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)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
68 of 147 seats
Turnout
74.2%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Éamon de Valera | 68 | -8 | 553,914 | 41.9% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Richard Mulcahy | 31 | +1 | 262,393 | 19.8% | — | |
| Labour | William Norton | 14 | +6 | 115,073 | 8.7% | — | |
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán MacBride | 10 | — | 174,823 | 13.2% | — | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Joseph Blowick | 7 | -2 | 73,813 | 5.6% | — | |
| National Labour Party | James Everett | 5 | +1 | 34,015 | 2.6% | — | |
| Monetary Reform | Oliver J. Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 14,369 | 1.1% | — | |
| Ailtirí na hAiséirghe | — | 0 | 0 | 322 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 11 | +1 | 94,271 | 7.2% | — |