Dublin Central by-election, 2009
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A by-election was held in the Dublin Central constituency in Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009,[1] following the death of the Independent Teachta Dála (TD) Tony Gregory on 2 January 2009. The by-election was held on the same day as the 2009 European and local elections.[2] A by-election was held in the Dublin South constituency on the same date. There is no legal requirement on when to hold a by-election in Ireland but it is generally held within six months.[3]
The independent candidate Maureen O'Sullivan was elected on the eighth count.[4]
[edit] Result
| Dublin Central by-election, 2009[5] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
| Independent | Maureen O'Sullivan[6] | 26.9 | 7,639 | 7,711 | 7,862 | 8,105 | 8,341 | 9,352 | 11,062 | 13,739 | |
| Fine Gael | Paschal Donohoe[7] | 22.7 | 6,439 | 6,461 | 6,488 | 6,578 | 6,737 | 7,412 | 7,880 | 10,198 | |
| Labour Party | Ivana Bacik[8] | 17.3 | 4,926 | 4,931 | 5,008 | 5,073 | 5,338 | 5,774 | 6,537 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Christy Burke[9] | 13.3 | 3,770 | 3,780 | 3,902 | 3,990 | 4,042 | 4,420 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Maurice Ahern[10] | 12.3 | 3,483 | 3,512 | 3,526 | 3,564 | 3,621 | ||||
| Green Party | David Geary[7] | 2.9 | 819 | 829 | 849 | 893 | |||||
| Immigration Control | Patrick Talbot[11] | 2.2 | 614 | 636 | 676 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Malachy Steenson[12] | 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%) | |||||||||||
[edit] See also
- Dublin South by-election, 2009
- List of Irish by-elections
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
[edit] References
- ^ "By-elections set for June 5th". The Irish Times. 28 April 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0428/breaking72.htm. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ Brennan, Michael (3 January 2009). "FF faces by-election battles in the capital". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ff-faces-byelection--battles-in-the-capital-1591097.html. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ Sheahan, Fionnan (10 July 2008). "Speculation begins over who will fill TD position". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/speculation-begins-over-who-will-fill-td-position-1430535.html. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ "Dublin Central". The Irish Times. 6 June 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/elections2009/results/byelections/dublincentral.html. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ^ "Dublin Central: By-election 2009". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007B&cons=85. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ^ Smyth, Sam (3 March 2009). "FF to press ahead with poll despite Ahern's resistance". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ff-to-press-ahead-with-poll-despite-aherns-resistance-1659075.html. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ a b "By-elections: events to date". The Irish Times. 5 May 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0505/1224245943160.html. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "RTÉ's Lee to stand for FG in Dublin South". RTÉ News. 5 May 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0505/finegael.html. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Christy Burke to run for Sinn Féin". The Irish Times. 11 May 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0511/1224246255366.html. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ^ "Parties select bye-election candidates". RTÉ News. 6 May 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0506/election.html. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ "Patrick Talbot". ICP website. http://www.immigrationcontrol.org/pattalbot.htm. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
- ^ "Press release". www.politicis.ie. 7 April 2009. http://www.politics.ie/elections/57835-workers-party-launch-bye-election-campaign.html. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
