Irish general election, 1922

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The Irish general election of 1922 took place in Southern Ireland on June 16, 1922, under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the establishment of the Irish Free State. For Irish Republicans this chose the membership of the Third Dáil of the Irish Republic; under the provisions of the treaty it was a provisional parliament replacing the parliament of Southern Ireland. From 6 December 1922 it was the Dáil Éireann of the Irish Free State.

Campaign

As in the Irish elections, 1921 in the south, Sinn Féin stood one candidate for every seat, except those for the University of Dublin and one other; the treaty had divided the party between 65 pro-treaty candidates, 57 anti-treaty and 1 nominally on both sides. Unlike the elections a year earlier, other parties stood in most constituencies forcing single transferable vote elections, with Sinn Féin losing 31 seats.

After the elections, the elected anti-treaty members boycotted the assembly to launch the Irish civil war, allowing the pro-treaty Sinn Féin members a majority, and so enabling W.T. Cosgrave to establish the Second Irish Provisional Government and later the First Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

Result

Party	Seats	Loss/Gain	Dáil Seats (%)
Sinn Féin (pro-treaty)	58 (17 unopposed)	-	45.3
Sinn Féin (anti-treaty)	35 (16 unopposed)	-	27.3
Labour	17	+17	13.3
Farmers Party	7	+ 7	5.5
Independents	11 (4 unopposed)	+ 7	8.6

See also

• Government of the 3rd Dáil

Irish General Elections

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