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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1922 Irish general election
| country = Southern Ireland
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1921 Irish elections
| previous_year = 1921
| previous_mps = Members of the 2nd Dáil
| next_election = 1923 Irish general election
| next_year = 1923
| seats_for_election = All 128 seats in [[Dáil Éireann]]
| majority_seats = 65
| election_date = 16 June 1922
| elected_mps = Members of the 3rd Dáil
| turnout = 62.5%

<!-- Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) -->| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Michael Collins 1921.jpg|bSize = 200 |cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 20}}
| leader1 = [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]
| leader_since1 = 1922
| party1 = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (Dáil constituency)|Cork Mid, etc.]]
| seats1 = '''58'''
| seat_change1 = 
| popular_vote1 = '''239,195'''
| percentage1 = '''38.5%'''
| swing1 = <!-- Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) -->
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Éamon de Valera.jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| leader2 = [[Éamon de Valera]]
| leader_since2 = 1917
| party2 = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
| leaders_seat2 = [[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
| seats2 = 36
| seat_change 2 = 
| popular_vote2 = 135,310
| percentage2 = 21.8%
| swing2 = <!-- Labour Party -->
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Tomjohnson (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader4 = [[Thomas Johnson (Irish politician)|Thomas&nbsp;Johnson]]
| leader_since4 = 1914
| party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
| leaders_seat4 = [[Dublin County (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County]]
| seats4 = 17
| seat_change 4 = 
| popular_vote4 = 132,565
| percentage4 = 21.3%
| swing4 = <!-- Farmers' Party -->
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Denis Gorey, 1931.jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| leader5 = [[Denis Gorey]]
| leader_since5 = 1922
| party5 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
| leaders_seat5 = [[Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)|Carlow–Kilkenny]]
| seats5 = 7
| seat_change5 = 
| popular_vote5 = 48,718
| percentage5 = 7.8%
| swing5 = 
| map_image = Irish_general_election_1922.png
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.
| title = Chairman of the Provisional<br>Government
| posttitle = Chairman of the<br>Provisional Government after election
| before_election = [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]
| before_party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
| after_election = [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]
| after_party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
The '''1922 Irish general election''' took place in [[Southern Ireland (1921–1922)|Southern Ireland]] on Friday, 16 June. The election was separately called by a resolution of [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)|Dáil Éireann]] on 19 May<ref>{{cite web |title=STATEMENT BY ARMY OFFICERS. - DECLARATION OF ELECTION. – Dáil Éireann (2nd Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-05-19/4/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=9 June 2021 |date=19 May 1922}}</ref> and by an order of the [[Provisional Government of Ireland (1922)|Provisional Government]] on 27 May.<ref>''A Proclamation Declaring the Calling of a Parliament in Ireland'', Michael Collins, Dermot O'Hegarty, 27 May 1922</ref> The body elected was thus both the [[Third Dáil]] and provisional parliament replacing the [[parliament of Southern Ireland]], under the provisions of the 1921 [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the formal establishment of the [[Irish Free State]]. From 6 December 1922, it continued as the [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)|Dáil Éireann]] of the Irish Free State.

The election was held under the electoral system of [[proportional representation]] by means of the [[single transferable vote]].<ref name=NS>{{cite book|first1=Dieter|last1=Nohlen|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen|first2=Philip|last2=Stöver|year=2010|title=Elections in Europe: A data handbook|page=990|publisher=Nomos |isbn=978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> It was the first contested general election held in the jurisdiction using the STV system. The election was held in the 128 seats using the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920 (constituencies)|constituencies]] designated to the Southern Ireland House of Commons in the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]] (see [[Government of Ireland Act 1920 (constituencies)]].) Under this Act, constituencies ranged in size from 3 to 8 seats, the largest being the eight seat [[Kerry–Limerick West (Dáil constituency)|Kerry–Limerick West]] and Cork Mid.

