Background edit
The Constitution of Ireland provides that a Seanad election must take place within 90 days of the dissolution of the Dáil Éireann. As the Dáil was dissolved on 14 January, the latest day the election could take place is 13 April 2020.[2] Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government signed an order for the Seanad elections, providing 30 March as the deadline for ballots for the vocational panels and 31 March as the deadline for ballots in the university constituencies.[1]
On 8 February 2020, the 33rd Dáil was elected in the general election . The Fine Gael -led government, led by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was defeated, with Sinn Féin taking the most first preference votes, and Fianna Fáil taking the most seats. The Sinn Féin victory came as a surprise and an upset, as it ended the two-party rule of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that had existed for many decades,[3] [4] [5]
Electoral system edit
Of the forty-nine elected seats, three are elected from the university constituency of the National University and three are elected from the university constituency of Dublin University (Trinity College Dublin).[6]
Forty-three are elected by an electorate of elected politicians, consisting of members of the 33rd Dáil, members of the 25th Seanad and city and county councillors , who each have five ballots for vocational panels .[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Electors for the Panels elect:[12]
Seven seats from the Administrative Panel , with a minimum of three from inside and outside sub-panels: Public administration and social services (including the voluntary sector). Eleven seats from the Agricultural Panel , with a minimum of four: Agriculture and the fisheries. Five seats from the Cultural and Educational Panel , with a minimum of two: Education, the arts, the Irish language and Irish culture and literature. Nine seats from the Industrial and Commercial Panel , with a minimum of three: Industry and commerce (including engineering and architecture). Eleven seats from the Labour Panel , with a minimum of four: Labour (organised or otherwise). All votes are cast by postal ballot, and are counted using the single transferable vote . Under this system, voters can rank candidates in order of their preference, 1 as their first preference, 2 for second preference, and so on. Ballots are initially given a value of 1,000 to allow calculation of quotas where all ballots are distributed in the case of a surplus, rather than taking a representative sample as is done in Dáil elections. The quota for election is given as ( total valid poll seats + 1 ) + 1 {\displaystyle \left({\frac {\text{total valid poll}}{{\text{seats}}+1}}\right)+1} [a]
The 11 nominated members can only be appointed by the Taoiseach who is appointed next after the reassembly of Dáil Éireann. They are usually appointed after the Seanad election, but if a Taoiseach has not been appointed at stage, they will not be appointed until then.
Members of the outgoing Seanad not seeking election edit Election process edit Timetable of 2020 Seanad election[14] Deadline Universities[15] Vocational Panel[16] Nominations close 14 February 24 February ("outside" panel: nominating bodies — civic society groups) 2 March ("inside" panel: Oireachtas members) Completion of panels [b] n/a 9 March[18] Ballot papers distributed 28 February 16 March Polls close 31 March, 11 a.m. 30 March, 11 a.m.
Impact of coronavirus edit Because of the coronavirus outbreak , changes to the usual arrangements for the Vocational Panel elections were made to reduce the risk of transmission. The clerk and deputy clerk of the Dáil and Seanad refused to witness Oireachtas members' ballots, advising them to use the local government chief executive or Garda (police) superintendent for this purpose.[19] returning officer , also requested that counting agents not be present at the count centre in Dublin Castle .[20] NUI count in the RDS and the Dublin University count in the university's Examination Hall.[21]
