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The1943 Irish general election to the11th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 23 June, having been called on 31 May byproclamation ofPresidentDouglas Hyde on the advice ofTaoiseachÉamon de Valera. It took place in34 parliamentary constituencies for 138 seats inDáil Éireann, the house of representatives of theOireachtas.Fianna Fáil lost itsoverall majority of seats. The outgoing10th Dáil wasdissolved on 26 June,[3] although it had not met after 26 May.
The11th Dáil met atLeinster House on 1 July to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a newgovernment of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach. Outgoing Taoiseach Éamon de Valera was re-appointed leadinga single-party Fianna Fáil government.
Ireland had declared astate of emergency on 2 September 1939, arising from theSecond World War. TheEmergency 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of the Dáil from five to six years;[4] however, in the absence of support from the Fine Gael opposition, the bill was withdrawn.[5][6]
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.[7][8] This was in contravention of provisions ofthe Constitution, which require the president to dissolve the Dáil before a general election.[9] However, this was permitted under the state of emergency.
| Election to the 11th Dáil – 23 June 1943[10][11][12] | ||||||||
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| Party | Leader | Seats | ± | % of seats | First pref. votes | % FPv | ±% | |
| Fianna Fáil | Éamon de Valera | 67[a] | –10 | 48.6 | 557,525 | 41.9 | –10.0 | |
| Fine Gael | W. T. Cosgrave | 32 | –13 | 23.2 | 307,490 | 23.1 | –10.2 | |
| Labour | William Norton | 17 | +8 | 12.3 | 208,812 | 15.7 | +5.7 | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Michael Donnellan | 10[b] | New | 7.2 | 130,452 | 9.8 | – | |
| Monetary Reform | Oliver J. Flanagan | 1 | New | 0.7 | 4,377 | 0.3 | – | |
| Córas na Poblachta | Simon Donnelly | 0 | New | 0 | 3,892 | 0.3 | – | |
| Ailtirí na hAiséirghe | 0 | New | 0 | 3,137 | 0.2 | – | ||
| Independent | N/A | 11 | +4 | 7.3 | 116,024 | 8.7 | +4.0 | |
| Spoilt votes | 16,198 | — | — | |||||
| Total | 138 | 0 | 100 | 1,347,907 | 100 | — | ||
| Electorate/Turnout | 1,816,142 | 74.2% | — | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | 41.86% | |||
| Fine Gael | 23.09% | |||
| Labour | 15.68% | |||
| Clann na Talmhan | 9.80% | |||
| Others | 0.86% | |||
| Independent | 8.71% | |||
| Fianna Fáil | 48.55% | |||
| Fine Gael | 23.19% | |||
| Labour | 12.32% | |||
| Clann na Talmhan | 7.25% | |||
| Monetary Reform | 0.72% | |||
| Independent | 7.97% | |||
Fianna Fáil formed the3rd government of Ireland, a minority government.
The election was followed by an election to the4th Seanad.
the Dáil will rise to-day. ... It is my intention to advise the President so that on the 31st May he may issue his direction for the holding of a general election. His proclamation may be issued on the 31st May. ... the 22nd June [sic] will be the polling day and then the outgoing Dáil, the present Dáil, would have to be dissolved not later than 8th July. The House is aware that it will be dissolved as soon as the Clerk of the Dáil is able to inform us that he has got returns for all the writs.
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