147 seats in Dáil Éireann[a] 74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
71.3% 5.2pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Éamon de Valera
Richard Mulcahy
William Norton
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Leader since
26 March 1926
1944
1932
Leader's seat
Clare
Tipperary South
Kildare
Last election
65 seats, 43.4%
50 seats, 32.0%
19 seats, 12.1%
Seats before
68
48
17
Seats won
78
40
12[a]
Seat change
10
8
5
Percentage
48.3%
26.6%
9.1%
Swing
4.9%
5.4%
3.0%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
SF
CnaT
Leader
Paddy McLogan
Joseph Blowick
Seán MacBride
Party
Sinn Féin
Clann na Talmhan
Clann na Poblachta
Leader since
1950
1944
1946
Leader's seat
N/A
Mayo South
Dublin South-West (defeated)
Last election
N/A
5 seats, 3.8%
3 seats, 3.1%
Seats before
N/A
5
3
Seats won
4
3
1
Seat change
4
2
2
Percentage
5.4%
2.4%
1.7%
Swing
5.4%
1.4%
1.4%
Percentage of seats gained by each of the five biggest parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
Taoiseach before election
John A. Costello
Fine Gael
Taoiseach after election
Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil
The 1957 Irish general election to the 16th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 5 March, following a dissolution of the 15th Dáil on 12 February by President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February. It was the longest election campaign in the history of the state, spanning 30 days. The general election took place in 40 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas.
The 16th Dáil met at Leinster House on 20 March to nominate the Taoiseach for appointment by the president and to approve the appointment of a new government of Ireland. Costello lost office, and Éamon de Valera was appointed Taoiseach, forming the 8th Government of Ireland, a single-party majority Fianna Fáil government.
^Electoral (Chairman of Dail Eireann) Act 1937, s. 3: Re-election of outgoing Ceann Comhairle (No. 25 of 1937, s. 3). Enacted on 1 November 1937. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^"16th Dáil 1957: Clare". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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