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. 1954 general election 1951 general election 1948 general election 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. 1944 general election 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. 1938 general election 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. 1933 general election 1932 general election September 1927 general election June 1927 general election 1923 general election 1922 general election 1921 general election |} 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 References External links Oireachtas Constituency Dashboards Oireachtas Members Database Dáil constituencies Politics of County Clare 1921 establishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1921