Clare (Dáil constituency)

For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (disambiguation).

Clare is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Clare
Dáil constituency
Location of Clare within Ireland
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Ennis Ennistymon Kilrush Newmarket-on-Fergus Shannon
Current constituency
Created	1921
Seats	4 (1921–1923) 5 (1923–1948) 4 (1948–1969) 3 (1969–1981) 4 (1981–)
TDs	Joe Cooney (FG)   Cathal Crowe (FF)   Timmy Dooley (FF)   Donna McGettigan (SF)
Local government area	County Clare
Created from	East Clare West Clare
EP constituency	South

History

Clare is historically a Fianna Fáil stronghold. The party founder Éamon de Valera served the constituency for 38 years, from 1921 to 1959, for many years of that time as Taoiseach and then, on his resignation as a TD, as president of Ireland. From 1917 to 1922 he had been Sinn Féin Westminster MP for the preceding constituency of East Clare. His granddaughter, Síle de Valera, represented the constituency from 1987 to 2007. Other notable former deputies include Patrick Hillery (later president 1976–1990), the long-serving Ceann Comhairle (chairperson of the Dáil) Patrick Hogan and Moosajee Bhamjee, the first Muslim TD.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and has been in use for Dáil elections since the 1921 election. The constituency's boundaries have varied since its formation in 1921. From the 2020 general election, the constituency spans the entire area of County Clare. The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that no change be made at the next general election.^[1] The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[2]

"The county of Clare."

Changes to the Clare constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1921–1923	4	County Clare.[3]	Constituency created from East Clare and West Clare
1923–1937	5	County Clare.[4]
1937–1948	5	County Clare; and in County Galway,[5] the district electoral divisions of Ardnamullivan, Ballycahalan, Ballynagar, Beagh, Cahermore, Cappard, Coos, Derrylaur, Doorus, Drumkeary, Drummin, Gort, Kilbeacanty, Kill-inny, Kiltartan, Kilthomas, Kinvarra, Loughatorick, Marblehill, Skehanagh and Woodford.	Transfer from former constituency of Galway
1948–1969	4	County Clare.[6][7]
1969–1977	3	County Clare, except the part in the constituency of Clare–South Galway.[8]	Transfer to Clare–South Galway of Abbey, Carran, Castletown, Derreen, Drum-creehy, Gleninagh, Lisdoonvarna, Mount Elva, Noughaval, Oughtmama, Rathborney, in the former Rural District of Ballyvaghan; Ballyeighter, Boston, Corrofin, Glenroe, Killinaboy, Kiltoraght, Muckanagh, Rath, Ruan, in the former Rural District of Corrofin; Crusheen, Kilraghtis, in the former Rural District of Ennis; Cloghaun, in the former Rural District of Ennistimon; Ayle, Boherglass, Caherhurly, Cahermurphy, Cappaghabaun, Carrowbaun, Cloonusker, Coolreagh, Corlea, Derrynagittagh, Drummaan, Feakle, Inishcaltra North, Inishcaltra South, Killaloe, Mountshannon, Ogonnelloe, Scarriff, in the former Rural District of Scarriff; Ballynahinch, Caher, Glendree, Killanena, Kiltannon, Loughea, Newgrove, Rathclooney, Toberbreeda, Tulla, in the former Rural District of Tulla.
1977–1981	3	County Clare, except the part in the constituency of West Galway.[9]	Part in Galway West being Abbey, Carran, Castletown, Derreen, Drumcreehy, Gleninagh, Lisdoonvarna, Mount Elva, Noughaval, Oughtmama, Rathborney, in the former Rural District of Ballyvaghan; Ballyeighter, Boston, Corrofin, Glenroe, Killinaboy, Kiltoraght, Muckanagh, Rath, Ruan, in the former Rural District of Corrofin; Dysert, Templemaley, in the former Rural District of Ennis; Ballagh, Ballyea, Ballysteen, Cloghaun, Clooney, Ennistimon, Kilfenora, Killaspuglonane, Killilagh, Kilshanny, Liscannor, Lurraga, Magherareagh, Smithstown, in the former Rural District of Ennistimon.
1981–1992	4	County Clare.[10][11]	Transfer from Galway West
1992–2011	4	County Clare, except the part in the constituency of Limerick East.[12][13][14][15]	Transfer to Limerick East of the townlands of Athlunkard, Ballykeelaun, Cloonoughter, Fairyhill, Garraun, Gortatogher, Kilquane, Knockballynameath, Parteen, Quinspool South, Rosmadda East, Rosmadda West, St. Thomas' Island, Shannakyle, in the district electoral division of Ballyglass, in the former Rural District of Meelick.
2011–2020	4	County Clare, except the part in the constituency of Limerick City.[16][17]
2020–	4	County Clare.[18][2]	Transfer from Limerick City

