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The Irish general election of 1943 was held on 23 June 1943. The 138 newly elected members of the 11th Dáil assembled on 1 July when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed.

The general election took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 138 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann. The election was fought while the Emergency Powers Act 1939 was still in force.

[edit] Result

**11th Irish general election** – 23 June 1943^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First Pref votes	% FPv	±%
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	66	–10	47.9		41.8	–10.1
	Fine Gael	W. T. Cosgrave	32	–13	23.2		23.1	–10.2
	Labour Party	William Norton	17	+8	12.3		15.7	+5.7
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	10	+10	7.2		9.0	N/A
	Independent	N/A	12	+5	8.7
	Ceann Comhairle	N/A	1	N/A	0.7	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total			138	0	100		100	—

Fianna Fáil minority government formed.

[edit] First time TDs

[edit] Outgoing TDs

Eamonn Cooney (Lost seat)
Thomas Dowdall (Deceased)
Daniel Hogan (Lost seat)
Henry McDevitt (Retired)
Thomas Mullen (Retired)
John Munnelly (Deceased)
Frank Loughman (Lost seat)
Peter O'Loghlen (Lost seat)
Laurence Walsh (Lost seat)
Richard Walsh (Lost seat)

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

^ "11th Dáil 1943 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/results/general/11dail.cfm. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
^ "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
^ Manning (1972) notes that the Clann na Talmhan figure is often listed in error as 14, due to the inclusion of Independent Farmer TDs in the CnaT total.

[edit] References

Manning, Maurice, 1972. Irish Political Parties: An Introduction. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 9780717105366

[0] "11th Dáil 1943 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/results/general/11dail.cfm. Retrieved 26 April 2009.

[1] "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm. Retrieved 26 April 2009.

[Manning-2] Manning (1972) notes that the Clann na Talmhan figure is often listed in error as 14, due to the inclusion of Independent Farmer TDs in the CnaT total.

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