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Winner Party Constituency Date Parliament Outgoing Party Reason for vacancy Augustine Roche: IPP: North Louth: 15 March 1911 Richard Hazleton: IPP: Void election
The Irish component of the December 1910 United Kingdom general election took place between 3 and 19 December, concurrently with the polls in Great Britain. Though the national result was a deadlock between the Conservatives and the Liberals, the result in Ireland was, as was the trend by now, a large victory for the Irish Parliamentary Party.
Residents of the state who are Irish citizens or British citizens may vote in elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament). Residents who are citizens of any EU state may vote in European Parliament elections, while any resident, regardless of citizenship, may vote in local elections. [1]
Irish Parliamentary: Irish Unionist: All-for-Ireland: Leader since 1900 1910 15 January 1910 Leader's seat Waterford City: Dublin University: Cork City: Seats before 81 16 New Party: Seats won 71: 20 8 Seat change 10 4 New Party: Popular vote 74,047 68,982 23,605 Percentage 35.1% 32.7% 11.2%
This is a summary of the results of general elections to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament, from 1918 to the present. With the exception of 1918, they were held using the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote .
The Liberal Party under Asquith remained in government with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party. This was the last election in which the Liberals won the highest number of seats in the House of Commons. It was also the last United Kingdom general election in which a party other than Labour or the Conservatives won the most seats.
General elections in Ireland (Irish Free State / Ireland (Éire) / Republic of Ireland) from 1922 to present are in this category. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by the rejection of the People's Budget by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords , in order to get a mandate to pass the budget.