Limerick East (Dáil constituency)

Limerick East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 2011. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Limerick East
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	2011
Seats	4 (1948–1981) 5 (1981–2011)
County/City council	Limerick City County Limerick County Clare

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election. It succeeded the constituency of Limerick, which was divided between Limerick East and Limerick West.

It encompassed the whole of Limerick City Council, together with the Castleconnell electoral area and part of the Bruff electoral area of Limerick County Council and the Ballyglass electoral area of Clare County Council. It was primarily an urban constituency but had a large rural hinterland, and contained small parts of County Clare.[1]

The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) from 1948 to 1981, and 5 deputies from 1981 to 2011.

While support for left-wing parties has usually been strong in the city of Limerick, the constituency as a whole was long considered a stronghold of the Progressive Democrats (PD), supplying at least one PD TD in all general elections from 1987 until 2007.

The Constituency Commission published its final recommendations on 23 October 2007. As a result of population decline, Limerick East was replaced by a 4-seat constituency called Limerick City.[2] Most of the rural parts of Limerick East were transferred to the new Limerick constituency.[3]

• Limerick East – Constituency boundaries
• 
  1948–1961
• 
  1961–1969
• 
  1969–1981
• 
  1981–2011

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick East 1948–2011[4]
Key to parties   DSP = Democratic Socialist   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour Party   PD = Progressive Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[5]		Michael Keyes (Lab)		Robert Ryan (FF)		James Reidy (FG)		Daniel Bourke (FF)	4 seats 1948–1981
14th	1951[6]				Tadhg Crowley (FF)
	1952 by-election[7]								John Carew (FG)
15th	1954[8]						Donogh O'Malley (FF)
16th	1957[9]		Ted Russell (Ind)		Paddy Clohessy (FF)
17th	1961[10]		Stephen Coughlan (Lab)						Tom O'Donnell (FG)
18th	1965[11]
	1968 by-election[12]						Desmond O'Malley (FF)
19th	1969[13]				Michael Herbert (FF)
20th	1973[14]
21st	1977[15]		Michael Lipper (Ind)
22nd	1981[16]		Jim Kemmy (Ind)		Peadar Clohessy (FF)						Michael Noonan (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[17]		Jim Kemmy (DSP)		Willie O'Dea (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[18]		Frank Prendergast (Lab)
25th	1987[19]		Jim Kemmy (DSP)				Peadar Clohessy (PD)		Desmond O'Malley (PD)
26th	1989[20]
27th	1992[21]		Jim Kemmy (Lab)
28th	1997[22]						Eddie Wade (FF)
	1998 by-election[23]		Jan O'Sullivan (Lab)
29th	2002[24]						Peter Power (FF)		Tim O'Malley (PD)
30th	2007[25]								Kieran O'Donnell (FG)
31st	2011	Constituency abolished. See Limerick City and Limerick

