1998 Dublin North by-election

1998 Dublin North by-election
11 March 1998
Turnout33,046 (50.2%)
 
Ryan
Kennedy
Jenkinson
Nominee Seán Ryan Michael Kennedy Philip Jenkinson
Party Labour Fianna Fáil Fine Gael
First preferences 11,012 10,334 3,185
Percentage 33.3% 31.3% 9.6%
Final count 16,896 13,633 –
 
Martin
Nominee Clare Daly Paul Martin Paul Donnelly
Party Socialist Party Green Sinn Féin
First preferences 2,692 1,092 1,088
Percentage 8.2% 3.3% 3.3%
Final count – – –
 
Ruigrok
Goulding
Keaveney
Nominee Rena Condrot Ruigrok Ciaran Goulding Angela Keaveney
Party Independent Independent Christian Solidarity
First preferences 780 682 565
Percentage 2.4% 2.1% 1.7%
Final count – – –
TD before election

Ray Burke
Fianna Fáil

 Elected TD

Seán Ryan
Labour

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin North constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Ray Burke on 7 October 1997.

The election was won by Seán Ryan of the Labour Party.

The election was notable in that it had the highest number of candidates to ever contest a Dáil by-election. 19 candidates contested, including 9 Independents. The election took 14 counts to declare a winner with 8 candidates getting less than 1% of the first preference vote.

On the same day, a by-election took place in Limerick East, both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by-elections.

Michael Kennedy would go on to serve as a TD for the constituency in the future and Clare Daly would go on to serve as a TD and MEP

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.