Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Dublin Central
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–1992) 4 (1992–2016) 3 (2016–2020) 4 (2020–)
TDs	Mary Lou McDonald (SF)      Neasa Hourigan (GP)      Paschal Donohoe (FG)      Gary Gannon (SD)
City council	Dublin City Council
EP constituency	Dublin

Dublin Central
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1977
Seats	4
County/City council	Dublin City Council

History

A Dublin Central constituency was created for the first time in 1969 and used at the 1969 and 1973 general elections. It originally spanned both sides of the River Liffey and took in inner city Dublin. It was abolished in 1977 as part of the Tullymander with the constituency being divided between Dublin North-Central, Dublin Cabra and Dublin South-Central. In its current incarnation, the seat was created in 1980, taking in most of the abolished Dublin Cabra constituency together with the inner half of Dublin North-Central and smaller parts of the abolished Dublin Finglas.

Boundaries

The Dublin Central constituency is located in the north inner city and suburbs of Dublin and encompasses an area to the north side of the river Liffey including: Stoneybatter, Mountjoy Square, Phibsborough, Cabra, Dorset Street, Henrietta Street, O'Connell Street, Arbour Hill, Navan Road, Glasnevin, North Wall, East Wall and Drumcondra. It comprises the local government areas of Ballymun, North Inner City and Cabra-Finglas.[1]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:[1]

"In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:

Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West A, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Drumcondra South B, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Rotunda A, Rotunda B."

Since 2020

At the 2020 general election, it gained an extra seat to become a 4-seat constituency.[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[2]

"In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:

Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Botanic A, Botanic B, Botanic C, Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West A, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Drumcondra South A, Drumcondra South B, Drumcondra South C, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Rotunda A, Rotunda B."

Constituency profile

Dublin Central is regarded as one of the most social and ethnically diverse constituencies in Ireland.[3] It contains Dublin's main shopping district and financial areas. The constituency consists of largely traditional working class areas such as East Wall, North Strand, Summerhill, Ballybough, Sheriff Street and Cabra with more suburban middle class Glasnevin and Lower Drumcondra on the northern fringes of the constituency.

For many years it was the constituency of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern who won the first seat in the constituency at every election from its creation in 1981 until his retirement in 2011. It was a highly competitive constituency with the Labour Party, Sinn Féin and left-wing independents such as Tony Gregory drawing much support. Following the 2011 general election Fianna Fáil were not represented in the constituency.

TDs

TDs 1969–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1969–1977[4]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969[5]		Frank Cluskey (Lab)		Vivion de Valera (FF)		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FF)		Maurice E. Dockrell (FG)
20th	1973[6]
21st	1977	Constituency abolished

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

TDs since 1981

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1981–[4]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green Party   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour Party   PD = Progressive Democrats   SF = Sinn Féin   SD = Social Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[7]		Bertie Ahern (FF)		Alice Glenn (FG)		Michael Keating (FG)		George Colley (FF)		Michael O'Leary (Lab)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[8]				Tony Gregory (Ind)
24th	1982 (Nov)[9]										Alice Glenn (FG)
	1983 by-election[10]								Tom Leonard (FF)
25th	1987[11]						Michael Keating (PD)		Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF)		John Stafford (FF)
26th	1989[12]						Pat Lee (FG)
27th	1992[13]						Jim Mitchell (FG)		Joe Costello (Lab)	4 seats from 1992
28th	1997[14]								Marian McGennis (FF)
29th	2002[15]						Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF)		Joe Costello (Lab)
30th	2007[16]						Cyprian Brady (FF)
	2009 by-election[17]				Maureen O'Sullivan (Ind)
31st	2011[18]		Mary Lou McDonald (SF)				Paschal Donohoe (FG)
32nd	2016[19]							3 seats from 2016
33rd	2020				Gary Gannon (SD)				Neasa Hourigan (GP)	4 seats from 2020