National University of Ireland edit 2020 Seanad election: National University [22] [23] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Human Dignity Alliance Rónán Mullen 9,642 25.2 1 1 Independent Michael McDowell 8,951 23.4 2 10 Independent Alice-Mary Higgins 4,944 12.9 3 16 Solidarity Ruth Coppinger 3,615 9.5 Labour Laura Harmon 2,187 5.7 Independent Michelle Healy 1,540 4.0 Independent Rory Hearne 1,321 3.5 Green Eva Elizabeth Dowling 1,229 3.2 Independent Brendan Price 1,090 2.9 Independent Mick Finn 908 2.4 Independent Ann Staunton Barrett 446 1.2 Independent Jennifer Butler 366 1.0 Independent Karen Devine 359 0.9 Independent Peter Finnegan 346 0.9 Independent Keith Scanlon 309 0.8 Independent Garbhan Downey 305 0.8 Independent Abbas Ali O'Shea 254 0.7 Independent Marcus Matthews 176 0.5 Independent Eoin Delahunty 130 0.3 Electorate: 112,206 Valid: 38,209 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 9,553 Turnout: 34.1%
Dublin University edit 2020 Seanad election: Dublin University [24] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independent David Norris 24.2 3,646 3,671 3,728 3,768 Labour Ivana Bacik 23.2 3,489 3,521 3,542 3,571 3,574 3,963 Independent Lynn Ruane 18.4 2,780 2,805 2,825 2,870 2,871 3,229 3,348 4,072 Independent Hugo MacNeill 13.5 2,038 2,050 2,081 2,133 2,133 2,299 2,342 2,961 Independent Tom Clonan 9.3 1,394 1,417 1,440 1,492 1,493 1,682 1,722 Green William Priestley 7.2 1,090 1,104 1,119 1,175 1,177 Independent Keith Scanlon 1.8 276 285 297 Independent Joseph O'Gorman 1.2 180 183 Independent Abbas Ali O'Shea 0.5 81 Independent Derek Byrne 0.4 67 Electorate: Approx. 65,000[25] Valid: 15,041 Spoilt: 12 Quota: 3,761 Turnout: Approx. 23.1%
Administrative Panel edit 2020 Seanad election: Administrative Panel Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Fianna Fáil Mark Daly 14.7 167,000 141,751 Sinn Féin Niall Ó Donnghaile 10.6 120,000 120,153 120,153 120,153 120,153 120,153 120,153 121,153 121,153 121,153 121,153 121,153 132,306 133,080 133,080 133,080 133,080 141,845 Labour Rebecca Moynihan 9.2 104,000 104,153 105,153 105,153 105,153 106,153 115,153 120,306 120,459 120,459 125,459 125,459 129,612 129,612 132,612 134,612 140,735 164,735 Fianna Fáil Diarmuid Wilson 8.8 100,000 104,131 105,131 106,131 106,131 111,896 112,896 116,049 125,732 125,732 144,027 141,751 Fine Gael Garret Ahearn 7.9 90,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 91,000 92,000 109,000 110,000 110,000 111,000 111,000 152,000 141,751 Fine Gael Martin Conway 7.9 90,000 90,153 90,153 90,153 90,153 90,153 91,153 94,306 94,612 109,765 112,765 112,765 116,765 116,765 149,765 149,765 141,751 Fianna Fáil Fiona O'Loughlin 7.1 81,000 86,508 86,508 86,508 87,508 94,661 94,661 95,661 108,803 108,803 130,251 132,525 142,525 141,751 Independent Thomas Welby 7.0 79,000 80,683 80,683 80,683 82,142 83,295 84,295 87,754 92,907 95,060 96,366 96,366 108,519 108,519 113,519 115,519 117,403 Fine Gael Emer Currie 5.6 64,000 64,000 64,000 64,000 66,000 66,000 68,000 68,000 69,000 81,000 83,000 83,000 85,000 85,000 Fine Gael Noel Rock 3.8 44,000 44,306 44,306 44,306 44,306 45,306 46,306 47,306 47,306 Fianna Fáil Mick Cahill 3.6 41,000 44,978 44,978 44,978 44,978 51,437 52,437 52,590 57,202 57,202 Independent John Bosco Conama 2.9 33,000 33,306 36,306 41,306 42,306 42,306 46,306 55,612 57,765 57,765 60,765 60,765 Fianna Fáil Lorraine Clifford-Lee 2.6 30,000 34,743 34,743 34,743 35,743 38,202 38,202 38,355 Fianna Fáil Joe Malone 2.0 23,000 24,836 24,989 24,989 25,142 Independent John Dolan 1.9 22,000 23,377 23,377 25,377 26,377 26,377 31,530 Independent Anne Marie Flanagan 1.9 22,000 22,153 22,153 22,153 25,153 25,306 Independent Tony Geoghegan 0.9 10,000 10,612 10,612 11,612 Independent Timothy Hogan 0.8 9,000 9,000 9,000 Independent Salome Mbugua Henry 0.4 5,000 5,153 Electorate: 1,169 Valid: 1,134,000[a] Quota: 141,751 Turnout: 97.0%
