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Cosgrave, circa 1930 (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/W._T._Cosgrave%2C_circa_1930_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-W._T._Cosgrave%2C_circa_1930_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/W._T._Cosgrave%2C_circa_1930_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-W._T._Cosgrave%2C_circa_1930_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/W._T._Cosgrave%2C_circa_1930_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-W._T._Cosgrave%2C_circa_1930_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2432" data-file-height="3241" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #e30511;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Norton_circa_1927_to_1932.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="William Norton circa 1927 to 1932.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/William_Norton_circa_1927_to_1932.png/120px-William_Norton_circa_1927_to_1932.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/William_Norton_circa_1927_to_1932.png/180px-William_Norton_circa_1927_to_1932.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/William_Norton_circa_1927_to_1932.png/240px-William_Norton_circa_1927_to_1932.png 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="924" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/W._T._Cosgrave" title="W. T. Cosgrave">W. T. Cosgrave</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/William_Norton" title="William Norton">William Norton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">26 March 1926 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">September 1934 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">19 July 1932 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Cork_Borough_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork Borough (Dáil constituency)">Cork Borough</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Carlow%E2%80%93Kildare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Carlow–Kildare (Dáil constituency)">Carlow–Kildare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">77 seats, 49.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">59 seats, 39.6%<sup id="cite_ref-finegael_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finegael-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 seats, 5.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>69</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">48<sup id="cite_ref-finegael_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finegael-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>11 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>599,040</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">461,171 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">135,758 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>45.2%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">34.8% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4.8% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4.6% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_general_election_1937.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Irish_general_election_1937.png/350px-Irish_general_election_1937.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Irish_general_election_1937.png/525px-Irish_general_election_1937.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Irish_general_election_1937.png/700px-Irish_general_election_1937.png 2x" data-file-width="2582" data-file-height="1116" /></a></span><div>Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>President of the Executive Council before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>President of the Executive Council after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1937 Irish general election</b> to the <a href="/wiki/9th_D%C3%A1il" title="9th Dáil">9th Dáil</a> was held on Thursday, 1 July, following the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament" title="Dissolution of parliament">dissolution</a> of the <a href="/wiki/8th_D%C3%A1il" title="8th Dáil">8th Dáil</a> on 14 June by <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahy_(politician)" title="Frank Fahy (politician)">Frank Fahy</a> on the direction of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_the_Irish_Free_State" title="Executive Council of the Irish Free State">Executive Council</a>. The general election took place in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">34 parliamentary constituencies</a> throughout the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> for 138 seats in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)">Dáil Éireann</a>. The number of seats in the Dáil was reduced by 15, from 153 to 138 seats, under the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Revision_of_Constituencies)_Act_1935" title="Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935">Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935</a>. </p><p>A plebiscite on whether <a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland">to approve</a> the new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a> was held on the same day. It was approved with the support of 56.5% of voters and would come into operation on 29 December 1937. </p><p>The 9th Dáil met at <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> on 21 July 1937 to elect the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Executive_Council_of_the_Irish_Free_State" title="President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State">President of the Executive Council</a> and approve the appointment of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_the_Irish_Free_State" title="Executive Council of the Irish Free State">Executive Council</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a>. Outgoing president <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a> was re-elected leading a single-party <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> government. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Election to the 9th Dáil</a> – 1 July 1937<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:white;" colspan="9"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_general_election_1937.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Irish_general_election_1937.svg/360px-Irish_general_election_1937.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Irish_general_election_1937.svg/540px-Irish_general_election_1937.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Irish_general_election_1937.svg/720px-Irish_general_election_1937.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>± </th> <th>% of<br />seats </th> <th>First pref.<br />votes </th> <th>% FPv </th> <th>±% </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #008f38; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">69<sup id="cite_ref-CC_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">50.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">599,040 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #1985c5; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/W._T._Cosgrave" title="W. T. Cosgrave">W. T. Cosgrave</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48<sup id="cite_ref-finegael_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finegael-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">461,171 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #e30511; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/William_Norton" title="William Norton">William Norton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">135,758 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #DDDDDD; width: 1px;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">128,480 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">Spoilt votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27,824 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Total</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>138</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>–15</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,352,273</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100</b> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">Electorate/Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,775,055 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">76.2% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting_summary">Voting summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Voting summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">First preference vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:350px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Fianna