Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1977–present)
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Dún Laoghaire is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It is in the eastern part of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.
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| Dún Laoghaire | |
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| Dáil constituency | |
Location of Dún Laoghaire within County Dublin | |
 Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election | |
| Population | 123,546 (2016)[1] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
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| EP constituency | Dublin |
History and boundaries
The constituency was created in 1977, succeeding the earlier Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency which had been created in 1948. The constituency is in the eastern coastal area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county (part of Dublin County Council till 1994), including the town of Dún Laoghaire and the villages of Ballybrack, Blackrock, Booterstown, Cabinteely (east of the N11 road), Dalkey, Deansgrange, Glasthule, Killiney, Loughlinstown, Monkstown, Sallynoggin, Shankill, and Stillorgan.
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Dún Laoghaire be altered with the transfer of territory to Dublin Rathdown.[2][3]
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[4]
"In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of:
- Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory."
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–1981 | 4 | In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire Stillorgan Number Two, Stillorgan Number Three, Stillorgan Number Four, Stillorgan Number Five; and that part of the district electoral division of Stillorgan Number One situated within a line drawn as follows: commencing at the point where the centre line of Kilmacud Road Upper meets the northern boundary of the district electoral division, then in a south-westerly direction along the centre of Kilmacud Road Upper to the point where it meets the imaginary north-westerly projection of the southern boundary of St. Josephs Carmelite Monastery, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the aforesaid projection and boundary to the point where it meets the western boundary of No. 75 Merville Road, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the western boundary of each of the following—No. 75 Merville Road, Merville Road and No. 78 Merville Road—to the point where the western boundary of No. 78 Merville Road meets the rear boundary of No. 1 Weirview Drive, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the rear boundary of the houses on the western and southern sides of Weirview Drive to the point where the rear boundary of No. 131 Weirview Drive meets the southern boundary of the Electricity Supply Board property on Brewery Road, then continuing from that point, initially in an easterly direction, along the southern boundary of the said property and the imaginary easterly projection of that boundary to the point where that projection meets the district electoral division boundary, then continuing, initially in a north-easterly direction, along the district electoral division boundary to the point first mentioned. |
Created from the former constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown. |
| 1981–1992 | 5 | In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire
Ballybrack Number One, Ballybrack Number Two, Rathmichael, Stillorgan Number Two, Stillorgan Number Three, Stillorgan Number Four, Stillorgan Number Five. |
Transfer of Ballybrack Number One, Ballybrack Number Two, Rathmichael and the remainder of Stillorgan Number One from Dublin County South. |
| 1992–2007 | 5 | In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire and the district electoral divisions of[9] Ballybrack, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory; and that part of the district electoral division of Glencullen situated east of a line drawn along the Enniskerry Road; and those parts of the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan-Merville and Stillorgan-Mount Merrion situated east of a line drawn-along the Stillorgan Road. |
Transfer of the Kilternan-Stepaside area from Dublin South.[10] New definitions of DEDs.[11] |
| 1997–2002 | 5 | In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[12]
and those parts of the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan-Merville and Stillorgan-Mount Merrion situated east of a line drawn along the Old Stillorgan Road; and that part of the district electoral division of Blackrock-Booterstown situated south of a line drawn as follows— commencing at the southernmost junction of the western boundary of the district electoral division with the rear boundary of number 36 Trimleston Gardens, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said rear boundary and the rear boundaries of numbers 35 to 1 Trimleston Gardens to the junction of the rear boundary of number 1 Trimleston Gardens with the rear boundary of number 14 Trimleston Avenue, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the rear boundaries of numbers 14 to 1 Trimleston Avenue to the junction of the rear boundary of number 1 Trimleston Avenue with the eastern boundary of the said number 1 Trimleston Avenue, thence in a south-easterly direction along the imaginary south-easterly projection of the said eastern boundary to its junction with the northern boundary of number 9 Rock Road, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said boundary and its imaginary easterly projection to its junction with the eastern boundary of the district electoral division. |
Transfer of Glencullen to Dublin South. Transfer of the Trimleston area of Booterstown to Dublin South-East.[13] |
| 2002–2011 | 5 | Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown and Stillorgan-Leopardstown which are not comprised in the constituency of Dublin South. |
Transfer of Trimleston area of Booterstown from Dublin South-East, transfer of areas in Stillorgan, Leopardstown and Glenamuck to Dublin South.[16][17] |
| 2011–2016 | 4 | In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[18]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory. |
Transfer to Dubin South of Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and the remaining parts of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown and Stillorgan-Leopardstown (part north-east of former Harcourt Street-Bray railway line).[19] |
| 2016–2020 | 4 | In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[20]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory. |
Transfer of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown from the former Dublin South.[21] |
| 2020– | 4 | In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[22] Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory; and that part of the electoral division of Glencullen that lies to the east of the M50 Motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road. |
Transfer from Dublin Rathdown of[23]
that part of the electoral division of Glencullen which lies to the east of the M50 motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road. |
TDs
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.
