| 1 | A | B | C |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Dáil Éireann - Number of members |  |  |
| 3 | Dáil | Election | TDs |
| 4 | 1st | 1918 | 105 |
| 5 | 2nd | 1921 | 180 |
| 6 | 3rd | 1922 | 128 |
| 7 | 4th | 1923 | 153 |
| 8 | 5th | Jun. 1927 | 153 |
| 9 | 6th | Sep. 1927 | 153 |
| 10 | 7th | 1932 | 153 |
| 11 | 8th | 1933 | 153 |
| 12 | 9th | 1937 | 138 |
| 13 | 10th | 1938 | 138 |
| 14 | 11th | 1943 | 138 |
| 15 | 12th | 1944 | 138 |
| 16 | 13th | 1948 | 147 |
| 17 | 14th | 1951 | 147 |
| 18 | 15th | 1954 | 147 |
| 19 | 16th | 1957 | 147 |
| 20 | 17th | 1961 | 144 |
| 21 | 18th | 1965 | 144 |
| 22 | 19th | 1969 | 144 |
| 23 | 20th | 1973 | 144 |
| 24 | 21st | 1977 | 148 |
| 25 | 22nd | 1981 | 166 |
| 26 | 23rd | Feb. 1982 | 166 |
| 27 | 24th | Nov. 1982 | 166 |
| 28 | 25th | 1987 | 166 |
| 29 | 26th | 1989 | 166 |
| 30 | 27th | 1992 | 166 |
| 31 | 28th | 1997 | 166 |
| 32 | 29th | 2002 | 166 |
| 33 | 30th | 2007 | 166 |
| 34 | 31st | 2011 | 166 |
| 35 | 32nd | 2016 | 158 |
| 36 | 33rd | Next | 160 |

Question: What years the did total membership of the Dáil decrease compared to the previous election?What years the did total membership of the Dáil decrease compared to the previous election?
Answer: The membership of the Dáil shrank in the 1922, 1937, 1961, 1981, and 2016 elections.