Fáil</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#008f38; width:45.23%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">45.23%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Fine Gael</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1985c5; width:34.82%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">34.82%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#e30511; width:10.25%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.25%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independent</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DDDDDD; width:9.70%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">9.70%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seats_summary">Seats summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seats summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Dáil seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:350px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Fianna Fáil</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#008f38; width:50.00%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">50.00%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Fine Gael</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#1985c5; width:34.78%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">34.78%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#e30511; width:9.42%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">9.42%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independent</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DDDDDD; width:5.80%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.80%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Changes_in_membership">Changes in membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Changes in membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_time_TDs">First time TDs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First time TDs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Benson" title="Ernest Benson">Ernest Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cormac_Breslin" title="Cormac Breslin">Cormac Breslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Browne_(Mayo_politician)" title="Patrick Browne (Mayo politician)">Patrick Browne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Burke_(Clare_politician)" title="Thomas Burke (Clare politician)">Thomas Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._Byrne" title="A. P. Byrne">A. P. Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Colbert" title="Michael Colbert">Michael Colbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Davis_(politician)" title="Matthew Davis (politician)">Matthew Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Esmonde,_14th_Baronet" title="Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet">John Esmonde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Friel" title="John Friel">John Friel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Heron" title="Archie Heron">Archie Heron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Linehan" title="Timothy Linehan">Timothy Linehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrard_McGowan" title="Gerrard McGowan">Gerrard McGowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Munnelly" title="John Munnelly">John Munnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Ryan" title="Jeremiah Ryan">Jeremiah Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Walsh" title="Laurence Walsh">Laurence Walsh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Re-elected_TDs">Re-elected TDs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Re-elected TDs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gorry" title="Patrick Gorry">Patrick Gorry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mongan" title="Joseph Mongan">Joseph Mongan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defeated_TDs">Defeated TDs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Defeated TDs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Broderick" title="William Broderick">William Broderick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Browne_(Irish_politician)" title="William Browne (Irish politician)">William Browne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Cooney" title="Eamonn Cooney">Eamonn Cooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Davitt" title="Robert Davitt">Robert Davitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jordan_(politician)" title="Stephen Jordan (politician)">Stephen Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McGuire_(Irish_politician)" title="James McGuire (Irish politician)">James McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Morrisroe" title="James Morrisroe">James Morrisroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Murphy_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick Murphy (Irish politician)">Patrick Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Dowd" title="Patrick O'Dowd">Patrick O'Dowd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mary_Pearse" title="Margaret Mary Pearse">Margaret Mary Pearse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Reidy" title="James Reidy">James Reidy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retiring_TDs">Retiring TDs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Retiring TDs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Doherty_(Irish_politician)" title="Hugh Doherty (Irish politician)">Hugh Doherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eamon_Donnelly" title="Eamon Donnelly">Eamon Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Keely" title="Séamus Keely">Séamus Keely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kehoe" title="Patrick Kehoe">Patrick Kehoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kent_(Irish_politician)" title="William Kent (Irish politician)">William Kent</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vacancies">Vacancies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Vacancies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Maguire_(judge)" title="Conor Maguire (judge)">Conor Maguire</a> (Resigned on appointment as judge in 1936)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_formation">Government formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fianna Fáil formed a <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a>, the <a href="/wiki/8th_Executive_Council_of_the_Irish_Free_State" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State">8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State</a>, with the support of the Labour Party. This became the <a href="/wiki/1st_Government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Government of Ireland">1st Government of Ireland</a> on 29 December 1937 on the coming into operation of the Constitution. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seanad_election">Seanad election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Seanad election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the coming into operation of the Constitution, an election took place under Article 53 of the Constitution for the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Seanad" title="2nd Seanad">2nd Seanad</a> in March 1938. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=12" 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.reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CC-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CC_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CC_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Including <a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahy_(politician)" title="Frank Fahy (politician)">Frank Fahy</a>, returned automatically for <a href="/wiki/Galway_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway East (Dáil constituency)">Galway East</a> as outgoing Ceann Comhairle, under Art. 21 of the Constitution, as amended by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_(Amendment_No._2)_Act_1927" title="Constitution (Amendment No. 2) Act 1927">Constitution (Amendment No. 2) Act 1927</a>, and s. 2 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1927, adapted under the constituency revision.