- Served as Ceann Comhairle in the 31st Dáil from 2011 to 2016 and was returned automatically at the 2016 general election.
Elections
^ *: Outgoing TD
2024 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Jennifer Carroll MacNeill[*] | 21.0 | 11,685 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Cormac Devlin[*] | 15.9 | 8,831 | 8,947 | 8,993 | 9,820 | 10,161 | 11,066 | 11,381 | |
| Fine Gael | Barry Ward | 15.0 | 8,337 | 8,696 | 8,743 | 9,000 | 9,476 | 10,805 | 10,992 | |
| PBP–Solidarity | Richard Boyd Barrett[*][a] | 12.2 | 6,795 | 6,809 | 6,915 | 7,242 | 7,717 | 8,512 | 12,130 | |
| Sinn Féin | Shane O'Brien | 9.0 | 4,995 | 4,997 | 5,082 | 5,453 | 5,568 | 5,668 | ||
| Green | Ossian Smyth[*] | 7.7 | 4,297 | 4,320 | 4,348 | 4,434 | 5,320 | |||
| Social Democrats | Hugo Mills | 7.5 | 4,192 | 4,204 | 4,269 | 4,488 | 5,486 | 7,489 | 8,512 | |
| Labour | Martha Fanning | 5.7 | 3,169 | 3,188 | 3,220 | 3,367 | ||||
| Aontú | Mairéad Tóibín | 4.2 | 2,376 | 2,380 | 2,828 | |||||
| The Irish People | Cathy Lynch | 1.2 | 649 | 650 | ||||||
| Independent | Michael O'Doherty | 0.6 | 343 | 344 | ||||||
| Electorate: 95,462 Valid: 55,669 Spoilt: 247 Quota: 11,134 Turnout: 55,916 (58.6%) | ||||||||||
- Boyd Barrett is a member of People Before Profit.
2020 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Solidarity–PBP | Richard Boyd Barrett[*][a] | 15.5 | 9,632 | 9,746 | 10,119 | 10,628 | 10,902 | 11,119 | 16,364 | ||
| Green | Ossian Smyth | 14.9 | 9,300 | 9,391 | 10,170 | 11,532 | 11,900 | 12,510 | |||
| Fine Gael | Jennifer Carroll MacNeill | 12.4 | 7,754 | 7,787 | 7,891 | 8,337 | 8,656 | 11,488 | 11,666 | 12,061 | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Mitchell O'Connor[*] | 11.8 | 7,330 | 7,355 | 7,440 | 7,685 | 8,067 | 10,136 | 10,281 | 10,612 | |
| Sinn Féin | Shane O'Brien | 9.6 | 6,002 | 6,054 | 6,226 | 6,349 | 6,401 | 6,432 | |||
| Fine Gael | Barry Ward | 9.2 | 5,744 | 5,796 | 5,892 | 6,140 | 6,349 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Cormac Devlin | 9.2 | 5,715 | 5,815 | 6,331 | 6,530 | 9,527 | 9,994 | 10,301 | 11,071 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hanafin | 6.7 | 4,196 | 4,262 | 4,603 | 4,752 | |||||
| Labour | Juliet O'Connell | 4.8 | 3,009 | 3,048 | 3,372 | ||||||
| Social Democrats | Dave Quinn | 2.2 | 1,382 | 1,419 | |||||||
| Aontú | Mairéad Tóibín | 1.9 | 1,185 | 1,539 | |||||||
| Independent | John Waters[b] | 1.5 | 925 | ||||||||
| Irish Freedom | Con Óg Ó Laoghaire | 0.2 | 119 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 99,811 Valid: 62,293 Spoilt: 357 (0.6%) Quota: 12,459 Turnout: 62,250 (62.8%) | |||||||||||
- Boyd Barrett was a member of People Before Profit.