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Clare 1921–[19]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   AT-SF = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   PT-SF = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921[20]		Éamon de Valera (SF)		Brian O'Higgins (SF)		Seán Liddy (SF)		Patrick Brennan (SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922[21]		Éamon de Valera (AT-SF)		Brian O'Higgins (AT-SF)		Seán Liddy (PT-SF)		Patrick Brennan (PT-SF)
4th	1923[22]		Éamon de Valera (Rep)		Brian O'Higgins (Rep)		Conor Hogan (FP)		Eoin MacNeill (CnaG)		Patrick Hogan (Lab)
5th	1927 (Jun)[23]		Éamon de Valera (FF)		Patrick Houlihan (FF)		Thomas Falvey (FP)		Patrick Kelly (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)[24]						Martin Sexton (FF)
7th	1932[25]				Seán O'Grady (FF)				Patrick Burke (CnaG)
8th	1933[26]						Patrick Houlihan (FF)
9th	1937[27]						Thomas Burke (FP)		Patrick Burke (FG)
10th	1938[28]										Peter O'Loghlen (FF)
11th	1943[29]										Patrick Hogan (Lab)
12th	1944[30]										Peter O'Loghlen (FF)
	1945 by-election[31]								Patrick Shanahan (FF)
13th	1948[32]								Patrick Hogan[a] (Lab)	4 seats 1948–1969
14th	1951[33]				Patrick Hillery (FF)		William Murphy (FG)
15th	1954[34]
16th	1957[35]
	1959 by-election[36]		Seán Ó Ceallaigh (FF)
17th	1961[37]
18th	1965[38]
	1968 by-election[39]						Sylvester Barrett (FF)
19th	1969[40]		Frank Taylor (FG)					3 seats 1969–1981
20th	1973[41]				Brendan Daly (FF)
21st	1977[42]
22nd	1981[43]		Madeleine Taylor (FG)						Bill Loughnane (FF)	4 seats since 1981
23rd	1982 (Feb)[44]		Donal Carey (FG)
24th	1982 (Nov)[45]								Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (FG)
25th	1987[46]						Síle de Valera (FF)
26th	1989[47]
27th	1992[48]				Moosajee Bhamjee (Lab)				Tony Killeen (FF)
28th	1997[49]				Brendan Daly (FF)
29th	2002[50]		Pat Breen (FG)		James Breen (Ind)
30th	2007[51]				Joe Carey (FG)		Timmy Dooley (FF)
31st	2011[52]								Michael McNamara (Lab)
32nd	2016[53]								Michael Harty (Ind)
33rd	2020[54]		Violet-Anne Wynne (SF)				Michael McNamara (Ind)		Cathal Crowe (FF)
34th	2024[55]		Donna McGettigan (SF)		Joe Cooney (FG)		Timmy Dooley (FF)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

1. Hogan was Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil from 1951 to 1967. As the outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Hogan was automatically re-elected at the 1954, 1957, 1961 and 1965 general elections.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Clare^[55][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fianna Fáil	Timmy Dooley	18.6	11,313	11,319	11,340	11,355	11,412	11,481	11,528	11,542	11,589	11,801	11,912	12,079	13,566
	Fianna Fáil	Cathal Crowe[*]	13.6	8,261	8,266	8,277	8,286	8,315	8,368	8,404	8,426	8,457	8,649	8,807	9,096	10,470	11,424	12,344
	Sinn Féin	Donna McGettigan	12.9	7,843	7,853	7,880	7,953	7,979	8,050	8,100	8,342	8,477	8,531	9,371	9,784	9,971	9,993	10,803	12,036
	Fine Gael	Joe Cooney	12.4	7,575	7,578	7,580	7,588	7,647	7,736	7,772	7,783	7,814	8,155	8,267	8,392	8,767	8,859	9,680	10,790
	Fine Gael	Leonora Carey	8.6	5,251	5,254	5,269	5,277	5,298	5,313	5,328	5,344	5,368	5,860	5,991	6,093	6,427	6,538	6,870	8,462
	Green	Róisín Garvey	6.2	3,770	3,781	3,802	3,820	3,875	3,882	3,895	4,000	4,029	4,138	4,946	5,125	5,425	5,500	5,825
	Fianna Fáil	Rita McInerney	5.7	3,473	3,475	3,484	3,501	3,531	3,548	3,684	3,694	3,720	4,295	4,368	4,592
	Independent Ireland	Eddie Punch	4.2	2,583	2,601	2,608	2,635	2,693	2,768	2,899	2,943	3,502	3,607	3,776	4,671	4,922	4,978
	Social Democrats	Hilary Tonge	3.5	2,144	2,169	2,192	2,237	2,250	2,268	2,283	2,650	2,680	2,723
	Fine Gael	Tom Nolan	3.5	2,139	2,141	2,145	2,151	2,159	2,169	2,239	2,247	2,269
	Aontú	June Dillon	3.4	2,099	2,108	2,111	2,133	2,155	2,180	2,245	2,284	2,649	2,733	2,857
	Irish Freedom	Michael Leahy	2.1	1,282	1,333	1,334	1,346	1,366	1,388	1,461	1,472
	PBP–Solidarity	Caitríona Ní Chatháin[a]	1.3	820	835	861	887	894	907	924
	Independent	Kevin Hassett	1.1	670	675	680	689	707	789
	Independent	Matthew Moroney	0.9	538	543	556	568	596
	Independent	Paddy Murphy	0.7	443	448	452	464
	Independent	Violet-Anne Wynne[*]	0.5	310	316	328
	Independent	Amanda Major	0.3	205	208
	The Irish People	Michael Loughrey	0.2	101
	Rabharta	Barry O'Donovan	0.1	87
Electorate: 96,398   Valid: 60,907   Spoilt: 459   Quota: 12,182   Turnout: 63.7%

