The 1880 general election in Ireland marked the beginning both of the dominance of the

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and of

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's dominance within the Party. The party won 62 of the 103 Irish parliamentary seats. 2 later defected to the Liberals. Parnell was presumed to have had the support of 25 of the MPs. When the Parliamentary Party reassembled in

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Parnell was elected session chairman of the party in place of William Shaw. The IPP would not drop below the number of seats won in the 1880 election again until the 1918 general election, when it experienced an electoral wipeout at the hands of

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Not included in the totals are the two

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seats, which were uncontested and were retained by the Conservatives.

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, ''British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987''

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