Election to the 6th Dáil
September 1927 Irish general election|
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Turnout | 69.0% 0.9pp |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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W. T. Cosgrave
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Éamon de Valera
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Thomas Johnson
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Party
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Cumann na nGaedheal
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Fianna Fáil
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Labour
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Leader since
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April 1923
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26 March 1926
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1922
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Leader's seat
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Cork Borough
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Clare
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Dublin County (defeated)
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Last election
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47 seats, 27.4%
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44 seats, 26.2%
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22 seats, 12.6%
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Seats won
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62
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57
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13
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Seat change
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15
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13
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9
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Popular vote
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453,028
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411,777
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106,184
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Percentage
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38.6%
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35.2%
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9.1%
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Swing
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11.2%
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9.0%
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3.5%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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Leader
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Michael Heffernan
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William Redmond
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James Larkin
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Party
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Farmers' Party
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National League
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Irish Worker League
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Leader since
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1927
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1926
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1923
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Leader's seat
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Tipperary
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Waterford
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Dublin North
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Last election
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11 seats, 8.9%
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8 seats, 7.3%
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New
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Seats won
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6
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2
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1[b]
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Seat change
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5
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6
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1
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Popular vote
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74,626
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18,990
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12,473
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Percentage
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6.4%
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1.6%
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1.1%
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Swing
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2.5%
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5.7%
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1.1%
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Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency
Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency |
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The September 1927 Irish general election to the 6th Dáil was held on Thursday, 15 September, following the dissolution of the 5th Dáil on 25 August by Governor-General Tim Healy on the request of President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave.
The 6th Dáil met on 11 October 1927 to nominate the president and Executive Council of the Irish Free State for appointment by the Governor-General. Cosgrave was re-appointed leading a new minority government of Cumann na nGaedheal with the support of the Farmers' Party.[3]
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