Dublin South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dublin South West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the south-western part of County Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 67,947 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Dublin South West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Seán Crowe | Sinn Féin | 7,466 | 20.29 | 1 | 1 | |
| Charlie O'Connor | Fianna Fáil | 7,155 | 19.44 | 2 | 4 | |
| Conor Lenihan | Fianna Fáil | 7,080 | 19.24 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pat Rabbitte | Labour Party | 6,314 | 17.16 | 4 | 6 | |
| Brian Hayes | Fine Gael | 4,654 | 12.65 | |||
| Patrick Quinn | Green Party | 1,157 | 3.14 | |||
| Mick Murphy | Socialist Party | 954 | 2.59 | |||
| Eamonn Walsh | Labour Party | 971 | 2.64 | |||
| Darragh O'Reilly | Christian Solidarity | 760 | 2.07 | |||
| Ray Kelly | Independent | 291 | 0.79 | |||
[edit] Former TDs
- Richie Ryan
- Ben Briscoe 1965 to 1969, then moved to Dublin South Central
- Robert Briscoe 1948 to 1965
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
