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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 #CC0000;"><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">69 seats, 45.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">48 seats, 34.8% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13 seats, 10.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>77</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <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>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>3 </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 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>667,996 </b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">428,633 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">128,945 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>51.9%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">33.3% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <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>6.7% </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>1.5% </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>0.3% </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_1938.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Irish_general_election_1938.png/400px-Irish_general_election_1938.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Irish_general_election_1938.png/600px-Irish_general_election_1938.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Irish_general_election_1938.png/800px-Irish_general_election_1938.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>Taoiseach 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>Taoiseach 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>1938 Irish general election</b> to the <a href="/wiki/10th_D%C3%A1il" title="10th Dáil">10th Dáil</a> was held on Friday, 17 June following the dissolution of the <a href="/wiki/9th_D%C3%A1il" title="9th Dáil">9th Dáil</a> on 27 May 1938 by the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Presidential Commission (Ireland)">Presidential Commission</a> on the request of <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a>. It was a <a href="/wiki/Snap_election" title="Snap election">snap election</a>, less than a year after the previous election, the proximate cause being the government's loss of an opposition <a href="/wiki/Resolution_(law)" title="Resolution (law)">motion</a> recommending use of <a href="/wiki/Arbitration" title="Arbitration">arbitration</a> to resolve <a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Civil Service of the Republic of Ireland">Civil Service</a> labour disputes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The general election took place in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">34 parliamentary constituencies</a> throughout Ireland for 138 seats in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a>. It was the first election held after <a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland">the coming into force</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a> on 29 December 1937. <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> won the first overall majority in the history of the State. </p><p>The 10th Dáil met at <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> on 30 June to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hyde" title="Douglas Hyde">Douglas Hyde</a> and to approve the appointment of a new <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">government of Ireland</a> on the nomination of the Taoiseach. Outgoing Taoiseach Éamon de Valera was re-appointed 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=1938_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 10th Dáil</a> – 17 June 1938<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<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_1938.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Irish_general_election_1938.svg/360px-Irish_general_election_1938.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Irish_general_election_1938.svg/540px-Irish_general_election_1938.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Irish_general_election_1938.svg/720px-Irish_general_election_1938.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: #66BB66; 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;">77<sup id="cite_ref-CC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-3"><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;">55.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">667,996 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+6.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #6699FF; 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;">45 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">428,633 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">33.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #CC0000; 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;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">128,945 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.3 </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;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">60,685 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">Spoilt votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,811 </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>0</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,302,070</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;">1,770,422 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">76.7% </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=1938_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:#66BB66; width:51.93%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">51.93%</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:#6699FF; width:33.32%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">33.32%</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:#CC0000; width:10.02%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.02%</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:4.72%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.72%</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=1938_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:#66BB66; width:55.80%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">55.80%</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:#6699FF; width:32.61%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">32.61%</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:#CC0000; width:6.52%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.52%</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:5.07%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.07%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <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=1938_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Government formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fianna Fáil formed a majority government, the <a href="/wiki/2nd_government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd government of Ireland">2nd government of Ireland</a>. </p> <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=1938_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=5" 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=1938_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First time TDs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Hamilton_Childers" title="Erskine Hamilton Childers">Erskine H. Childers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hogan_(Irish_politician)" title="Daniel Hogan (Irish politician)">Daniel Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hughes_(Irish_politician)" title="James Hughes (Irish politician)">James Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Loughman" title="Frank Loughman">Frank Loughman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McDevitt" title="Henry McDevitt">Henry McDevitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mullen" title="Thomas Mullen">Thomas Mullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Loghlen" title="Peter O'Loghlen">Peter O'Loghlen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADche%C3%A1l_%C3%93_M%C3%B3r%C3%A1in" title="Mícheál Ó Móráin">Mícheál Ó Móráin</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=1938_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Re-elected TDs"><span>edit</span></a><span 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seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Minch" title="Sydney Minch">Sydney Minch</a> (Lost seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_O%27Leary_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="Daniel O'Leary (Fine Gael politician)">Daniel O'Leary</a> (Lost seat)</li></ul> <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=1938_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Seanad election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election was followed by an election to the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Seanad" title="3rd Seanad">3rd Seanad</a>. </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=1938_Irish_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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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 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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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