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)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
69 of 147 seats
Turnout
75.3%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Éamon de Valera | 69 | +1 | 616,212 | 46.3% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Richard Mulcahy | 40 | +9 | 349,922 | 25.8% | — | |
| Labour | William Norton | 16 | -3 | 151,828 | 11.4% | — | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Joseph Blowick | 6 | -1 | 38,872 | 2.9% | — | |
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán MacBride | 2 | -8 | 54,210 | 4.1% | — | |
| Irish Workers' League | Michael O'Riordan | 0 | — | 295 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 14 | +3 | 127,234 | 9.6% | — |