Agricultural Panel edit 2020 Seanad election: Agricultural Panel Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Independent Victor Boyhan 7.9 89,000 89,000 91,000 91,000 94,000 96,000 94,167 Fianna Fáil Denis O'Donovan 7.3 83,000 84,000 84,000 84,000 84,000 85,000 85,000 90,000 92,000 105,000 94,167 Sinn Féin Lynn Boylan 7.1 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 81,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 83,000 83,000 83,000 83,000 83,000 83,000 83,000 83,000 Green Pippa Hackett 6.7 76,000 76,000 76,000 76,000 77,000 77,000 77,000 77,000 79,000 81,000 81,000 81,000 81,000 82,000 82,916 82,916 82,916 84,916 91,916 95,832 Fianna Fáil Paul Daly 6.3 71,000 71,000 71,000 71,000 71,000 71,000 71,000 71,000 73,000 76,000 76,833 77,833 85,833 86,833 96,833 94,167 Sinn Féin Gerry Murray 5.9 67,000 68,000 68,000 68,000 69,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 71,000 72,000 73,000 73,000 73,000 74,000 75,000 75,979 Fine Gael Paddy Burke 5.6 63,000 63,000 64,000 64,000 64,000 65,000 65,000 66,000 69,000 71,000 71,000 77,000 80,000 89,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 102,000 102,000 94,167 Labour Annie Hoey 5.6 63,000 63,000 63,000 70,000 71,000 71,000 71,000 71,000 73,000 73,000 73,000 73,000 75,916 77,916 82,916 83,249 83,249 86,249 91,249 94,186 Fianna Fáil Niall Blaney 5.2 58,000 58,000 58,000 58,000 59,000 61,000 61,000 63,000 63,000 66,000 68,499 68,499 79,499 79,499 94,332 94,332 94,167 Fine Gael Tim Lombard 4.9 56,000 57,000 57,000 57,000 58,000 59,000 59,000 59,000 59,000 60,000 61,666 69,666 70,666 82,666 85,666 85,666 85,666 108,666 94,167 Fine Gael Maria Byrne 4.2 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 56,000 57,000 68,000 68,000 68,000 68,000 Fine Gael Michael W. D'Arcy 4.2 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 51,000 51,000 51,000 62,000 62,000 76,000 78,000 78,000 78,000 96,000 96,000 96,000 Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy 3.9 44,000 44,000 44,000 45,000 45,000 46,000 46,000 48,000 48,000 57,000 58,666 58,666 70,499 71,499 91,165 93,496 93,661 94,661 94,661 94,661 Fine Gael Aisling Dolan 3.7 42,000 42,000 43,000 43,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 45,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 54,000 54,000 Independent Brian Ó Domhnaill 3.6 41,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 41,916 44,916 50,916 50,916 51,749 51,749 Fianna Fáil Shane P. O'Reilly 3.5 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 44,000 44,916 45,916 46,916 50,916 54,248 54,248 60,248 60,248 Fine Gael Pat Deering 3.4 39,000 39,000 39,000 39,000 39,000 39,000 39,000 39,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 Fianna Fáil Kevin O'Keeffe 2.9 33,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 35,000 37,000 Independent Dermot Cantillon 2.4 27,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 30,000 Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim 1.9 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 Fianna Fáil Seamus Coyle 1.1 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 Independent Ian Marshall 0.9 10,000 10,000 10,000 11,000 Labour Dominic Hannigan 0.8 9,000 9,000 9,000 Independent Richard Mulcahy 0.4 4,000 4,000 Independent Patrick Kent 0.4 4,000 Electorate: 1,169 Valid: 1,133,000[a] Quota: 94,167 Turnout: 96.9%
Cultural and Educational Panel edit 2020 Seanad election: Cultural and Educational Panel Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Sinn Féin Fintan Warfield 13.3 151,000 151,000 151,000 152,000 152,000 152,000 154,000 154,000 154,000 156,000 156,000 156,000 157,000 176,000 176,000 180,000 180,000 180,000 Green Saoirse McHugh 10.1 114,000 115,000 115,000 118,000 119,000 120,000 122,000 122,000 122,000 123,000 126,000 131,000 132,000 152,000 152,000 158,000 159,000 159,776 Fine Gael John McGahon 9.0 102,000 102,000 102,000 102,000 103,000 106,000 106,000 112,000 112,000 113,000 134,000 134,000 175,000 177,000 177,000 183,000 183,000 183,388 Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 8.7 99,000 99,000 101,000 101,000 102,000 104,000 105,000 105,000 112,000 120,000 121,000 141,000 144,000 155,000 156,000 190,000 190,000 188,834 Fine Gael Seán Kyne 7.2 82,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 91,000 96,000 101,000 101,000 101,000 124,000 127,000 180,000 192,000 188,834 Independent Joe Conway 6.9 78,000 79,000 80,000 81,000 81,000 82,000 89,000 91,000 92,000 98,000 98,000 105,000 108,000 Fianna Fáil Malcolm Byrne 6.3 71,000 72,000 73,000 74,000 77,000 77,000 78,000 79,000 89,000 103,000 103,000 122,000 122,000 146,000 146,000 190,000 188,834 Fine Gael Tom Neville 6.2 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 76,000 76,000 88,000 89,000 90,000 103,000 105,000 Fianna Fáil Margaret Murphy O'Mahony 5.5 62,000 63,000 63,000 65,000 66,000 66,000 68,000 68,000 76,000 94,000 95,000 108,000 110,000 118,000 118,000 Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney 5.1 58,000 58,000 58,000 58,000 59,000 59,000 59,000 59,000 65,000 69,000 69,000 Fine Gael Gabrielle McFadden 4.8 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 55,000 56,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 Fianna Fáil Declan Breathnach 3.4 39,000 40,000 42,000 42,000 43,000 43,000 49,000 49,000 58,000 Fianna Fáil Shane Curley 3.4 38,000 38,000 38,000 38,000 39,000 41,000 43,000 43,000 Fine Gael Mary Newman Julian 2.7 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 32,000 32,000 Aontú Paul Lawless 2.6 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 Fine Gael Michael Maher 2.3 26,000 26,000 26,000 26,000 26,000 Fianna Fáil Deirdre Conroy 0.9 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 Social Democrats Angela Flynn 0.7 8,000 8,000 8,000 Independent Éamonn Walsh 0.5 6,000 6,000 Independent Jack Mulcahy 0.4 5,000 Electorate: 1,169 Valid: 1,133,000[a] Quota: 188,834 Turnout: 96.9%
Industrial and Commercial Panel edit 2020 Seanad election: Industrial and Commercial Panel Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Count 31 Sinn Féin Elisha McCallion 8.4 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 95,000 96,000 99,000 Social Democrats Niall Ó Tuathail 7.8 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 89,000 89,000 89,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 93,000 93,000 93,000 93,000 93,000 Labour Mark Wall 7.4 84,000 84,000 84,000 84,000 85,000 85,000 85,000 85,000 85,000 85,000 85,000 87,000 87,000 87,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 89,000 90,000 92,000 92,000 92,099 94,099 94,099 94,099 94,099 112,812 129,812 Fianna Fáil Aidan Davitt 6.9 78,000 78,000 78,000 78,000 78,000 78,000 79,000 79,000 79,000 79,000 81,000 81,000 81,000 81,000 81,000 82,000 83,000 83,000 90,000 96,000 97,000 107,000 108,000 108,000 108,000 114,000 113,501 Independent Frances Black 6.7 76,000 76,000 76,000 76,000 77,000 77,000 77,000 77,000 77,000 78,000 78,000 80,000 80,000 81,000 81,000 83,000 83,000 87,000 89,000 94,000 94,000 97,000 97,000 97,000 97,000 101,000 101,099 101,099 101,348 111,348 168,348 Fianna Fáil Ollie Crowe 5.6 64,000 64,000 64,000 64,000 64,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 66,000 66,000 66,000 66,000 67,000 67,000 78,000 78,000 78,000 86,000 91,000 93,000 101,000 101,000 101,000 101,000 114,000 114,000 113,501 Fianna Fáil Catherine Ardagh 5.5 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 62,000 63,000 63,000 64,000 68,000 68,000 68,000 72,000 73,000 73,000 85,000 86,000 86,000 86,000 114,000 114,000 114,000 113,501 Independent Sharon Keogan 4.3 49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 54,000 55,000 55,000 55,000 76,000 78,000 81,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 85,000 85,396 85,895 86,144 94,144 101,144 Fine Gael Micheál Carrigy 4.1 47,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 49,000 50,000 51,000 51,000 54,000 55,000 57,000 63,000 73,000 73,000 83,000 89,000 90,000 91,000 108,000 108,000 116,000 113,501 Fianna Fáil Gerry Horkan 3.7 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 43,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 54,000 55,000 56,000 66,000 66,000 66,000 66,000 Fine Gael Tom Sheahan 3.6 41,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 43,000 46,000 46,000 46,000 47,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 51,000 51,000 53,000 57,000 59,000 61,000 66,000 67,000 81,000 83,496 83,892 84,892 84,892 84,892 84,892 Independent Nigel Dineen 3.1 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 41,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 44,000 45,000 Fianna Fáil Timmy Dooley 3.1 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 37,000 39,000 39,000 39,000 41,000 41,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 45,000 47,000 47,000 50,000 52,000 52,000 Fine Gael John Paul O'Shea 2.8 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 34,000 34,000 35,000 37,000 37,000 37,000 38,000 38,000 41,000 48,000 49,000 49,000 56,000 57,000 Fianna Fáil Tom MacSharry 2.7 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 33,000 33,000 34,000 34,000 34,000 Fine Gael Barry Ward 2.6 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 33,000 38,000 38,000 42,000 48,000 