1921 Irish general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1921_Irish_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:date 24 May 1921
gptkbp:elects gptkb:House_of_Commons_of_Southern_Ireland
gptkb:House_of_Commons_of_Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1922_Irish_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1921 Irish general election
gptkbp:legislative_basis gptkb:Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920
gptkbp:notable_for Sinn Féin candidates returned unopposed in Southern Ireland
first election after partition of Ireland
first use of proportional representation in Ireland
gptkbp:number_of_seats_(Northern_Ireland) 52
gptkbp:number_of_seats_(Southern_Ireland) 128
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Irish_War_of_Independence
gptkbp:party gptkb:Ulster_Unionist_Party
gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1918_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:resultedIn establishment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
establishment of the Second Dáil
gptkbp:turnout_(Northern_Ireland) 88%
gptkbp:votingSystem single transferable vote
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clare_(Dáil_constituency)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6