party.

[0] "8th Dáil 1933 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/results/general/08dail.cfm. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

[1] "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

[2] The National Centre Party's results are compared with those of the Farmers' Party in the previous general election as all outgoing Farmers' Party TDs then stood for the National Centre Party.

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