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1948 Irish general election
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1948_Irish_general_election
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:date
4 February 1948
gptkbp:dáilNumber
gptkb:13th_Dáil
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1948 Irish general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won
14
gptkbp:majoritySeats
74
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:1951_Irish_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor
John A. Costello becoming Taoiseach
ending 16 years of Fianna Fáil government
formation of first coalition government in Ireland
gptkbp:party
gptkb:Fianna_Fáil
gptkb:Clann_na_Talmhan
gptkb:Fine_Gael
gptkb:Clann_na_Poblachta
gptkb:Labour_Party_(Ireland)
gptkb:Independents
gptkb:National_Labour_Party
gptkbp:previousEdition
gptkb:1944_Irish_general_election
gptkbp:resultedIn
First Inter-Party Government
gptkbp:seatingCapacity
147
gptkbp:seatsWonByClannNaPoblachta
10
gptkbp:seatsWonByClannNaTalmhan
7
gptkbp:seatsWonByFiannaFáil
68
gptkbp:seatsWonByFineGael
31
gptkbp:seatsWonByIndependents
12
gptkbp:seatsWonByNationalLabourParty
5
gptkbp:taoiseachAfterElection
gptkb:John_A._Costello
gptkbp:taoiseachBeforeElection
gptkb:Éamon_de_Valera
gptkbp:voterTurnout
76.2%
gptkbp:votingSystem
proportional representation (single transferable vote)
gptkbp:won
gptkb:Fianna_Fáil
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:1944_Irish_general_election
gptkb:Clare_(Dáil_constituency)
gptkb:Clann_na_Poblachta
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6