1965 Irish general election






















Irish general election, 1965






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143 of 144 seats in Dáil Éireann
73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 75.1%



























































































































 
 First party
 Second party
 
Séan Lemass at Schiphol Airport (cropped).jpg
No image.png
Leader
Seán Lemass
James Dillon
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Leader since
22 June 1959
 1959
Leader's seat
Dublin South-Central
Monaghan
Last election
 70 seats, 43.8%
 47 seats, 32.0%
Seats before
 71
 48
Seats won
 72
 47
Seat change
Increase1
Decrease1
Percentage
 47.7%
 34.1%
Swing
Increase3.9%
Increase2.1%
 
 Third party
 Fourth party
 
No image.png
Seán MacBride 1984.jpg
Leader
Brendan Corish
Seán MacBride
Party
Labour Party
Clann na Poblachta
Leader since
 1960
 1946
Leader's seat
Wexford
 N/A
Last election
 16 seats, 11.6%
 1 seat, 1.1%
Seats before
 17
 1
Seats won
 22
 1
Seat change
Increase5
Steady 0
Percentage
 15.4%
 0.8%
Swing
Increase3.7%
Decrease0.3%



Irish general election 1965.png
Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.







Taoiseach before election

Seán Lemass
Fianna Fáil
Subsequent Taoiseach

Seán Lemass
Fianna Fáil


The Irish general election of 1965 was held on 7 April 1965. The newly elected members of the 18th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 21 April when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed.


The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.




Contents






  • 1 Campaign


  • 2 Television and radio


  • 3 Result


    • 3.1 Voting summary


    • 3.2 Seats summary




  • 4 First time TDs


  • 5 Re-elected TDs


  • 6 Outgoing TDs


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References





Campaign


The general election of 1965 was caused by the ruling Fianna Fáil party's failure to gain a seat in a by-election. The success of Eileen Desmond of the Labour Party in Cork Mid in holding a seat previously held by her husband Dan Desmond, led to an unacceptable mathematical situation with regard to the government's majority. The Taoiseach, Seán Lemass immediately dissolved the Dáil and the campaign began in earnest.


Fianna Fáil ran its campaign on its record in government. Over the last number of years the economy had seen a huge improvement and the party played up on its record in government. The party also played up heavily on the personality of the party leader with the slogan "Let Lemass Lead On". Fine Gael put forward a comprehensive manifesto, which included the establishment of a government department concerned with economic planning. However, the older, conservative members of the party did not warm to the new turn the party was taking.



Television and radio


This was the first Irish General Election to be covered on television by state broadcaster RTÉ, which had formed on 31 December 1961. Election Newsroom was broadcast live on Telefís Éireann from their Donnybrook studios in Dublin, presented by John O'Donoghue with analysis provided by John Healy (Irish Times), John O'Sullivan (The Cork Examiner), Garret FitzGerald and Professor Basil Chubb. Cameras were present in four count centres: Bolton Street (Dublin), Wexford, Cork and Monaghan. The GPO provided direct links as results were announced. Raidió Éireann provided special coverage from 3 pm on the day of the count due to the coverage on Telefís Éireann. It was a new approach to election coverage on the state's radio service, which began broadcasting in 1926.[1]



Result








































































































18th Irish general election – 7 April 1965[2][3][4]
Party
 Leader
 Seats
 ±
 % of
seats
 First Pref
votes
 % FPv
 ±%


Fianna Fáil
Seán Lemass
 72
 +2
 50.0
 597,414
 47.7
 +3.9


Fine Gael
James Dillon
 47
 0
 32.6
 427,081
 34.1
 +2.1


Labour Party
Brendan Corish
 22
 +6
 15.3
 192,740
 15.4
 +3.8


Clann na Poblachta
Seán MacBride[5]
 1
 0
 0.7
 9,427
 0.8
 –0.3


Irish Workers' Party
Michael O'Riordan
 0
 0
 0
 183
 0.0
 0


Independent
N/A
 2
 –4
 1.4
 26,277
 2.1
 –3.5
Spoilt votes
 11,544
 —
 —

Total
144
0
100
1,264,666
100
 —
Electorate/Turnout
 1,683,019
 75.1%
 —

  • Fianna Fáil majority government formed.

The general election gave Fianna Fáil an extra two seats, and with it an overall majority in the Dáil. Seán Lemass continued as Taoiseach. James Dillon resigned as leader of Fine Gael immediately after the result was announced.



Voting summary











































First preference vote
Fianna Fáil
 
 47.67%
Fine Gael
 
 34.08%
Labour
 
 15.38%
Clann na Talmhan
 
 0.75%
Others
 
 0.01%
Independent
 
 2.10%




Seats summary






































Assembly seats
Fianna Fáil
 
 50.00%
Fine Gael
 
 32.64%
Labour
 
 15.28%
Clann na Talmhan
 
 0.69%
Independent
 
 1.39%




First time TDs



  • David Andrews

  • Luke Belton

  • Ben Briscoe

  • Flor Crowley


  • Tom Fitzpatrick (Cavan)


  • Tom Fitzpatrick (Dublin)

  • James Kennedy

  • Patrick Lenihan

  • Gerry L'Estrange

  • Michael Lyons

  • Bobby Molloy

  • John O'Connell

  • Michael O'Leary

  • Pearse Wyse



Re-elected TDs



  • Gus Healy

  • Denis Larkin



Outgoing TDs




  • Gerald Bartley (Retired)


  • Seán Brady (Lost seat)


  • Robert Briscoe (Retired)


  • Dan Breen (Retired)


  • Joseph Blowick (Retired)


  • John Moher (Lost seat)


  • Denis J. O'Sullivan (Lost seat)


  • James Ryan (Retired)


  • Eugene Timmons (Lost seat)



See also



  • Members of the 18th Dáil

  • Government of the 18th Dáil

  • Parliamentary Secretaries of the 18th Dáil



References





  1. ^ "RTÉ COVERAGE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS – 1965 GENERAL ELECTION". RTÉ Libraries and Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "18th Dáil 1965 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 31 May 2009.


  3. ^ "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. Retrieved 31 May 2009.


  4. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1009-1017
    ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7


  5. ^ After the election, while Seán MacBride was leader of Clann na Poblachta, John Tully became leader and the sole member of the parliamentary party.










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