The 1943 Irish general election to the

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was held on Wednesday, 23 June, having been called on 31 May by

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of President Douglas Hyde on the advice of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. It took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies for 138 seats in

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, the house of representatives of the

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lost its overall majority of seats. The outgoing

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was dissolved on 26 June, although it had not met after 26 May. The

met at Leinster House on 1 July to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new

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on the nomination of the Taoiseach. Outgoing Taoiseach Éamon de Valera was re-appointed leading a single-party Fianna Fáil government.

Election during the emergency

Ireland had declared a

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on 2 September 1939, arising from the

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. The Emergency Powers Act 1939 was in force at the time of the election campaign, and concomitant press censorship affected coverage. In April the government had proposed to postpone the election by introducing a bill to extend the maximum term of the Dáil from five to six years; however, in the absence of support from the Fine Gael opposition, the bill was withdrawn. As an alternative, the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943 provided that a general election could be called without a dissolution and that the outgoing Dáil would not be dissolved until after all returns from the general election. This was in contravention of provisions of

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, which require the president to dissolve the Dáil before a general election. However, this was permitted under the state of emergency.

Result

Voting summary

Seats summary

Government formation

Fianna Fáil formed the 3rd Government of Ireland, a minority government.

First time TDs

* Liam Cosgrave *

Frank Daly Francis Joseph Daly (1884 – 18 February 1950) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1943 general election, and was re-elected at the 1944 gen ...

* Michael Donnellan *

Michael Hilliard Michael Leo Hilliard (11 March 1903 – 3 August 1982) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was born 11 March 1903 in Navan, County Meath, fifth child of James Hilliard, a farmer and cattle dealer, and Mary Hilliard (née O'Brien). He w ...

* James Kilroy * Martin O'Sullivan * Leo Skinner * Dan Spring *

Richard Stapleton Richard Stapleton (died 31 July 1949) was an Irish Labour Party politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary Tipperary is the name of: Places *County Tipperary, a county in Ireland **N ...

* Patrick Finucane

Outgoing TDs

Eamonn Cooney Eamonn Cooney (died 7 February 1975) was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency at the September 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the 1932 a ...

(Lost seat) *

Thomas Dowdall Thomas Patrick Dowdall (1872 – 7 April 1942) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and company director. Early life He was born at Chatham Barracks, Gillingham, Kent, the son of Charles Dowdall, colour sergeant in the 48th foot, and Margar ...

(Deceased) * Daniel Hogan (Lost seat) *

Henry McDevitt Henry Aloysius McDevitt (1904 – 4 January 1966) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister. He was elected, at his second attempt, to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal East constituency at the 1938 general electi ...

(Retired) * Thomas Mullen (Retired) *

John Munnelly John Munnelly (died 18 October 1941) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A farmer, he was a county councillor before being elected, on his fourth attempt, to Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal cham ...

(Deceased) *

Frank Loughman Francis Loughman (1892 – 13 May 1972) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and Senator from the 1930s to the 1960s. A pharmaceutical chemist before entering politics, Loughman was first elected to Dáil É ...

(Lost seat) *

Peter O'Loghlen Peter Joseph O'Loghlen (1883 – 25 October 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A publican, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency at the 1938 general election. He was lost his Dáil s ...

(Lost seat) * Laurence Walsh (Lost seat) * Richard Walsh (Lost seat)

Notes

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Irish General Election, 1943 1943 elections in Europe General election, 1943

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