Dublin Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin Central
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–1992) 4 (1992–2016) 3 (2016–)
TDs	Paschal Donohoe (FG) Mary Lou McDonald (SF) Maureen O'Sullivan (Ind)
City council	Dublin City Council
EP constituency	Dublin

Dublin Central
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1977
Seats	4
County/City council	Dublin City Council

Dublin Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

A Dublin Central constituency was created for the first time in 1969 and used at the 1969 and 1973 general elections. It originally spanned both sides of the River Liffey and took in inner city Dublin. It was abolished in 1977 as part of the Tullymander with the constituency being divided between Dublin North–Central, Dublin Cabra and Dublin South–Central. In its current incarnation, the seat was created in 1980, taking in most of the abolished Dublin Cabra constituency together with the inner half of Dublin North–Central and smaller parts of the abolished Dublin Finglas.

Boundaries

1981-1987: In the county borough of Dublin the wards of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West B, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Drumcondra South B, Drumcondra South C, Glasnevin A, Glasnevin B, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Rotunda A, Rotunda B; and parts of the wards of Cabra West A and Cabra West C.

1987-1992: In the county borough of Dublin the wards of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West A, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Cabra West E, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Drumcondra South B, Drumcondra South C, Glasnevin A, Glasnevin B, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Rotunda A, Rotunda B.

1992-1997: In the county borough of Dublin the wards of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ashtown A, Ashtown B, Botanic C, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Chapelizod, Decies, Inchicore A, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock B, North Dock C, Phoenix Park, Rotunda A, Rotunda B, Ushers A, Ushers F; and parts of the wards of Cabra East A and Cabra West A.

1997-2002: In the county borough of Dublin the wards of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ashtown A, Ashtown B, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Chapelizod, Cherry Orchard A, Cherry Orchard B, Cherry Orchard C, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kylemore, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock C, Phoenix Park, Rotunda A, Rotunda B, Ushers A, Ushers F; and parts of the wards of Cabra West A and Inns Quay A.

2002-2007: In the county borough of Dublin the electoral divisions of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ashtown A, Ashtown B, Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Botanic A, Botanic B, Botanic C, Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West A, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Drumcondra South B, Drumcondra South C, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Phoenix Park, Rotunda A, Rotunda B.

2007-2016: In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ashtown A, Ashtown B, Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Botanic A, Botanic B, Botanic C, Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West A, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Drumcondra South B, Drumcondra South C, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Rotunda A, Rotunda B; and part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park.

2016-present: In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Cabra East C, Cabra West A, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Drumcondra South B, Inns Quay A, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Rotunda A, Rotunda B.

The Dublin Central constituency is located in the north inner city and suburbs of Dublin and encompasses an area to the north side of the river Liffey including: Stoneybatter, Mountjoy Square, Phibsborough, Cabra, Dorset Street, Henrietta Street, O'Connell Street, Arbour Hill, Navan Road, Glasnevin, North Wall, East Wall and Drumcondra. It comprises the local government areas of Ballymun, North Inner City and Cabra-Finglas.^[1]

Constituency profile

Dublin Central is regarded as one of the most social and ethnically diverse constituencies in Ireland.^[2] It contains Dublin's main shopping district and financial areas. The constituency consists of largely working class areas such as East Wall, North Strand, Summerhill, Ballybough, Sheriff Street and Cabra with more suburban middle class Glasnevin and Lower Drumcondra on the northern fringes of the constituency.

For many years it was the constituency of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern who won the first seat in the constituency at every election from its creation in 1981 until his retirement in 2011. It was a highly competitive constituency with the Labour Party, Sinn Féin and left-wing independents such as Tony Gregory drawing much support. Following the 2011 general election Fianna Fáil are not represented in the constituency.

TDs

TDs 1969–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1969–1977^[3]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969^[4]		Vivion de Valera (FF)		Frank Cluskey (Lab)		Maurice E. Dockrell (FG)		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FF)
20th	1973^[5]		Vivion de Valera (FF)		Frank Cluskey (Lab)		Maurice E. Dockrell (FG)		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FF)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