- Waters was endorsed by Anti-Corruption Ireland.
2016 general election
Seán Barrett was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 31st Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | N/A | Returned automatically | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Mary Mitchell O'Connor[*] | 18.3 | 10,817 | 11,088 | 11,130 | 11,433 | 11,967 | 12,393 | 14,941 | |
| Fine Gael | Maria Bailey | 17.7 | 10,489 | 10,882 | 10,934 | 11,270 | 11,854 | 12,422 | 15,198 | |
| AAA–PBP | Richard Boyd Barrett[*] | 16.5 | 9,775 | 10,008 | 12,215 | 13,287 | 14,761 | 15,718 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hanafin | 10.9 | 6,478 | 6,709 | 6,792 | 6,986 | 7,290 | 10,221 | 10,969 | |
| Labour | Carrie Smyth | 8.8 | 5,192 | 5,296 | 5,385 | 5,739 | 6,895 | 7,165 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Cormac Devlin | 7.9 | 4,665 | 4,877 | 5,055 | 5,265 | 5,564 | |||
| Green | Ossian Smyth | 5.9 | 3,478 | 3,677 | 3,833 | 4,750 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Shane O'Brien | 5.3 | 3,167 | 3,209 | ||||||
| Independent | Carol Hunt | 5.3 | 3,152 | 3,410 | 3,610 | |||||
| Renua | Frank Cronin | 3.1 | 1,812 | |||||||
| Direct Democracy | Raymond Whitehead | 0.4 | 213 | |||||||
| Electorate: 92,248 Valid: 59,238 Spoilt: 401 Quota: 14,810 Turnout: 59,639 (64.7%) | ||||||||||
2011 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Labour | Eamon Gilmore[*] | 20.2 | 11,468 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 18.5 | 10,504 | 10,516 | 10,538 | 10,573 | 10,666 | 10,913 | 11,274 | 11,723 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Mary Mitchell O'Connor | 16.0 | 9,087 | 9,094 | 9,120 | 9,163 | 9,239 | 9,568 | 9,998 | 10,309 | 10,451 | 13,005 | ||
| People Before Profit | Richard Boyd Barrett[a] | 10.9 | 6,206 | 6,228 | 6,271 | 6,332 | 6,384 | 6,795 | 7,132 | 7,413 | 7,453 | 9,914 | 10,794 | |
| Labour | Ivana Bacik | 10.1 | 5,749 | 5,826 | 5,857 | 5,904 | 5,916 | 6,200 | 6,953 | 7,260 | 7,306 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hanafin[*] | 9.0 | 5,090 | 5,096 | 5,107 | 5,130 | 5,217 | 5,392 | 5,606 | 7,874 | 8,013 | 8,889 | 9,420 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Andrews[*] | 6.2 | 3,542 | 3,545 | 3,554 | 3,569 | 3,594 | 3,713 | 3,886 | |||||
| Green | Ciarán Cuffe[*] | 3.8 | 2,156 | 2,158 | 2,187 | 2,222 | 2,234 | 2,429 | ||||||
| Independent | Victor Boyhan | 1.5 | 834 | 835 | 851 | 912 | 941 | |||||||
| Independent | Carl Haughton | 0.8 | 456 | 457 | 500 | 563 | 594 | |||||||
| Independent | Trevor Patton | 0.8 | 445 | 446 | 467 | 500 | 515 | |||||||
| Christian Solidarity | Daire Fitzgerald | 0.8 | 434 | 434 | 441 | 450 | ||||||||
| New Vision | Nick Crawford[b] | 0.7 | 394 | 394 | 438 | |||||||||
| Independent | Mike Deegan | 0.5 | 311 | 311 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 80,115 Valid: 56,676 Spoilt: 481 (0.8%) Quota: 11,336 Turnout: 57,157 (71.3%) | ||||||||||||||
- Boyd Barrett campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.
