Dublin South–East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas . The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries [ edit ]
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 and first used at the 1948 general election . It includes areas such as Ballsbridge , Donnybrook , Harolds Cross , Sandymount , Ranelagh , Rathmines , Ringsend and the central business district of the city (including Trinity College, Dublin and St Stephen's Green ).[ 1]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:[ 1]
"In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:
Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Pembroke East A, Pembroke East B, Pembroke East C, Pembroke East D, Pembroke East E, Pembroke West A, Pembroke West B, Pembroke West C, Rathfarnham, Rathmines East A, Rathmines East B, Rathmines East C, Rathmines East D, Rathmines West A, Rathmines West B, Rathmines West C, Rathmines West D, Rathmines West E, Rathmines West F, Royal Exchange A, Royal Exchange B, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Wood Quay A, Wood Quay B."
Constituency profile [ edit ]
By geographical area, Dublin South–East is the smallest constituency in the country. It has a diverse socio-economic profile and a large transient population which is reflected in the turnout: the constituency had one of the lowest turnouts in the country in 2007 and in 2011.[ 2] [ 3]
Notable Dublin South–East TDs include former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald , the former leader of the Progressive Democrats Michael McDowell , maverick left-wing politician Noël Browne and current Minister of Education Ruairi Quinn (who has the distinction of being its longest-serving, first elected in 1977 and continuously elected since February 1982). The former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese , unsuccessfully contested the constituency for Fianna Fáil in 1987.
Between 2002 and 2007 the constituency was unusual in that all 6 of the main political parties at the time in Ireland (Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Progressive Democrats, Labour, Green Party and Sinn Féin) were well-organised, and were contenders for winning a seat.
The 'Rumble in Ranelagh' is a term used by Irish journalists to describe an open argument that took place between candidates Michael McDowell and John Gormley in Ranelagh, while canvassing in the 2007 general election. Gormley twice defeated McDowell to take the last seat, in 1997 and again in 2007, both times by relatively small margins. The 1997 result led to a mammoth recount, the longest in Irish political history, before McDowell conceded defeat.
The 2011 election saw John Gormley and Fianna Fáil's Chris Andrews lose their seats with gains for both Fine Gael and the Labour Party . It was one of five constituencies in the country to elect solely Fine Gael and Labour Party TDs (the others were Cork South–West , Dublin Mid–West , Dublin North–East and Meath East ).
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.
Elections [ edit ]
2011 general election [ edit ]
2011 general election : Dublin South–East[ 23]
Party
Candidate
% 1st Pref
Count 1
Count 2
Count 3
Count 4
Count 5
Count 6
Count 7
Count 8
Count 9
Count 10
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
15.5
5,407
5,562
5,800
6,147
6,600
7,555
Fine Gael
Lucinda Creighton
19.0
6,619
6,694
6,801
6,855
6,969
7,428
Fine Gael
Eoghan Murphy
16.6
5,783
5,843
5,891
5,938
6,136
6,534
6,636
6,915
8,356
Labour Party
Kevin Humphreys
9.9
3,450
3,568
3,764
4,059
4,294
4,674
5,019
5,057
5,894
6,421
Fianna Fáil
Chris Andrews
11.2
3,922
3,981
4,059
4,160
4,248
4,498
4,545
4,594
4,950
5,193
Independent
Paul Sommerville
6.7
2,343
2,492
2,621
2,815
3,196
3,457
3,534
3,566
Green Party
John Gormley
6.8
2,370
2,435
2,547
2,659
2,908
Independent
Dylan Haskins
4.0
1,383
1,492
1,754
1,928
Sinn Féin
Ruadhán Mac Aodháin
3.6
1,272
1,405
1,549
Independent
Gerard Mannix Flynn
3.6
1,248
1,403
People Before Profit
Annette Mooney[ 24]
1.8
626
Independent
Hugh Sheehy
0.6
195
Independent
James Coyle
0.5
164
Independent
Noel Watson
0.3
89
Independent
John Keigher
0.1
27
Fís Nua
Peadar Ó Ceallaigh
0.1
18
Electorate: 58,217 Valid: 34,919 Spoilt: 327 (0.9%) Quota: 6,984 Turnout: 35,246 (60.5%)
2007 general election [ edit ]
2007 general election : Dublin South–East[ 22]
Party
Candidate