1. Ní Chatháin is a member of Solidarity.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Clare^{[54][57][58][59]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Violet-Anne Wynne	15.1	8,987	8,998	9,063	9,142	9,599	9,807	9,889	10,082	10,291	11,903
	Fianna Fáil	Cathal Crowe	14.0	8,355	8,372	8,402	8,508	8,541	8,641	8,834	10,115	10,659	11,471
	Fianna Fáil	Timmy Dooley[*]	13.0	7,763	7,767	7,783	7,805	7,826	7,906	8,087	9,250	9,943	10,630
	Independent	Michael McNamara	12.3	7,332	7,350	7,465	7,588	7,702	8,169	8,535	9,380	10,113	12,205
	Fine Gael	Joe Carey[*]	9.6	5,684	5,688	5,721	5,745	5,771	5,814	6,485	6,669	10,193	11,345
	Green	Róisín Garvey	9.5	5,624	5,640	5,735	5,778	6,213	6,337	6,626	6,959	7,339
	Fine Gael	Pat Breen[*]	9.1	5,406	5,409	5,454	5,478	5,494	5,578	5,987	6,401
	Fianna Fáil	Rita McInerney	7.0	4,136	4,146	4,179	4,233	4,250	4,440	4,606
	Fine Gael	Martin Conway	3.8	2,285	2,287	2,310	2,322	2,340	2,424
	Independent	Joseph Woulfe	2.0	1,218	1,226	1,285	1,402	1,504
	Solidarity–PBP	Theresa O'Donohue[a]	2.0	1,196	1,207	1,254	1,286
	Irish Freedom	Michael Leahy	1.2	704	764	807
	Independent	David Barrett[b]	0.7	400	404
	Independent	Trudy Leyden	0.4	218	222
	Renua	Conor O Brien	0.3	187
Electorate: 91,120   Valid: 59,495   Spoilt: 519   Quota: 11,900   Turnout: 60,014 (65.9%)