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin Central[20][21][22][23]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	35.7	11,223
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	13.3	4,181	4,282	4,290	4,292	4,687	4,738	5,110	5,147	6,126
	Green Party	Neasa Hourigan	12.3	3,851	4,254	4,271	4,312	4,371	4,606	5,118	5,636	6,551
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	10.3	3,228	3,503	3,530	3,535	3,570	3,723	3,967	4,010
	Social Democrats	Gary Gannon	9.3	2,912	3,605	3,638	3,696	3,724	3,912	4,357	5,028	5,718
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	5.4	1,702	1,977	1,989	1,996	2,029	2,108
	Independent	Christy Burke	4.8	1,509	3,344	3,410	3,441	3,449	3,609	3,910	4,547	5,168
	Solidarity–PBP	Gillian Brien[n 1]	2.5	776	1,590	1,624	1,825	1,836	2,128	2,233
	Aontú	Ian Noel Smyth	1.9	583	640	730	737	737
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Duffy	1.8	570	584	589	591
	Workers' Party	Éilis Ryan	1.4	429	593	617	656	662
	Solidarity–PBP	Rita Harrold[n 2]	0.6	201	403	418
	Independent	Sarah Louise Mulligan	0.4	124	153
	Independent	Dolores Webster	0.3	101	153
	Independent	Patrick Clohessy	0.1	33	47
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.0	12	19
Electorate: 61,998   Valid: 31,435   Spoilt: 297 (0.9%)   Quota: 6,288   Turnout: 31,732 (51.2%)

1. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Brien was a member of People Before Profit.
2. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Harrold was a member of Solidarity.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin Central[24][25][19]
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
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	24.4	5,770	5,780	5,806	5,825	5,854	6,016
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	13.6	3,226	3,228	3,231	3,276	3,393	3,405	3,480	4,478	4,481	5,127	5,447
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	10.6	2,508	2,510	2,517	2,601	2,632	2,655	2,810	2,978	2,984
	Independent	Christy Burke	10.2	2,406	2,411	2,418	2,440	2,452	2,503	2,822	3,066	3,083	3,658
	Social Democrats	Gary Gannon	9.7	2,307	2,327	2,387	2,411	2,601	2,832	3,117	3,514	3,549	3,931	4,948
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	8.8	2,092	2,102	2,121	2,132	2,245	2,281	2,345
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan	8.4	1,990	2,009	2,058	2,085	2,181	2,377	2,792	3,181	3,214	3,923	5,269
	Independent	Cieran Perry	5.2	1,242	1,258	1,294	1,309	1,333	1,492
	AAA–PBP	Diana O'Dwyer	3.0	721	749	830	845	909
	Green Party	Ian Smyth	2.7	644	651	674	696
	Renua	Jacqui Gilbourne	1.4	330	339	339
	Workers' Party	Éilis Ryan	1.3	303	316
	Direct Democracy	Cormac McKay	0.3	62
	Independent	Kerry Guinan	0.2	58
	Independent	William DJ Gorman	0.1	27
Electorate: 45,747   Valid: 23,686   Spoilt: 304 (1.3%)   Quota: 5,922   Turnout: 23,990 (52.4%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin Central[26][18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	19.9	6,903	6,933
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	18.1	6,273	6,289	6,428	6,805	7,115
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	13.1	4,526	4,536	4,654	5,065	5,422	5,553	6,209	6,587
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan	12.0	4,139	4,171	4,507	4,830	5,384	5,586	7,641
	Labour Party	Áine Clancy	10.2	3,514	3,532	3,796	3,853	3,978	4,135
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	10.1	3,504	3,514	3,606	3,628	3,716	4,821	5,403	5,743
	Fianna Fáil	Cyprian Brady	4.7	1,637	1,639	1,675	1,725	1,753
	Independent	Cieran Perry	4.0	1,394	1,426	1,532	1,615
	Independent	Christy Burke	3.8	1,315	1,323	1,393
	Green Party	Phil Kearney	2.0	638	703
	Workers' Party	Malachy Steenson	0.8	274	285
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	0.7	235	251
	Independent	John Hyland	0.2	77
	Independent	Thomas Hollywood	0.2	65
	Fís Nua	Liam Johnston[27]	0.1	48
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.1	25
Electorate: 56,892   Valid: 34,612   Spoilt: 457 (1.3%)   Quota: 6,923   Turnout: 35,069 (61.6%)

2009 by-election

Following the death of independent TD Tony Gregory, a by-election was held on 5 June 2009. It was won by Independent candidate Maureen O'Sullivan.