- New Vision was an electoral alliance of independent non-party candidates and did not appear on the ballot.
2007 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hanafin[*] | 20.2 | 11,884 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Andrews[*] | 14.6 | 8,587 | 9,977 | |||||||||
| Labour | Eamon Gilmore[*] | 12.2 | 7,127 | 7,254 | 7,492 | 7,514 | 8,720 | 9,225 | 9,937 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett | 9.2 | 5,361 | 5,418 | 5,456 | 5,465 | 5,640 | 6,274 | 8,581 | 8,633 | 13,090 | ||
| People Before Profit | Richard Boyd Barrett | 8.9 | 5,233 | 5,294 | 5,798 | 5,813 | 5,943 | 6,362 | 6,705 | 6,732 | 7,139 | 7,890 | |
| Green | Ciarán Cuffe[*] | 7.7 | 4,534 | 4,626 | 4,865 | 4,886 | 5,173 | 6,045 | 6,368 | 6,399 | 7,357 | 9,910 | |
| Fine Gael | John Bailey | 7.3 | 4,309 | 4,359 | 4,406 | 4,415 | 4,547 | 4,932 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Eugene Regan | 7.1 | 4,162 | 4,209 | 4,230 | 4,237 | 4,497 | 5,186 | 6,248 | 6,289 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Fiona O'Malley[*] | 6.7 | 3,959 | 4,165 | 4,212 | 4,309 | 4,437 | ||||||
| Labour | Oisín Quinn | 3.9 | 2,265 | 2,316 | 2,366 | 2,377 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Eoin Ó Broin | 2.2 | 1,292 | 1,309 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 89,035 Valid: 58,713 Spoilt: 397 (0.7%) Quota: 9,786 Turnout: 59,110 (66.4%) | |||||||||||||
2002 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hanafin[*] | 16.4 | 8,818 | 8,827 | 8,920 | 8,950 | ||||||||
| Labour | Eamon Gilmore[*] | 15.4 | 8,271 | 8,284 | 8,297 | 8,343 | 8,375 | 8,414 | 8,762 | 8,942 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Andrews | 13.8 | 7,425 | 7,431 | 7,449 | 7,459 | 7,483 | 7,519 | 7,676 | 7,742 | 8,289 | 8,367 | 8,918 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Fiona O'Malley | 13.4 | 7,166 | 7,171 | 7,188 | 7,217 | 7,260 | 7,309 | 7,498 | 7,577 | 7,707 | 8,259 | 9,264 | |
| Green | Ciarán Cuffe | 9.3 | 5,002 | 5,012 | 5,033 | 5,108 | 5,177 | 5,306 | 5,695 | 5,799 | 6,599 | 6,918 | 8,670 | |
| Labour | Niamh Bhreathnach | 7.3 | 3,893 | 3,899 | 3,900 | 3,935 | 3,970 | 4,002 | 4,102 | 4,247 | 4,550 | 5,090 | ||
| Fine Gael | Helen Keogh | 6.0 | 3,229 | 3,230 | 3,233 | 3,252 | 3,272 | 3,288 | 3,342 | 3,869 | 3,916 | |||
| Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave | 5.9 | 3,135 | 3,137 | 3,153 | 3,167 | 3,181 | 3,205 | 3,272 | 3,911 | 3,996 | 6,326 | 7,530 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michael O'Brien | 4.0 | 2,159 | 2,160 | 2,173 | 2,176 | 2,192 | 2,205 | 2,405 | 2,421 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Bailey | 3.2 | 1,705 | 1,706 | 1,712 | 1,720 | 1,735 | 1,745 | 1,795 | |||||
| Socialist Workers | Richard Boyd Barrett | 1.6 | 876 | 878 | 880 | 890 | 916 | 932 | ||||||
| Independent | Patrick O'Keefe | 1.1 | 593 | 596 | 614 | 628 | 684 | 724 | ||||||
| Independent | Vincent MacDowell | 0.6 | 345 | 354 | 369 | 394 | 418 | |||||||