==Campaign==
In the [[1921 Irish elections|1921 elections]], [[Sinn Féin]] had won all seats in uncontested elections, except for the four in the [[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University]] constituency. On this occasion, however, most seats were contested. The treaty had divided the party between 65 pro-treaty candidates, 57 anti-treaty and 1 nominally on both sides. To minimise losses due to competition from other parties, [[Éamon de Valera]] and [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] worked out a pact approved on 20 May 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-05-20/2/|title=NATIONAL COALITION PANEL JOINT STATEMENT|date=20 May 1922}}</ref> They agreed that the pro-treaty and anti-treaty factions would fight the general election jointly and form a coalition government afterwards. The sitting member would not be opposed by the other faction. This pact prevented voters giving their opinions on the treaty itself, especially in uncontested seats. However, the draft [[Constitution of the Irish Free State]] was then published on 15 June, and so the anti-treaty Sinn Féin group's 36 seats out of 128 seemed to many to be a democratic endorsement of the pro-treaty Sinn Féin's arrangements.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} Others{{Who|date=December 2009}} argued that insufficient time was available to understand the draft constitution, but the main arguments and debates had already been made public during and after the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty#Dáil debates|Dáil Treaty Debates]] that had ended on 10 January 1922, nearly six months before.

[[Winston Churchill]], then [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]], opposed the Pact as undemocratic, and made a long statement on 31 May.<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1922/may/31/mr-churchills-statement Hansard 31 May 1922 – Churchill's statement]</ref> He was responsible at the time for steering the transitional arrangements between the Provisional Government and the government of the United Kingdom in the period between the ratification of the Treaty and the creation of the Irish Free State.

Despite the Pact, the election results started the effective division of Sinn Féin into separate parties. The anti-Treaty TDs then [[boycott]]ed the new Dáil, even though they had requested, negotiated and approved the terms of the Pact. This boycott gave uncontested control to the pro-treaty members of Sinn Féin, and so enabled [[W. T. Cosgrave]] to establish the [[Government of the 3rd Dáil#Second Provisional Government|Second Provisional Government]]. The [[1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State|First Executive Council of the Irish Free State]] was appointed on 6 December 1922 on the nomination of this Dáil.

==Result==
{{Irish general election header
|elec_no   = 3rd
|elec_date = 16 June
|elec_year = 1922
|note      =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/results/general/03dail.cfm|title=3rd Dáil 1922 General Election|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm|title=Dáil elections since 1918|work=ARK Northern Ireland|access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref>{{sfn|Nohlen|Stöver|2010|p=1009}}
|image = [[File:Irish general election 1922.svg|center|360px]]
}}
{{Irish general election party
|party     = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
|leader    = [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]
|seats     = 58
|seats_chg = ''N/A''
|seats_%   = 45.3
|fpv       = 239,195
|fpv_%     = 38.5
|fpv_chg   = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish general election party
|party     = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
|leader    = [[Éamon de Valera]]
|seats     = 36
|seats_chg = ''N/A''
|seats_%   = 28.1
|fpv       = 135,310
|fpv_%     = 21.8
|fpv_chg   = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish general election party
|party     = Labour Party (Ireland)
|leader    = [[Thomas Johnson (Irish politician)|Thomas Johnson]]
|seats     = 17
|seats_chg = ''New''
|seats_%   = 13.3
|fpv       = 132,565
|fpv_%     = 21.3
|fpv_chg   = ''New''
}}
{{Irish general election party
|party     = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
|leader    = [[Denis Gorey]]
|seats     = 7
|seats_chg = ''New''
|seats_%   = 5.5
|fpv       = 48,718
|fpv_%     = 7.8
|fpv_chg   = ''New''
}}
{{Irish general election party
|party     = Business and Professional Group
|leader    = 
|seats     = 1
|seats_chg = ''New''
|seats_%   = 0.8
|fpv       = 14,542
|fpv_%     = 2.3
|fpv_chg   = ''New''
}}
{{Irish general election party no link
|party     = Ratepayers' Association
|leader    = 
|seats     = 0
|seats_chg = ''New''
|seats_%   = 0
|fpv       = 2,617
|fpv_%     = 0.4
|fpv_chg   = ''New''
}}
{{Irish general election party
|party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
|leader    = ''N/A''
|seats     = 9
|seats_chg = ''N/A''
|seats_%   = 7.0
|fpv       = 48,638
|fpv_%     = 7.8
|fpv_chg   = ''N/A''
}}
{{Irish general election spoilt
|votes     = 19,684
}}
{{Irish general election total
|seats     = 128
|seats_chg = —
|fpv       = 641,271
}}
{{Irish general election electorate
|electorate = 1,430,104
|turnout    = 62.5%
}}
|}

Many seats were won unopposed; 17 by Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin, 16 by Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin and 4 by independents.

