Waterford_(Dáil_Éireann_constituency)
Waterford (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1923–present)
This article is about the Irish parliamentary constituency. For the British constituency of a similar name, see Watford (UK Parliament constituency). For the Australian constituency of the same name, see Electoral district of Waterford.
Waterford is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Quick Facts Major settlements, Current constituency ...
| Waterford | |
|---|---|
| Dáil constituency | |
Location of Waterford within Ireland | |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1923 |
| Seats |
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| TDs | |
| Local government area | Waterford City and County |
| Created from | Waterford–Tipperary East |
| EP constituency | South |
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The constituency was created by the Electoral Act 1923 and first used at the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil, partially replacing the constituency of Waterford–Tipperary East that was used for the previous two elections. The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that no change be made at the next general election.[1]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[2]
"The city and county of Waterford."
More information Years, TDs ...
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–1937 | 4 | The county of Waterford and the county borough of Waterford[3] | Created from Waterford–Tipperary East (5 seats) |
| 1937–1948 | 4 | The county borough of Waterford, and the county of Waterford and in the county of Cork[4] the district electoral divisions of Ardagh, Clonpriest, Kilcronat, Killeagh (Youghal), Kilmacdonogh, Youghal Rural, and the urban district of Youghal. |
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| 1948–1961 | 4 | The county borough of Waterford, and the county of Waterford.[5] | Transfer to Cork East |
| 1961–1977 | 3 | The county of Waterford, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary South; and the county borough of Waterford.[6][7] |
Transfer to Tipperary South |
| 1977–1981 | 4 | The county of Waterford; and the county borough of Waterford.[8] | Transfer from Tipperary South |
| 1981–2002 | 4 | The county of Waterford, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary South; and the county borough of Waterford.[9][10][11][12] |
Transfer to Tipperary South |
| 2002–2016 | 4 | The county of Waterford, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary South; and the city of Waterford.[13][14][15] | |
| 2016– | 5 | The city and county of Waterford.[16][17] | Transfer from Tipperary South |
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More information Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Waterford 1923–, Dáil ...
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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.
2020 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 38.3 | 20,569 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Butler | 12.4 | 6,644 | 7,306 | 7,720 | 8,939 | 9,867 | 10,028 | 11,233 | |
| Independent | Matt Shanahan | 9.3 | 4,990 | 6,715 | 7,246 | 7,885 | 8,576 | 10,127 | 10,708 | |
| Green | Marc Ó Cathasaigh | 7.4 | 3,996 | 5,380 | 5,631 | 5,976 | 6,873 | 9,118 | 9,738 | |
| Fine Gael | John Cummins | 8.5 | 4,592 | 5,036 | 5,119 | 5,484 | 5,784 | 5,880 | 8,477 | |
| Fine Gael | Damien Geoghegan | 8.0 | 4,289 | 4,538 | 4,572 | 4,675 | 5,473 | 5,549 | ||
| Solidarity–PBP | Úna Dunphy[lower-alpha 1] | 2.1 | 1,153 | 4,361 | 4,829 | 4,944 | 5,444 | |||
| Labour | John Pratt | 6.5 | 3,498 | 4,306 | 4,453 | 4,602 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Mulligan | 4.9 | 2,654 | 3,093 | 3,180 | |||||
| Aontú | Rónan Cleary | 2.0 | 1,049 | 1,426 | ||||||
| Independent | Bernadette Philips | 0.6 | 324 | 845 | ||||||
| Electorate: 84,978 Valid: 53,758 Spoilt: 447 Quota: 10,752 Turnout: 63.8% | ||||||||||