| Independent | Denis O'Buachalla | 0.7 | 346 | 353 | 361 | 380 | ||||||||
| Ind. Health Alliance | Heather Williams | 0.6 | 319 | 323 | 338 | |||||||||
| Christian Solidarity | Michael Redmond | 0.5 | 265 | 267 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Barbara Hyland | 0.2 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 91,522 Valid: 53,633 Spoilt: 438 (0.8%) Quota: 8,939 Turnout: 54,071 (59.1%) | ||||||||||||||
1997 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 17.0 | 9,223 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 16.5 | 8,933 | 8,940 | 9,195 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Monica Barnes | 13.9 | 7,576 | 7,701 | 7,945 | 8,145 | 8,778 | 8,801 | 9,857 | |
| Democratic Left | Eamon Gilmore[*] | 13.9 | 7,534 | 7,551 | 7,819 | 8,000 | 8,949 | 8,967 | 9,381 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hanafin | 9.4 | 5,079 | 5,080 | 5,245 | 6,198 | 6,591 | 6,668 | 9,584 | |
| Labour | Niamh Bhreathnach[*] | 8.6 | 4,698 | 4,719 | 4,876 | 4,947 | 5,500 | 5,509 | 5,846 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Helen Keogh[*] | 8.6 | 4,636 | 4,640 | 4,800 | 4,975 | 5,400 | 5,425 | ||
| Green | Vincent MacDowell | 5.1 | 2,762 | 2,764 | 3,139 | 3,454 | ||||
| Christian Solidarity | Gerard Casey | 3.7 | 2,000 | 2,002 | 2,093 | |||||
| Independent | Paddy Madigan | 2.0 | 1,082 | 1,083 | ||||||
| Independent | Olaf Tyaransen | 0.6 | 348 | 348 | ||||||
| Independent | Jog Monster Raving Looney Abum | 0.5 | 288 | 288 | ||||||
| Independent | Hazel Allshire-Tyrrell | 0.1 | 53 | 53 | ||||||
| Independent | Rory Stokes | 0.1 | 41 | 41 | ||||||
| Electorate: 87,994 Valid: 54,253 Spoilt: 393 (0.7%) Quota: 9,043 Turnout: 54,646 (62.1%) | ||||||||||
1992 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 22.6 | 13,418 | ||||||||||||
| Labour | Niamh Bhreathnach | 17.0 | 10,074 | ||||||||||||
| Democratic Left | Eamon Gilmore[*] | 11.9 | 7,045 | 7,263 | 7,269 | 7,304 | 7,558 | 7,731 | 7,799 | 8,480 | 8,761 | 9,012 | 9,429 | 9,788 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Helen Keogh | 10.9 | 6,497 | 6,708 | 6,709 | 6,719 | 6,735 | 6,828 | 6,856 | 7,235 | 7,416 | 7,760 | 8,856 | 10,038 | |
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 8.2 | 4,852 | 5,095 | 5,097 | 5,102 | 5,138 | 5,239 | 5,256 | 5,376 | 5,523 | 7,567 | 11,590 | ||
| Fine Gael | Monica Barnes[*] | 7.2 | 4,261 | 4,456 | 4,461 | 4,465 | 4,479 | 4,514 | 4,545 | 4,779 | 4,971 | 6,068 | |||
| Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave | 6.2 | 3,683 | 3,802 | 3,803 | 3,804 | 3,819 | 4,196 | 4,207 | 4,316 | 4,422 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Hillery[*] | 5.0 | 2,973 | 4,146 | 4,151 | 4,153 | 4,237 | 4,625 | 4,629 | 4,772 | 7,254 | 7,602 | 7,757 | 7,910 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Betty Coffey | 3.6 | 2,119 | 3,346 | 3,350 | 3,355 | 3,446 | 3,533 | 3,538 | 3,688 | |||||