1. O'Donohue was a member of People Before Profit.
2. Barrett was a member of the Moderate Party. It is an unregistered political party, so candidates appeared on the ballot as non-party.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Clare ^[60][61][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Timmy Dooley[*]	17.9	10,215	10,292	10,382	10,480	10,624	10,772	12,150
	Independent	Michael Harty	15.1	8,629	8,812	8,978	9,605	9,840	10,360	10,688	10,843	11,962
	Fine Gael	Pat Breen[*]	11.5	6,583	6,621	6,640	6,857	7,337	7,420	7,512	7,537	7,815	7,910	8,292	10,088
	Fine Gael	Joe Carey[*]	10.7	6,071	6,115	6,148	6,195	6,778	6,894	7,032	7,062	7,422	7,535	7,931	9,915
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McDonagh	8.3	4,726	4,749	4,764	4,954	4,997	5,056	5,497	5,887	6,139	6,229	6,929	7,762
	Labour	Michael McNamara[*]	7.8	4,472	4,516	4,587	4,672	4,896	5,347	5,498	5,569	5,955	6,090	6,844
	Sinn Féin	Noeleen Moran	7.4	4,216	4,277	4,519	4,611	4,664	4,957	5,058	5,083	5,473	5,601
	Fianna Fáil	Clare Colleran Molloy	4.6	2,639	2,673	2,697	2,716	2,824	2,880
	Independent	Anne Norton	3.9	2,240	2,321	2,442	2,521	2,686	2,982	3,152	3,205
	Fine Gael	Mary Howard	3.6	2,053	2,076	2,098	2,119
	Green	Fergal Smith	3.0	1,700	1,764	2,092	2,144	2,193
	Independent	Ian Lynch	2.6	1,494	1,535	1,575
	Fís Nua	Niamh O'Brien	2.0	1,154	1,216
	Independent	Richard Cahill	1.2	699
	Independent	André Sibo Hakizimana	0.1	70
	Independent	Dermot Mulqueen	0.1	39
Electorate: 83,660   Valid: 57,000   Spoilt: 407 (0.7%)   Quota: 11,401   Turnout: 57,407 (68.6%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Clare ^[62][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fine Gael	Pat Breen[*]	17.0	9,855	9,865	9,879	9,896	9,917	9,949	10,084	10,207	10,479	10,988	13,334
	Labour	Michael McNamara	14.8	8,572	8,581	8,615	8,659	8,697	8,871	9,071	9,584	9,985	10,552	11,883
	Fine Gael	Joe Carey[*]	13.5	7,840	7,859	7,876	7,888	7,906	7,953	8,028	8,160	8,334	8,617	10,961	12,489
	Fine Gael	Tony Mulcahy	11.8	6,829	6,832	6,861	6,866	6,881	6,932	6,980	7,106	7,228	7,438
	Fianna Fáil	Timmy Dooley[*]	11.7	6,789	6,795	6,806	6,813	6,823	6,858	6,906	6,963	7,071	10,597	10,965	11,021
	Independent	James Breen	11.2	6,491	6,546	6,583	6,599	6,662	6,795	7,029	7,136	7,678	8,732	9,354	9,520
	Fianna Fáil	John Hillery	10.4	6,015	6,020	6,044	6,053	6,066	6,093	6,161	6,242	6,468
	Independent	Brian Markham	2.7	1,543	1,547	1,565	1,585	1,637	1,825	2,064	2,157
	Green	Brian Meaney	2.0	1,154	1,158	1,163	1,172	1,187	1,266	1,339
	Independent	Jim Connolly	1.7	978	1,002	1,015	1,031	1,075	1,216
	Independent	Madeline McAleer	0.7	428	429	450	487	509
	Independent	Ann Cronin	0.7	419	429	440	497	521
	Independent	Gerry Walshe	0.6	328	332	340	352
	Independent	Sarah Ferrigan	0.4	252	260	265
	Independent	J. J. McCabe	0.4	248	252
	Independent	Patrick Brassil	0.3	175
Electorate: 82,745   Valid: 57,916   Spoilt: 579 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,584   Turnout: 58,495 (70.7%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Clare^[51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Timmy Dooley	19.1	10,791	11,013	11,273	11,634
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen[*]	14.8	8,321	8,463	8,660	8,976	9,384	9,696	14,083
	Fine Gael	Pat Breen[*]	12.5	7,036	7,204	7,308	7,695	8,572	10,358	11,112	11,667
	Fine Gael	Joe Carey	10.3	5,818	6,008	6,116	6,664	7,547	9,090	9,417	9,801	9,982
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly	10.1	5,712	5,870	5,993	6,089	6,278	6,807
	Independent	James Breen[*]	9.3	5,218	5,340	5,689	6,481	6,876	7,451	8,203	9,334	9,526
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	6.4	3,592	3,719	3,887	4,419	5,170
	Fine Gael	Tony Mulcahy	6.0	3,408	3,493	3,611	3,833
	Green	Brian Meaney	5.1	2,858	3,163	3,605
	Sinn Féin	Anna Prior	3.4	1,929	2,012
	Labour	Pascal Fitzgerald	1.6	892
	Progressive Democrats	Murt Collins	1.4	810
Electorate: 79,555   Valid: 56,385   Spoilt: 385 (0.7%)   Quota: 11,278   Turnout: 56,770 (71.4%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Clare^[50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	James Breen	19.5	9,721	10,054
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen[*]	16.3	8,130	8,252	8,640	9,064	9,482
	Fianna Fáil	Síle de Valera[*]	15.6	7,755	7,866	8,464	8,819	9,370
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	13.5	6,717	6,786	6,914	7,086	7,683
	Fine Gael	Pat Breen	9.1	4,541	4,701	5,265	6,934	11,396
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	8.3	4,124	4,349	5,034	6,726
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey[*]	8.1	4,015	4,227	4,591
	Green	Brian Meaney	5.8	2,903	3,508
	Labour	Michael Corley	3.4	1,720
	Christian Solidarity	Derek Whelan	0.4	176
Electorate: 80,412   Valid: 49,802   Spoilt: 539 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,961   Turnout: 50,341 (62.6%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Clare^[49][63][64]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen	17.4	8,169	8,257	8,377	8,527	8,642	8,902	9,937
	Fianna Fáil	Síle de Valera[*]	17.1	8,025	8,104	8,217	8,403	8,531	8,823	9,709
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey[*]	16.6	7,781	7,857	7,967	8,121	8,664	9,078	9,633
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly	15.8	7,420	7,511	7,566	7,661	7,731	7,838	8,368	8,790	9,042
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	13.5	6,325	6,402	6,472	6,567	7,200	7,655	8,160	8,297	8,376
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mannion	6.9	3,250	3,280	3,340	3,445	3,531	3,829
	Labour	Brídín Twist	3.6	1,684	1,710	1,809	1,882
	Green	Brian Meaney	3.6	1,682	1,749	1,900	2,033	2,279
	National Party	Rita O'Connor	1.9	876	1,025	1,145
	Independent	Brigid Makowski	2.0	944	982
	Christian Solidarity	Joe Aston	1.1	499
	Independent	Michael McInerney	0.5	234
Electorate: 71,491   Valid: 46,889   Spoilt: 477 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,378   Turnout: 47,366 (66.3%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Clare^[48][65]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen	15.3	6,814	6,899	6,939	7,062	7,386	8,471	8,771	9,149
	Fianna Fáil	Síle de Valera[*]	15.1	6,752	6,809	6,874	6,989	7,177	8,280	8,567	8,761	8,825
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey[*]	14.7	6,567	6,609	6,627	6,790	7,553	7,934	11,963
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	13.3	5,940	5,963	5,984	6,031	6,209	6,991	7,496	7,844	7,905
	Labour	Moosajee Bhamjee	11.5	5,113	5,152	5,290	5,644	6,413	6,620	7,086	8,908	8,985
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn[*]	10.9	4,873	4,914	4,927	5,021	5,631	5,795
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Wiley	8.0	3,582	3,594	3,611	3,639	3,849
