Dublin Mid West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dublin Mid West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, located in County Dublin. It came into existence at the 2002 General Election, composed of parts of the Dublin South West and Dublin West constituencies. It contains the towns of Clondalkin, Lucan Rathcoole and Saggart. In the constituency review of 2004 the town of Palmerstowen was incorporated into Dublin Mid-West, from Dublin West. The constituency has an electorate of 55,184 and at present is served by 3 TDs. However, due to rapid population growth in the area, it will gain an extra seat at the next general election at the expense of Cork North Central. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Dublin Mid West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| John Curran | Fianna Fáil | 5,904 | 20.75 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mary Harney | Progressive Democrats | 5,706 | 20.05 | 2 | 9 | |
| Paul Gogarty | Green Party | 3,508 | 12.33 | 3 | 10 | |
| Joanna Tuffy | Labour Party | 2,563 | 9.01 | |||
| Des Kelly | Fianna Fáil | 3,218 | 11.31 | |||
| Austin Currie | Fine Gael | 2,008 | 7.06 | |||
| Tony Flannery | Sinn Féin | 1,855 | 6.52 | |||
| Therese Ridge | Fine Gael | 1,268 | 4.46 | |||
| David Green | Independent | 1,078 | 3.79 | |||
| Colm McGrath | Independent | 487 | 1.71 | |||
| Andrew McGuinness | Workers Party | 393 | 1.38 | |||
| Michael O'Mara | Independent | 361 | 1.27 | |||
| Colm Callanan | Christian Solidarity | 107 | 0.38 | |||
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