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2016 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Butler | 20.5 | 10,603 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 18.8 | 9,739 | 9,783 | 9,826 | 9,890 | 9,967 | 10,497 | ||||
| Independent | John Halligan | 16.1 | 8,306 | 8,368 | 8,438 | 8,513 | 8,674 | 9,271 | 9,345 | 11,148 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Deasy | 14.8 | 7,641 | 7,687 | 7,697 | 7,806 | 7,996 | 8,067 | 8,072 | 9,443 | 9,671 | |
| Fine Gael | Paudie Coffey | 13.9 | 7,209 | 7,245 | 7,281 | 7,412 | 7,600 | 7,635 | 7,637 | 8,946 | 9,104 | |
| Green | Grace O'Sullivan | 4.3 | 2,237 | 2,254 | 2,285 | 2,379 | 2,567 | 2,968 | 2,993 | |||
| Labour | Ciara Conway | 4.4 | 2,268 | 2,286 | 2,302 | 2,309 | 2,367 | 2,445 | 2,449 | |||
| AAA–PBP | Una Dunphy | 3.2 | 1,646 | 1,656 | 1,719 | 1,767 | 1,857 | |||||
| Renua | Mailo Power | 1.7 | 862 | 880 | 902 | 1,087 | ||||||
| Independent | John Walsh | 1.7 | 858 | 865 | 895 | |||||||
| Direct Democracy | Edward Quilty | 0.4 | 194 | 195 | ||||||||
| Independent | Sheikh Ahmed | 0.3 | 140 | 143 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 81,819 Valid: 51,703 Spoilt: 400 Quota: 10,341 Turnout: 63.7% | ||||||||||||
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2011 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Deasy | 20.0 | 10,718 | 10,731 | 10,751 | |||||||||
| Fine Gael | Paudie Coffey | 18.1 | 9,698 | 9,705 | 9,737 | 9,774 | 9,852 | 9,999 | 10,055 | 10,703 | 11,236 | |||
| Labour | Ciara Conway | 10.3 | 5,554 | 5,560 | 5,565 | 5,597 | 5,708 | 5,867 | 5,937 | 6,424 | 9,216 | 11,182 | ||
| Independent | John Halligan | 10.3 | 5,546 | 5,552 | 5,569 | 5,594 | 5,639 | 5,776 | 6,051 | 6,448 | 7,373 | 9,602 | 9,818 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 14.0 | 7,515 | 7,521 | 7,555 | 7,567 | 7,600 | 7,672 | 7,736 | 7,968 | 8,207 | 8,782 | 8,845 | |
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 9.9 | 5,342 | 5,347 | 5,361 | 5,387 | 5,414 | 5,458 | 5,636 | 5,868 | 6,298 | |||
| Labour | Seamus Ryan | 8.6 | 4,638 | 4,644 | 4,652 | 4,664 | 4,730 | 4,791 | 4,971 | 5,113 | ||||
| Independent | Tom Higgins | 2.1 | 1,130 | 1,133 | 1,150 | 1,164 | 1,201 | 1,227 | 1,246 | |||||
| Independent | Justin Collery | 1.8 | 967 | 971 | 983 | 1,025 | 1,075 | 1,129 | 1,166 | |||||
| Workers' Party | Joe Tobin | 1.6 | 873 | 878 | 889 | 906 | 925 | 937 | ||||||
| Independent | Joe Conway | 1.3 | 725 | 729 | 738 | 751 | 762 | |||||||
| Green | Jody Power | 0.9 | 462 | 462 | 465 | 501 | ||||||||
| Fís Nua | Ben Nutty[56] | 0.5 | 257 | 261 | 276 | |||||||||
| Independent | Declan Waters | 0.4 | 222 | 223 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Gerard Kiersey | 0.1 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 78,435 Valid: 53,720 Spoilt: 578 (1.1%) Quota: 10,745 Turnout: 54,298 (69.2%) | ||||||||||||||
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2007 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Cullen | 23.1 | 11,438 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | John Deasy | 15.3 | 7,554 | 7,674 | 7,712 | 7,839 | 8,006 | 8,546 | 8,778 | 9,565 | 13,181 | |||
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 11.3 | 5,610 | 5,746 | 5,774 | 5,962 | 6,326 | 6,545 | 7,086 | 8,198 | 9,258 | 11,217 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 11.4 | 5,624 | 6,384 | 6,423 | 6,561 | 6,631 | 6,699 | 6,995 | 7,663 | 8,032 | 8,472 | 8,848 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson | 12.0 | 5,963 | 6,221 | 6,258 | 6,319 | 6,376 | 6,395 | 6,443 | 6,766 | 7,159 | 7,549 | 7,874 | |
| Fine Gael | Paudie Coffey | 9.4 | 4,658 | 4,706 | 4,732 | 4,825 | 4,935 | 5,382 | 5,522 | 5,894 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 6.7 | 3,327 | 3,390 | 3,415 | 3,487 | 3,631 | 3,697 | 4,296 | |||||
| Workers' Party | John Halligan | 3.4 | 1,708 | 1,768 | 1,784 | 1,869 | 2,001 | 2,093 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy | 2.7 | 1,340 | 1,372 | 1,378 | 1,433 | 1,519 | |||||||