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mannion	6.9	3,112	3,130	3,163	3,237
	Independent	Frankie Neylon	2.2	977	1,042	1,102
	Sinn Féin	Mike McKee	1.0	459	473
	Independent	Michael McInerney	0.9	419
Electorate: 66,042   Valid: 44,608   Spoilt: 537 (1.2%)   Quota: 8,922   Turnout: 45,145 (68.4%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Clare^[47][66][67]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey[*]	19.7	8,730	8,840	9,985
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	18.3	8,130	8,148	8,253	8,279	9,331
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn[*]	16.7	7,384	7,493	8,790	9,547
	Fianna Fáil	Síle de Valera[*]	15.7	6,939	6,976	7,087	7,109	8,936
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Guerin	11.6	5,129	5,156	5,257	5,302	6,371
	Fianna Fáil	William Loughnane	9.6	4,252	4,279	4,450	4,494
	Progressive Democrats	David O'Keeffe	6.4	2,853	3,383
	Progressive Democrats	Thomas Meaney	1.6	707
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Moran	0.4	184
Electorate: 63,065   Valid: 44,308   Quota: 8,862   Turnout: 70.3%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Clare^[46][68][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Síle de Valera	18.0	8,530	8,566	8,693	8,970	9,032	10,331
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey[*]	17.0	8,045	8,129	8,192	8,934	9,237	9,672
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	16.7	7,897	7,928	7,978	8,298	8,388	9,532
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn[*]	11.0	5,229	5,328	5,348	5,495	5,657	5,814	5,857	8,742
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Barrett	10.1	4,799	4,821	4,872	5,202	5,261	6,052	6,841	7,854
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Rourke	8.0	3,796	3,812	3,858	3,989	4,060
	Progressive Democrats	David O'Keeffe	6.5	3,069	3,134	3,188	3,326	5,411	5,559	5,583
	Progressive Democrats	Thomas Meaney	5.4	2,534	2,573	2,621	2,870
	Independent	Thomas Brennan	4.7	2,230	2,333	2,514
	Independent	Brigid Makowski	1.4	644	716
	Labour	Thomas O'Shaughnessy	1.3	600
Electorate: 64,303   Valid: 47,373   Quota: 9,475   Turnout: 73.7%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Clare^[45][70]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett[*]	19.4	8,793	8,815	9,275
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	17.7	8,009	8,026	8,651	8,904	10,028
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	16.7	7,553	7,911	8,016	8,741	9,382
	Fianna Fáil	Síle de Valera	14.3	6,471	6,487	6,896	7,050	7,714	7,907	8,315	8,368
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey[*]	14.0	6,339	6,730	6,796	7,498	8,222	8,253	8,497	8,775
	Independent	Bill Loughnane	5.9	2,674	2,751	3,185	3,641
	Labour	Agnes McCarthy	5.2	2,344	2,373	2,399
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Wiley	4.7	2,133	2,154
	Fine Gael	Séamus Durack	2.1	934
Electorate: 60,355   Valid: 45,250   Quota: 9,051   Turnout: 74.9%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Clare^[44][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	22.5	9,819
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Loughnane[*]	20.3	8,840
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey	17.4	7,570	7,635	7,660	7,680	7,855	8,778
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett[*]	16.6	7,216	8,078	8,111	8,031	8,511	8,855
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor[*]	15.2	6,602	6,718	6,729	6,741	6,952	7,662
	Labour	Agnes McCarthy	4.5	1,957	1,985	2,001	2,048	2,214
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Connell	2.8	1,233	1,255	1,262	1,378
	Irish Republican Socialist	Brigid Makowski	0.5	232	238	243
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Frank McTigue	0.2	100	106
Electorate: 58,727   Valid: 43,569   Spoilt: 347 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,714   Turnout: 43,916 (74.8%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Clare^[43][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	24.0	10,896
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett[*]	18.9	8,574	9,456
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor	13.0	5,881	6,094	6,118	6,120	6,133	6,140	6,183	6,454	7,248	8,616	8,993
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey	11.5	5,203	5,262	5,272	5,273	5,292	5,304	5,311	5,480	6,382	7,728	7,954
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Loughnane	9.8	4,444	4,743	4,960	4,962	4,972	4,984	5,004	5,733	6,082	6,279	8,504
	Fine Gael	Michael Howard	6.2	2,818	2,856	2,864	2,867	2,871	2,882	2,898	3,003	3,344
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard McNamara	5.9	2,676	2,910	3,021	3,022	3,024	3,028	3,038	3,206	3,379	3,550
	Labour	Agnes McCarthy	5.5	2,471	2,518	2,528	2,533	2,536	2,543	2,549	2,898
	Anti H-Block	Thomas McAllister	4.7	2,120	2,157	2,164	2,165	2,169	2,181	2,183
	Independent	Desmond Crowley	0.2	106	116	118	119	119	121
	Independent	Laurence Griffin	0.1	62	71	72	72	73
	Independent	Gerard Nix	0.1	57	58	58	61
	Independent	Hugh O'Brien	0.1	21	22	22
Electorate: 58,727   Valid: 45,329   Quota: 9,066   Turnout: 77.2%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Clare^[42][73]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly[*]	34.9	11,933
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett[*]	34.0	11,626
	Fine Gael	Frank Taylor[*]	14.9	5,080	6,868	7,787	7,875	8,762
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey	11.5	3,923	4,555	5,622	5,674	6,632
	Labour	Agnes McCarthy	4.4	1,495	2,160	2,881	3,036
	Independent	Hugh O'Brien	0.5	153	448	814
Electorate: 46,872   Valid: 34,210   Quota: 8,553   Turnout: 73.0%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Clare^[41][74]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett[*]	25.3	7,203
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Daly	20.2	5,758	5,872	5,892	6,049	6,307
	Fine Gael	Frank Taylor[*]	18.7	5,330	5,900	5,903	9,946
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Cahill	16.1	4,576	4,683	4,737	4,946	5,223
	Fine Gael	Michael Howard	13.5	3,832	4,724	4,726
	Labour	Michael Corley	6.3	1,794
Electorate: 39,413   Valid: 28,493   Quota: 7,124   Turnout: 72.3%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Clare^[40][75]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett[*]	25.2	7,009
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Hillery[*]	24.7	6,848	6,912	7,100
	Fine Gael	Frank Taylor	16.9	4,697	4,716	5,083	5,409
	Fine Gael	Michael Howard	13.3	3,690	3,732	4,269	4,608
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	12.2	3,383	3,406	3,533
	Labour	Flan Honan	5.8	1,597	1,943
	Labour	Terence Higgins	1.9	533
Electorate: 38,267   Valid: 27,757   Quota: 6,940   Turnout: 72.5%

