Results by constituency
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="2" |De Valera
! colspan="2" |O'Higgins
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
|Carlow–Kilkenny
|bgcolor=""|21,332
|bgcolor=""|53.3
|18,725
|46.7
|-
|Cavan
|bgcolor=""|12,542
|bgcolor=""|50.2
|12,431
|49.8
|-
|Clare
|bgcolor=""|19,992
|bgcolor=""|64.2
|11,132
|35.8
|-
|Cork Borough
|18,129
|48.5
|bgcolor=""|19,281
|bgcolor=""|51.5
|-
|Cork Mid
|17,532
|48.0
|bgcolor=""|19,015
|bgcolor=""|52.0
|-
|Cork North-East
|bgcolor=""|21,204
|bgcolor=""|51.2
|20,175
|48.8
|-
|Cork South-West
|11,590
|46.9
|bgcolor=""|13,131
|bgcolor=""|53.1
|-
|Donegal North-East
|bgcolor=""|13,540
|bgcolor=""|60.2
|8,967
|39.8
|-
|Donegal South-West
|bgcolor=""|12,781
|bgcolor=""|54.2
|10,804
|45.8
|-
|Dublin County
|9,842
|45.0
|bgcolor=""|12,016
|bgcolor=""|55.0
|-
|Dublin North-Central
|20,300
|41.4
|bgcolor=""|28,676
|bgcolor=""|58.6
|-
|Dublin North-East
|10,202
|42.2
|bgcolor=""|13,995
|bgcolor=""|57.8
|-
|Dublin North-West
|13,954
|44.9
|bgcolor=""|17,149
|bgcolor=""|55.1
|-
|Dublin South-Central
|10,554
|40.0
|bgcolor=""|15,841
|bgcolor=""|60.0
|-
|Dublin South-East
|14,764
|42.8
|bgcolor=""|19,692
|bgcolor=""|57.2
|-
|Dublin South-West
|19,656
|44.5
|bgcolor=""|24,554
|bgcolor=""|55.5
|-
|Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown
|13,869
|37.7
|bgcolor=""|22,945
|bgcolor=""|62.3
|-
|Galway East
|bgcolor=""|20,621
|bgcolor=""|56.4
|15,951
|43.6
|-
|Galway West
|bgcolor=""|11,793
|bgcolor=""|60.6
|7,674
|39.4
|-
|Kerry North
|bgcolor=""|11,334
|bgcolor=""|55.7
|9,016
|44.3
|-
|Kerry South
|bgcolor=""|11,083
|bgcolor=""|55.9
|8,759
|44.1
|-
|Kildare
|bgcolor=""|16,022
|bgcolor=""|52.1
|14,705
|47.9
|-
|Laois–Offaly
|19,046
|48.7
|bgcolor=""|20,075
|bgcolor=""|51.3
|-
|Limerick East
|bgcolor=""|17,002
|bgcolor=""|53.4
|14,822
|46.6
|-
|Limerick West
|bgcolor=""|13,719
|bgcolor=""|57.2
|10,262
|42.8
|-
|Longford–Westmeath
|bgcolor=""|14,951
|bgcolor=""|50.4
|14,740
|49.6
|-
|Louth
|bgcolor=""|13,519
|bgcolor=""|54.0
|11,523
|46.0
|-
|Mayo North
|bgcolor=""|9,878
|bgcolor=""|55.0
|8,096
|45.0
|-
|Mayo South
|12,598
|48.9
|bgcolor=""|13,161
|bgcolor=""|51.1
|-
|Meath
|bgcolor=""|13,368
|bgcolor=""|57.5
|9,891
|42.5
|-
|Monaghan
|bgcolor=""|11,700
|bgcolor=""|50.6
|11,408
|49.4
|-
|Roscommon
|bgcolor=""|15,655
|bgcolor=""|51.7
|14,646
|48.3
|-
|Sligo–Leitrim
|bgcolor=""|13,251
|bgcolor=""|50.6
|12,918
|49.4
|-
|Tipperary North
|bgcolor=""|12,589
|bgcolor=""|55.2
|10,209
|44.8
|-
|Tipperary South
|bgcolor=""|19,300
|bgcolor=""|58.4
|13,745
|41.6
|-
|Waterford
|bgcolor=""|13,334
|bgcolor=""|55.0
|10,913
|45.0
|-
|Wexford
|bgcolor=""|15,268
|bgcolor=""|50.1
|15,203
|49.9
|-
|Wicklow
|11,047
|48.1
|bgcolor=""|11,898
|bgcolor=""|51.9
|- class="sortbottom"
!Total
!558,861
!50.5
!548,144
!49.5
|}
Aftermath
The President expressed his satisfaction at securing victory in his final election, remarking, "even though it was only by a short head," and explained his decision not to nominate himself. He emphasised that doing so would have been disingenuous, as no one could realistically expect to win the presidency without the support of a political party or organisation.