| Green | Vincent MacDowell | 3.0 | 1,784 | 1,849 | 1,863 | 1,882 | 2,035 | 2,323 | 2,337 | ||||||
| Independent | Michael Quinn | 2.9 | 1,705 | 1,740 | 1,749 | 1,756 | 1,823 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Barry Fitzpatrick | 1.4 | 801 | 831 | 832 | 849 | |||||||||
| Workers' Party | Eamonn Murdock | 0.2 | 110 | 115 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Martin Joseph McAneny | 0.1 | 48 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 87,495 Valid: 59,370 Spoilt: 679 (1.1%) Quota: 9,896 Turnout: 60,049 (68.6%) | |||||||||||||||
1989 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 19.0 | 9,980 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 13.2 | 6,940 | 6,990 | 6,993 | 7,022 | 7,070 | 7,282 | 7,514 | 7,584 | 7,750 | 11,002 | ||
| Workers' Party | Eamon Gilmore | 12.8 | 6,729 | 6,769 | 6,777 | 7,141 | 7,348 | 8,417 | 9,379 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave | 10.4 | 5,448 | 5,472 | 5,482 | 5,511 | 5,550 | 5,680 | 5,834 | 5,910 | 6,021 | |||
| Fine Gael | Monica Barnes[*] | 9.1 | 4,786 | 4,817 | 4,825 | 4,829 | 4,914 | 5,162 | 5,663 | 5,839 | 6,034 | 7,634 | 9,506 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Geraldine Kennedy[*] | 9.0 | 4,710 | 4,735 | 4,743 | 4,755 | 4,821 | 5,050 | 5,660 | 5,861 | 6,049 | 6,629 | 6,958 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Hillery | 7.2 | 3,797 | 4,163 | 4,171 | 4,214 | 4,231 | 4,291 | 4,508 | 4,548 | 8,079 | 8,337 | 8,397 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Betty Coffey | 6.4 | 3,330 | 3,994 | 3,998 | 4,090 | 4,121 | 4,214 | 4,469 | 4,522 | ||||
| Green | Patricia Joan Griffin | 5.1 | 2,686 | 2,700 | 2,739 | 2,911 | 3,017 | 3,298 | ||||||
| Labour | Flor O'Mahony | 3.4 | 1,761 | 1,770 | 1,779 | 1,815 | 2,474 | |||||||
| Labour | Jane Dillon-Byrne | 2.3 | 1,226 | 1,234 | 1,237 | 1,278 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Barry Fitzpatrick | 1.8 | 940 | 948 | 951 | |||||||||
| Independent | Ann McGoldrick | 0.2 | 110 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 81,169 Valid: 52,443 Quota: 8,741 Turnout: 64.6% | ||||||||||||||
1987 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 15.1 | 8,414 | 8,418 | 8,456 | 8,510 | 8,744 | 8,777 | 10,387 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 13.1 | 7,284 | 7,294 | 7,316 | 7,358 | 7,409 | 7,508 | 7,564 | 7,582 | 8,015 | 10,989 | ||||
| Labour | Barry Desmond[*] | 11.6 | 6,484 | 6,500 | 6,525 | 6,742 | 6,828 | 6,897 | 6,979 | 7,012 | 8,555 | 8,935 | 9,043 | 9,575 | ||
| Progressive Democrats | Geraldine Kennedy | 9.4 | 5,228 | 5,241 | 5,254 | 5,322 | 5,351 | 5,797 | 5,854 | 5,878 | 6,293 | 6,607 | 6,772 | 10,991 | ||
| Fine Gael | Monica Barnes[*] | 8.8 | 4,923 | 4,927 | 4,940 | 5,052 | 5,070 | 5,096 | 5,111 | 5,118 | 5,311 | 6,396 | 7,690 | 8,319 | 9,810 | |
| Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave[*] | 8.7 | 4,870 | 4,879 | 4,893 | 4,930 | 4,959 | 4,998 | 5,040 | 5,048 | 5,290 | |||||
