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 | |
| 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] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Key to parties
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| 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] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Key to parties
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| 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%) | |||||||||||||
- 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.
- 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[14] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 Shelly | 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[13] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Mhathuna | 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[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 | 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
References
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