1968 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD William Murphy, a by-election was held on 14 March 1968. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Sylvester Barrett. The surplus votes of the elected candidate were distributed after being declared elected because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.

1968 by-election: Clare^[76][75]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett	58.7	19,066
	Fine Gael	Patrick Bugler	28.7	9,313	10,407
	Labour	Flan Honan	11.7	3,799	5,177
	Independent	Jean Grace	0.9	293	651
Electorate: 48,182   Valid: 32,471   Quota: 16,236   Turnout: 67.4%

1965 general election

The reason for the third count was the possibility of a candidate reaching a third of the quota in order to save their deposit.

1965 general election: Clare^[38][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*][a]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Hillery[*]	41.8	14,372
	Fine Gael	William Murphy[*]	25.3	8,715
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Ceallaigh[*]	16.9	5,819	11,091
	Fine Gael	Francis Gordon	9.1	3,131	3,316	3,744
	Labour	P. A. Ó Síocháin	6.9	2,362	2,677	4,740
Electorate: 47,220   Valid: 34,399   Quota: 8,600   Turnout: 72.9%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Hogan was returned automatically under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral Act 1963.^[77] He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 21 April 1965, leaving the Labour parliamentary party.^[78] Hogan retired as Ceann Comhairle on 7 November 1967,^[79] and died in office on 24 January 1969.^[80]

1961 general election

1961 general election: Clare^[37][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*][a]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Hillery[*]	37.7	12,687
	Fine Gael	William Murphy[*]	27.0	9,066
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Ceallaigh[*]	16.3	5,494	9,246
	Fine Gael	Francis Gordon	9.5	3,197	3,416
	Sinn Féin	Séamus Sabhat	9.4	3,174	3,485
Electorate: 47,259   Valid: 33,618   Quota: 8,405   Turnout: 71.1%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Hogan was returned automatically under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937, as adapted by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961.^[81] He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 11 October 1961, leaving the Labour parliamentary party.^[82]

1959 by-election

Following the election of Éamon de Valera as President of Ireland, a by-election was held on 22 July 1959. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Ó Ceallaigh.

1959 by-election: Clare^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Ceallaigh	56.1	18,154
	Fine Gael	Francis P. Gordon	27.1	8,770
	Sinn Féin	Séamus Sabhat	16.9	5,464
Electorate: 47,227   Valid: 32,388   Quota: 16,195   Turnout: 68.6%

1957 general election

The third count occurred because there was the possibility that surplus votes of elected candidates could have resulted in another candidate reaching the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.

1957 general election: Clare^[35][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*][a]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	44.8	16,159
	Fine Gael	William Murphy[*]	24.9	8,976	9,149
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Hillery[*]	16.7	6,026	11,692
	Fine Gael	Bernard Lynch	8.6	3,115	3,229	3,459
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady	5.0	1,817	2,999	5,437
Electorate: 49,180   Valid: 36,093   Quota: 9,024   Turnout: 73.4%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Hogan was returned automatically under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937.^[83] He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 20 March 1957, leaving the Labour parliamentary party.^[84]

1954 general election

1954 general election: Clare^[34][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*][a]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	31.3	12,679
	Fine Gael	William Murphy[*]	19.6	7,945	7,983	8,201	8,660	10,479
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Hillery[*]	15.3	6,189	8,082	8,295	8,783	8,871	8,891	12,698
	Labour	Gerard Griffin	11.6	4,714	4,853	5,010	5,314	5,470	5,764	6,144
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas O'Meara	11.3	4,582	5,010	5,103	5,145	5,185	5,222
	Fine Gael	Vincent McHugh	5.1	2,044	2,069	2,105	2,177
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán O'Connor	3.4	1,377	1,389	1,507
	Sinn Féin	Martin Whyte	2.4	979	995
Electorate: 50,142   Valid: 40,509   Quota: 10,128   Turnout: 80.8%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Hogan was returned automatically under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937. He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 2 June 1954, leaving the Labour parliamentary party.^[85]

1951 general election

1951 general election: Clare^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	33.4	13,850
	Fine Gael	William Murphy	19.3	8,016	8,095	9,522
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*][a]	12.6	5,213	5,466	5,578	6,463	6,855	7,136	7,359
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Hillery	9.8	4,063	5,846	5,872	5,891	7,930	11,696
	Independent	Thomas Burke[*]	9.7	4,031	4,306	4,358	4,610	5,009	5,480	7,252
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Considine	6.4	2,634	3,827	3,850	3,867
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady[*]	4.9	2,028	3,976	3,985	4,037	4,953
	Fine Gael	Vincent McHugh	4.0	1,648	1,670
Electorate: 52,074   Valid: 41,483   Quota: 8,297   Turnout: 79.7%

1. Hogan was elected as Ceann Comhairle on 13 June 1951, leaving the Labour parliamentary party.^[86]

1948 general election

1948 general election: Clare^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	30.3	12,574
	Labour	Patrick Hogan	11.1	4,586	4,923	4,976	5,071	5,156	5,321	5,620	6,614	6,848	7,272	7,580
	Independent	Thomas Burke[*]	11.0	4,576	4,768	4,809	4,862	4,982	5,171	5,929	6,715	7,131	7,873	8,467
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Shanahan[*]	7.8	3,235	3,939	3,956	3,986	4,001	4,132	4,284	4,451	4,943
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady[*]	7.3	3,020	5,102	5,127	5,149	5,180	5,278	5,492	5,619	7,374	10,370
	Fine Gael	Charles Burke	6.9	2,854	2,888	3,112	3,163	4,025	4,139	4,601	4,889	5,246	5,377	5,413
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	6.5	2,697	3,388	3,392	3,423	3,455	3,474	3,555	3,609
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas Burke	4.9	2,042	2,111	2,148	2,175	2,225	2,365
	Clann na Poblachta	Peter O'Loughlin	4.2	1,732	1,793	1,828	2,196	2,220	3,139	3,359
	Clann na Poblachta	Thomas Lillis	3.9	1,612	1,649	1,657	1,824	1,883
	Fine Gael	Austin Brennan	2.9	1,183	1,205	1,300	1,314
	Clann na Poblachta	Timothy Smythe	2.1	851	863	886
	Fine Gael	Edward Monahan	1.3	552	582
Electorate: 54,379   Valid: 41,514   Quota: 8,303   Turnout: 76.3%

1945 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Patrick Burke, a by-election was held on 4 December 1945. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick Shanahan.