| Progressive Democrats | Helen Keogh | 7.5 | 4,203 | 4,211 | 4,223 | 4,292 | 4,307 | 5,173 | 5,214 | 5,230 | 5,475 | 5,704 | 5,824 | |||
| Workers' Party | Eamon Gilmore | 7.3 | 4,054 | 4,070 | 4,087 | 4,260 | 4,740 | 4,779 | 4,847 | 4,872 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Edward McDonald | 5.9 | 3,265 | 3,270 | 3,279 | 3,317 | 3,431 | 3,445 | 4,469 | 5,441 | 6,285 | 6,413 | 6,431 | 6,572 | 6,788 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Richard Conroy | 5.2 | 2,897 | 2,903 | 2,919 | 2,947 | 3,018 | 3,033 | ||||||||
| Progressive Democrats | Larry Lohan | 2.9 | 1,592 | 1,594 | 1,601 | 1,645 | 1,656 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Fitzpatrick | 2.2 | 1,202 | 1,203 | 1,212 | 1,253 | ||||||||||
| Green | Ann McGoldrick | 1.7 | 929 | 954 | 982 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Patrick O'Reilly | 0.4 | 233 | 236 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Barbara Hyland | 0.2 | 124 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 77,325 Valid: 55,702 Quota: 9,284 Turnout: 72.0% | ||||||||||||||||
November 1982 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Monica Barnes | 20.2 | 10,115 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 19.0 | 9,511 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 15.2 | 7,643 | 7,659 | 7,691 | 7,719 | 7,735 | 8,048 | 8,324 | |
| Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave[*] | 13.4 | 6,732 | 8,191 | 9,131 | |||||
| Labour | Barry Desmond[*] | 12.2 | 6,130 | 6,349 | 6,483 | 7,128 | 7,176 | 7,246 | 8,941 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin O'Donoghue[*] | 8.1 | 4,053 | 4,061 | 4,073 | 4,090 | 4,101 | 4,308 | 4,467 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Valerie Goulding | 5.0 | 2,492 | 2,502 | 2,509 | 2,523 | 2,533 | 2,815 | 2,975 | |
| Workers' Party | Eamon Gilmore | 2.7 | 1,368 | 1,376 | 1,386 | 1,405 | 1,463 | 1,492 | ||
| Democratic Socialist | John de Courcy Ireland | 2.1 | 1,036 | 1,057 | 1,063 | 1,091 | 1,140 | 1,146 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Owen Hammond | 1.8 | 893 | 894 | 896 | 901 | 918 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Clarke | 0.4 | 205 | 214 | 218 | 229 | ||||
| Electorate: 70,819 Valid: 50,178 Quota: 8,364 Turnout: 70.8% | ||||||||||
February 1982 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 23.0 | 11,157 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 16.4 | 7,931 | 7,999 | 8,010 | 8,019 | 8,026 | 8,135 | ||||
| Labour | Barry Desmond[*] | 16.0 | 7,776 | 8,209 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave[*] | 14.9 | 7,202 | 8,605 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin O'Donoghue[*] | 14.3 | 6,944 | 6,973 | 6,978 | 6,983 | 6,992 | 7,030 | 7,110 | 7,324 | 8,259 | |
| Fine Gael | Monica Barnes | 10.4 | 5,021 | 6,133 | 6,625 | 6,727 | 6,737 | 6,784 | 6,954 | 7,177 | 7,242 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Clare Ó Méalóid | 2.0 | 945 | 950 | 952 | 953 | 958 | 983 | 1,011 | 1,094 | ||
