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)
—
Largest force
Fianna Fáil
65 of 147 seats
Turnout
76.5%
The result
Fianna Fáil
Éamon de Valera · 43.4% of votes · -4 seats
65
seats
Fine Gael
Richard Mulcahy · 32.0% of votes · +10 seats
50
seats
Labour
William Norton · 12.1% of votes · +2 seats
19
seats
Clann na Talmhan
Joseph Blowick · 3.8% of votes · -1 seats
5
seats
Clann na Poblachta
Seán MacBride · 3.1% of votes · +1 seats
3
seats
Sinn Féin
Paddy McLogan · 0.1% of votes
0
seats
National Action
0.1% of votes
0
seats
Young Ireland
0.1% of votes
0
seats
Irish Workers' League
Michael O'Riordan · 0.0% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Independent
5.3% of votes · -9 seats
5
seats