| Party | Leader | Seats | Loss/Gain | Dáil Seats (%) |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon de Valera | 65 | - 4 | 44.2 |
| Fine Gael | Richard Mulcahy | 50 | + 10 | 34.0 |
| Labour | William Norton | 19 | + 3 | 12.9 |
| Independents | - | 5 | - 9 | 3.4 |
| Clann na Talmhan | Michael Donnellan | 5 | - 1 | 3.4 |
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán MacBride | 3 | + 1 | 2.0 |
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