| Green | Brendan McCann | 2.1 | 1,049 | 1,062 | 1,085 | 1,206 | ||||||||
| Independent | Mary Roche | 1.9 | 934 | 973 | 1,014 | |||||||||
| Independent | Declan Waters | 1.5 | 270 | 271 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Francis Hennessy | 0.1 | 53 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 73,434 Valid: 49,528 Spoilt: 430 (0.9%) Quota: 9,606 Turnout: 49,958 (68.0%) | ||||||||||||||
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2002 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Cullen | 18.3 | 8,529 | 8,606 | 8,734 | 8,854 | 9,432 | |||
| Fine Gael | John Deasy | 15.5 | 7,204 | 7,303 | 7,363 | 7,581 | 8,118 | 9,998 | ||
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 13.4 | 6,219 | 6,364 | 6,649 | 7,182 | 7,649 | 8,316 | 9,524 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson | 15.7 | 7,312 | 7,367 | 7,383 | 7,443 | 7,635 | 7,723 | 8,204 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 12.3 | 5,735 | 5,780 | 5,920 | 5,969 | 6,165 | 6,425 | 7,117 | |
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 6.4 | 2,955 | 3,090 | 3,410 | 3,585 | 3,714 | 3,871 | ||
| Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 6.0 | 2,799 | 2,862 | 3,009 | 3,121 | 3,341 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Michael Flynn | 4.6 | 2,137 | 2,187 | 2,251 | 2,464 | ||||
| Green | Brendan McCann | 2.9 | 1,361 | 1,533 | 1,646 | |||||
| Workers' Party | John Halligan | 2.7 | 1,270 | 1,398 | ||||||
| Christian Solidarity | Declan Waters | 0.7 | 335 | |||||||
| Socialist Workers | Jimmy Kelly | 0.6 | 300 | |||||||
| Independent | Conor Halpin | 0.6 | 289 | |||||||
| Independent | Eddie Walsh | 0.3 | 118 | |||||||
| Electorate: 73,725 Valid: 46,563 Spoilt: 557 (1.2%) Quota: 9,313 Turnout: 47,120 (63.9%) | ||||||||||
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1997 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 16.4 | 7,335 | 7,349 | 7,377 | 7,537 | 7,948 | 8,743 | 11,277 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 13.3 | 5,971 | 5,983 | 6,020 | 6,235 | 6,796 | 7,217 | 7,425 | 7,564 | 10,080 | |
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 11.8 | 5,271 | 5,281 | 5,356 | 5,588 | 5,828 | 6,335 | 7,124 | 8,687 | 9,273 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Cullen | 12.0 | 5,353 | 5,385 | 5,417 | 5,545 | 6,527 | 6,899 | 7,184 | 7,330 | 8,729 | |
| Workers' Party | Martin O'Regan | 9.2 | 4,139 | 4,147 | 4,502 | 4,689 | 4,788 | 5,149 | 5,494 | 5,692 | 5,783 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson | 10.5 | 4,707 | 4,725 | 4,744 | 4,904 | 5,110 | 5,418 | 5,485 | 5,562 | ||
| Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 8.2 | 3,664 | 3,670 | 3,686 | 3,841 | 4,124 | 4,380 | ||||
| Independent | Dermot Kirwan | 6.6 | 2,946 | 2,952 | 2,986 | 3,183 | 3,356 | |||||
| Progressive Democrats | Katharine Bulbulia | 6.5 | 2,896 | 2,902 | 2,923 | 3,083 | ||||||
| National Party | Declan Waters | 1.9 | 855 | 863 | 874 | |||||||
| Green | Brendan McCann | 1.8 | 809 | 821 | 869 | |||||||
| Socialist Workers | Jimmy Kelly | 1.6 | 702 | 708 | ||||||||
| Natural Law | Michael Kennedy | 0.3 | 149 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 69,789 Valid: 44,797 Spoilt: 667 (1.5%) Quota: 8,960 Turnout: 45,464 (65.1%) | ||||||||||||
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1992 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 26.1 | 11,235 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 18.0 | 7,723 | 8,305 | 8,364 | 8,634 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 15.8 | 6,793 | 7,055 | 7,148 | 7,416 | 7,527 | 7,756 | 8,380 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Martin Cullen | 9.3 | 4,015 | 4,440 | 4,497 | 4,670 | 4,917 | 5,915 | 6,739 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 13.0 | 5,410 | 5,548 | 5,616 | 5,800 | 5,876 | 5,974 | 6,367 | |