% 1st Pref
Count 1
Count 2
Count 3
Count 4
Count 5
Fianna Fáil
Chris Andrews
19.5
6,600
6,766
7,120
Fine Gael
Lucinda Creighton
18.6
6,311
6,477
6,595
6,619
6,925
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
16.6
5,636
5,947
6,252
6,303
6,861
Green Party
John Gormley
13.8
4,685
5,105
5,716
5,796
6,395
Progressive Democrats
Michael McDowell
13.2
4,450
4,566
4,601
4,614
6,091
Fianna Fáil
Jim O'Callaghan
9.2
3,120
3,198
3,310
3,450
Sinn Féin
Daithí Doolan
4.7
1,599
1,716
Independent
Esther Uzell
1.8
603
People Before Profit
Rory Hearne
1.8
591
Independent
Eoin Tierney
0.3
102
Independent
Noel Ivory
0.3
84
Independent
Peter O'Sullivan
0.1
34
Independent
Noel O'Gara
0.1
27
Electorate: 63,468 Valid: 33,842 Spoilt: 292 (0.9%) Quota: 6,769 Turnout: 34,134 (53.8%)
2002 general election [ edit ]
2002 general election : Dublin South–East[ 21]
Party
Candidate
% 1st Pref
Count 1
Count 2
Count 3
Count 4
Count 5
Count 6
Green Party
John Gormley
16.2
5,264
5,483
5,793
6,844
Progressive Democrats
Michael McDowell
18.8
6,093
6,121
6,418
6,509
Fianna Fáil
Eoin Ryan
16.4
5,318
5,372
5,408
5,823
8,642
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
12.4
4,032
4,127
4,318
4,674
5,151
5,860
Fine Gael
Frances Fitzgerald
10.3
3,337
3,358
4,371
4,443
4,668
5,255
Fianna Fáil
Chris Andrews
10.6
3,449
3,473
3,500
3,824
Sinn Féin
Daithí Doolan
7.4
2,398
2,555
2,578
Fine Gael
Colm MacEochaidh
5.8
1,873
1,905
Socialist Workers
Shay Ryan
0.9
286
Workers' Party
Tom Crilly
0.9
284
Independent
Norman Gray
0.3
99
Electorate: 59,896 Valid: 32,433 Spoilt: 287 (0.9%) Quota: 6,487 Turnout: 32,720 (54.6%)
1997 general election [ edit ]
1997 general election : Dublin South–East[ 20]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Eoin Ryan
6,494
17.7
1
7
Fine Gael
Frances Fitzgerald
5,501
15.0
2
9
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
6,113
16.7
3
10
Green Party
John Gormley
4,296
11.7
4
11
Progressive Democrats
Michael McDowell
4,022
10.9
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle
4,541
12.4
Fianna Fáil
Noel Whelan
2,962
8.1
National Party
Marie Kirrane
1,169
3.2
Workers' Party
Tom Crilly
694
1.9
Socialist Workers
Peadar O'Grady
410
1.1
Natural Law
Mary Daly
231
0.6
Independent
Joe Guerin
110
0.3
Independent
William Gorman
99
0.3
Independent
John Harspur
29
0.1
Electorate: 64,215 Valid: 36,671 Spoilt: 361 (1.0%) Quota: 7,335 Turnout: 37,032 (57.7%)
1992 general election [ edit ]
1992 general election : Dublin South–East[ 19]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
10,381
25.8
1
1
Fine Gael
Frances Fitzgerald
4,332
10.8
2
11
Progressive Democrats
Michael McDowell
4,504
11.2
3
12
Fianna Fáil
Eoin Ryan
4,566
11.3
4
12
Fianna Fáil
Gerard Brady
4,238
10.5
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle
4,438
11.0
Green Party
John Gormley
2,476
6.2
Fianna Fáil
Mary Mooney
2,123
5.3
Democratic Left
Jim Allen
874
2.2
Sinn Féin
Micheal O'Muireagain
851
2.1
Workers' Party
Andy Smith
573
1.4
Independent
John Gallagher
620
1.5
Independent
Ian Murray
194
0.5
Independent
Thomas Mullins
84
0.2
Electorate: 69,582 Valid: 40,254 Spoilt: 958 (2.3%) Quota: 8,051 Turnout: 41,212 (59.2%)
1989 general election [ edit ]
1989 general election : Dublin South–East[ 18]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Gerard Brady
5,959
18.1
1
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle
5,235
15.9
2
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
4,014
12.2
3
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
3,865
11.8
4
Green Party
John Gormley
3,329
10.1
Fianna Fáil
Eoin Ryan
3,265
9.9
Progressive Democrats
Michael McDowell
2,853
8.7
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin
2,226
6.8
Workers' Party
Tom Crilly
1,816
5.5
Independent
Anthony Walsh
254
0.8
Independent
Patrick McDonnell
81
0.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,897 Quota: 6,580 Turnout:
1987 general election [ edit ]
1987 general election : Dublin South–East[ 17]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
8,068
21.1
1
Fianna Fáil
Gerard Brady
5,560
14.5
2
Progressive Democrats
Michael McDowell
5,961
15.6
3
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
3,480
9.1
4
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle
3,323
8.7
Fianna Fáil
Michael Donnelly
2,838
7.4
Fianna Fáil
Mary McAleese
2,243
5.9
Fianna Fáil
Eoin Ryan
1,881
4.9
Workers' Party
