1959 Irish presidential election

The 1959 Irish presidential election was held on Wednesday, 17 June 1959. Éamon de Valera, then Taoiseach, was elected as president of Ireland. A referendum proposed by de Valera to replace the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote with first-past-the-post voting which was held on the same day was defeated by 48.2% to 51.8%.

1959 Irish presidential election
17 June 1959
Turnout58.3%
 
Nominee Éamon de Valera Seán Mac Eoin
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael
Popular vote 538,003 417,536
Final percentage 56.3% 43.7%
President before election

Seán T. O'Kelly
Fianna Fáil

 Elected President

Éamon de Valera
Fianna Fáil

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