1948 Irish general election
Result
First Inter-party government formed. When the votes were counted Fianna Fáil remained the largest party in spite of dropping 8 seats.

1948 Irish general election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: First Inter-party government formed. When the votes were counted Fianna Fáil remained the largest party in spite of dropping 8 seats.

Party	Leader	Seats	±	% of seats	First Pref votes	% FPv	±%

Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	68	–8	46.3	553,914	41.9	–7.0

Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy	31	+1	21.1	262,393	19.8	–0.7

Labour Party	William Norton	14	+6	9.5	115,073	8.7	–0.1

Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	10	New	6.8	174,823	13.2	–

Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	7	–2	4.7	73,813	5.6	–4.5

National Labour Party	James Everett	5	+1	3.4	34,015	2.6	–0.1

Monetary Reform Party	Oliver J. Flanagan	1	0	0.7	14,369	1.1	+0.3

Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	0	0	0	322	0.0	–0.5

Independent	N/A	11	+1	8.2	94,271	7.2	–0.6

Spoilt votes	13,185	—	—

Total	147	+9	100	1,336,628	100	—

Electorate/Turnout	1,800,210	74.2%	—

Sentence(s)

For this election the membership was increased to 147 seats, an increase of 9 since the previous election.

final_sentence: For this election the membership was increased to 147 seats, an increase of 9 since the previous election.