1996 Dublin West by-election
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on 2 April 1996. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Tánaiste Brian Lenihan Snr on 1 November 1995.
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The election was won by Brian Lenihan Jnr of Fianna Fáil, the son of Brian Lenihan Snr.
Among the candidates were Fingal County Councillor and future TD and MEP Joe Higgins, Fingal County Councillor and future Senator Tom Morrissey, Dublin City Councillor and former TD Tomás Mac Giolla, Fingal County Councillor and future Senator Sheila Terry, future TD Paul Gogarty, Dublin City Councillor Vincent Jackson and Fingal County Councillor Sean Lyons
On the same day, a by-election took place in Donegal North-East.
Result
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Jnr | 24.6 | 6,995 | 7,023 | 7,111 | 7,293 | 7,458 | 7,661 | 8,032 | 8,303 | 8,688 | 9,670 | 11,754 | ||
Independent | Joe Higgins[2] | 23.7 | 6,743 | 6,785 | 6,881 | 6,983 | 7,243 | 7,397 | 7,559 | 7,911 | 8,352 | 9,810 | 11,384 | ||
Fine Gael | Tom Morrissey | 13.1 | 3,728 | 3,750 | 3,836 | 3,955 | 4,163 | 4,245 | 4,750 | 4,821 | 5,160 | 5,876 | |||
Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 10.2 | 2,909 | 2,993 | 3,045 | 3,085 | 3,294 | 3,766 | 3,895 | 4,463 | 4,888 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John McCann | 5.5 | 1,574 | 1,636 | 1,643 | 1,673 | 1,691 | 1,788 | 1,810 | ||||||
Progressive Democrats | Sheila Terry | 4.6 | 1,314 | 1,328 | 1,377 | 1,433 | 1,506 | 1,543 | |||||||
Green Party | Paul Gogarty | 4.5 | 1,286 | 1,311 | 1,356 | 1,483 | 1,576 | 1,692 | 1,899 | 2,041 | |||||
Independent | Vincent Jackson | 4.0 | 1,131 | 1,186 | 1,195 | 1,247 | 1,290 | ||||||||
Labour Party | Michael O'Donovan | 3.7 | 1,058 | 1,072 | 1,101 | 1,122 | |||||||||
Christian Solidarity | Gerard Casey | 2.7 | 768 | 774 | 806 | ||||||||||
Independent | Sean Lyons | 1.8 | 514 | 524 | |||||||||||
Independent | John O'Halloran | 1.3 | 369 | ||||||||||||
Independent | Benny Cooney | 0.1 | 21 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 65,534 Valid: 28,410 Quota: 14,206 Turnout: 43.4% |
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References
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