The 1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland was held in January 1906. Ninety-nine of the seats were in single-member districts using the first-past-the-post electoral system, and the constituencies of Cork City and Dublin University were two-member districts using block voting.

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1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

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103 seats for Ireland of the 670 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader John Redmond Walter Long Party Irish Parliamentary Irish Unionist Leader since 1900 1906 Leader's seat Waterford City South Dublin Seats before 77 18 Seats won 81 16 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 28,292 56,109 Percentage 21.5% 42.7%

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In the election as a whole, the Liberal Party won a clear majority in the election across the United Kingdom and Henry Campbell-Bannerman was appointed as Prime Minister. This was the first time since the split in the Liberal Party in 1886 that they governed without the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

• History of Ireland (1801–1923)