1965 Irish general election

Election to the 18th Dáil July 2021 July 2026 1965 Irish general election Ireland parliamentary no 1961 Irish general election 1961 17th Dáil 1969 Irish general election 1969 144 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 Act 1963.1963 19 Electoral Act 1963 12 July 1963 14 Re-election of outgoing Ceann Comhairle18th Dáil 1965: Clare https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1965&cons=42 ElectionsIreland.org 14 July 2022 73 7 April 1965 18th Dáil 75.1% 4.5 pp Seán_Lemass,_1966.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Seán Lemass 22 June 1959 Fianna Fáil Dublin South-Central 70 seats, 43.8% 71 72 2 597,414 47.7% 3.9 pp James Dillon circa 1930s.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 James Dillon 21 March 1959 Fine Gael Monaghan 47 seats, 32.0% 48 47 0 427,081 34.1% 2.1 pp Brendan Corish 1949.png 120 120 160 0 0 Brendan Corish 2 March 1960 Labour Party (Ireland) Wexford 16 seats, 11.6% 18 22 6 192,740 15.4% 3.7 pp Sean MacBride, 1940s (cropped).jpg 125 120 160 0 5 Seán MacBride 21 January 1946 Clann na Poblachta n/a 1 seat, 1.1% 1 1 0 9,427 0.8% 0.3 pp 300px Election results and first-preference votes in each constituency 300px Number of seats gained by each party in each constituency Taoiseach Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil Taoiseach after election Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil The 1965 Irish general election to the 18th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 7 April, following the dissolution of the 17th Dáil on 18 March by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The general election took place in 38 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas. The governing Fianna Fáil saw a slight increase, though did not obtain a majority. The 18th Dáil met at Leinster House on 21 April to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Lemass was re-appointed Taoiseach, forming the 11th government of Ireland, a single-party minority Fianna Fáil government. Campaign The general election of 1965 followed the failure of the governing Fianna Fáil to gain a seat in a by-election on 10 March 1965. The success of Eileen Desmond of the Labour Party in Cork Mid in holding a seat previously held by her husband Dan Desmond, led to an unacceptable mathematical situation with regard to the government's majority. On 18 March, the Taoiseach, Seán Lemass dissolved the Dáil and the campaign began in earnest. Fianna Fáil ran its campaign on its record in government. Over the last number of years, the economy had seen a huge improvement and the party played up on its record in government. The party also played up heavily on the personality of the party leader with the slogan "Let Lemass Lead On". Fine Gael put forward a comprehensive manifesto, which included the establishment of a government department concerned with economic planning. However, the older, conservative members of the party did not warm to the new turn the party was taking. Television and radio This was the first Irish general election to be covered on television by state broadcaster RTÉ, which had formed on 31 December 1961. Election Newsroom was broadcast live on Telefís Éireann from their Donnybrook studios in Dublin, presented by John O'Donoghue with analysis provided by John Healy (The Irish Times), John O'Sullivan (The Cork Examiner), Garret FitzGerald and Professor Basil Chubb. Cameras were present in four count centres: Bolton Street (Dublin), Wexford, Cork and Monaghan. The GPO provided direct links as results were announced. Raidió Éireann provided special coverage from 3 pm on the day of the count due to the coverage on Telefís Éireann. It was a new approach to election coverage on the state's radio service, which began broadcasting in 1926.http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t08b.html RTÉ COVERAGE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS – 1965 GENERAL ELECTION RTÉ Libraries and Archives 20 September 2011 4 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110904044951/http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t08b.html live Result 18th 7 April 1965 Election results and transfer of votes in general election (April, 1965) for eighteenth Dáil and bye-elections to seventeenth Dáil (1961–1965) https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/18thDail_April1965_ByeElections17th_1961_1965.pdf Houses of the Oireachtas Dublin Stationery Office 17 July 2022 March 1966http://electionsireland.org/results/general/18dail.cfm 18th Dáil 1965 General Election ElectionsIreland.org 31 May 2009 30 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101130164041/http://electionsireland.org/results/general/18dail.cfm livehttp://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm Dáil elections since 1918 ARK Northern Ireland 31 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|300px Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 72 +2 50.0 597,414 47.7 +3.9 Fine Gael James Dillon 47 0 32.6 427,081 34.1 +2.1 Labour Party (Ireland) Brendan Corish 22CC +6 15.3 192,740 15.4 +3.8 Clann na Poblachta Seán MacBrideAfter the election, while Seán MacBride was leader of Clann na Poblachta, John Tully became leader and the sole member of the parliamentary party. 1 0 0.7 9,427 0.8 –0.3 Irish Workers' Party Michael O'Riordan 0 0 0 183 0.0 0 Independent politician (Ireland) N/A 2 –4 1.4 26,277 2.1 –3.5 11,544 144 0 1,264,666 1,683,019 75.1% |} Voting summary First preference vote #ddd 600px 350px Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 47.67 Fine Gael Fine Gael 34.08 Labour Labour Party (Ireland) 15.38 Clann na Poblachta Clann na Poblachta darkgray 0.75 Irish Workers' Party Irish Workers' Party 0.01 Independent Independent politician (Ireland) 2.10 Seats summary Dáil seats #ddd 600px 350px Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 50.00 Fine Gael Fine Gael 32.64 Labour Labour Party (Ireland) 15.28 Clann na Poblachta Clann na Poblachta darkgray 0.69 Independent Independent politician (Ireland) 1.39 Government formation and aftermath Fianna Fáil formed the 11th Government of Ireland, a single-party government led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach. Lemass had been in office since 1959. James Dillon resigned as leader of Fine Gael immediately after the result was announced. In November 1966, Lemass resigned as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach, and was succeeded in both positions by Jack Lynch, who formed the 12th Government of Ireland. Changes in membership First time TDs David Andrews Luke Belton Ben Briscoe Flor Crowley Tom Fitzpatrick (Cavan) Tom Fitzpatrick (Dublin) James Kennedy Patrick Lenihan Gerry L'Estrange Michael Lyons Bobby Molloy John O'Connell Michael O'Leary Pearse Wyse Re-elected TDs Gus Healy Denis Larkin Outgoing TDs Gerald Bartley Robert Briscoe Dan Breen Joseph Blowick James Ryan Defeated TDs Seán Brady Jack McQuillan John Moher Denis J. O'Sullivan Eugene Timmons Seanad election The Dáil election was followed by an election to the 11th Seanad. Notes References Category:1965 elections in Europe General election, 1965 Category:1965 in Irish politics 1965 Category:18th Dáil Category:April 1965 in Europe