| Irish Republican Socialist | Osgur Breatnach | 1.2 | 574 | 584 | 587 | 588 | 764 | 781 | 921 | |||
| Independent | Ubi Dwyer | 0.9 | 418 | 422 | 424 | 425 | 439 | 501 | ||||
| Independent | Martin Donohoe | 0.7 | 318 | 3222 | 325 | 328 | 332 | |||||
| Irish Republican Socialist | Marion Kennedy | 0.5 | 225 | 228 | 229 | 230 | ||||||
| Electorate: 69,091 Valid: 48,511 Quota: 8,086 Turnout: 70.2% | ||||||||||||
1981 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 19.7 | 9,471 | ||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett[*] | 17.0 | 8,207 | ||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave | 15.2 | 7,296 | 7,334 | 7,355 | 7,427 | 7,462 | 7,532 | 7,585 | 7,654 | 8,512 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin O'Donoghue[*] | 12.6 | 6,045 | 6680 | 6717 | 6720 | 6751 | 6850 | 7659 | 7750 | 7830 | 7,855 | |
| Labour | Barry Desmond[*] | 12.3 | 5,935 | 6,022 | 6,192 | 6,212 | 6,658 | 6,920 | 7,077 | 8,095 | |||
| Fine Gael | Monica Barnes | 7.8 | 3,739 | 3,776 | 3,794 | 3,847 | 3,893 | 3,983 | 4,013 | 4,223 | 5,097 | 5,548 | |
| Fine Gael | Aine Elliott | 3.5 | 1,674 | 1,682 | 1,690 | 1,711 | 1,731 | 1,796 | 1,812 | 1,923 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | William Harvey | 2.6 | 1,270 | 1,436 | 1,441 | 1,442 | 1,451 | 1,485 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Hazel Boland | 2.6 | 1,244 | 1,681 | 1,701 | 1,703 | 1,723 | 1,778 | 2,142 | 2,183 | 2,226 | 2,233 | |
| Labour | Jane Dillon Byrne | 2.1 | 1,026 | 1,036 | 1,193 | 1,195 | 1,376 | 1,609 | 1,625 | ||||
| Independent | Ubi Dwyer | 1.9 | 927 | 933 | 1,002 | 1,003 | 1,030 | ||||||
| Labour | Frank Smyth | 1.6 | 761 | 772 | 831 | 834 | |||||||
| Socialist Labour | Dermot Boucher | 1.2 | 575 | 582 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 69,091 Valid: 48,170 Quota: 8,029 Turnout: 69.7% | |||||||||||||
1977 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave[*] | 28.9 | 11,024 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Andrews[*] | 23.0 | 8,754 | |||||||
| Labour | Barry Desmond[*] | 12.2 | 4,642 | 5,235 | 5,296 | 6,001 | 6,081 | 6,503 | 8,015 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin O'Donoghue | 10.8 | 4,099 | 4,140 | 4,555 | 4,593 | 6,897 | 6,946 | 7,936 | |
| Independent | Una O'Higgins-O'Malley | 8.7 | 3,305 | 3,412 | 3,438 | 3,561 | 3,681 | 3,884 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Connor | 5.2 | 1,984 | 2,017 | 2,606 | 2,649 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Michael Carroll | 4.7 | 1,791 | 2,964 | 2,993 | 3,048 | 3,096 | 5,316 | 6,117 | |
| Fine Gael | Percy Dockrell[*] | 3.9 | 1,472 | 2,886 | 2,896 | 2,950 | 2,986 | |||
| Labour | Jack Loughran | 2.4 | 898 | 948 | 960 | |||||
| Independent | Frank Stein | 0.2 | 86 | 87 | 87 | |||||
| Electorate: 54,064 Valid: 38,055 Quota: 7,612 Turnout: 70.4% | ||||||||||