1944 Irish general election
Result
Fianna Fáil majority government formed.

1944 Irish general election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: Fianna Fáil majority government formed.

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

Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera	76	+9	55.1	595,259	48.9	+7.0

Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy	30	–2	21.8	249,329	20.5	–2.6

Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	9	–1	6.5	122,745	10.1	+0.3

Labour Party	William Norton	8	–9	5.8	106,767	8.8	–6.9

National Labour Party	James Everett	4	New	2.9	32,732	2.7	–

Monetary Reform Party	Oliver J. Flanagan	1	0	0.7	9,856	0.8	+0.5

Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	0	0	0	5,809	0.5	+0.3

Independent	N/A	10	0	7.2	94,852	7.8	–0.9

Spoilt votes	12,790	—	—

Total	138	0	100	1,230,139	100	—

Electorate/Turnout	1,816,142	69.2%	—

Sentence(s)

The 1944 Irish general elections took place for a total of 138 seats.

final_sentence: The 1944 Irish general elections took place for a total of 138 seats.