1925 Seanad election

An election for 19 of the 60 seats in Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Irish Free State, was held on 17 September 1925. The election was by single transferable vote, with the entire state forming a single 19-seat electoral district.

1925 Seanad election
17 September 1925
19 of 60 seats in Seanad Éireann
31 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout23.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader W. T. Cosgrave Thomas Johnson Denis Gorey
Party Cumann na nGaedheal Labour Farmers' Party
Leader since April 1923 1922 1922
Last election 14 seats, 23.3% 6 seats, 10% 1 seats, 1.7%
Seats before 14 6 1
Seats won 15 5 3
Seat change 1 1 2
Popular vote 126,218 46,776 42,785
Percentage 41.3% 15.3% 8.9%

The election saw 8 Cumann na nGaedheal members elected, alongside three Labour Party, three Farmers' Party and five others.

There were 76 candidates on the ballot paper, whom voters ranked by preference. Of the two main political parties, the larger (Cumann na nGaedheal) did not formally endorse any candidates, while the other (Sinn Féin, whose TDs were abstentionist) boycotted the election. Voter turnout was low and the outcome was considered unsatisfactory. Subsequently, senators were selected by the Oireachtas rather than the electorate.

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