1954 Irish General Election
18 May 1954 · De Valera's Ireland · 147 seats, 74 for a majority
Fianna Fáil finished first with 65 of 147 seats on 43.4% of the vote. Turnout 76.5%.
Taoiseach before
Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach (continued)
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Largest force
Fianna Fáil
65 of 147 seats
Turnout
76.5%
The result
| Share of Dáil Éireann | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Éamon de Valera | 65 | -4 | 578,960 | 43.4% | — | |
| Fine Gael | Richard Mulcahy | 50 | +10 | 427,031 | 32.0% | — | |
| Labour | William Norton | 19 | +2 | 161,034 | 12.1% | — | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Joseph Blowick | 5 | -1 | 51,069 | 3.8% | — | |
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán MacBride | 3 | +1 | 41,249 | 3.1% | — | |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McLogan | 0 | — | 1,990 | 0.1% | — | |
| National Action | — | 0 | — | 1,430 | 0.1% | — | |
| Young Ireland | — | 0 | — | 1,037 | 0.1% | — | |
| Irish Workers' League | Michael O'Riordan | 0 | 0 | 375 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independent | — | 5 | -9 | 70,937 | 5.3% | — |