By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr In the general election of December 1918 the newly re-formed Sinn Féin party had secured a large majority of seats (73 out of 105, or 69.5%) with only 46.9% of the vote (albeit 25 of those seats were uncontested) because of the ‘first-past-the-post’ electoral system. This provided a propaganda coup ... Read more
