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The Irish general election of 1948 was held on 4 February 1948. The 147 newly elected members of the 13th Dáil assembled on 18 February when the First Inter-Party government in the history of the Irish state was appointed.The general election took place in 40 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in the lower house of parliament Dáil Éireann. For this election the membership of the Dáil was increased to 147 seats an increase of 9 since the previous election.
