1948 Irish General Election
4 February 1948 · De Valera's Ireland · 147 seats, 74 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 68 of 147 seats on 41.9% of the vote. Turnout 74.2%.
Taoiseach before
Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
68 of 147 seats
Turnout
74.2%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Éamon de Valera · 41.9% of votes · -8 seats
68
seats
Fine Gael
Richard Mulcahy · 19.8% of votes · +1 seats
31
seats
Labour
William Norton · 8.7% of votes · +6 seats
14
seats
Clann na Poblachta
Seán MacBride · 13.2% of votes
10
seats
Clann na Talmhan
Joseph Blowick · 5.6% of votes · -2 seats
7
seats
National Labour Party
James Everett · 2.6% of votes · +1 seats
5
seats
Monetary Reform
Oliver J. Flanagan · 1.1% of votes · 0 seats
1
seats
Ailtirí na hAiséirghe
0.0% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Independent
7.2% of votes · +1 seats
11
seats