TDs since 1981

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1981–^[3]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent Lab = Labour Party PD = Progressive Democrats SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981^[6]		Bertie Ahern (FF)		Alice Glenn (FG)		Michael Keating (FG)		George Colley (FF)		Michael O'Leary (Lab)
23rd	1982 (Feb)^[7]				Tony Gregory (Ind)						Michael O'Leary (Lab)
24th	1982 (Nov)^[8]										Alice Glenn (FG)
24th	1983 by-election^[9]								Tom Leonard (FF)		Alice Glenn (FG)
25th	1987^[10]						Michael Keating (PD)		Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF)		John Stafford (FF)
26th	1989^[11]						Pat Lee (FG)		Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF)		John Stafford (FF)
27th	1992^[12]						Jim Mitchell (FG)		Joe Costello (Lab)	4 seats from 1992
28th	1997^[13]						Jim Mitchell (FG)		Marian McGennis (FF)
29th	2002^[14]						Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF)		Joe Costello (Lab)
30th	2007^[15]						Cyprian Brady (FF)
30th	2009 by-election^[16]				Maureen O'Sullivan (Ind)		Cyprian Brady (FF)
31st	2011^[17]		Paschal Donohoe (FG)				Mary Lou McDonald (SF)
32nd	2016^[18]		Paschal Donohoe (FG)				Mary Lou McDonald (SF)	3 seats from 2016

Elections

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin Central^[18]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	24.4	5,770	5,780	5,806	5,825	5,854	6,016
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	13.6	3,226	3,228	3,231	3,276	3,393	3,405	3,480	4,478	4,481	5,127	5,447
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan	8.4	1,990	2,009	2,058	2,085	2,181	2,377	2,792	3,181	3,214	3,923	5,269
	Social Democrats	Gary Gannon	9.7	2,307	2,327	2,387	2,411	2,601	2,832	3,117	3,514	3,549	3,931	4,948
	Independent	Christy Burke	10.2	2,406	2,411	2,418	2,440	2,452	2,503	2,822	3,066	3,083	3,658
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	10.6	2,508	2,510	2,517	2,601	2,632	2,655	2,810	2,978	2,984
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	8.8	2,092	2,102	2,121	2,132	2,245	2,281	2,345
	Independent	Cieran Perry	5.2	1,242	1,258	1,294	1,309	1,333	1,492
	AAA–PBP	Diana O'Dwyer	3.0	721	749	830	845	909
	Green Party	Ian Noel Smyth	2.7	644	651	674	696
	Renua Ireland	Jacqui Gilbourne	1.4	330	339	339
	Workers' Party	Éilis Ryan	1.3	303	316
	Direct Democracy	Cormac McKay	0.3	62
	Independent	Kerry Guinan	0.2	58
	Independent	William DJ Gorman	0.1	27
Electorate: 45,747 Valid: 23,686 Spoilt: 304 (1.3%) Quota: 5,922 Turnout: 23,990 (52.4%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin Central^[17]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	19.9	6,903	6,933
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	18.1	6,273	6,289	6,428	6,805	7,115
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan	12.0	4,139	4,171	4,507	4,830	5,384	5,586	7,641
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	13.1	4,526	4,536	4,654	5,065	5,422	5,553	6,209	6,587
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	10.1	3,504	3,514	3,606	3,628	3,716	4,821	5,403	5,743
	Labour Party	Áine Clancy	10.2	3,514	3,532	3,796	3,853	3,978	4,135
	Fianna Fáil	Cyprian Brady	4.7	1,637	1,639	1,675	1,725	1,753
	Independent	Cieran Perry	4.0	1,394	1,426	1,532	1,615
	Independent	Christy Burke	3.8	1,315	1,323	1,393
	Green Party	Phil Kearney	2.0	638	703
	Workers' Party	Malachy Steenson	0.8	274	285
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	0.7	235	251
	Independent	John Hyland	0.2	77
	Independent	Thomas Hollywood	0.2	65
	Fís Nua	Liam Johnston^[19]	0.1	48
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.1	25
Electorate: 56,892 Valid: 34,612 Spoilt: 457 (1.3%) Quota: 6,923 Turnout: 35,069 (61.6%)

2009 by-election

Following the death of independent TD Tony Gregory, a by-election was held on 5 June 2009. It was won by Independent candidate Maureen O'Sullivan.

