The 11th Dáil was elected at the 1943 general election on 23 June 1943 and met on 1 July 1943. The members of

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, the house of representatives of the

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(legislature) of

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, are known as TDs. The Dáil adjourned ''sine die'' on 10 May 1944, the day after

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Douglas Hyde called a general election for 30 May at the request of the

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. The 11th Dáil was dissolved on 7 June 1944. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until after the election. Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943. The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during the

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, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence. The 13th Dáil lasted days. There were no by-elections during this Dáil.

Composition of the 11th Dáil

Government party denoted with bullet ()

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 11th Dáil from July 1943. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 1 July 1943, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as

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since 1932, was proposed by

and seconded by

Seán T. O'Kelly Seán Thomas O'Kelly ( ga, Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh; 25 August 1882 – 23 November 1966), originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the second president of Ireland from June 1945 to June 1959. He also serve ...

for the position, and was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 138 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

Changes

References

External links

Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 11th Dáil
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