1994 Dublin South-Central by-election

1994 Dublin South-Central by-election
Turnout	(43.0%)
TD before election; John O'Connell; Fianna Fáil	Elected TD ; Eric Byrne; Democratic Left

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin South-Central constituency in Ireland on 9 June 1994. It followed the resignation on 24 February 1993 on health grounds of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Minister for Health John O'Connell.

The election was won by Dublin City Councillor and former TD Eric Byrne. This was the first time Democratic Left won a by-election.

Among the candidates were Senator and future TD Michael Mulcahy, Brian Hayes who would go on to serve as both a Minister of State and MEP, Dublin City Councillor Joe Connolly and South Dublin County Councillor and future Senator Cáit Keane.

On the same day, a by-election took place in Mayo West.

Result

1994 Dublin South-Central by-election
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Democratic Left	Eric Byrne	27.8	7,445	7,479	7,601	7,748	7,930	8,352	8,984	10,284	12,741
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	21.1	5,642	5,697	5,770	5,893	6,043	6,335	6,664	7,370	8,629
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	17.3	4,637	4,677	4,723	4,752	4,926	5,628	6,028	6,619
	Labour	Joe Connolly	9.9	2,643	2,664	2,743	2,824	2,904	3,062	3,417
	Progressive Democrats	Cáit Keane	7.0	1,881	1,912	1,939	1,955	2,095
	Green	John Goodwillie	6.5	1,752	1,809	1,904	2,138	2,332	2,579
	Independent	Eamonn Gavin	3.6	972	1,038	1,053	1,088
	Sinn Féin	Martina Gibney	2.9	781	800	859
	Workers' Party	Shay Kelly	2.2	595	618
	Independent	Michael Park	1.0	275
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.6	152
Electorate: 62,300 Valid: 26,775 Quota: 13,388 Turnout: 43.0%