1945 by-election: Clare^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Shanahan	72.2	21,526
	Fine Gael	Edward Monahan	27.8	8,299
Electorate: 60,993   Valid: 29,825   Quota: 14,913   Turnout: 48.9%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Clare^[30][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	31.8	14,200
	Fianna Fáil	Peter O'Loghlen	13.9	6,183	8,036
	Fine Gael	Patrick Burke[*]	13.5	6,013	6,135	6,234	6,275	7,476
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*]	12.1	5,376	5,833	6,148	6,323	6,838
	Independent	Thomas Burke[*]	11.2	4,993	5,306	5,910	6,190	7,423
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady[*]	10.9	4,850	8,653
	Clann na Talmhan	Denis Healy	6.7	2,985	3,203	3,404	3,510
Electorate: 62,217   Valid: 44,600   Quota: 7,434   Turnout: 71.7%

1943 general election

Hughes, Seán Hogan and Halpin were eliminated on successive counts, but separate figures for the 3rd and 4th Counts are not available.

1943 general election: Clare^[29][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	30.9	14,961
	Labour	Patrick Hogan	10.7	5,177	5,561	N/A	N/A	6,235	6,263	6,510	6,657	6,735	6,830	6,862	7,147
	Fine Gael	Patrick Burke[*]	10.2	4,926	5,028	N/A	N/A	5,340	5,513	5,612	6,369	6,731	6,796	6,807	7,901
	Independent	Thomas Burke[*]	9.6	4,637	4,966	N/A	N/A	5,232	5,367	5,645	5,983	6,251	6,368	6,413	7,834
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady[*]	8.6	4,167	7,051	N/A	N/A	7,172	7,224	7,507	7,574	7,696	9,395
	Fianna Fáil	Peter O'Loghlen[*]	6.7	3,240	4,553	N/A	N/A	4,638	4,652	4,843	4,898	4,951	5,380	6,619	6,927
	Clann na Talmhan	John Clancy	5.0	2,433	2,505	N/A	N/A	2,587	2,956	3,177	3,294	4,510	4,538	4,541
	Clann na Talmhan	William Clune	3.8	1,832	1,913	N/A	N/A	1,997	2,125	2,193	2,353
	Fine Gael	William Counihan	3.4	1,639	1,685	N/A	N/A	1,872	1,902	1,919
	Independent	John Fahy	2.8	1,376	1,583	N/A	N/A	1,632	1,637
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McMahon	2.1	1,013	2,270	N/A	N/A	2,410	2,452	2,480	2,530	2,568
	Clann na Talmhan	Stanislaus Burke	2.0	953	987	N/A	N/A	1,019
	Fine Gael	Cormac Halpin	1.6	789	842	N/A	N/A
	Córas na Poblachta	Seán Hogan	1.5	700	786	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Joseph Hughes	1.1	543	591
Electorate: 62,217   Valid: 48,386   Quota: 8,065   Turnout: 77.8%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Clare^[28][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	29.7	14,723
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady[*]	14.7	7,270	11,127
	Independent	Thomas Burke[*]	13.2	6,525	6,742	6,789	7,151	7,825	8,182
	Fine Gael	Patrick Burke[*]	12.7	6,280	6,351	6,363	7,337	7,488	7,534
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*]	11.5	5,713	6,236	6,289	6,397	6,880	7,265
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Sexton	8.7	4,305	5,003	5,427	5,577
	Fianna Fáil	Peter O'Loghlen	6.2	3,079	4,152	6,473	6,518	10,229
	Fine Gael	Edmund Carroll	3.4	1,686	1,706	1,712
Electorate: 62,245   Valid: 49,581   Quota: 8,264   Turnout: 79.7%

1937 general election

There is no record of any further counts, even though the difference between the votes of Hogan, the last elected candidate, and Shalloo, the runner up, after the seventh count was less than the sum of the undistributed surpluses.