| Workers' Party | Martin O'Regan | 7.0 | 3,000 | 3,451 | 3,617 | 3,739 | 4,338 | 4,676 | ||
| Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 4.2 | 1,788 | 1,984 | 2,009 | 2,126 | 2,282 | |||
| Democratic Left | Paddy Gallagher | 2.4 | 1,039 | 1,459 | 1,513 | 1,568 | ||||
| Independent | Tony Scott | 3.1 | 1,312 | 1,411 | 1,488 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Denis O'Brien | 1.2 | 511 | 539 | ||||||
| Independent | Breda Hayden | 0.4 | 161 | 197 | ||||||
| Electorate: 64,037 Valid: 42,987 Spoilt: 676 (1.6%) Quota: 8,598 Turnout: 43,663 (68.2%) | ||||||||||
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1989 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 15.8 | 7,571 | 7,668 | 9,739 | |||
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 16.4 | 7,823 | 7,969 | 8,208 | 8,405 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 14.6 | 6,991 | 7,570 | 7,638 | 7,685 | 8,282 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 11.5 | 5,486 | 6,420 | 6,502 | 6,549 | 7,147 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Martin Cullen | 7.3 | 3,489 | 3,534 | 4,245 | 5,345 | 6,670 | |
| Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | 9.6 | 4,570 | 4,691 | 4,830 | 4,913 | ||
| Fine Gael | Katharine Bulbulia | 7.0 | 3,340 | 3,379 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift | 9.8 | 4,707 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 7.7 | 3,664 | |||||
| Independent | Padraig Sweeney | 0.3 | 159 | |||||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 41,320 Quota: 8,265 | ||||||||
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1987 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 18.9 | 8,430 | 8,569 | 8,794 | 11,708 | ||||
| Progressive Democrats | Martin Cullen | 12.0 | 5,347 | 5,427 | 5,861 | 6,444 | 8,225 | 9,723 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 16.4 | 7,321 | 7,517 | 7,847 | 7,962 | 8,049 | 8,648 | 8,855 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift | 12.8 | 5,720 | 5,906 | 6,355 | 6,496 | 6,607 | 7,620 | 7,930 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Ormonde | 13.4 | 5,959 | 6,091 | 6,340 | 6,439 | 6,530 | 6,984 | 7,119 | |
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 7.5 | 3,358 | 3,517 | 4,442 | 4,636 | 5,069 | |||
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 8.9 | 3,990 | 4,035 | 4,178 | |||||
| Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | 6.4 | 2,855 | 3,408 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Noel Ryan | 1.7 | 758 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | Anthony Wright | 1.2 | 552 | |||||||
| Independent | Pádraig Sweeney | 0.5 | 226 | |||||||
| Independent | John Lanigan | 0.2 | 78 | |||||||
| Electorate: 59,904 Valid: 44,594 Quota: 8,919 Turnout: 74.4% | ||||||||||
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November 1982 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 19.8 | 8,495 | 8,904 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 12.7 | 5,442 | 5,660 | 5,795 | 6,278 | 9,006 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Ormonde | 16.3 | 6,983 | 7,086 | 7,098 | 7,354 | 7,536 | 9,796 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 14.5 | 6,230 | 6,335 | 6,351 | 6,576 | 6,709 | 7,787 | 8,917 | |
| Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | 10.7 | 4,577 | 5,095 | 5,156 | 5,972 | 6,423 | 6,927 | 7,019 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift | 8.1 | 3,487 | 3,649 | 3,654 | 3,957 | 4,136 | |||
| Fine Gael | Katharine Bulbulia | 7.1 | 3,034 | 3,263 | 3,342 | 3,885 | ||||
| Independent | Thomas Brennan | 6.0 | 2,574 | 2,785 | 2,807 | |||||
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 4.1 | 1,760 | |||||||
| Independent | Terence Moroney | 0.7 | 285 | |||||||
| Electorate: 56,754 Valid: 42,867 Quota: 8,574 Turnout: 75.5% | ||||||||||
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February 1982 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 22.4 | 9,295 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 16.3 | 6,762 | 6,813 | 6,871 | 6,986 | 8,858 | |
