Dublin West (Dáil constituency)

Dublin West 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 West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Dublin West within County Dublin
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–1992) 4 (1992–2002) 3 (2002–2011) 4 (2011–)
TDs	Paul Donnelly (SF)      Leo Varadkar (FG)      Jack Chambers (FF)      Roderic O'Gorman (GP)
County council	Fingal County Council
EP constituency	Dublin

History

A Dublin West constituency was created for the first time as a 5-seater, under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980[1] and was first used for the 1981 general election. It drew its electorate from the abolished constituencies of Dublin County West, Dublin Ballyfermot and Dublin Cabra together with a small part of Dublin South-East. It was reduced to 4 seats for the 1992 general election. Following the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 which took effect for the 2002 general election, the constituency was reduced in size and representation, being the largest source of voters for the new Dublin Mid-West seat. As a result, it was reduced from a 4-seat to a 3-seat constituency. At the 2011 general election the number of seats was increased to 4.[2]

Boundaries

The constituency is currently made up of the Castleknock and most of the Mulhuddart local electoral areas of Fingal. The constituency includes Mulhuddart, Corduff, Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Carpenterstown, Barberstown, Clonsilla and Ongar. The portion in Dublin City includes Dublin Zoo and Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland.

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[3]

"In the county of Fingal the electoral divisions of:

Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North;

and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, and The Ward situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50);

and, in the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:

Ashtown A, Ashtown B;

and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated north of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin West 1981–[4]
Key to parties   AAA–PBP = AAA–PBP   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour Party   PD = Progressive Democrats   SP = Socialist Party   WP = Workers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[5]		Jim Mitchell (FG)		Brian Lenihan Snr (FF)		Richard Burke (FG)		Eileen Lemass (FF)		Brian Fleming (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[6]								Liam Lawlor (FF)
	1982 by-election[7]						Liam Skelly (FG)
24th	1982 (Nov)[8]								Eileen Lemass (FF)		Tomás Mac Giolla (WP)
25th	1987[9]						Patrick O'Malley (PD)		Liam Lawlor (FF)
26th	1989[10]						Austin Currie (FG)
27th	1992[11]		Joan Burton (Lab)							4 seats 1992–2002
	1996 by-election[12]				Brian Lenihan Jnr (FF)
28th	1997[13]		Joe Higgins (SP)
29th	2002[14]						Joan Burton (Lab)	3 seats 2002–2011
30th	2007[15]		Leo Varadkar (FG)
31st	2011[16]								Joe Higgins (SP)	4 seats from 2011
	2011 by-election[17]				Patrick Nulty (Lab)
	2014 by-election[18]				Ruth Coppinger (SP)
32nd	2016[19]				Ruth Coppinger (AAA–PBP)				Jack Chambers (FF)
33rd	2020				Paul Donnelly (SF)		Roderic O'Gorman (GP)

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 West[20][21][22]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	28.6	12,456
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar	19.4	8,478	8,596	8,641	8,706	8,763
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Chambers	15.8	6,892	7,187	7,330	7,385	7,836	9,107
	Green Party	Roderic O'Gorman	11.2	4,901	5,371	5,471	5,919	6,270	8,260
	Solidarity–PBP	Ruth Coppinger[n 1]	10.0	4,353	6,212	6,430	6,808	6,991	7,580
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	4.8	2,096	2,201	2,236	2,321	2,406
	Fine Gael	Emer Currie	4.3	1,870	1,905	1,947	1,980	2,030
	Aontú	Edward Mac Manus	2.4	1,062	1,218	1,420	1,522
	Social Democrats	Aengus Ó Maoláin	1.9	817	1,114	1,249
	Independent	Peter Casey	1.1	495	708
	Independent	Stephen O'Loughlin	0.4	184	325
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.1	24	65
Electorate: 70,337   Valid: 43,628   Spoilt: 270 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,726   Turnout: 43,898 (62.4%)

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

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin West[23][24][19]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar	19.7	8,247	8,328	9,021
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Chambers	16.5	6,917	7,148	7,236	7,330	8,315
	AAA–PBP	Ruth Coppinger	15.5	6,520	6,626	6,690	7,011	8,548
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	15.4	6,445	6,508	6,668	6,769	8,009
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	14.4	6,034	6,073	6,093	6,188	7,091
	Independent	David McGuinness	7.1	2,991	3,081	3,112	3,405
	Green Party	Roderic O'Gorman	4.1	1,730	1,839	1,864	2,098
	Independent	T J Clare	2.6	1,092	1,191	1,214
	Fine Gael	Catherine Noone	2.6	1,074	1,125
	Renua	Jo O'Brien	1.6	677
	Independent	Dermot Casey	0.5	225
Electorate: 64,639   Valid: 41,952   Spoilt: 320 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,391   Turnout: 42,272 (65.4%)

2014 by-election

Following the resignation of Independent TD Patrick Nulty, a by-election was held on 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 European and local elections.

