Gorman was declared the winner after securing 1,390 votes, while contestant James Kehoe secured 867 votes.
He succeeds Tom Short who is stepping down later this month after three years in the role.
Gorman, of Ballinakill IFA, is a long-serving member of the organisation and most recently held the position of Laois county chairman until February this year.
Gorman defeated just one other candidate in the election race, Wexford IFA chairman James Kehoe – a suckler beef, sheep and tillage farmer from near Enniscorthy.
Due to Covid-19 normal count proceedings had to be altered for today’s election, with a limited number of officials present to announce final ballot counts at IFA headquarters in Bluebell this afternoon.
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