1957 Irish general election

Election to the 16th Dáil December 2022 April 2013 1957 Irish general election Ireland parliamentary no 1954 Irish general election 1954 5 March 1957 1961 Irish general election 1961 147 seats in Dáil ÉireannCC Including Patrick Hogan (Lab), returned automatically for Clare as outgoing Ceann Comhairle, under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937.1937 25 Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937 1 November 1937 3 Re-election of outgoing Ceann Comhairle16th Dáil 1957: Clare https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1957&cons=42 ElectionsIreland.org 14 July 2022 74 71.3% 5.2 pp 15th Dáil 16th Dáil Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland, in 1960s (43915959314).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Éamon de Valera 26 March 1926 Fianna Fáil Clare 65 seats, 43.4% 78 13 592,994 48.3% 4.9 pp Richard Mulcahy, 1948 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Richard Mulcahy 1944 Fine Gael Tipperary South 50 seats, 32.0% 40 10 326,699 26.6% 5.4 pp William Norton, circa 1945 (cropped).png 120 120 160 0 0 William Norton 1932 Labour Party (Ireland) Kildare 19 seats, 12.1% 12 7 111,747 9.1% 3.0 pp SF Paddy McLogan 1950 Sinn Féin N/A 0 seats, 0.1% 4 4 65,640 5.4% 5.3 pp Joseph Blowick, 1950 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Joseph Blowick 1944 Clann na Talmhan Mayo South 5 seats, 3.8% 3 2 28,905 2.4% 1.4 pp Sean MacBride, 1940s (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 10 Seán MacBride 1946 Clann na Poblachta Dublin South-West(defeated) 3 seats, 3.1% 1 2 20,632 1.7% 1.4 pp 400px Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency 400px Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency Taoiseach John A. Costello Fine Gael Taoiseach after election Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil The 1957 Irish general election to the 16th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 5 March, following a dissolution of the 15th Dáil on 12 February by President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February. It was the longest election campaign in the history of the state, spanning 30 days. The general election took place in 40 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas. The 16th Dáil met at Leinster House on 20 March to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Costello lost office, and Éamon de Valera was appointed Taoiseach, forming the 8th government of Ireland, a single-party majority Fianna Fáil government. Campaign The 1957 general election was precipitated by the crisis in the trade balance and the government's reaction to it. As a result of this crisis, Fianna Fáil tabled a motion of no confidence in the inter-party government of Fine Gael, Labour and Clann na Talmhan. The Dáil had been scheduled to resume on 13 February. Rather than face defeat in the vote, on 4 February the Taoiseach John A. Costello, sought a dissolution of the Dáil for 12 February.Dail will be dissolved next Tuesday https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1957/0205/Pg001.html#Ar00101 19 December 2022 The Irish Times 5 February 1957 1 subscription The campaign was fought largely over economic issues and the situation in Northern Ireland. In the North, the IRA had launched Operation Harvest which drew much popular support in the south. Sinn Féin had been re-built and re-organized as a party by Paddy McLogan and was fielding abstentionist candidates. Fianna Fáil had produced a major policy document in January, criticising many of its own policies in regard to the economy. While they did not know an election was imminent this became the backbone of their manifesto. The importance of free trade was played up by Fianna Fáil in a clear rejection of the protectionist policies they had advocated in the past. The architect of many of these new policies was the spokesperson for Industry and Commerce and the heir-apparent of the party, Seán Lemass. At 75 years of age Éamon de Valera was fighting his last general election as leader of the party. In spite of his age, he carried out a vigorous campaign, often being accompanied by brass bands and torch-lit processions. The Fianna Fáil message was simple: coalition governments were unstable. The other parties, most of them having enjoyed a stint in government over the previous three years, fought the election on their record in office, Fine Gael in particular. Clann na Talmhan failed to broaden their appeal and remained the voice of the farmers. Clann na Poblachta under Seán MacBride had agreed not to stand in constituencies where Sinn Féin were fielding candidates and lost two of its three seats. Sinn Féin, fighting one of its first post-war elections on an abstentionist ticket won 4 seats. Result 16th 5 March 1957 Election results and transfer of votes in general election (March, 1957) for sixteenth Dáil and bye-elections to fifteenth Dáil (1954–1957) https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/16thDail_March1957_ByeElections15thDail_1954_1957.pdf Houses of the Oireachtas Dublin Stationery Office 14 July 2022 December 1957http://electionsireland.org/results/general/16dail.cfm 16th Dáil 1957 General Election ElectionsIreland.org 27 May 2009 24 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071124043639/http://www.electionsireland.org/results/general/16dail.cfm livehttp://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm Dáil elections since 1918 ARK Northern Ireland 27 May 2009 27 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201127122828/https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm liveDieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Philip Stöver 2010 Elections in Europe: A data handbook 1009–1017 Nomos 978-3-8329-5609-7 center|360px Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera 78 +13 53.1 592,994 48.3 +4.9 Fine Gael Richard Mulcahy 40 –10 27.2 326,699 26.6 –5.4 Labour Party (Ireland) William Norton 12CC –7 8.2 111,747 9.1 –3.0 Sinn Féin Paddy McLogan 4 +4 2.7 65,640 5.3 +5.2 Clann na Talmhan Joseph Blowick 3 –2 2.0 28,905 2.4 –1.4 Clann na Poblachta Seán MacBrideAfter the election, while Seán MacBride remained leader of Clann na Poblachta, John Tully was the sole member of the parliamentary party. 1 –2 0.7 20,632 1.7 –1.4 Irish Housewives' Association 0 New 0 4,797 0.4 – Ratepayers' Association 0 New 0 3,113 0.3 – Independent politician (Ireland) N/A 9 +4 6.1 72,492 5.9 +0.6 11,540 147 0 1,238,559 1,738,278 71.3 |} Voting summary First preference vote #ddd 600px 350px Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 48.34 Fine Gael Fine Gael 26.63 Labour Labour Party (Ireland) 9.11 Sinn Féin Sinn Féin 5.35 Clann na Talmhan Clann na Talmhan 2.36 Clann na Poblachta Clann na Poblachta darkgray 1.68 Others #777777 0.64 Independent Independent politician (Ireland) 5.91 Seats summary Dáil seats #ddd 600px 350px Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 53.06 Fine Gael Fine Gael 27.21 Labour Labour Party (Ireland) 8.16 Sinn Féin Sinn Féin 2.72 Clann na Talmhan Clann na Talmhan 2.04 Clann na Poblachta Clann na Poblachta darkgray 0.68 Independent Independent politician (Ireland) 6.12 Government formation A Fianna Fáil majority government was formed. Éamon de Valera became Taoiseach for the last time. Change in membership First time TDs Kevin Boland (Appointed Minister for Defence on his first day in the Dáil) Lionel Booth Seán Browne Batt Donegan Paddy Clohessy Patrick Dooley Pádraig Faulkner Jim Gibbons Charles Haughey Gus Healy Brigid Hogan John Joe McGirl Jack Murphy Ruairí Ó Brádaigh Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain James O'Toole John Joe Rice Patrick Tierney Re-elected TDs Frank Loughman Retiring TDs Peadar Doyle Brendan Glynn Outgoing TDs Patrick Crowe Seán Collins James Hession Edward Kelly Joseph Roddy Seanad election The Dáil election was followed by an election to the 9th Seanad. Notes References Category:1957 elections in Europe General election, 1957 1957 Category:16th Dáil General election Category:March 1957 in Europe