1921 Irish elections

1921 Irish elections

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House of Commons of Southern Ireland

24 May 1921 (1921-05-24)

All 128 seats in the House of Commons 65 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– Sinn Féin Éamon de Valera Unopposed 124 Ind. Unionist None Unopposed 4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

House of Commons of Northern Ireland

24 May 1921 (1921-05-24) 1925 →

All 52 seats in the House of Commons 27 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– UUP James Craig 66.9 40 Sinn Féin Éamon de Valera 20.5 6 Nationalist Joseph Devlin 11.8 6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 1921 Irish elections took place in Ireland on 24 May 1921 to elect members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. These legislatures had been established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which granted Home Rule to a partitioned Ireland within the United Kingdom.^[1][2]

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) won a landslide majority in Northern Ireland. In the area designated as Southern Ireland, Sinn Féin candidates were elected unopposed in 124 of the 128 seats.

Only the Northern Ireland House of Commons actually sat as a functional body; the Sinn Féin candidates elected across Ireland boycotted both institutions, and instead assembled as the Second Dáil.