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The Irish general election of 1951 was held on May 30, 1951. The newly elected members of the 14th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on June 13 when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed. May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This is a list of the 147 members who were elected to the 14th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ... Leinster House is the former palace of the Duke of Leinster. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ...


The general election took place in 40 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 147 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann. The Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann, currently contains 166 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), representing 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland. ... Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...

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Campaign

The general election of 1951 was caused by a number of crises within the First Inter-Party Government, most notably the so called "Mother and Child Scheme". While the whole affair, which saw the resignation of the Minister for Health, Noel Browne, was not entirely to blame for the coillapse of the government it added to the pressure. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Noel Browne (20 December 1915-21 May 1997) was an Irish politician and doctor. ...


Result

The results were as follows:

Party Leader Seats First Preferences
# of Seats Gain/Loss % of Dáil # of Votes %
Fianna Fáil Eamon de Valera 69 +1 46.93   46.3
Fine Gael Richard Mulcahy 40 +9 27.21   25.7
Labour Party William Norton 16 -3 10.88   11.4
Clann na Talmhan Joseph Blowick 6 -1 4.08    
Clann na Poblachta Seán MacBride 2 -8 1.36    
Independents 14 +2 9.52    
Others   0 +0      
  147 0 100.0   100.0

Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... Eamon de Valera[1] (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara (October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and the Republican anti-Treaty opposition in... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ... Richard Mulcahy (1886-1971) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... William Norton (1900-1963), Irish politician, Labour Party leader (1932-1960). ... Clann na Talmhan (literally meaning Party of the Land) was an Irish political party. ... Joseph Blowick (1903-1970) was a senior Irish politician. ... Clann na Poblachta was an Irish republican political party founded by former IRA Chief of Staff Sean MacBride in (1946). ... Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was a senior Irish politician, barrister, revolutionary & statesman. ...

First Time TDs

Dr. Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. ... Joseph Brennan (1930 - 1980), was a senior Irish politician. ... Seán Flanagan was a senior Irish politician. ...

See also


This is a list of the 147 members who were elected to the 14th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ... The 14th Dáil was elected on May 30, 1951 and first met on June 13 when the 6th Government of Ireland was appointed. ...

Irish General Elections Elections in the Republic of Ireland gives information on election and election results in the Republic of Ireland. ...

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Irish general election, 1951 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (413 words)
The Irish general election of 1951 was held on May 30, 1951.
The general election took place in 40 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 147 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
The general election of 1951 was caused by a number of crises within the First Inter-Party Government, most notably the so called Mother and Child Scheme.
Irish general election, 1932 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (704 words)
The Irish general election of 1932 was held on February 16, 1932, just over two weeks after the dissolution of the 6th Dáil on January 29.
The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
The 1932 General Election was one of the most important general elections held in Ireland in the 20th Century.
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