1996 Dublin West by-election
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A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on 2 April 1996. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Tánaiste Brian Lenihan Snr on 1 November 1995.
The election was won by Brian Lenihan Jnr of Fianna Fáil, the son of Brian Lenihan Snr.
Among the candidates were Fingal County Councillor and future TD and MEP Joe Higgins, Fingal County Councillor and future Senator Tom Morrissey, Dublin City Councillor and former TD Tomás Mac Giolla, Fingal County Councillor and future Senator Sheila Terry, future TD 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 politicians in Ireland | 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 of Ireland | 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 politicians in Ireland | 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 politicians in Ireland | Sean Lyons | 1.8 | 514 | 524 | ||||||||||
| Independent politicians in Ireland | John O'Halloran | 1.3 | 369 | |||||||||||
| Independent politicians in Ireland | Benny Cooney | 0.1 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 65,534 Valid: 28,410 Quota: 14,206 Turnout: 43.4% | ||||||||||||||
See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b Was a member of Militant Labour but appeared as non-party on the ballot.