| Election Name: | 1952 Irish presidential election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1945 Irish presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1945 |
| Next Election: | 1959 Irish presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
| Election Date: | 10 June 1952 (Unopposed) |
| Nominee1: | Seán T. O'Kelly |
| Party1: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Seán T. O'Kelly |
| Before Party: | Fianna Fáil |
| After Election: | Seán T. O'Kelly |
| After Party: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
In the 1952 Irish presidential election the outgoing president Seán T. O'Kelly was re-elected without a contest.
Under Article 12 of the Constitution of Ireland, candidates could be nominated by:
All Irish citizens on the Dáil electoral register were eligible to vote.
On 25 April 1952, Minister for Local Government made an order under section 6 of the Presidential Elections Act 1937 opening nominations, with noon on 16 May as the deadline for nominations, and 10 June set as the date for a poll (if any).[1]
President Seán T. O'Kelly nominated himself as a candidate, and when no other candidate was nominated, he was declared elected on 16 May. This was the first occasion on which a president nominated themselves for a second term.
O'Kelly was inaugurated for his second term as President of Ireland on 25 June 1952.