1951 Irish General Election
30 May 1951 · De Valera's Ireland · 147 seats, 74 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 69 of 147 seats on 46.3% of the vote. Turnout 75.3%.
Taoiseach before
John A. Costello
Fine Gael
Taoiseach (continued)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
69 of 147 seats
Turnout
75.3%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Éamon de Valera · 46.3% of votes · +1 seats
69
seats
Fine Gael
Richard Mulcahy · 25.8% of votes · +9 seats
40
seats
Labour
William Norton · 11.4% of votes · -3 seats
16
seats
Clann na Talmhan
Joseph Blowick · 2.9% of votes · -1 seats
6
seats
Clann na Poblachta
Seán MacBride · 4.1% of votes · -8 seats
2
seats
Irish Workers' League
Michael O'Riordan · 0.0% of votes
0
seats
Independent
9.6% of votes · +3 seats
14
seats