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

2007 general election

2007 general election: Limerick East[25]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Dea	38.6	19,082
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	15.2	7,507	8,484
	Labour Party	Jan O'Sullivan	10.3	5,098	6,236	6,271	6,352	6,556	7,236	8,114	9,051
	Fine Gael	Kieran O'Donnell	10.3	5,094	5,566	5,584	5,644	5,816	6,148	6,498	6,966
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Power	7.2	3,569	8,669
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Malley	6.8	3,354	4,211	4,268	4,308	4,387	4,526	4,670	5,776
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Quinlivan	4.2	2,081	2,480	2,494	2,513	2,686	2,839
	Fianna Fáil	Noreen Ryan	2.8	1,391	2,943	3,245	3,278	3,419	3,536	4,110
	Green Party	Trish Forde Brennan	2.6	1,296	1,420	1,425	1,432	1,619
	Independent	John Devane	0.7	330	457	461	469
	Independent	Cathal McCarthy	0.4	188	232	233	236
	Independent	Denis Riordan	0.4	186	207	209	210
	Christian Solidarity	Conor O'Donoghue	0.4	171	202	203	205
	Independent	Patrick Moore	0.1	28	38
Electorate: 76,874   Valid: 49,375   Spoilt: 431 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,230   Turnout: 49,806 (64.8%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Limerick East[24]
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	Willie O'Dea	26.3	13,174
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	18.9	9,451
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Malley	9.8	4,885	5,327	5,415	5,490	5,506	5,631	5,782	5,872	6,324	6,953	7,723
	Labour Party	Jan O'Sullivan	9.3	4,629	5,048	5,193	5,255	5,356	5,715	5,927	6,323	6,958	7,256	7,467
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman	8.9	4,468	4,712	5,409	5,497	5,529	5,657	5,842	5,979	6,569	6,986	7,162
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Power	7.8	3,881	5,838	5,879	5,969	6,007	6,080	6,253	6,425	6,851	9,491
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade	5.8	2,918	4,029	4,042	4,084	4,105	4,134	4,266	4,323	4,529
	Independent	Patrick Kennedy	4.2	2,092	2,313	2,366	2,434	2,567	2,650	2,840	3,379
	Independent	John Gilligan	2.3	1,176	1,315	1,333	1,379	1,576	1,680	1,920
	Ind. Health Alliance	Tom Ryan	2.3	1,148	1,269	1,289	1,361	1,405	1,478
	Green Party	Timothy Hourigan	1.8	917	970	985	1,053	1,077
	Independent	Michael Kelly	1.3	677	736	751	764
	National Party	Nora Bennis	1.0	479	536	545
	Christian Solidarity	Conor O'Donoghue	0.2	86	95	96
	Independent	Aidan Ryan	0.1	19	27	29
Electorate: 80,593   Valid: 50,000   Spoilt: 513 (1.0%)   Quota: 8,334   Turnout: 50,513 (62.7%)

1998 by-election

Following the death of Labour Party TD Jim Kemmy, a by-election was held on 11 March 1998. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Jan O'Sullivan.

1998 by-election: Limerick East[26]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour Party	Jan O'Sullivan	24.9	10,619	11,444	13,724	14,967	22,888
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman	24.5	10,445	10,870	11,591	12,860
	Fianna Fáil	Sandra Marsh	23.8	10,173	10,852	11,328	13,117	15,188
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Malley	10.0	4,287	4,578	4,913
	Democratic Left	John Ryan	9.1	3,868	4,507
	Sinn Féin	Jenny Marie Shapland	2.1	909
	Independent	John Gilligan	2.0	850
	National Party	Nora Bennis	1.6	700
	Green Party	Eric Sheppard	1.3	546
	Independent	Barney Sheehan	0.5	198
	Independent	Noel Hannon	0.3	108
Electorate: 78,062   Valid: 42,703   Quota: 21,352   Turnout: 54.7%