===Voting summary===
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|title=First preference vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=350px
|bars=
{{bar percent|'''Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)'''|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|38.48}}
{{bar percent|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|21.77}}
{{bar percent|Labour|{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}|21.33}}
{{bar percent|Farmers'|{{party color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}|7.84}}
{{bar percent|Businessman's|{{party color|Business and Professional Group}}|2.34}}
{{bar percent|Ratepayers Association|#777777|0.42}}
{{bar percent|Independent|{{party color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}|7.82}}
}}

Each party's seat share was within seven percent points of its vote share percentage.

===Seats summary===
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|title=Dáil seats
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=350px
|bars=
{{bar percent|'''Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)'''|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|45.31}}
{{bar percent|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|28.13}}
{{bar percent|Labour|{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}|13.28}}
{{bar percent|Farmers'|{{party color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}|5.47}}
{{bar percent|Businessman's|{{party color|Business and Professional Group}}|0.78}}
{{bar percent|Independent|{{party color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}|7.03}}
}}

==Analysis==
Out of a valid poll of 621,587 votes, the pro-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin won 239,195 votes and the anti-Treaty faction won 135,310 votes. The other parties and independents (see above) all supported the Treaty and secured a further 247,080 votes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Younger|first=Calton|title=Ireland's Civil War|publisher=Muller|location=London|year=1968|page=304}}</ref>

The vote was seen as significant in several ways:
*The pro-Treaty parties had secured support from over 75% of the electorate on the eve of the [[Irish Civil War]].
*The non-Sinn Féin parties had support from over 40% of the electorate.

Further, the anti-Treaty candidates had taken part in an election in line with Article 11 of the Treaty, even though they had argued that it was flawed, being partitionist. Their pro-Treaty opponents argued that this revealed that their anti-Treaty stance was opportunist, and not principled. Article 11 of the Treaty had limited such an election to the constituencies of the formative Free State, and specifically excluded constituencies in [[Northern Ireland]], yet the anti-Treaty argument was that the Dáil represented the whole island of Ireland.

==Government formation==
Within 12 days, on 28 June 1922, as a result of the tensions between pro- and anti-Treatyites, the [[Irish Civil War]] broke out, when the Provisional Government's troops began a bombardment of the Anti-Treaty IRA's occupation of the [[Four Courts]], Dublin. The Dáil had been due to convene on 1 July, but its opening was prorogued on 5 occasions, meeting on 9 September 1922.<ref>{{cite web |title=PROCLAMATIONS. - SUMMONING AND PROROGUING OF PARLIAMENT – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-09-09/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=19 March 2022 |date=9 September 1922}}</ref>

[[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] and [[Arthur Griffith]], leaders of two separate but co-operating administrations, had respectively been killed and had died in August. On 9 September 1922, [[W. T. Cosgrave]], leader of the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TDs, was elected as [[President of Dáil Éireann]] and formed the [[Government of the 3rd Dáil|5th Ministry of Dáil Éireann]].<ref>{{cite web |title=PROCLAMATIONS. - SUMMONING AND PROROGUING OF PARLIAMENT – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-09-09/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=19 March 2022 |date=9 September 1922}}</ref>

On 6 December 1922, on the establishment of the [[Irish Free State]], Cosgrave was nominated by the Dáil to the position of [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]], and was appointed by the [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General]] [[Tim Healy (politician)|Tim Healy]]. He formed the [[1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ELECTION OF PRESIDENT – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-12-06/5/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=19 March 2022 |date=6 December 1922}}</ref>