Andy Smith
1,250
3.3
Green Alliance
Máire Mullarney
1,094
2.9
Fine Gael
William Egan
860
2.3
Sinn Féin
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
811
2.1
Workers' Party
Tom Crilly
660
1.7
Independent
Gerry Brennan
147
0.4
Independent
Barbara Hyland
65
0.2
Independent
Patrick Clarke
29
0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 38,270 Quota: 7,655 Turnout:
November 1982 general election [ edit ]
November 1982 general election : Dublin South–East[ 16]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
8,803
22.1
1
1
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle
4,583
11.5
2
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
5,893
14.8
3
Fianna Fáil
Gerard Brady
6,488
16.3
4
Fianna Fáil
Seán Moore
4,443
11.2
Fine Gael
Alexis FitzGerald
3,744
9.4
Workers' Party
Andy Smith
1,820
4.6
Fine Gael
John McKenna
1,764
4.4
Fianna Fáil
Peter Gibson
1,486
3.7
Independent
Liz Noonan
340
0.9
Ecology Party
Máire Mullarney
312
0.8
Independent
William Fitzsimon
104
0.3
Independent
Séamus O'Daly
79
0.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 39,859 Quota: 7,972 Turnout:
February 1982 general election [ edit ]
February 1982 general election : Dublin South–East[ 15]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
12,644
31.5
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Gerard Brady
6,131
15.3
2
Fine Gael
Alexis FitzGerald
3,164
7.9
3
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
5,402
13.5
4
Fianna Fáil
Seán Moore
4,645
11.6
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle
2,735
6.8
Fianna Fáil
Michael Donnelly
2,679
6.7
Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)
Andy Smith
1,894
4.7
Independent
Elizabeth Noonan
309
0.8
Independent
Desmond Hynes
222
0.6
Independent
William Fitzsimon
125
0.3
Independent
Matthew Treacy
94
0.2
Independent
Séamus O'Daly
58
0.1
Independent
Molly Donovan
49
0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,151 Quota: 8,031 Turnout:
1981 general election [ edit ]
1981 general election : Dublin South–East[ 14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
13,794
33.8
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Gerard Brady
6,807
16.7
2
Fianna Fáil
Seán Moore
5,702
14.0
3
Fine Gael
Richie Ryan
1,722
4.2
4
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
3,559
8.7
Fianna Fáil
Michael Donnelly
3,193
7.8
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle
2,026
5.0
Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)
Andy Smith
1,969
4.8
Labour Party
Mary Frehill
1,434
3.5
Independent
Elizabeth Noonan
373
0.9
Independent
William Fitzsimon
236
0.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,815 Quota: 8,164 Turnout:
1977 general election [ edit ]
1977 general election : Dublin South–East[ 13]
Party
Candidate
% 1st Pref
Count 1
Count 2
Count 3
Count 4
Count 5
Count 6
Count 7
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
31.9
11,794
Fianna Fáil
Seán Moore
23.8
6,371
6,450
6,498
6,552
7,282
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
10.8
2,896
3,128
3,943
4,161
4,287
4,316
7,164
Fianna Fáil
Peter Gibson
12.9
3,465
3,509
3,563
3,590
4,383
4,918
5,246
Fine Gael
Peter Kelly
5.7
1,528
2,484
2,622
4,007
4,052
4,066
Fianna Fáil
Mary Harney
5.9
1,588
1,612
1,724
1,745
Fine Gael
Peter Prendergast
4.9
1,304
1,663
1,723
Labour Party
Mary Freehill
4.1
1,107
1,262
Electorate: 41,066 Valid: 26,812 Spoilt: 250 (0.9%) Quota: 6,704 Turnout: 27,062 (65.9%)[ 25]
1973 general election [ edit ]
1973 general election : Dublin South–East[ 12]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Garret FitzGerald
7,958
31.1
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Seán Moore
5,354
21.0
2
Fine Gael
Fergus O'Brien
1,945
7.6
3
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cummins
3,329
13.0
Labour Party
Ruairi Quinn
2,927
11.5
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Norton
1,556
6.1
Fine Gael
Peter Prendergast
1,312
5.1
Sinn Féin (Official)
Andy Smith
1,082
4.2
Independent
Ignatius O'Reilly
90
0.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,553 Quota: 6,389 Turnout:
1969 general election [ edit ]
1965 general election [ edit ]
1961 general election [ edit ]
1957 general election [ edit ]
1954 general election [ edit ]
1951 general election [ edit ]
1948 general election [ edit ]
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