1925 Seanad election

An election for 19 of the 60 seats in Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Irish Free State, was held on 17 September 1925. The election was by single transferable vote, with the entire country being used as a 19-seat constituency. These 19 joined the 41 continuing members of the 1922 Seanad to form the 1925 Seanad. The election saw eight Cumann na nGaedheal members elected (an advance of one compared to its pre-election representation), as well as three Labour Party (a drop of one seat), three Farmers' Party (an advance of two seats), and five others (a drop from seven previous to the election).

There were 76 candidates on the ballot paper. Voters ranked candidates by preference at least a few, but did not have to rank all of them. Although bearing multiple marked preferences, each vote was to be used to elect just one member in the end. Of the two main political parties, the larger (Cumann na nGaedheal) did not formally endorse any candidates, while the other (Sinn Féin, whose TDs were abstentionist) boycotted the election. Voter turnout was low, and the outcome was considered unsatisfactory by some.

In subsequent elections, senators were elected by the members of the Oireachtas rather than by the electorate.