| Party | Leader | Seats | Loss/Gain | Dáil Seats (%) |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon de Valera | 69 | + 1 | 46.9 |
| Fine Gael | Richard Mulcahy | 40 | + 9 | 27.2 |
| Labour | William Norton | 16 | - 3 | 10.9 |
| Independents | - | 14 | - 2 | 9.5 |
| Clann na Talmhan | Michael Donnellan | 6 | - 1 | 4.1 |
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán MacBride | 2 | - 8 | 1.4 |
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