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1999 Dublin South-Central by-election
← 1997 general election 27 October 1999 2002 general election →
Turnout20,116 (28.8%)
 
Nominee Mary Upton Michael Mulcahy Catherine Byrne
Party Labour Fianna Fáil Fine Gael
First preferences 5,637 6,050 4,037
Percentage 28.0% 30.1% 20.1%
Final count 10,274 7,901 –
 
Nominee Aengus Ó Snodaigh John Goodwillie Manus MacMeanmain
Party Sinn Féin Green Christian Solidarity
First preferences 1,686 1,263 399
Percentage 8.4% 6.3% 2.0%
Final count – – –
 
Nominee Shay Kelly Eammon Murphy John Burns
Party Workers' Party Independent Natural Law
First preferences 555 383 106
Percentage 2.8% 1.9% 0.5%
Final count – – –
TD before election

Pat Upton
Labour

Elected TD

Mary Upton
Labour

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin South-Central constituency in Ireland on 27 October 1999. It followed the death of Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) Pat Upton on 22 February 1999.

The election was won by Mary Upton of the Labour Party and sister of Pat Upton. The other candidates being Dublin City Councillor Michael Mulcahy for Fianna Fáil, Dublin City Councillor Catherine Byrne for Fine Gael, Aengus Ó Snodaigh for Sinn Féin, John Goodwillie for the Green Party, Shay Kelly for the Workers' Party, Manus MacMeanmain for Christian Solidarity, Eammon Murphy as an Independent and John Burns for Natural Law. Mulcahy, Byrne and Ó Snodaigh would all go on to represent the constituency as TDs in the future.

Result

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1999 Dublin South-Central by-election[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Michael Mulcahy 30.1 6,050 6,059 6,108 6,157 6,330 6,497 7,005 7,901
Labour Mary Upton 28.0 5,637 5,648 5,683 5,831 5,913 6,545 7,148 10,274
Fine Gael Catherine Byrne 20.1 4,037 4,064 4,093 4,154 4,240 4,559 4,778  
Sinn Féin Aengus Ó Snodaigh 8.4 1,686 1,689 1,708 1,800 1,849 2,051    
Green John Goodwillie 6.3 1,263 1,297 1,330 1,477 1,588      
Workers' Party Shay Kelly 2.8 555 561 566          
Christian Solidarity Manus MacMeanmain 2.0 399 404 601 616        
Independent Eammon Murphy 1.9 383 387            
Natural Law John Burns 0.5 106              
Electorate: 69,771   Valid: 20,116   Quota: 10,059   Turnout: 28.8%  

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References

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  1. ^ Government of Ireland, https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/electionResults/dail/2002/2002-07-21_dail-general-election-may-2002-results-and-transfer-of-votes_en.pdf
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