2014 by-election: Dublin West[18][25]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	20.9	6,056	6,120	6,296	6,516	7,028
	Socialist Party	Ruth Coppinger	20.6	5,977	6,112	6,744	7,342	8,807	12,334
	Fianna Fáil	David McGuinness	17.5	5,053	5,156	5,691	6,789	8,163	9,237
	Independent	David Hall	13.1	3,803	4,133	4,783	5,846
	Fine Gael	Eamonn Coghlan	12.8	3,715	3,788	4,693
	Green Party	Roderic O'Gorman	6.4	1,856	1,951
	Labour Party	Lorraine Mulligan	5.2	1,505	1,540
	Independent	Seán Lyons	2.2	649
	Independent	John Kidd	0.8	228
	Fís Nua	Daniel Boyne	0.4	113
Electorate: 63,521   Valid: 28,955   Spoilt: 395 (1.4%)   Quota: 14,478   Turnout: 29,350 (46.2%)

2011 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Jnr, a by-election was held on 27 October 2011, on the same day as the Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums.

2011 by-election: Dublin West[26][17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour Party	Patrick Nulty	24.3	8,665	8,885	10,186	13,027	17,636
	Fianna Fáil	David McGuinness	21.7	7,742	7,935	8,720	9,873	11,590
	Socialist Party	Ruth Coppinger	21.1	7,542	7,834	9,368	9,873
	Fine Gael	Eithne Loftus	14.7	5,263	5,410	5,942
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	8.9	3,173	3,309
	Green Party	Roderic O'Gorman	5.0	1,787	1,925
	Independent	Barry Caesar Hunt	2.2	775
	Independent	John Frank Kidd	0.9	311
	Independent	Gary Bermingham	0.5	185
	Independent	Brendan Doris	0.3	95
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.2	73
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.1	51
	Independent	Peadar Ó Ceallaigh	0.1	40
Electorate: 62,396   Valid: 35,702   Spoilt: 689 (1.9%)   Quota: 17,852   Turnout: 36,391 (58.3%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin West[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	22.7	9,627
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar	19.7	8,359	8,555
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins[27]	19.0	8,084	8,304	8,603
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr	15.1	6,421	6,494	7,050	7,323	8,289
	Fine Gael	Kieran Dennison	7.5	3,190	3,248	3,440	3,693
	Labour Party	Patrick Nulty	6.3	2,686	3,186	3,450	4,701	6,329
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	6.1	2,597	2,646	2,749
	Fianna Fáil	David McGuinness	1.5	623	631
	Green Party	Roderic O'Gorman	1.4	605	625
	Independent	Clement Esebamen	0.7	280	288
Electorate: 62,348   Valid: 42,472   Spoilt: 327 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,495   Turnout: 42,799 (68.6%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin West[15]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr	32.7	11,125
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar	20.4	6,928	7,199	7,360	7,753	8,710
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	17.1	5,799	6,101	6,215	6,673	7,905
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins	14.9	5,066	5,270	5,325	5,607	7,472
	Sinn Féin	Felix Gallagher	4.8	1,624	1,677	1,683	1,777
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Lynam	4.7	1,601	3,214	3,455	3,587
	Green Party	Roderic O'Gorman	3.8	1,286	1,349	1,417
	Progressive Democrats	Mags Murray	1.6	553	676
Electorate: 52,193   Valid: 33,982   Spoilt: 206 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,496   Turnout: 34,188 (65.5%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin West[14]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr	26.9	8,086
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins	21.5	6,442	6,660	6,731	7,853
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	12.7	3,810	4,020	4,079	4,375	5,125	6,300
	Fine Gael	Sheila Terry	12.3	3,694	3,783	3,829	3,982	4,863	5,669
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	8.0	2,404	2,498	2,524
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Morrissey	7.9	2,370	2,480	2,554	2,662
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Doherty Ryan	7.7	2,300	2,386	2,698	3,056	3,728
	Green Party	Robert Bonnie	2.5	748
	Christian Solidarity	John Smyth	0.5	134
Electorate: 53,780   Valid: 29,988   Spoilt: N/A[28]   Quota: 7,498   Turnout: 29,988 (55.8%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin West[29]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Joseph Lenihan	17.1	6,842	6,919	6,976	7,028	7,209	7,488	8,544
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins	16.2	6,496	6,616	6,886	6,960	7,285	8,094
	Fine Gael	Austin Currie	13.1	5,256	5,330	5,397	6,335	6,663	6,764	6,942	7,645	7,698
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	12.1	4,853	4,941	5,116	5,429	5,851	6,077	6,186	6,802	6,852
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	10.6	4,241	4,271	4,360	4,387	4,497	4,838	5,674	7,371	7,797
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Morrissey	7.6	3,050	3,133	3,168	3,241	3,439	3,533	3,767
	Fianna Fáil	Finbarr Hanrahan	5.5	2,216	2,246	2,273	2,302	2,457	2,564
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	5.0	2,004	2,035	2,246	2,257	2,348
	Green Party	Paul Gogarty	4.3	1,732	1,799	1,926	2,011
	Fine Gael	Joanne Harmon	3.8	1,532	1,586	1,622
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	2.8	1,135	1,157
	Independent	Seán Lyons	1.5	585
	Independent	Colin Butler	0.2	96
	Independent	Ciara Malone	0.1	36
Electorate: 66,419   Valid: 40,074   Spoilt: 223 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,015   Turnout: 40,297 (60.7%)