53,000 56,000 62,000 62,000 69,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 85,000 85,000 114,000 114,000 113,501 Fianna Fáil Arthur Griffin 2.6 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 29,000 Fine Gael Sharon Tolan 2.2 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 26,000 26,000 26,000 27,000 27,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 Fine Gael Garret Kelleher 2.1 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 25,000 25,000 26,000 29,000 29,000 31,000 34,000 34,000 34,000 Fine Gael Patrick Connor-Scarteen 2.0 23,000 23,000 23,000 23,000 23,000 23,000 23,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 26,000 26,000 32,000 33,000 37,000 37,000 41,000 46,000 46,000 47,000 Fine Gael Patsy O'Brien 1.8 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 21,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 Fine Gael Danny Byrne 1.6 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 Fine Gael Catherine Noone 1.6 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 19,000 21,000 22,000 24,000 24,000 25,000 29,000 Fine Gael Edward Timmins 1.6 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 Fine Gael James Geoghegan 1.5 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 18,000 19,000 Independent Pat Hynes 1.5 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 Fine Gael Emma Blain 1.2 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 Fine Gael Linda O'Shea Farren 0.9 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 Fine Gael Áine Collins 0.7 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 Independent Michael Vaughan 0.3 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 Independent Joe Corr 0.2 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 Independent Patrick Hunt 0.0 0 0 0 Independent Patrick Kinsella 0.0 0 0 Independent Declan Allen 0.0 0 Electorate: 1,169 Valid: 1,135,000[a] Quota: 113,501 Turnout: 97.1%
Labour Panel edit 2020 Seanad election: Labour Panel Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Fine Gael Jerry Buttimer 9.3 105,000 94,417 Fine Gael John Cummins 8.1 92,000 97,353 94,417 Fianna Fáil Robbie Gallagher 7.3 83,000 83,000 83,000 83,000 84,000 85,000 89,000 97,000 94,417 Green Pauline O'Reilly 7.1 80,000 80,000 80,056 80,056 81,056 81,056 81,056 81,056 81,056 81,056 82,112 83,750 88,569 92,569 93,363 94,194 94,194 Independent Gerard Craughwell 7.0 79,000 79,505 79,505 80,505 82,505 83,505 84,505 84,505 84,505 87,505 88,718 91,175 95,632 95,632 95,632 95,632 94,417 Labour Marie Sherlock 7.0 79,000 79,303 79,303 79,303 79,303 79,303 80,303 80,303 80,303 81,303 82,112 84,949 86,949 87,949 87,949 87,949 89,164 Independent Eileen Flynn 6.7 76,000 76,000 76,000 76,000 79,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 85,000 86,056 86,056 86,157 86,157 86,157 86,988 86,988 Fine Gael Joe O'Reilly 6.4 73,000 75,525 77,429 77,429 77,429 77,429 79,530 79,530 79,530 80,530 107,530 94,417 Sinn Féin Paul Gavan 6.3 72,000 72,000 72,000 72,000 72,000 87,000 87,000 87,000 87,000 87,000 88,000 88,819 88,819 88,819 90,407 90,407 90,407 Fianna Fáil Shane Cassells 6.2 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,101 74,101 76,101 76,745 82,745 83,902 84,721 103,721 94,417 Fianna Fáil Ned O'Sullivan 5.9 67,000 67,303 67,359 67,359 67,359 67,359 69,359 71,359 71,681 75,003 77,261 78,080 96,080 96,080 96,080 94,417 Fianna Fáil Pat Casey 4.9 56,000 56,101 56,157 56,157 56,157 56,157 56,157 61,157 61,801 72,801 77,801 77,801 96,801 96,801 94,417 Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke 4.0 47,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 58,000 63,000 63,000 68,101 68,202 71,478 Fine Gael Mary Seery-Kearney 3.6 41,000 42,111 42,895 42,895 42,895 42,895 42,895 42,895 42,895 43,895 Independent Michael Smyth 2.7 31,000 31,101 31,101 31,101 31,101 31,101 31,101 38,101 39,067 Fianna Fáil John Hanafin 2.5 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 29,000 Fianna Fáil Orla Leyden 2.3 26,000 26,101 26,157 26,157 26,157 26,157 Sinn Féin Máire Devine 1.8 20,000 20,101 20,101 20,101 20,101 Independent Sarah Walshe 0.5 6,000 6,000 6,000 7,000 Independent Martina Harkin-Kelly 0.2 2,000 2,000 2,000 Electorate: 1,169 Valid: 1,133,000[a] Quota: 94,417 Turnout: 96.7%
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