1937 general election: Clare^[27][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	28.6	14,012
	Independent	Thomas Burke	12.9	6,333	6,795	7,069	7,153	7,176	8,140	8,957
	Fine Gael	Patrick Burke[*]	12.9	6,327	6,386	7,145	7,177	7,182	7,718	10,502
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*]	10.7	5,262	5,953	6,053	6,140	6,153	6,672	6,919
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady[*]	9.0	4,410	7,173	7,231	8,946
	Fine Gael	Bartholomew Crowley	7.8	3,807	3,865	4,173	4,182	4,183	4,245
	Independent	Patrick Houlihan[*]	5.8	2,821	3,073	3,115	3,381	3,406
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Shalloo	5.2	2,555	3,138	3,296	3,600	4,305	4,746	4,850
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Keely[*]	3.6	1,764	2,707	2,716
	Fine Gael	William Murphy	3.6	1,747	1,774
Electorate: 62,551   Valid: 49,038   Quota: 8,174   Turnout: 78.4%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Clare^[26][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	42.1	18,574
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Burke[*]	11.9	5,254	5,334	5,335	6,762	10,574
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*]	9.8	4,307	6,245	6,251	6,471	6,614	7,206
	National Centre Party	Patrick Baxter	9.2	4,041	4,101	4,101	4,424
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Sexton[*]	8.2	3,618	5,426	5,440	5,475	5,647	5,985
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Houlihan	7.5	3,289	7,478
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady[*]	7.0	3,079	6,070	6,167	6,243	6,395	6,555
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas Falvey	4.5	1,993	2,141	2,141
Electorate: 55,056   Valid: 44,155   Quota: 7,360   Turnout: 80.2%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Clare^[25][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	30.2	12,504
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*]	13.8	5,701	6,875	7,058
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Sexton[*]	13.2	5,444	6,370	6,445	6,993
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Burke	12.7	5,254	5,313	5,995	6,172	6,283
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Kelly[*]	10.4	4,301	4,346	5,064	5,188	5,235
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady	9.7	4,002	5,557	5,632	8,860
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Houlihan[*]	5.8	2,408	4,231	4,264
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Hubert Hunt	4.3	1,783	1,805
Electorate: 53,777   Valid: 41,397   Quota: 6,900   Turnout: 77.0%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Clare^[24][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	34.3	13,902
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Kelly[*]	13.9	5,646	5,732	5,788	5,791	7,081
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*]	11.6	4,683	5,724	5,916	5,937	6,068	6,653
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Burke	10.4	4,201	4,298	4,308	4,310	4,800	6,074
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Sexton	8.6	3,506	5,032	5,743	5,994	6,106	6,615
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Houlihan[*]	7.4	3,003	6,569	7,040
	Farmers' Party	Thomas Falvey[*]	6.1	2,481	2,692	2,742	2,747	2,886
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán O'Dea	5.3	2,136	2,171	2,197	2,199
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Dwyer	2.4	977	1,561
Electorate: 56,910   Valid: 40,535   Quota: 6,756   Turnout: 71.2%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Clare^[23][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon de Valera[*]	33.8	13,029
	Farmers' Party	Thomas Falvey	13.3	5,140	6,068	6,192	6,291	6,604
	Labour	Patrick Hogan[*]	10.8	4,147	4,804	4,973	5,079	5,345	6,167	6,713
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Kelly	9.4	3,612	3,688	4,186	4,221	6,033	6,506
	National League	Thomas O'Donnell	7.3	2,830	2,956	3,039	3,096	3,218	3,636	3,776
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Hubert Hunt	6.2	2,382	2,422	2,696	2,715
	Independent	Denis Healy	6.1	2,368	2,653	2,742	2,788	2,852
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Houlihan	3.9	1,500	3,720	3,749	4,750	4,772	5,452	7,531
	Sinn Féin	Brian O'Higgins[*]	3.7	1,412	2,726	2,750	3,083	3,128	3,272
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James O'Flynn	3.4	1,327	1,367
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Grady	2.1	799	1,717	1,744
Electorate: 56,910   Valid: 38,546   Quota: 6,425   Turnout: 67.7%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Clare^[22][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Republican	Éamon de Valera[*]	45.0	17,762
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eoin MacNeill[*]	20.8	8,196
	Labour	Patrick MacNamara	5.4	2,140	2,488	2,595	2,614	2,685	2,767	2,811	2,955	3,010
	Labour	Patrick Hogan	5.3	2,083	2,731	2,809	2,845	2,860	2,923	2,986	3,130	3,213	4,910	5,216	5,573	5,732	6,510
	Farmers' Party	Conor Hogan	4.9	1,914	2,692	2,833	2,882	2,915	2,998	3,135	3,268	3,787	3,965	5,410	5,853	5,974	6,961
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Hehir	4.6	1,809	1,992	2,414	2,477	2,487	2,651	2,700	3,245	3,331	3,617	4,031	4,258	4,267
	Farmers' Party	Batt Skehan	3.9	1,556	1,792	1,856	1,875	1,885	1,944	1,962	2,216	3,158	3,287
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Ryan	3.3	1,313	1,553	1,651	1,676	1,704	1,789	1,822	2,056
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James O'Regan	2.3	918	995	1,342	1,494	1,509	1,689	1,702
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Kelly	1.5	588	647	792	826	843
	Republican	Francis Barrett	1.2	482	2,411	2,415	2,432	2,545	2,560	3,363	3,384	3,446	3,569	3,693
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Peter O'Loughlin	0.6	237	296	465
	Republican	Michael Comyn	0.6	219	1,519	1,522	1,531	1,596	1,603
	Republican	Brian O'Higgins[*]	0.3	114	5,035	5,070	5,077	5,206	5,240	5,584	5,619	5,700	5,895	6,066	7,943
	Republican	Thomas Honan	0.3	114	523	531	538
Electorate: 58,495   Valid: 39,445   Quota: 6,575   Turnout: 67.4%

1922 general election

1922 general election: Clare^[21][87]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Patrick Brennan[*]	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Éamon de Valera[*]	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Seán Liddy[*]	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Brian O'Higgins[*]	Unopposed	N/A	4
Electorate: 46,833   Valid:   Quota:   Turnout:

1921 general election

1921 general election: Clare^[20]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Brennan	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera[*]	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Seán Liddy	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	Brian O'Higgins[*]	Unopposed	N/A	4

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland