1996 Dublin West by-election
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2 April 1996
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| Turnout | 28,410 (43.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 12 March 1996.[2]
The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Brian Lenihan Jnr, son of the deceased TD, Brian Lenihan Snr.[3]
Among the candidates were Fingal County Councillors Joe Higgins, Tom Morrissey, Sheila Terry and Sean Lyons; Dublin City Councillors Tomás Mac Giolla and Vincent Jackson; and Paul Gogarty.
It was held on the same day as the 1996 Donegal North-East by-election. Both by-elections were won by Fianna Fáil candidates.
Result
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 1 2 Higgins was a member of Militant Labour but appeared on the ballot as non-party.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Dáil Debates. 457 (7). Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 November 1995.
- ↑ "Issue of Writ: Dublin West By-election". Dáil Debates. 462 (8). Houses of the Oireachtas. 12 March 1996.
- ↑ "Returns to Writs: Constituencies of Donegal North-East and Dublin West - Introduction of New Members". Dáil Debates. 463 (8). Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 April 1996.
- ↑ "By-election 1996: Dublin West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ "28th Dáil 1997 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. 1998. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Dublin West: 1996 by-election". Ireland Election. Retrieved 23 April 2026.