Historic Irish elections - 10. 1938
Rather remarkably, Fianna Fáil secured 52% of the vote, which gave them a clear majority in the Tenth Dáil. Both FG and Labour lost seats, but Cosgrave and Norton would remain as leaders well into the next decade.
Fianna Fáil 667,996 (51.9%) 77/138 seats (+8)
Fine Gael 428,633 (33.3%) 45 seats (-3)
Labour 128,945 (10%) 9 seats (-4)
Independents 60,685 (4.7%) 7 seats (-1)
Athlone-Longford: FF 2, FG 1
Carlow-Kildare: FF 2, FG 1, Labour 1
Cavan: FF 2, FG 1, Ind 1
Clare: FF 3, FG 1, Ind 1
Cork Borough: FF 2, FG 1, Labour 1
Cork North: FF 2, FG 2
Cork South East: FF 1, FG 1, Labour 1
Cork West: FF 2, FG 2, Labour 1
Donegal East: FF 2, FG 1, Ind 1
Donegal West: FF 2, FG 1 (All elected unopposed)
Dublin County: FF 3, FG 2
Dublin North East: FF 1, FG 1, Ind 1
Dublin North West: FF 3, FG 1, Ind 1
Dublin South: FF 4, FG 2, Ind 1
Dublin Townships: FG 2, FF 1
Galway East: FF 3, FG 1
Galway West: FF 2, FG 1
Kerry North: FF 3, FG 1
Kerry South: FF 2, FG 1 (All returned unopposed)
Kilkenny: FF 1, FG 1, Labour 1
Laois-Offaly: FF 3, FG 1, Labour 1
Leitrim: FF 2, FG 1
Limerick: FF 4, FG 2, Labour 1
Louth: FF 2, FG 1
Mayo North: FF 2, FG 1
Mayo South: FF 3, FG 2
Meath-Westmeath: FF 3, FG 2
Monaghan: FF 2, FG 1
Roscommon: FF 2, FG 1
Sligo: FF 2, FG 1
Tipperary: FF 4, FG 3
Waterford: FF 2, FG 2
Wexford: FF 2, FG 2, Labour 1
Wicklow: FF 1, Ind 1, Labour 1