2009 by-election: Dublin Central^[16]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan	26.9	7,639	7,711	7,862	8,105	8,341	9,352	11,062	13,739
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	22.7	6,439	6,461	6,488	6,578	6,737	7,412	7,880	10,198
	Labour Party	Ivana Bacik	17.3	4,926	4,931	5,008	5,073	5,338	5,774	6,537
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	13.3	3,770	3,780	3,902	3,990	4,042	4,420
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern	12.3	3,483	3,512	3,526	3,564	3,621
	Green Party	David Geary	2.9	819	829	849	893
	Immigration Control	Patrick Talbot	2.2	614	636	676
	Workers' Party	Malachy Steenson	1.8	519	528
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	0.7	203
Electorate: 62,141 Valid: 28,412 Spoilt: 391 (1.4%) Quota: 14,207 Turnout: 28,803 (46.3%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin Central^[15]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	36.8	12,734
	Independent	Tony Gregory	13.4	4,649	5,453	5,622	6,062	6,799	7,385
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	12.6	4,353	4,793	4,870	5,028	5,809	6,073	6,205	8,018
	Fianna Fáil	Cyprian Brady	2.7	939	3,342	3,510	3,554	3,616	5,608	5,764	6,348
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	9.5	3,302	3,441	3,548	3,600	3,896	4,147	4,216	4,556
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	9.2	3,182	3,471	3,519	3,744	3,948	4,120	4,178
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	4.9	1,725	3,087	3,236	3,330	3,447
	Green Party	Patricia McKenna	5.8	1,995	2,116	2,221	2,294
	Independent	Cieran Perry	2.7	952	1,058	1,133
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	0.8	260	269
	Immigration Control	Patrick Talbot	0.7	239	253
	Progressive Democrats	Jerry Hannon	0.6	193	226
	Fathers Rights	Alan Beirne	0.3	116	202
Electorate: 63,423 Valid: 34,639 Spoilt: 510 (1.5%) Quota: 6,928 Turnout: 35,149 (55.4%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin Central^[14]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	31.9	10,896
	Independent	Tony Gregory	16.6	5,675	6,477	6,625	7,242
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	12.2	4,149	4,499	4,539	5,046	7,870
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	7.6	2,592	4,855	4,968	5,043	5,560	6,264	6,418
	Sinn Féin	Nicky Kehoe	14.6	4,979	5,300	5,343	5,487	5,818	6,177	6,339
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	11.1	3,798	3,976	4,063	4,268
	Green Party	Tommy Simpson	4.3	1,470	1,545	1,652
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	1.1	366	377
	Independent	Tom Prendeville	0.3	97	103
	Independent	Patrick O'Donnell	0.3	89	95
Electorate: 62,180 Valid: 34,034 Spoilt: 483 (1.4%) Quota: 6,807 Turnout: 34,517 (55.5%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin Central^[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	12,175	34.1	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	5,261	14.7	2	7
	Fianna Fáil	Marian McGennis	3,132	8.8	3	10
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	5,185	14.5	4	10
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	3,035	8.5
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	2,377	6.6
	Independent	Michael Conaghan	1,343	3.7
	Green Party	Ciarán Cuffe	1,253	3.5
	Independent	Vincent Jackson	650	1.8
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh	509	1.4
	Independent	Eamonn Murphy	432	1.2
	Independent	Kevin Devlin	307	0.9
	Independent	Patrick Shelly	39	0.1
	Independent	Aidan Walsh	43	0.1
Electorate: 64,073 Valid: 35,741 Spoilt: 541 (1.5%) Quota: 7,149 Turnout: 36,282 (56.6%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin Central^[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	11,374	31.3	1	1
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	7,308	20.1	2	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	5,809	16.0	3	7
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	5,125	14.1	4	10
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	1,838	5.1
	Fianna Fáil	Olga Bennett	1,087	3.0
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	1,362	3.7
	Green Party	Patricia McKenna	927	2.6
	Independent	Niamh Nic Mhathuna	514	1.4
	Democratic Left	Mike Jennings	467	1.3
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh	368	1.0
	Workers' Party	Des Early	221	0.6
Electorate: 60,391 Valid: 36,400 Spoilt: 733 (2.0%) Quota: 7,281 Turnout: 37,133 (61.5%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin Central^[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	13,589	32.9	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	7,451	18.0	2	2
	Fine Gael	Pat Lee	5,296	12.8	3	8
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	2,420	5.9	4	11
	Fianna Fáil	John Stafford	2,530	6.1	5	11
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	1,941	4.7
	Workers' Party	Mike Jennings	1,827	4.4
	Green Party	Enda Connolly	1,529	3.7
	Progressive Democrats	Geraldine Harney	1,418	3.4
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	1,305	3.2
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	1,256	3.0
	Sinn Féin	Tony O'Flaherty	729	1.8
	Independent	Maire Ni Dubgaill	41	0.1
Electorate: 65,071 Valid: 41,332 Spoilt: 467 (1.1%) Quota: 6,889 Turnout: 41,799 (64.2%)

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin Central^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	13,635	28.7	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	7,721	16.3	2
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Keating	6,361	13.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	John Stafford	3,966	8.4	4
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	2,392	5.0	5
	Fine Gael	Pat Lee	2,643	5.6
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	2,501	5.3
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	2,034	4.3
	Independent	Alice Glenn	1,951	4.1
	Workers' Party	Michael Jennings	1,463	3.1
	Fine Gael	Shane Byrne	1,296	2.7
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	767	1.6
	Labour Party	Mary Freehill	632	1.3
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	94	0.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 47,456 Quota: 7,910 Turnout:

1983 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD George Colley, a by-election was held on 23 November 1983. It was won by Fianna Fáil candidate Tom Leonard.

