Dublin Ballyfermot (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Ballyfermot
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1977
Abolished	1981
Seats	3
Local government area	Dublin city
Created from	Dublin South-West

Dublin Ballyfermot was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,[1] taking in parts of the former Dublin South West constituency, as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with most of it becoming part of the new constituency of Dublin West.

Boundaries

It covered Ballyfermot, together with most of the Crumlin and Kilmainham areas of Dublin city. It consisted of the following wards of the county borough of Dublin: Ballyfermot A, Ballyfermot B, Ballyfermot C, Ballyfermot D, Ballyfermot E, Ballyfermot F, Ballyfermot G, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin E, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham C.[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Ballyfermot 1977–1981[2]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977[3]		John O'Connell (Lab)		Eileen Lemass (FF)		Jim Mitchell (FG)
22nd	1981	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.

1977 general election

^ *: Outgoing TD

1977 general election: Dublin Ballyfermot[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	John O'Connell[*]	32.7	8,308
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	16.7	4,253	4,405	4,416	4,452	4,484	4,786	4,927	5,983
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	16.6	4,223	5,350	5,362	5,428	6,146	6,672
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling[*]	13.4	3,414	3,532	3,535	3,551	3,593	3,755	3,828	5,758
	Fianna Fáil	Lauri Corcoran	10.9	2,778	2,884	2,887	2,902	2,987	3,180	3,276
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	5.4	1,385	1,515	1,545	1,758	1,806
	Fine Gael	Bill Brady	2.7	689	937	946	959
	Communist	John Montgomery	1.3	317	366	383
	Independent	James McKenna	0.3	78	94
Electorate: 37,427   Valid: 25,445   Quota: 6,362   Turnout: 68.0%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
2. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
3. "General election 1977: Dublin Ballyfermot". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
4. "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database