EIRE ELECTION FIGURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 26 June 1943, Page 2

EIRE ELECTION FIGURES

final state of parties DE VALERA ASSURED OF SUPPORT London, June 25. Final figures in the Eire election are: Fianna Fail 67 Fine Gael 32 Labour 17 Farmers 9 Independents 13 The state of the parties before the election was: Fianna Fail 67, Fine Gael 45, Labour 9, Independents 7, The Press Association corrsepondent at Dublin says that although Mr de Valera has lost a clear working majority over the combined opposition parties the relations between the Fianna Fail and the smaller opposition groups may easily enable Mr de Valera to come to sound arrangements whereby his Government will carry on for a considerable time. Labour deputies, who are the most powerful of the smaller groups, have always been more sympathetically disposed towards Mr de Valera than to Mr Cosgrave, and Mr de Valera had to rely on them in his earlier administrations to preserve the Government’s stability. The new strength of the Farmers’ Party introduces a more incalculable element which is likely to influence Mr de Valera’s agricultural policy.—P.A.