1997 general election

1997 general election: Limerick East[27]
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	Willie O'Dea	25.3	12,581
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	20.3	10,092
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade	9.7	4,798	6,600	6,655	6,768	7,034	7,360	7,451	9,632
	Progressive Democrats	Desmond J. O'Malley	8.8	4,358	4,836	4,981	5,063	5,278	6,561	6,714	7,478	8,419
	Democratic Left	John Ryan	6.9	3,403	3,682	3,809	3,994	4,092	4,129	4,562	4,756	4,873	4,904
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman	6.2	3,084	3,209	4,208	4,327	4,599	4,755	5,106	5,330	5,459	5,519	6,499
	Labour Party	Jim Kemmy	5.4	2,702	2,933	3,153	3,329	3,439	3,509	4,625	4,875	5,003	5,047	7,173
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Power	4.8	2,362	3,340	3,393	3,483	3,784	3,903	3,993
	Labour Party	Jan O'Sullivan	3.8	1,866	1,984	2,115	2,292	2,353	2,383
	Progressive Democrats	Edmond Creighton	3.7	1,817	1,959	1,988	2,021	2,150
	National Party	Nora Bennis	3.1	1,533	1,610	1,637	1,730
	Green Party	Eric Sheppard	1.6	802	843	858
	Independent	Noel Raymond Hannan	0.4	195	217	222
	Independent	Denis Riordan	0.2	108	112	114
Electorate: 76,705   Valid: 49,701   Spoilt: 348 (0.7%)   Quota: 8,284   Turnout: 50,049 (65.3%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Limerick East[28]
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	Willie O'Dea	22.7	10,990
	Progressive Democrats	Desmond J. O'Malley	17.2	8,304
	Labour Party	Jim Kemmy	17.1	8,262
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	11.2	5,437	5,650	5,664	5,697	5,715	5,725	5,792	5,829	5,936	7,379	8,627
	Progressive Democrats	Peadar Clohessy	9.0	4,334	4,607	4,631	4,804	4,814	4,847	4,885	4,912	4,996	5,322	6,175	6,630
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade	7.5	3,637	5,605	5,617	5,625	5,630	5,685	5,782	5,840	5,941	6,060	6,435	6,548
	Labour Party	Jan O'Sullivan	6.4	3,091	3,308	3,320	3,336	3,484	3,528	3,566	3,726	4,099	4,353
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman	6.2	2,110	2,196	2,197	2,207	2,214	2,221	2,253	2,276	2,324
	Democratic Left	John Ryan	1.7	835	919	940	942	949	989	1,017	1,130
	Independent	Joe Harrington	0.8	370	413	420	422	428	576	601
	Independent	Augustine Moore	1.0	463	477	481	481	482	496
	Sinn Féin	Tom Clancy	0.8	400	422	425	426	427
	Independent	Jude Williams	0.2	118	129
Electorate: 71,136   Valid: 48,351   Spoilt: 721 (1.5%)   Quota: 8,059   Turnout: 49,072 (69.0%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Limerick East[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Dea	9,658	20.8	1	1
	Democratic Socialist	Jim Kemmy	9,168	19.8	2	1
	Progressive Democrats	Desmond O'Malley	8,385	18.1	3	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	5,805	12.5	4	7
	Progressive Democrats	Peadar Clohessy	4,233	9.1	5	8
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade	3,073	6.6
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman	2,715	5.9
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Brommel	2,298	5.0
	Labour Party	Declan Leddin	1,006	2.2
Electorate: 66,471   Valid: 46,341   Spoilt: 499 (1.1%)   Quota: 7,724   Turnout: 46,840 (70.5%)

1987 general election

1987 general election: Limerick East[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Progressive Democrats	Desmond O'Malley	12,358	24.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Dea	9,268	18.7	2	1
	Progressive Democrats	Peadar Clohessy	6,069	12.2	3
	Democratic Socialist	Jim Kemmy	5,920	11.9	4
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	5,913	11.9	5
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	2,968	6.0
	Labour Party	Frank Prendergast	2,201	4.4
	Fianna Fáil	Richard O'Flaherty	2,111	4.3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Parkes	1,254	2.5
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Malone	565	1.1
	Independent	Martin Nugent	353	0.7
	Workers' Party	Fergal Grant	246	0.5
	Independent	Declan O'Lehane	241	0.5
	Independent	Denis Riordan	87	0.2
	Independent	John Donovan	59	0.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 49,613   Quota: 8,269   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Limerick East[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley	10,615	22.5	1	1
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	9,058	19.2	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Dea	7,306	15.5	3
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	5,631	11.9	4
	Labour Party	Frank Prendergast	4,793	10.2	5
	Democratic Socialist	Jim Kemmy	4,125	8.7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Herbert	3,204	6.8
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	1,308	2.8
	Fianna Fáil	John Bourke	859	1.8
	Independent	Richard Power	177	0.4
	Independent	Patrick Moore	145	0.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 47,221   Quota: 7,871   Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Limerick East[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley	9,049	19.1	1	1
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	8,514	18.0	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Dea	7,425	15.7	3
	Democratic Socialist	Jim Kemmy	6,502	13.7	4
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Clohessy	4,947	10.5
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	4,527	9.6	5
	Labour Party	Michael Lipper	2,684	5.7
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kennedy	1,938	4.1
	Independent	John Frawley	676	1.4
	Independent	Win Harrington	516	1.1
	Independent	John Gilligan	343	0.7
	Independent	Joseph Harrington	215	0.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 47,336   Quota: 7,890   Turnout:

1981 general election

1981 general election: Limerick East[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	9,915	20.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley	9,346	19.2	2
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Clohessy	5,256	10.8	5
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan	4,311	8.9	3
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Dea	4,297	8.8
	Democratic Socialist	Jim Kemmy	4,190	8.6	4
	Labour Party	Michael Lipper	2,905	6.0
	Labour Party	Frank Prendergast	2,840	5.8
	Fine Gael	Richard Hourigan	2,184	4.5
	Fianna Fáil	Éamonn Cregan	1,636	3.4
	Independent	John Frawley	866	1.8
	Independent	Joseph Harrington	844	1.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 48,590   Quota: 8,099   Turnout:

1977 general election

1977 general election: Limerick East[15]
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	Desmond O'Malley	19.5	8,762	8,765	8,788	8,860	8,900	8,994
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	14.6	6,571	6,573	6,585	6,692	7,302	7,374	7,636	10,169
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Herbert	14.0	6,293	6,306	6,321	6,377	6,405	6,474	6,640	6,786	7,105	7,342
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Clohessy	12.2	5,488	5,497	5,512	5,540	5,572	5,610	5,722	5,778	6,090	6,249
	Independent	Michael Lipper	11.6	5,224	5,257	5,322	5,429	5,575	6,023	7,608	8,049	9,775
	Labour Party	Stephen Coughlan	7.9	3,553	3,555	3,565	3,618	3,693	3,786	4,008	4,380
	Fine Gael	Ted Russell	6.7	3,022	3,024	3,030	3,097	3,403	3,521	3,684
	Democratic Socialist	Jim Kemmy	5.2	2,333	2,348	2,413	2,476	2,530	2,920
	Independent	Michael Crowe	2.9	1,325	1,335	1,358	1,408	1,447
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kennedy	2.9	1,302	1,303	1,307	1,357
	Independent	Win Harrington	1.4	646	657	677
	Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party	Fergus Reynolds	0.6	262	280
	Independent	Joseph Harrington	0.3	122
Electorate: 57,023   Valid: 44,903   Spoilt: 217 (0.5%)   Quota: 8,981   Turnout: 45,120 (79.1%)[29]

1973 general election

1973 general election: Limerick East[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley	7,806	21.0	1	1
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	6,841	18.4	2
	Labour Party	Stephen Coughlan	5,495	14.8	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Herbert	4,532	12.2	3
	Fine Gael	Ted Russell	3,523	9.5
	Labour Party	Michael Lipper	3,292	8.9
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Clohessy	3,242	8.7
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kennedy	2,456	6.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 37,187   Quota: 7,438   Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Limerick East[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	6,438	17.9	1
	Labour Party	Stephen Coughlan	6,362	17.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley	5,960	16.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Herbert	4,985	13.9	4
	Independent	Hilda O'Malley	3,361	9.4
	Labour Party	Michael Lipper	3,222	9.0
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hickey	2,838	7.9
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kennedy	1,821	5.1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Clancy	560	1.6
	Labour Party	Anthony Pratschke	366	1.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 35,913   Quota: 7,183   Turnout:

1968 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Donogh O'Malley, a by-election was held on 22 May 1968. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Desmond O'Malley, nephew of the deceased TD.