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-finegael-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-finegael_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-finegael_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-finegael_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The total number of Fine Gael TDs is compared to the combined total won by <a href="/wiki/Cumann_na_nGaedheal" title="Cumann na nGaedheal">Cumann na nGaedheal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Centre_Party_(Ireland)" title="National Centre Party (Ireland)">National Centre Party</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1933_Irish_general_election" title="1933 Irish general election">previous general election</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_(Amendment_No._2)_Act_1927" title="Constitution (Amendment No. 2) Act 1927">Constitution (Amendment No. 2) Act 1927</a>, s. 1: Re-election at general election of outgoing Chairman of Dáil Eireann (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1927/act/6/section/1/enacted/en/html">No. 6 of 1927, s. 1</a>). Enacted on 19 March 1927. Act of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>. Retrieved from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Electoral (Amendment) Act 1927, s. 2: Re-election of outgoing Ceann Comhairle (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1927/act/21/section/2/enacted/en/html">No. 21 of 1927, s. 2</a>). Enacted on 22 May 1927. Act of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>. 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election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_D%C3%A1il_by-elections" title="List of Dáil by-elections">By-elections</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1925_Seanad_election" title="1925 Seanad election">1925</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Irish_presidential_election" title="Irish presidential election">Presidential elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1938_Irish_presidential_election" title="1938 Irish presidential election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Irish_presidential_election" title="1945 Irish presidential election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Irish_presidential_election" title="1952 Irish presidential election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Irish_presidential_election" title="1959 Irish presidential election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Irish_presidential_election" title="1966 Irish presidential election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Irish_presidential_election" title="1973 Irish presidential election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Irish_presidential_election" title="1974 Irish presidential election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Irish_presidential_election" title="1976 Irish presidential election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Irish_presidential_election" title="1983 Irish presidential election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Irish_presidential_election" title="1990 Irish presidential election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_presidential_election" title="1997 Irish presidential election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Irish_presidential_election" title="2004 Irish presidential election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_presidential_election" title="2011 Irish presidential election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Irish_presidential_election" title="2018 Irish presidential election">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">European elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1979 European Parliament election in Ireland">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1984 European Parliament election in Ireland">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1989 European Parliament election in Ireland">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1994 European Parliament election in Ireland">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="1999 European Parliament election in Ireland">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2004 European Parliament election in Ireland">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2009 European Parliament election in Ireland">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2014 European Parliament election in Ireland">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2019 European Parliament election in Ireland">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Ireland">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Irish_local_elections" title="1920 Irish local elections">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Irish_local_elections" title="1925 Irish local elections">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Irish_local_elections" title="1928 Irish local elections">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Irish_local_elections" title="1934 Irish local elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Irish_local_elections" title="1942 Irish local elections">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Irish_local_elections" title="1945 Irish local elections">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Irish_local_elections" title="1950 Irish local elections">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Irish_local_elections" title="1955 Irish local elections">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Irish_local_elections" title="1960 Irish local elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Irish_local_elections" title="1967 Irish local elections">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Irish_local_elections" title="1974 Irish local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Irish_local_elections" title="1979 Irish local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Irish_local_elections" title="1985 Irish local elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Irish_local_elections" title="1991 Irish local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Irish_local_elections" title="1994 Irish local elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Irish_local_elections" title="1999 Irish local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Irish_local_elections" title="2004 Irish local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Irish_local_elections" title="2009 Irish local elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Irish_local_elections" title="2014 Irish local elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Irish_local_elections" title="2019 Irish local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_local_elections" title="2024 Irish local elections">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">Referendums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland#Plebiscite" title="Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1958" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1968 Irish constitutional referendums">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1972 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1972 Irish constitutional referendums">1972 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1979 Irish constitutional referendums">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1986" title="Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1992 (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_constitutional_referendums" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Irish constitutional referendums">1992 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1998 Irish constitutional referendums">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2001 Irish constitutional referendums">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">2002 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2002 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2008" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2011 Irish constitutional referendums">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2012 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2012 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2013 Irish constitutional referendums">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2015 Irish constitutional referendums">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2018 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2018 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2024 Irish constitutional referendums">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Irish_(Pre-1801)_elections" title="Template:Irish (Pre-1801) elections">Elections in the Kingdom of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Irish_(UK)_elections" title="Template:Irish (UK) elections">Elections in Ireland as part of the UK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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