1982 Dublin West by-election
By-election to the 23rd Dáil
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin West in Ireland on Tuesday, 25 May 1982, to fill a vacancy in the 23rd Dáil. It followed the resignation of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Richard Burke after his nomination by the Fianna Fáil government as European commissioner.[1]
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25 May 1982
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| Turnout | 43,061 (61.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Dublin West shown within County Dublin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Fine Gael motion to issue the writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 4 May 1982.[2]
The by-election was won by the Fine Gael candidate Liam Skelly.[3]
The runner-up Eileen Lemass, was elected at the November 1982 general election for Dublin West.
Result
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Eileen Lemass | 39.7 | 17,095 | 17,571 | 19,206 | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Skelly | 39.0 | 16,777 | 17,736 | 21,388 | |
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 14.8 | 6,357 | 7,446 | ||
| Independent | John O'Halloran | 1.8 | 785 | |||
| Labour | Brendan O'Sullivan | 1.6 | 703 | |||
| Democratic Socialist | Michael Conaghan | 1.6 | 667 | |||
| Independent | Matt Merrigan | 0.8 | 334 | |||
| Independent | John Condron | 0.5 | 233 | |||
| Independent | Séamus O'Daly | 0.2 | 68 | |||
| Independent | Jim Tallon | 0.1 | 42 | |||
| Electorate: 70,203 Valid: 43,061 Quota: 21,531 Turnout: 61.3% | ||||||