1957 Irish general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1957_Irish_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:cause collapse of the Second Inter-Party Government
gptkbp:Clann_na_PoblachtaLeader gptkb:Seán_MacBride
gptkbp:Clann_na_PoblachtaSeatsWon 1
gptkbp:Clann_na_PoblachtaVoteShare 1.6%
gptkbp:Clann_na_TalmhanLeader Joseph Blowick
gptkbp:Clann_na_TalmhanSeatsWon 3
gptkbp:Clann_na_TalmhanVoteShare 2.4%
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:date 5 March 1957
gptkbp:Fianna_FáilSeatsWon 78
gptkbp:Fianna_FáilVoteShare 48.3%
gptkbp:Fine_GaelSeatsWon 40
gptkbp:Fine_GaelVoteShare 26.6%
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1957 Irish general election
gptkbp:independentSeatsWon 9
gptkbp:independentVoteShare 6.6%
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 12
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 9.1%
gptkbp:leader gptkb:William_Norton
gptkbp:leaderOfWinningParty gptkb:Éamon_de_Valera
gptkbp:mainCandidate 319
gptkbp:majoritySeats 74
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1961_Irish_general_election
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Fine_Gael
gptkb:Richard_Mulcahy
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:16th_Dáil
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1954_Irish_general_election
gptkbp:result Fianna Fáil formed a single-party government
gptkbp:resultedInTaoiseach gptkb:Éamon_de_Valera
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 147
gptkbp:Sinn_FéinSeatsWon 4
gptkbp:Sinn_FéinVoteShare 5.4%
gptkbp:taoiseachAfterElection gptkb:Éamon_de_Valera
gptkbp:taoiseachBeforeElection gptkb:John_A._Costello
gptkbp:voterTurnout 71.3%
gptkbp:votingSystem proportional representation by single transferable vote
gptkbp:won gptkb:Fianna_Fáil
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1961_Irish_general_election
gptkb:Clare_(Dáil_constituency)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6