The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918 United Kingdom general election</a> occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_Féin" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote.<sup about="#mwt97" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"ark"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-ark-17"}}' id="cite_ref-ark_17-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_14#cite_note-ark-17" id="mwyg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyw">[17]</span></a></sup>