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | 16.1 | 6,671 | 6,959 | 7,026 | 7,815 | 8,178 | |
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 15.4 | 6,419 | 6,516 | 7,218 | 8,087 | 8,260 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Ormonde | 12.2 | 5,058 | 5,118 | 5,173 | 5,312 | 7,620 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Kenneally | 11.1 | 4,623 | 4,705 | 4,729 | 4,853 | ||
| Labour | Brian O'Shea | 4.8 | 1,982 | 2,094 | 2,169 | |||
| Independent | Vincent O'Toole | 1.8 | 756 | |||||
| Electorate: 55,786 Valid: 41,566 Quota: 8,314 Turnout: 74.5% | ||||||||
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1981 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 19.7 | 8,625 | 9,340 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 19.0 | 8,314 | 8,432 | 8,499 | 9,583 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 13.8 | 6,022 | 6,223 | 6,445 | 6,589 | 6,629 | 6,987 | 9,859 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Kenneally | 11.9 | 5,183 | 5,237 | 5,257 | 6,835 | 7,511 | 8,363 | 8,792 | |
| Fine Gael | Katharine Bulbulia | 8.4 | 3,691 | 3,812 | 3,939 | 4,169 | 4,217 | 4,617 | ||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | 7.9 | 3,463 | 3,679 | 3,772 | 4,044 | 4,092 | 5,439 | 6,255 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift | 7.9 | 3,456 | 3,482 | 3,494 | |||||
| Anti H-Block | Kevin Lynch | 7.6 | 3,337 | 3,464 | 3,518 | 3,653 | 3,679 | |||
| Labour | William Kyne | 3.7 | 1,632 | |||||||
| Electorate: 55,786 Valid: 43,723 Quota: 8,745 Turnout: 78.4% | ||||||||||
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1977 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Kenneally | 8,061 | 18.9 | 1 | ||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 7,333 | 17.2 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 7,214 | 16.9 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 5,726 | 13.4 | 4 | ||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | 4,500 | 10.6 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ria O'Brien | 2,738 | 6.4 | |||
| Labour | Frank King | 2,679 | 6.3 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Whelan | 2,508 | 5.9 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Crotty | 1,560 | 3.7 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Kirwan | 306 | 0.7 | |||
| Electorate: 53,811 Valid: 42,625 Quota: 8,526 Turnout: 79.2% | ||||||
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1973 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 6,719 | 21.8 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Kenneally | 6,607 | 21.4 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Fad Browne | 6,047 | 19.6 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 4,939 | 16.0 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 4,658 | 15.1 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Charles Curran | 1,882 | 6.1 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 30,852 Quota: 7,714 Turnout: | ||||||
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1969 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 6,338 | 21.2 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Kenneally | 6,165 | 20.6 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Fad Browne | 5,652 | 18.9 | 3 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 3,395 | 11.4 | |||
| Fine Gael | Austin Deasy | 3,171 | 10.6 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Brennan | 3,029 | 10.1 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Whelan | 2,118 | 7.1 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 29,868 Quota: 7,468 Turnout: | ||||||
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1966 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Thaddeus Lynch a by-election was held on 7 December 1966. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick (Fad) Browne.
