Dublin North West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Dublin North West Parliamentary constituency |
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| Creation | 1937 |
| TDs | 3 |
| Type | Dáil Éireann |
Dublin North-West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. It was created for the 1937 general election when the old Dublin North constituency divided into Dublin North West and Dublin North East.
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Dublin North West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. It is located in the north-western area of County Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 47,641 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
The constituency is overwhelmingly urbanised and encompasses the Finglas, Ballymun and Whitehall electoral areas of Dublin City Council in their entirety together with the Santry area of Fingal County Council. The constituency is due to gain some extra territory at the next election. It is proposed that parts of the Dublin North Central constituency be moved to this constituency and that the Dunsink and Scribblestown areas be moved out of the Dublin West constituency.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Dublin North West | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Noel Ahern | Fianna Fáil | 6,912 | 26.42 | 1 | 1 | |
| Róisín Shortall | Labour | 4,391 | 16.79 | 1 | 6 | |
| Pat Carey | Fianna Fáil | 5,523 | 21.11 | 3 | 6 | |
| Dessie Ellis | Sinn Féin | 4,781 | 18.28 | |||
| Brendan Brady | Fine Gael | 2,082 | 7.96 | |||
| Bill Tormey | Independent | 1,100 | 4.21 | |||
| Eugene O'Brien | Green | 607 | 2.32 | |||
| Seán Ó Cionnaith | Workers Party | 608 | 2.32 | |||
| Michael Larkin | Christian Solidarity | 1,219 | 4.16 | |||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
