Dublin South Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin South Central Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Dublin South Central shown within County Dublin
Created:	1948
TDs:	5
Counties:	Dublin
EP constituency:	Dublin

Dublin South Central is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the heart of the capital city of Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 86,710 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The district comprises Harold's Cross west, Drimnagh, Walkinstown, Crumlin, Inchicore , Ballyfermot, Kimmage and Terenure west.

In 2004 the constituency boundary was extended to the north side of the Liffey, taking in Islandbridge.

Contents 1 Summary of seats won 1981–2007 2 2007 Election result 3 2002 Election result 4 November 1982 - 1997 full election results 5 1977 full election result 6 Former TDs 7 See also 8 References

Summary of seats won 1981–2007

	1981	1982F	1982N	1987	1989	1992	1997	2002	2007
Fianna Fáil	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Fine Gael	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Independent	1	1	1
Labour		1	1	1		1	1	1	1
Workers Party					1
Sinn Féin								1	1

2007 Election result

2007 General Election: Dublin South Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ardagh	8,286	17.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	7,439	15.7	2	3
	Labour Party	Mary Upton	5,987	12.6	3	9
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh	4,825	10.2	4	10
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne	4,713	9.9	5	10
	Labour Party	Eric Byrne	4,054	8.5
	Green Party	Tony McDermott	2,756	5.8
	Independent	Joan Collins	2,203	4.6
	Fine Gael	Anne Marie Martin	2,125	4.5
	People Before Profit	Bríd Smith	2,086	4.4
	Independent	Roisín Healy	1,613	3.4
	Progressive Democrats	Frank McNamara	474	1.0
	Progressive Democrats	Ben Doyle	438	0.9
	Workers' Party	Andrew McGuinness	256	0.5
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Redmond	155	0.3
	Independent	Con Gunning	121	0.3

2002 Election result

2002 General Election: Dublin South Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell	5,444	12.37	1	9
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh	5,591	12.70	2	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ardagh	6,031	13.70	3	9
	Labour Party	Mary Upton	4,520	10.27	4	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	4,990	11.34	5	9
	Labour Party	Eric Byrne	4,159	9.45
	Fianna Fáil	Marian McGennis	4,085	9.28
	Green Party	Kristina McElroy	2,299	5.22
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne	2,012	4.57
	Progressive Democrats	Bob Quinn	1,377	3.13
	Independent	Vincent Ballyfermot Jackson	1,142	2.59
	Independent	Áine Ní Chonaill	926	2.10
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh	553	1.26
	Socialist Workers	Bríd Smith	617	1.40
	Workers' Party	Shay Kelly	270	0.61

November 1982 - 1997 full election results

Online at [1]

1977 full election result

Electorate=37934, Valid votes =25528, spoiled votes=245, quota=5883 ^[1]

Name	Party		Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
Fergus O'Brien		Fine Gael	5931	5931	5931	5931	5931
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick		Fianna Fáil	4542	5015	5058	5239	5566
Frank Cluskey		Labour	3986	4024	4177	4711	6991
M Campion		Fianna Fáil	3218	3579	3595	3804	4018
Alexis Fitzgerald		Fine Gael	2483	2523	3389	3542
A Smith		Workers Party	1313	1340	1345
Maurice Dockrell		Fine Gael	1096	1101
V Kinsella		Fianna Fáil	959

Former TDs

• Seán Lemass
• Tom Fitzpatrick
• Richie Ryan
• Ben Briscoe (1969 to 2002)

See also

• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in Ireland
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in Ireland

v • d • e Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland Carlow-Kilkenny · Cavan-Monaghan · Clare · Cork East · Cork North Central · Cork North West · Cork South Central · Cork South West · Donegal North East · Donegal South West · Dublin Central · Dublin Mid West · Dublin North · Dublin North Central · Dublin North East · Dublin North West · Dublin South · Dublin South Central · Dublin South East · Dublin South West · Dublin West · Dún Laoghaire · Galway East · Galway West · Kerry North · Kerry South · Kildare North · Kildare South · Laois-Offaly · Limerick East · Limerick West · Longford-Westmeath · Louth · Mayo · Meath East · Meath West · Roscommon-South Leitrim · Sligo-North Leitrim · Tipperary North · Tipperary South · Waterford · Wexford · Wicklow

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