2009 by-election: Dublin Central[17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan	26.9	7,639	7,711	7,862	8,105	8,341	9,352	11,062	13,739
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	22.7	6,439	6,461	6,488	6,578	6,737	7,412	7,880	10,198
	Labour Party	Ivana Bacik	17.3	4,926	4,931	5,008	5,073	5,338	5,774	6,537
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	13.3	3,770	3,780	3,902	3,990	4,042	4,420
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern	12.3	3,483	3,512	3,526	3,564	3,621
	Green Party	David Geary	2.9	819	829	849	893
	Immigration Control	Patrick Talbot	2.2	614	636	676
	Workers' Party	Malachy Steenson	1.8	519	528
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	0.7	203
Electorate: 62,141   Valid: 28,412   Spoilt: 391 (1.4%)   Quota: 14,207   Turnout: 28,803 (46.3%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin Central[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	36.8	12,734
	Independent	Tony Gregory	13.4	4,649	5,453	5,622	6,062	6,799	7,385
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	12.6	4,353	4,793	4,870	5,028	5,809	6,073	6,205	8,018
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	9.5	3,302	3,441	3,548	3,600	3,896	4,147	4,216	4,556
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	9.2	3,182	3,471	3,519	3,744	3,948	4,120	4,178
	Green Party	Patricia McKenna	5.8	1,995	2,116	2,221	2,294
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	4.9	1,725	3,087	3,236	3,330	3,447
	Independent	Cieran Perry	2.7	952	1,058	1,133
	Fianna Fáil	Cyprian Brady	2.7	939	3,342	3,510	3,554	3,616	5,608	5,764	6,348
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	0.8	260	269
	Immigration Control	Patrick Talbot	0.7	239	253
	Progressive Democrats	Jerry Hannon	0.6	193	226
	Fathers Rights	Alan Beirne	0.3	116	202
Electorate: 63,423   Valid: 34,639   Spoilt: 510 (1.5%)   Quota: 6,928   Turnout: 35,149 (55.4%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin Central[15]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	31.9	10,882
	Independent	Tony Gregory	16.6	5,664	6,477	6,625	7,242
	Sinn Féin	Nicky Kehoe	14.6	4,972	5,300	5,343	5,487	5,818	6,177	6,339
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	12.2	4,136	4,499	4,539	5,046	7,870
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	11.1	3,769	3,976	4,063	4,268
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	7.6	2,590	4,855	4,968	5,043	5,560	6,264	6,418
	Green Party	Tommy Simpson	4.3	1,469	1,545	1,652
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	1.1	366	377
	Independent	Tom Prendeville	0.3	97	103
	Independent	Patrick O'Donnell	0.3	89	95
Electorate: 62,180   Valid: 34,034   Spoilt: 483 (1.4%)   Quota: 6,807   Turnout: 34,517 (55.5%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin Central[28]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	34.1	12,175
	Independent	Tony Gregory	14.7	5,261	6,252	6,264	6,358	6,427	6,950	7,546