1968 by-election: Limerick East[30]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley	43.7	16,638	16,828	18,447
	Labour Party	Mick Lipper	26.7	10,151	10,760	17,520
	Fine Gael	James F. O'Higgins	26.4	10,039	10,335
	Irish Liberal Party	Mick B. Crowe	3.2	1,209
Electorate: 46,798   Valid: 38,037   Quota: 19,019   Turnout: 81.28%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Limerick East[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Donogh O'Malley	10,285	29.1	1	1
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	6,253	17.7	2
	Labour Party	Stephen Coughlan	5,623	15.9	3
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Clohessy	4,812	13.6	4
	Fine Gael	Ted Russell	4,025	11.4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Herbert	3,804	10.8
	Fine Gael	James Hickey	500	1.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 35,302   Quota: 7,061   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Limerick East[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Donogh O'Malley	8,622	26.2	1	1
	Labour Party	Stephen Coughlan	6,964	21.1	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Clohessy	4,827	14.6	3
	Independent	Ted Russell	3,547	10.8
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	3,367	10.2	4
	Fine Gael	John Carew	3,288	10.0
	Fianna Fáil	William Slattery	1,388	4.2
	Fine Gael	John Kirby	958	2.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,961   Quota: 6,593   Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Limerick East[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Donogh O'Malley	7,501	20.7	1	1
	Independent	Ted Russell	5,623	15.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Clohessy	5,178	14.3	2
	Fine Gael	John Carew	4,193	11.6	4
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Maguire	3,455	9.5
	Clann na Poblachta	Stephen Coughlan	3,395	9.4
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Ó Maolcathaigh	3,085	8.5
	Labour Party	Christopher Keyes	2,098	5.8
	Fine Gael	Patrick Donegan	1,690	4.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,218   Quota: 7,244   Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Limerick East[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Donogh O'Malley	6,860	18.1	2
	Clann na Poblachta	Stephen Coughlan	5,652	14.9
	Fine Gael	John Carew	5,362	14.2	1
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	5,035	13.3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	4,857	12.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Clohessy	4,458	11.8
	Fine Gael	James Reidy	3,16	8.5
	Fine Gael	Denis Quish	2,402	6.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 37,822   Quota: 7,565   Turnout:

1952 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Daniel Bourke, a by-election was held on 26 June 1952. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate John Carew.

1952 by-election: Limerick East[30]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Clarke	41.6	15,964	16,546	17,337
	Fine Gael	John Carew	34.2	13,130	14,120	19,749
	Clann na Poblachta	George E. Russell	16.9	6,465	7,523
	Labour Party	John Hayes	7.3	2,785
Electorate: 48,730   Valid: 38,344   Quota: 19,173   Turnout: 78.69%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Limerick East[30]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Bourke	19.6	7,268	7,471
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	17.0	6,295	6,790	7,275	7,973
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	14.2	5,266	5,456	9,601
	Clann na Poblachta	George Russell	13.5	5,017	5,331	5,502	5,740
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	13.4	4,982	5,159
	Fine Gael	James Reidy	11.3	4,196	6,832	7,041	7,221
	Fine Gael	George Cecil Bennett	11.0	4,079
Electorate: 50,132   Valid: 37,103   Quota: 7,421   Turnout: 74.01%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Limerick East[30]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	22.0	8,128
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	15.6	5,756	5,806	5,871	6,118	6,553	7,066	7,612
	Fine Gael	James Reidy	12.2	4,496	4,521	4,557	4,645	4,828	4,899	7,794
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	11.4	4,187	4,375	4,396	4,461	4,859	7,832
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	9.3	3,420	3,866	3,902	4,002	4,105
	Fine Gael	George Cecil Bennett	9.0	3,326	3,333	3,380	3,417	4,230	4,433
	Clann na Poblachta	George E. Russell	7.5	2,777	2,786	3,236	4,559	4,784	4,894	5,191
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Donegan	5.8	2,131	2,135	2,157	2,238
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán Carroll	4.2	1,533	1,554	1,989
	Clann na Poblachta	Thomas Malone	3.1	1,125	1,127
Electorate: 49,565   Valid: 36,879   Quota: 7,376   Turnout: 74.41%

See also

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

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External links

• Oireachtas Members Database