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Fad Browne | 42.6 | 12,181 | 13,853 | |
| Fine Gael | Edward Collins | 33.7 | 9,617 | 13,178 | |
| Labour | John Griffin | 23.7 | 6,783 | ||
| Electorate: 36,986 Valid: 28,581 Quota: 14,291 Turnout: 77.28% | |||||
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1965 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Kenneally | 27.4 | 7,444 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 24.6 | 6,694 | 6,788 | 7,118 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Ormonde | 20.8 | 5,652 | 6,163 | 6,306 | |
| Fine Gael | Thaddeus Lynch | 19.8 | 5,380 | 5,410 | 6,890 | |
| Fine Gael | Richard Walsh | 7.5 | 2,033 | 2,041 | ||
| Electorate: 36,409 Valid: 27,203 Quota: 6,801 Turnout: 74.7% | ||||||
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1961 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 7,917 | 29.9 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | John Ormonde | 6,112 | 23.1 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Thaddeus Lynch | 5,016 | 18.9 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Kenneally | 4,504 | 17.0 | |||
| Fine Gael | William Foran | 2,365 | 8.9 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Alfonsus Ó Riain | 601 | 2.3 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 26,515 Quota: 6,629 Turnout: | ||||||
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1957 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | William Kenneally | 7,416 | 24.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Ormonde | 6,079 | 20.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 5,567 | 18.3 | 4 | ||
| Fine Gael | Thaddeus Lynch | 5,161 | 17.0 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | James Quirke | 3,221 | 10.6 | |||
| Fine Gael | Norman Walsh | 2,958 | 9.7 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 30,402 Quota: 6,081 Turnout: | ||||||
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1954 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | William Kenneally | 22.7 | 7,777 | |||
| Fine Gael | Thaddeus Lynch | 20.4 | 6,991 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 20.0 | 6,860 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Ormonde | 15.1 | 5,162 | 5,568 | 8,786 | |
| Fine Gael | Norman Walsh | 12.4 | 4,265 | 4,289 | 4,449 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Leahy | 9.4 | 3,234 | 3,723 | ||
| Electorate: 44,522 Valid: 34,289 Quota: 6,858 Turnout: 77.0% | ||||||
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1952 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Bridget Redmond, a by-election was held on 26 June 1952. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate William Kenneally.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | William Kenneally | 45.2 | 15,532 | 17,005 | |
| Fine Gael | Thaddeus Lynch | 34.1 | 11,714 | 16,448 | |
| Labour | John Griffin | 20.8 | 7,153 | ||
| Electorate: 44,797 Valid: 34,399 Quota: 17,200 Turnout: 76.79% | |||||
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1951 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Bridget Redmond | 24.6 | 8,372 | ||||
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 19.0 | 6,472 | 6,799 | 9,091 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 17.0 | 5,798 | 5,853 | 6,005 | 6,105 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Ormonde | 16.2 | 5,523 | 5,599 | 5,856 | 6,038 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Leahy | 14.3 | 4,873 | 4,917 | 5,326 | 5,749 | |
| Fine Gael | Thomas Flynn | 8.8 | 3,010 | 4,070 | |||
| Electorate: 44,713 Valid: 34,048 Quota: 6,810 Turnout: 76.15% | |||||||
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1948 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Bridget Redmond | 19.6 | 6,810 | 6,929 | 7,850 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 18.0 | 6,236 | 6,271 | 6,293 | 6,332 | 7,640 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 17.5 | 6,066 | 6,189 | 6,219 | 6,304 | 6,359 | 6,367 | 7,441 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Ormonde | 16.3 | 5,645 | 5,685 | 5,703 | 5,739 | 6,490 | 7,164 | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | Denis Heskin | 10.8 | 3,750 | 3,812 | 4,009 | 4,528 | 4,655 | 4,672 | 5,147 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Leahy | 6.6 | 2,285 | 2,299 | 2,310 | 2,320 | ||||
| Clann na Poblachta | Ruairí Brugha | 4.6 | 1,582 | 2,242 | 2,256 | 2,323 | 2,345 | 2,346 | ||
