1996 Dublin West by-election
By-election to the 27th Dáil
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin West in Ireland on Tuesday, 2 April 1996, to fill a vacancy in the 27th Dáil. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Brian Lenihan Snr on 1 November 1995.
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2 April 1996
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| Turnout | 28,410 (43.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was won by Brian Lenihan Jnr of Fianna Fáil, the son of Brian Lenihan Snr.
Among the candidates were Fingal County Councillor Joe Higgins, Fingal County Councillor Tom Morrissey, Dublin City Councillor and former TD Tomás Mac Giolla, Fingal County Councillor Sheila Terry, Paul Gogarty, Dublin City Councillor Vincent Jackson and Fingal County Councillor Sean Lyons
On the same day, a by-election took place in Donegal North-East.
Result
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 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[a] | 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 | 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 | 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% | ||||||||||||||
Footnotes
- Higgins was a member of Militant Labour but appeared as non-party on the ballot.