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	14.5	5,185	5,391	5,401	5,459	5,512	5,658	5,863	5,943	6,391	6,650
	Fianna Fáil	Marian McGennis	8.8	3,132	6,109	6,119	6,199	6,300	6,437	6,588	6,651	6,982	7,594
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	8.5	3,035	3,262	3,268	3,301	3,325	3,447	3,747	3,930	4,250	5,343
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	6.6	2,377	2,641	2,648	2,653	2,686	2,765	2,879	2,912	3,101
	Independent	Michael Conaghan	3.7	1,343	1,412	1,415	1,420	1,440	1,567	1,638	1,676
	Green Party	Ciarán Cuffe	3.5	1,253	1,367	1,379	1,422	1,479	1,559
	Independent	Vincent B. Jackson	1.8	650	702	714	718	755
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh	1.4	509	537	544	552	558
	Independent	Eamonn Murphy	1.2	432	454	465	495
	Independent	Kevin Devlin	0.9	307	374	374
	Independent	Aidan Walsh	0.1	43	44
	Independent	Patrick John Shelley	0.1	39	47
Electorate: 64,073   Valid: 35,741   Spoilt: 541 (1.5%)   Quota: 7,149   Turnout: 36,282 (56.6%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin Central[29]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	31.3	11,374
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	20.1	7,308
	Independent	Tony Gregory	16.0	5,809	6,528	6,595	6,734	6,969	7,073	7,667
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	14.1	5,125	5,405	5,415	5,463	5,517	5,601	5,792	5,948	6,189	6,562
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	5.1	1,838	3,192	3,203	3,211	3,229	3,310	3,361	3,397	3,578	5,761
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	3.7	1,362	1,456	1,476	1,515	1,546	1,564	1,626	1,706
	Fianna Fáil	Olga Bennett	3.0	1,087	2,578	2,584	2,616	2,636	2,689	2,798	2,854	3,083
	Green Party	Patricia McKenna	2.6	927	1,000	1,008	1,065	1,183	1,283
	Independent	Niamh Nic Mhathúna	1.4	514	532	535	547	552
	Democratic Left	Mike Jennings	1.3	467	494	509	537
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh	1.0	368	381	468
	Workers' Party	Des Early	0.6	221	245
Electorate: 60,391   Valid: 36,400   Spoilt: 733 (2.0%)   Quota: 7,281   Turnout: 37,133 (61.5%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin Central[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	13,589	32.9	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	7,451	18.0	2	1
	Fine Gael	Pat Lee	5,296	12.8	3	8
	Fianna Fáil	John Stafford	2,530	6.1	5	11
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	2,420	5.9	4	11
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	1,941	4.7
	Workers' Party	Mike Jennings	1,827	4.4
	Green Party	Enda Connolly	1,529	3.7
	Progressive Democrats	Geraldine Harney	1,418	3.4
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	1,305	3.2
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	1,256	3.0
	Sinn Féin	Tony O'Flaherty	729	1.8
	Independent	Maire Ni Dubgaill	41	0.1
Electorate: 65,071   Valid: 41,332   Spoilt: 467 (1.1%)   Quota: 6,889   Turnout: 41,799 (64.2%)

