Dublin Mid West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Dublin Mid West Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Dublin Mid West shown within County Dublin | |
| Created: | 2002 |
| TDs: | 4 |
| Counties: | Dublin |
| EP constituency: | Dublin |
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 Palmerstown was incorporated into Dublin Mid-West, from Dublin West. The constituency has an electorate of 55,184 and at present is served by 4 TDs. It gained an extra seat at the 2007 general election. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
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[edit] 2007 Election result
| 2007 General Election: Dublin Mid West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | *John Curran | 8,650 | 23.20 | 1 | 1 | |
| Progressive Democrats | *Mary Harney | 4,663 | 12.5 | 2 | 6 | |
| Labour Party | Joanna Tuffy | 4,075 | 10.9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Green Party | *Paul Gogarty | 4,043 | 10.8 | 4 | 6 | |
| Fine Gael | Frances Fitzgerald | 4,480 | 12 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Luke Moriarty | 3,671 | 9.8 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Spain | 3,462 | 9.3 | |||
| Independent | Derek Keating | 2,701 | 7.2 | |||
| People Before Profit | Gino Kenny | 1058 | 2.8 | |||
| Workers' Party | Mick Finnegan | 366 | 1 | |||
| Independent | Jim McHale | 170 | 0.5 | |||
*Denotes outgoing TD
[edit] 2002 Election result
| 2002 General Election: Dublin Mid West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Curran | 5,904 | 20.75 | 1 | 9 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mary Harney | 5,706 | 20.05 | 2 | 9 | |
| Green Party | Paul Gogarty | 3,508 | 12.33 | 3 | 10 | |
| Labour Party | Joanna Tuffy | 2,563 | 9.01 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Des Kelly | 3,218 | 11.31 | |||
| Fine Gael | Austin Currie | 2,008 | 7.06 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Tony Flannery | 1,855 | 6.52 | |||
| Fine Gael | Therese Ridge | 1,268 | 4.46 | |||
| Independent | David Green | 1,078 | 3.79 | |||
| Independent | Colm McGrath | 487 | 1.71 | |||
| Workers' Party | Andrew McGuinness | 393 | 1.38 | |||
| Independent | Michael O'Mara | 361 | 1.27 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | Colm Callanan | 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
