1998 Dublin North by-election
1998 Dublin North by-election Turnout 33,046 (50.2%)
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 every 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
Result
1998 Dublin North by-election[ 1]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Labour
Seán Ryan
33.3
11,012
11,012
11,017
11,029
11,057
11,216
11,397
11,475
11,555
11,717
12,049
12,832
14,320
16,896
Fianna Fáil
Michael Kennedy
31.3
10,334
10,335
10,336
10,352
10,365
10,421
10,514
10,744
10,936
11,079
11,236
11,983
12,698
13,633
Fine Gael
Philip Jenkinson
9.6
3,185
3,186
3,187
3,190
3,215
3,258
3,296
3,385
3,449
3,557
3,715
3,982
4,395
Socialist Party
Clare Daly
8.2
2,692
2,692
2,694
2,702
2,705
2,746
2,777
2,809
2,848
2,948
3,041
3,553
Green
Paul Martin
3.3
1,092
1,092
1,093
1,103
1,108
1,151
1,185
1,236
1,289
1,414
1,511
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly
3.3
1,088
1,088
1,088
1,092
1,093
1,108
1,115
1,119
1,150
1,188
1,209
Independent
Rena Condrot Ruigrok
2.4
780
781
781
786
790
798
809
821
850
929
Independent
Ciaran Goulding
2.1
682
682
683
690
698
714
740
763
817
Christian Solidarity
Angela Keaveney
1.7
565
565
566
573
576
582
598
616
Progressive Democrats
Finian Fallon
1.6
533
533
533
540
550
557
565
Independent
Gertie Shields
1.4
452
458
460
464
467
476
Democratic Left
Joe Holohan
0.7
225
225
225
229
232
Independent
Elaine Rooney
0.5
176
177
178
179
183
Independent
John McDonald
0.3
107
107
107
112
Independent
Alan Nagle
0.1
44
44
45
Independent
Peter Farrelly
0.1
34
34
34
Independent
Benny Cooney
0.1
18
18
18
Natural Law
Noel O'Neill
0.1
15
16
Independent
Jim Tallon
0.1
12
Electorate: 65,891 Valid: 33,046 Quota: 16,524 Turnout: 50.2%
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