| Fine Gael | Nicholas Sheehan | 3.5 | 1,223 | 1,237 | ||||||
| Clann na Poblachta | Edward Dawson | 3.2 | 1,098 | |||||||
| Electorate: 45,795 Valid: 34,695 Quota: 6,940 Turnout: 75.76% | ||||||||||
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1947 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Michael Morrissey, a by-election was held on 29 October 1947. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate John Ormonde.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Ormonde | 36.8 | 11,840 | 12,361 | 15,318 | |
| Fine Gael | Nicholas Sheehan | 30.9 | 9,941 | 10,402 | 12,565 | |
| Labour | Thomas Kyne | 23.8 | 7,683 | 8,906 | ||
| Clann na Poblachta | Seán Feeney | 8.6 | 2,758 | |||
| Electorate: 51,008 Valid: 32,222 Quota: 16,112 Turnout: 63.17% | ||||||
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1944 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Bridget Redmond | 21.6 | 8,061 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 20.3 | 7,562 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Morrissey | 18.2 | 6,772 | 6,809 | 6,963 | 8,036 | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Denis Heskin | 15.1 | 5,615 | 5,961 | 6,075 | 7,754 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Goulding | 13.2 | 4,925 | 4,939 | 5,141 | 5,538 | |
| Labour | David Hanley | 9.7 | 3,634 | 3,828 | 3,999 | ||
| Ailtirí na hAiséirghe | Liam Walsh | 2.0 | 739 | 747 | |||
| Electorate: 52,162 Valid: 37,308 Quota: 7,462 Turnout: 71.5% | |||||||
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1943 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 19.7 | 7,820 | 7,974 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Bridget Redmond | 19.6 | 7,765 | 7,810 | 8,017 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Morrissey | 15.6 | 6,197 | 6,409 | 6,524 | 6,528 | 6,548 | 6,827 | 7,246 | 10,873 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Goulding | 10.8 | 4,274 | 4,381 | 4,433 | 4,436 | 4,456 | 4,524 | 4,765 | |||
| Labour | James O'Connor | 7.4 | 2,916 | 3,063 | 3,102 | 3,105 | 3,107 | 4,731 | 5,126 | 5,320 | 5,812 | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Denis Heskin | 7.3 | 2,877 | 2,916 | 4,523 | 4,575 | 4,576 | 4,736 | 5,695 | 6,092 | 6,312 | |
| Labour | Jerome Guiry | 6.0 | 2,362 | 2,426 | 2,456 | 2,458 | 2,459 | |||||
| Fine Gael | John Butler | 5.9 | 2,350 | 2,372 | 2,468 | 2,492 | 2,493 | 2,654 | ||||
| Clann na Talmhan | Walter Norris | 5.4 | 2,155 | 2,191 | ||||||||
| Ailtirí na hAiséirghe | Tomás Ó Dochartaigh | 2.3 | 926 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 52,162 Valid: 39,642 Quota: 7,929 Turnout: 76.0% | ||||||||||||
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1938 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Morrissey | 19.5 | 8,067 | 8,658 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Bridget Redmond | 18.1 | 7,514 | 8,148 | 10,643 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 17.8 | 7,381 | 7,694 | 7,775 | 7,832 | 7,929 | 8,154 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Goulding | 17.1 | 7,094 | 7,387 | 7,450 | 7,490 | 7,671 | 7,812 | |
| Fine Gael | William Broderick | 11.7 | 4,832 | 4,997 | 6,628 | 8,708 | |||
| Fine Gael | Nicholas Wall | 10.2 | 4,248 | 4,366 | |||||
| Labour | Charles O'Rourke | 5.6 | 2,323 | ||||||
| Electorate: 51,492 Valid: 41,459 Quota: 8,292 Turnout: 80.5% | |||||||||
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1937 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Bridget Redmond | 20.4 | 8,254 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 19.1 | 7,712 | 8,594 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Morrissey | 15.1 | 6,113 | 6,817 | 7,056 | 7,445 | 7,581 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Goulding | 13.7 | 5,528 | 6,536 | 6,781 | 7,105 | 7,173 | |
| Fine Gael | Nicholas Wall | 11.8 | 4,784 | 5,130 | 5,148 | 8,513 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Butler | 10.5 | 4,235 | 4,702 | 4,714 | |||
| Labour | Daniel Foley | 7.9 | 3,179 | |||||
| Independent | William Jones | 1.5 | 592 | |||||
| Electorate: 51,596 Valid: 40,397 Quota: 8,080 Turnout: 78.3% | ||||||||
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1933 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 18.1 | 7,007 | 7,118 | 7,225 | 7,359 | 7,381 | 7,467 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Bridget Redmond | 17.7 | 6,849 | 7,002 | 8,498 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Goulding | 17.1 | 6,615 | 6,792 | 6,842 | 6,878 | 6,915 | 7,025 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Mansfield | 15.0 | 5,783 | 5,989 | 6,062 | 6,155 | 6,188 | 6,301 | |