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin Central[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	13,635	28.7	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	7,721	16.3	2
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Keating	6,361	13.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	John Stafford	3,966	8.4	4
	Fine Gael	Pat Lee	2,643	5.6
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	2,501	5.3
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	2,392	5.0	5
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	2,034	4.3
	Independent	Alice Glenn	1,951	4.1
	Workers' Party	Michael Jennings	1,463	3.1
	Fine Gael	Shane Byrne	1,296	2.7
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	767	1.6
	Labour Party	Mary Freehill	632	1.3
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	94	0.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 47,456   Quota: 7,910   Turnout:

1983 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD George Colley, a by-election was held on 23 November 1983. It was won by Fianna Fáil candidate Tom Leonard.

1983 by-election: Dublin Central[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	15,236	46.6	1
	Fine Gael	Mary Banotti	7,362	22.5
	Workers' Party	Michael White	4,342	13.3
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	2,304	7.1
	Labour Party	Jimmy Somers	1,966	6.0
	Independent	Leo Armstrong	574	1.8
	Independent	Anthony Ryan	458	1.4
	Communist Party	Edward Glackin	243	0.7
	Independent	William Foley	147	0.5
	Independent	Jim Tallon	72	0.2
Electorate: 70,403   Valid: 32,704   Quota: 16,353   Turnout: 46.5%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin Central[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	10,542	23.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	7,945	17.9	2	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	6,237	14.0	4
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	5,622	12.6	3
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn	3,723	8.4	5
	Labour Party	Jimmy Somers	3,337	7.5
	Fine Gael	John Colgan	2,513	5.7
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	2,396	5.4
	Workers' Party	Michael White	2,161	4.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 44,476   Quota: 7,413   Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin Central[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	18.7	8,570
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	17.5	8,000
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	16.5	7,542	8,174
	Labour Party	Michael O'Leary	11.0	5,042	5,063	5,137	5,151	5,183	5,210	5,320	5,715	6,012	6,511
	Independent	Tony Gregory	10.3	4,703	4,730	4,752	4,768	4,815	4,861	5,414	6,458	6,555	7,737
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	6.5	2,990	3,131	3,137	3,551	3,558	4,113	4,276	4,485	4,525
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn	6.5	2,971	2,991	3,164	3,168	3,180	3,193	3,239	3,337	5,061	5,412
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	4.4	2,023	2,046	2,138	2,140	2,147	2,162	2,187	2,246
	Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party	Michael White	3.7	1,672	1,678	1,681	1,684	1,710	1,740	2,084
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	3.2	1,458	1,472	1,475	1,479	1,485	1,505
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ward	1.3	611	670	672	764	776
	Independent	Leo Martin	0.4	160	163	164	165
Electorate: 74,713   Valid: 45,742   Spoilt: 438 (0.9%)   Quota: 7,624   Turnout: 46,180 (61.8%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin Central[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	8,738	18.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	8,250	17.7	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	8,011	17.2	3	1
	Labour Party	Michael O'Leary	4,737	10.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	3,271	7.0
	Independent	Tony Gregory	3,151	6.8
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	2,621	5.6
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn	2,538	5.5	5
	Labour Party	Patrick Carroll	2,062	4.4
	Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party	Michael White	1,803	3.9
	Labour Party	Jimmy Somers	1,347	2.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 46,529   Quota: 7,755   Turnout:

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin Central[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera	6,491	21.3	1
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell	4,308	14.2	4
	Labour Party	Frank Cluskey	3,864	12.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	3,807	12.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	3,221	10.6
	Fine Gael	Alexis FitzGerald	2,198	7.2
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	1,796	5.9
	Labour Party	Griff Cashman	1,763	5.8
	Labour Party	James Mooney	1,644	5.4
	Independent	Gerard Brady	876	2.9
	Independent	Michael O'Riordan	466	1.5
Electorate: 46,775   Valid: 30,434   Quota: 6,087   Turnout: 65.1%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin Central[30]
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	Count 12
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera	22.9	7,493
	Labour Party	Frank Cluskey	16.5	5,413	5,427	5,479	5,500	5,885	5,929	6,200	7,509
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell	13.3	4,364	4,384	4,387	4,611	4,636	5,168	5,305	5,372	5,420	6,947
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fitzpatrick	8.0	2,619	3,281	3,287	3,299	3,316	3,351	3,511	3,537	3,543	3,608	4,078	6,149
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	6.5	2,142	2,310	2,319	2,338	2,359	2,405	2,699	2,725	2,736	2,806	3,028
	Labour Party	Jim Mooney	5.2	1,714	1,720	1,767	1,782	2,038	2,054	2,181	2,481	3,333	3,437	3,996	4,179
	Independent	Gerard Brady	5.2	1,707	1,725	1,743	1,761	1,792	1,833	2,106	2,163	2,188	2,317
	Labour Party	Griff Cashman	4.8	1,574	1,578	1,615	1,621	1,763	1,789	1,872
	Independent	Frank Sherwin	4.4	1,456	1,477	1,494	1,504	1,531	1,606
	Fine Gael	Willie Naughton	4.3	1,404	1,410	1,418	1,617	1,628	2,028	2,140	2,159	2,168
	Fine Gael	John Nealon	3.5	1,151	1,154	1,162	1,238	1,246
	Labour Party	Jim Downey	2.7	895	903	931	939
	Fine Gael	Peter Keating	1.9	612	616	617
	Irish Worker League	Sam Nolan	0.7	242	243
Electorate: 48,761   Valid: 32,786   Quota: 6,558   Turnout: 67.24%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

References

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External links

• Oireachtas Members Database
• Detailed map of the constituency