1937 Irish general election

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138 seats inDáil Éireann[a] 70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.2% 5.1pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Éamon de Valera W. T. Cosgrave William Norton Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Leader since 26 March 1926 September 1934 19 July 1932 Leader's seat Clare Cork Borough Carlow–Kildare Last election 77 seats, 49.7% 59 seats, 39.6%[b] 8 seats, 5.7% Seats won 69 48[b] 13 Seat change 8 11 5 Popular vote 599,040 461,171 135,758 Percentage 45.2% 34.8% 10.3% Swing 4.5 pp 4.8 pp 4.6 pp
Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency
President of the Executive Council before election Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil President of the Executive Council after election Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil

The1937 Irish general election to the9th Dáil was held on Thursday, 1 July, following thedissolution of the8th Dáil on 14 June byCeann ComhairleFrank Fahy on the direction of theExecutive Council. The general election took place in34 parliamentary constituencies throughout theIrish Free State for 138 seats inDáil Éireann. The number of seats in the Dáil was reduced by 15, from 153 to 138 seats, under theElectoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935.

A plebiscite on whetherto approve the newConstitution of Ireland was held on the same day. It was approved with the support of 56.5% of voters and would come into operation on 29 December 1937.

The 9th Dáil met atLeinster House on 21 July 1937 to elect thePresident of the Executive Council and approve the appointment of theExecutive Council of theIrish Free State. Outgoing presidentÉamon de Valera was re-elected leading a single-partyFianna Fáil government. On the day the new Constitution took effect, De Valera becameTaoiseach with greatly expanded powers.

Election to the 9th Dáil – 1 July 1937[5][6][7]
Party		Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First pref. votes	% FPv	±%
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	69[a]	–8	50.0	599,040	45.2	–4.5
	Fine Gael	W. T. Cosgrave	48[b]	–11	34.8	461,171	34.8	–4.8
	Labour	William Norton	13	+5	9.4	135,758	10.3	+4.6
	Independent	N/A	8	–1	5.8	128,480	9.7	+4.7
Spoilt votes						27,824	—	—
Total			138	–15	100	1,352,273	100	—
Electorate/Turnout						1,775,055	76.2%	—

• Ernest Benson
• Cormac Breslin
• Patrick Browne
• Thomas Burke
• A. P. Byrne
• Michael Colbert
• Matthew Davis
• John Esmonde
• John Friel
• Archie Heron
• Timothy Linehan
• Gerrard McGowan
• John Munnelly
• Jeremiah Ryan
• Laurence Walsh

• Patrick Gorry
• Joseph Mongan

• William Broderick
• William Browne
• Eamonn Cooney
• Robert Davitt
• Stephen Jordan
• James McGuire
• James Morrisroe
• Patrick Murphy
• Patrick O'Dowd
• Margaret Mary Pearse
• James Reidy

• Hugh Doherty
• Eamon Donnelly
• Séamus Keely
• Patrick Kehoe
• William Kent

• Conor Maguire (Resigned on appointment as judge in 1936)

Fianna Fáil formed aminority government, the8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State, with the support of the Labour Party. This became the1st Government of Ireland on 29 December 1937 on the coming into operation of the Constitution.

After the coming into operation of the Constitution, an election took place under Article 53 of the Constitution for the2nd Seanad in March 1938.

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