| National Centre Party | Nicholas Wall | 13.5 | 5,228 | 5,297 | 6,053 | 8,935 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Vincent White | 9.1 | 3,506 | 3,560 | 3,912 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Kiersey | 7.3 | 2,827 | 2,856 | |||||
| Labour | Thomas Ryan | 2.2 | 834 | ||||||
| Electorate: 45,770 Valid: 38,649 Quota: 7,730 Turnout: 84.4% | |||||||||
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1932 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | William Redmond | 20.8 | 7,276 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Goulding | 16.7 | 5,835 | 6,935 | 7,020 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 15.2 | 5,316 | 5,811 | 6,076 | 6,257 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Kiersey | 13.4 | 4,691 | 4,984 | 8,494 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Mansfield | 13.0 | 4,548 | 5,087 | 5,336 | 5,554 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Vincent White | 11.9 | 4,165 | 4,654 | |||
| Labour | Daniel Foley | 9.0 | 3,147 | ||||
| Electorate: 45,277 Valid: 34,978 Quota: 6,996 Turnout: 77.3% | |||||||
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September 1927 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| National League | William Redmond | 20.6 | 6,623 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 20.1 | 6,434 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Goulding | 17.9 | 5,744 | 6,944 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Vincent White | 17.4 | 5,595 | 6,184 | |
| Farmers' Party | Nicholas Wall | 14.3 | 4,583 | 5,156 | |
| Independent | John Butler | 9.7 | 3,118 | ||
| Electorate: 45,276 Valid: 32,097 Quota: 6,420 Turnout: 70.9% | |||||
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June 1927 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| National League | William Redmond | 24.3 | 7,687 | ||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Vincent White | 12.1 | 3,806 | 4,036 | 4,073 | 4,835 | 4,920 | 5,067 | 5,102 | 5,456 | 7,157 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Little | 11.9 | 3,769 | 3,832 | 3,867 | 3,894 | 3,951 | 4,026 | 5,417 | 5,778 | 5,902 | 5,935 | |
| Sinn Féin | Caitlín Brugha | 11.3 | 3,579 | 3,639 | 3,676 | 3,708 | 3,756 | 3,968 | 4,265 | 4,638 | 4,814 | 4,855 | |
| Independent | John Butler | 8.0 | 2,534 | 2,678 | 2,712 | 2,909 | 3,035 | 3,487 | 3,649 | 4,000 | 4,370 | 4,598 | |
| Farmers' Party | Nicholas Wall | 6.9 | 2,187 | 2,361 | 2,372 | 2,466 | 3,261 | 3,556 | 3,719 | 3,854 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Ryan | 6.3 | 1,988 | 2,025 | 2,031 | 2,047 | 2,097 | 2,251 | |||||
| Independent | Declan Conway | 4.6 | 1,453 | 1,500 | 1,510 | 1,597 | 1,750 | ||||||
| Labour | Richard Keane | 4.1 | 1,299 | 1,526 | 2,202 | 2,239 | 2,274 | 2,336 | 2,373 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | James Daly | 4.1 | 1,297 | 1,349 | 1,355 | ||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Michael O'Brien | 3.8 | 1,189 | 1,414 | 1,426 | 1,480 | |||||||
| Labour | Thomas Dunne | 2.5 | 795 | 906 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 45,276 Valid: 31,583 Quota: 6,317 Turnout: 69.8% | |||||||||||||
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1923 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Republican | Caitlín Brugha | 25.4 | 8,265 | ||||||||
| Independent | William Redmond | 19.8 | 6,441 | 6,626 | |||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Vincent White | 12.5 | 4,059 | 4,091 | 4,448 | 5,084 | 5,295 | 5,304 | 5,396 | 5,627 | |
| Labour | James Baird | 9.8 | 3,186 | 3,703 | 3,734 | 3,829 | 3,845 | 3,870 | |||
| Farmers' Party | Nicholas Wall | 9.7 | 3,142 | 3,235 | 3,279 | 3,607 | 5,769 | 5,797 | 5,829 | 5,949 | |
| Labour | John Butler | 8.3 | 2,710 | 3,351 | 3,463 | 3,744 | 3,830 | 3,882 | 7,222 | ||
| Farmers' Party | Garrett Flavin | 7.0 | 2,280 | 2,414 | 2,494 | 2,784 | |||||
| Independent | Richard Keane | 5.3 | 1,741 | 1,873 | 1,949 | ||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Michael Brennock | 2.3 | 735 | 754 | |||||||
| Electorate: 45,849 Valid: 32,559 Quota: 6,512 Turnout: 71.0% | |||||||||||
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