==Change in membership==
As each constituency was a multi-seat contest, rows represent changes in the constituency as a whole, rather than between individual TDs.
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Constituency
!Former TD
!colspan=2|Party
!Cause
!New TD
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)|Carlow–Kilkenny]]
|[[Edward Aylward]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Patrick Gaffney (politician)|Patrick Gaffney]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[James Lennon (Irish politician)|James Lennon]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Denis Gorey]]
|{{Party name with color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Cavan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan]]
|[[Paul Galligan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Retired
|[[Walter L. Cole]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|-
|[[Cork Borough (Dáil constituency)|Cork Borough]]
|[[Donal O'Callaghan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Robert Day (Irish politician, born 1884)|Robert Day]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Cork East and North East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East and North East]]
|[[Séamus Fitzgerald]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[John Dinneen]]
|{{Party name with color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Thomas Hunter (Irish politician)|Thomas Hunter]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Michael Hennessy]]
|{{Party name with color|Business and Professional Group}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (Dáil constituency)|Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West]]
|[[Seán MacSwiney]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Michael Bradley (politician)|Michael Bradley]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Seán Nolan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Thomas Nagle]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Patrick O'Keeffe (politician)|Patrick O'Keeffe]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Daniel Vaughan]]
|{{Party name with color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Dublin County (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County]]
|[[Séamus Dwyer]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Darrell Figgis]]
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Frank Lawless]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Died April 1922
|[[Thomas Johnson (Irish politician)|Thomas Johnson]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Margaret Pearse]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[John Rooney (Irish politician)|John Rooney]]
|{{Party name with color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin Mid (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Mid]]
|[[Kathleen Clarke]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Alfie Byrne]]
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Philip Shanahan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Laurence O'Neill]]
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South]]
|[[Constance Markievicz]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Myles Keogh (Irish politician)|Myles Keogh]]
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Cathal Ó Murchadha]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[William O'Brien (trade unionist)|William O'Brien]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Galway (Dáil constituency)|Galway]]
|[[Liam Mellows]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Thomas J. O'Connell]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Kildare–Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Kildare–Wicklow]]
|[[Erskine Childers (author)|Erskine Childers]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Hugh Colohan]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Art O'Connor]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[James Everett (politician)|James Everett]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Domhnall Ua Buachalla]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Richard Wilson (Irish politician)|Richard Wilson]]
|{{Party name with color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Leix–Offaly]]
|[[Patrick McCartan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[William Davin]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)|Longford–Westmeath]]
|[[Joseph McGuinness]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Died May 1922
|[[Francis McGuinness]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|-
|[[Lorcan Robbins]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[John Lyons (Longford politician)|John Lyons]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Louth–Meath (Dáil constituency)|Louth–Meath]]
|[[Justin McKenna]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Cathal O'Shannon]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Monaghan]]
|[[Seán MacEntee]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Retired
|[[Patrick MacCarvill]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|-
|[[National University of Ireland (constituency)|National University]]
|[[Ada English]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[William Magennis]]
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Tipperary Mid, North and South (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary Mid, North and South]]
|[[Patrick O'Byrne (politician)|Patrick O'Byrne]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Daniel Morrissey]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Waterford–Tipperary East (Dáil constituency)|Waterford–Tipperary East]]
|[[Eamon Dee]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[John Butler (Irish politician)|John Butler]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Frank Drohan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Resigned Jan 1922
|[[Daniel Byrne]]
|{{Party name with color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[Nicholas Phelan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[John Butler (Irish politician)|John Butler]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|[[Seán Etchingham]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Michael Doyle (Irish politician)|Michael Doyle]]
|{{Party name with color|Farmers' Party (Ireland)}}
|-
|[[James Ryan (Irish politician)|James Ryan]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)}}
|Defeated
|[[Daniel O'Callaghan]]
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|}

==Change in affiliation==
TD who contested 1922 election under a different affiliation to 1921.
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Constituency
!Outgoing TD
!colspan=2|Party in 1921
!colspan=2|Party in 1922
|-
|[[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|[[Richard Corish]]
|{{Party name with color|Sinn Féin}}
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|}

==See also==
*[[1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland]] - the first elections to Westminster after the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty that did not include the territory that would become the Irish Free State.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Irish elections}}
{{Irish Free State}}

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