1918 Irish general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1918_Irish_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:date 14 December 1918
gptkbp:electorate_size ~1,936,673
gptkbp:first_Dáil_convened 21 January 1919
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1918 Irish general election
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Irish_Parliamentary_Party
gptkbp:notable_for first election after Representation of the People Act 1918
first time most Irish MPs abstained from Westminster
foundation of Irish Republic declared by Sinn Féin MPs
first election with women candidates in Ireland
first election with women voters in Ireland
landslide victory for Sinn Féin
precursor to Irish War of Independence
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Constance_Markievicz
gptkbp:number_of_Irish_Parliamentary_Party_seats_won 6
gptkbp:number_of_Sinn_Féin_seats_won 73
gptkbp:number_of_Unionist_seats_won 22
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:1918_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:First_Dáil
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 105
gptkbp:successor gptkb:1921_Irish_elections
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout ~68.7%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1921_Irish_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7