1996 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Snr, a by-election was held on 2 April 1996. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Brian Lenihan Jnr, son of the deceased TD.

1996 by-election: Dublin West[12]
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[30]	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%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin West[31]
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	Count 13	Count 14
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	22.6	8,398
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr	13.9	5,171	5,210	5,215	5,242	5,349	5,395	5,450	5,653	5,826	6,052	6,337	6,590	8,007
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	10.1	3,736	3,765	3,772	3,828	3,854	3,904	4,030	4,087	4,126	4,258	4,365	4,605	5,655	6,097
	Fine Gael	Austin Currie	9.0	3,360	3,551	3,559	3,821	3,930	4,067	4,088	4,273	5,146	5,329	6,444	6,724	7,155	7,226
	Fianna Fáil	Finbarr Hanrahan	7.3	2,727	2,759	2,765	2,785	2,836	2,947	2,984	3,068	3,127	3,184	3,357	3,460
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	7.3	2,726	2,915	2,929	3,025	3,070	3,238	3,550	3,652	3,700	4,287	4,483	5,814	5,984	6,047
	Independent	Vincent Ballyfermot Jackson	5.8	2,171	2,233	2,248	2,296	2,311	2,412	2,640	2,706	2,726	3,001	3,115
	Progressive Democrats	Sheila Terry	4.0	1,498	1,583	1,591	1,678	1,781	1,893	1,904	2,090	2,385	2,478
	Independent	Joe Higgins	3.8	1,407	1,500	1,505	1,523	1,555	1,645	1,741	1,891	1,933
	Fine Gael	Tom Morrissey	3.2	1,179	1,220	1,222	1,360	1,583	1,615	1,628	1,731
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	2.8	1,032	1,045	1,054	1,094	1,106	1,126
	Independent	Seán Lyons	2.8	1,027	1,070	1,078	1,084	1,186	1,278	1,322
	Independent	Marie Blake	2.5	916	948	952	965
	Green Party	Paul Nicholas Gogarty	2.4	906	979	984	999	1,090
	Fine Gael	Therese Ridge	2.2	799	835	840
	Independent	Liam Lynch	0.3	99	108
Electorate: 57,955   Valid: 37,152   Spoilt: 519 (1.4%)   Quota: 7,431   Turnout: 37,671 (65.0%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin West[10]
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	Brian Lenihan Snr	23.1	11,109
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	17.1	8,218
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	14.4	6,920	7,067	7,084	7,118	7,145	7,306	7,411	7,632	8,666
	Fine Gael	Austin Currie	10.2	4,886	5,000	5,006	5,018	5,023	5,055	5,098	5,417	6,461	7,901	8,475
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	8.6	4,144	5,504	5,514	5,528	5,544	5,573	5,662	5,813	5,977	6,348	6,390	6,469
	Fianna Fáil	Olga Bennett	8.2	3,924	5,240	5,245	5,255	5,276	5,333	5,414	5,678	5,835	6,201	6,246	6,396
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick O'Malley	5.4	2,572	2,628	2,634	2,647	2,652	2,682	2,734	3,005
	Labour Party	Eamon Tuffy	4.3	2,063	2,092	2,126	2,189	2,220	2,370	2,567	3,360	3,707
	Green Party	Bridin O'Connor	4.0	1,915	1,965	2,003	2,031	2,077	2,182	2,484
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	1.8	853	867	889	905	1,301	1,364
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	1.4	668	676	703	716	735
	Sinn Féin	Ursula Quinn	1.1	545	553	593	603
	Independent	John Montgomery	0.4	209	211
Electorate: ?   Valid: 48,026   Quota: 8,005   Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin West[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr	8,278	16.0	1
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	7,020	13.6	5
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	6,651	12.9	2
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	6,585	12.7	3
	Fianna Fáil	Olga Bennett	5,622	10.9
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming	4,011	7.8
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick O'Malley	3,308	6.4	4
	Progressive Democrats	James Fay	2,706	5.2
	Independent	Liam Skelly	1,734	3.4
	Labour Party	Eamon Tuffy	1,185	2.3
	Sinn Féin	James Delaney	1,041	2.0
	Fine Gael	Eithne Loftus	860	1.7
	Independent	Seán Lyons	675	1.3
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	600	1.2
	Independent	Bridin O'Connor	587	1.1
	Independent	Gerry Gallagher	312	0.6
	Independent	Brian McMenamy	239	0.5
	Independent	John Montgomery	183	0.4
	Independent	Jean Roche	72	0.1
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	43	0.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 51,712   Quota: 8,619   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin West[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	7,426	16.0	2
	Fine Gael	Liam Skelly	6,876	14.8	5
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	6,844	14.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	6,544	14.1	3
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming	5,804	12.5
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr	5,464	11.7	4
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	4,055	8.7
	Labour Party	Michael Brennan	1,835	3.9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Sherwin	983	2.1
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	476	1.0
	Independent	John Montgomery	259	0.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 46,566   Quota: 7,762   Turnout:

1982 by-election

Following the resignation of Fine Gael TD Richard Burke on his appointment as European Commissioner, a by-election was held on 25 May 1982. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Liam Skelly.

1982 by-election: Dublin West[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	17,095	39.7
	Fine Gael	Liam Skelly	16,777	39.0	1
	Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	6,357	14.8
	Independent	John O'Halloran	785	1.8
	Labour Party	Brendan O'Sullivan	703	1.6
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	667	1.6
	Independent	Matt Merrigan	334	0.8
	Independent	John Condron	233	0.5
	Independent	Séamus O'Daly	68	0.2
	Independent	Jim Tallon	42	0.1
Electorate: 70,203   Valid: 43,061   Quota: 21,531   Turnout: 61.3%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin West[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	8,657	19.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr	6,972	15.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	6,223	13.8	4
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming	5,764	12.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	5,662	12.5
	Fine Gael	Richard Burke	4,790	10.6	5
	Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	3,285	7.3
	Labour Party	Michael Gannon	2,617	5.8
	Independent	Anthony O'Hara	800	1.8
	Independent	John Montgomery	222	0.5
	Independent	Seán Corr	183	0.4
	Independent	Rod Eley	59	0.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 45,234   Quota: 7,540   Turnout:

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin West[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	9,326	20.0	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr	7,169	15.3	2
	Fine Gael	Richard Burke	5,301	11.3	4
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming	5,052	10.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	4,953	10.6	5
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	3,272	7.0
	Anti H-Block	Anthony O'Hara	3,034	6.5
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Boland	2,682	5.7
	Labour Party	Mary Robinson	2,342	5.0
	Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	1,678	3.6
	Labour Party	Anne McStay	876	1.9
	Labour Party	Eamon Tuffy	476	1.0
	Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party	Mick Finnegan	332	0.7
	Communist Party	John Montgomery	202	0.4
	Socialist Labour	Ivor Nolan	63	0.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 46,758   Quota: 7,794   Turnout:

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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27. Higgins campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance at the 2011 general election.
28. Electronic voting was used in this constituency in 2002. Individual votes were published by the Dublin County Returning Officer in a zip file
29. Government of Ireland (1998). 28th Dáil General Election June, 1997 Election Results and Transfer of Votes. Stationery Office, Government of Ireland.
30. Joe Higgins was an Independent candidate in 1996, as part of the Militant Labour organisation. "Big smiles as FF beats by-election bogy". The Irish Times. 4 April 1996. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
31. Government of Ireland (1993). Dáil General Election November, 1992 Election Results and Transfer of Votes in the General Election for the Twenty-Seventh Dáil. Stationery Office, Government of Ireland.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database
• 2002 detailed results including each individual vote