1983 by-election: Dublin Central^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	15,236	46.6	1
	Fine Gael	Mary Banotti	7,362	22.5
	Workers' Party	Michael White	4,342	13.3
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	2,304	7.1
	Labour Party	Jimmy Somers	1,966	6.0
	Independent	Leo Armstrong	574	1.8
	Independent	Anthony Ryan	458	1.4
	Communist Party	Edward Glackin	243	0.7
	Independent	William Foley	147	0.5
	Independent	Jim Tallon	72	0.2
Electorate: 70,403 Valid: 32,704 Quota: 16,353 Turnout: 46.5%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin Central^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	10,542	23.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	7,945	17.9	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	5,622	12.6	3
	Independent	Tony Gregory	6,237	14.0	4
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn	3,723	8.4	5
	Labour Party	Jimmy Somers	3,337	7.5
	Fine Gael	John Colgan	2,513	5.7
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	2,396	5.4
	Workers' Party	Michael White	2,161	4.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 44,476 Quota: 7,413 Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin Central^[7]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	18.7	8,570
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	17.5	8,000
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	16.5	7,542	8,174
	Independent	Tony Gregory	10.3	4,703	4,730	4,752	4,768	4,815	4,861	5,414	6,458	6,555	7,737
	Labour Party	Michael O'Leary	11.0	5,042	5,063	5,137	5,151	5,183	5,210	5,320	5,715	6,012	6,511
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn	6.5	2,971	2,991	3,164	3,168	3,180	3,193	3,239	3,337	5,061	5,412
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	6.5	2,990	3,131	3,137	3,551	3,558	4,113	4,276	4,485	4,525
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	4.4	2,023	2,046	2,138	2,140	2,147	2,162	2,187	2,246
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Michael White	3.7	1,672	1,678	1,681	1,684	1,710	1,740	2,084
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke	3.2	1,458	1,472	1,475	1,479	1,485	1,505
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ward	1.3	611	670	672	764	776
	Independent	Leo Martin	0.4	160	163	164	165
Electorate: 74,713 Valid: 45,742 Spoilt: 438 (0.9%) Quota: 7,624 Turnout: 46,180 (61.8%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin Central^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	8,738	18.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	8,250	17.7	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	8,011	17.2	3	1
	Labour Party	Michael O'Leary	4,737	10.2	4
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn	2,538	5.5	5
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	3,271	7.0
	Independent	Tony Gregory	3,151	6.8
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	2,621	5.6
	Labour Party	Patrick Carroll	2,062	4.4
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Michael White	1,803	3.9
	Labour Party	Jimmy Somers	1,347	2.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 46,529 Quota: 7,755 Turnout:

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin Central^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera	6,491	21.3	1
	Labour Party	Frank Cluskey	3,864	12.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	3,807	12.5	3
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell	4,308	14.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	3,221	10.6
	Fine Gael	Alexis FitzGerald	2,198	7.2
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	1,796	5.9
	Labour Party	Griff Cashman	1,763	5.8
	Labour Party	James Mooney	1,644	5.4
	Independent	Gerard Brady	876	2.9
	Independent	Michael O'Riordan	466	1.5
Electorate: 46,775 Valid: 30,434 Quota: 6,087 Turnout: 65.1%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin Central^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera	7,493	22.9	1	1
	Labour Party	Frank Cluskey	5,413	16.5	2
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell	4,364	13.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	2,619	8.0	4
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	2,142	6.5
	Labour Party	James Mooney	1,714	5.2
	Independent	Gerard Brady	1,707	5.2
	Labour Party	Griff Cashman	1,574	4.8
	Independent	Frank Sherwin	1,456	4.4
	Fine Gael	William Naughton	1,404	4.3
	Fine Gael	John Nealon	1,151	3.5
	Labour Party	James Downey	895	2.7
	Fine Gael	Peter Keating	612	1.9
	Irish Workers	Samuel Nolan	242	0.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,786 Quota: 6,558 Turnout:

References

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↑ "Dublin Central". RTÉ News. 28 February 2011.
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↑ Although Fís Nua was registered as a political party on 4 February 2011, the party's name did not appear on the ballot, as the Register of Political Parties in use is that in force on 1 February, when the writ for the general election was issued. "Electoral Act 1992, Section 25(14)". Irish Statute Book. Office of the Attorney General. Retrieved 10 February 2011.

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