Dublin North-Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin North-Central was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
It varied between 3 and 4 seats from its creation in 1948. It was located on the north side of Dublin city.[1]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:[1]
- "In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:
- Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Edenmore, Grace Park, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D."
It was subsumed into the new Dublin Bay North constituency at the 2016 general election.
The constituency's most high-profile TD was Charles Haughey, who won the first seat in the constituency at every election from 1981 until his retirement in 1992, when his son Seán Haughey won a seat but did not top the poll.
TDs
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.
Elections
2011 general election
2011 general election: Dublin North-Central[22] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
25.0 |
9,685 |
9,790 |
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Labour Party |
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin |
22.5 |
8,731 |
8,911 |
9,329 |
10,192 |
|
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|
|
Independent |
Finian McGrath |
15.4 |
5,986 |
6,156 |
6,701 |
7,777 |
8,119 |
8,150 |
11,025 |
|
Fine Gael |
Naoise Ó Muirí |
12.8 |
4,959 |
5,033 |
5,098 |
5,240 |
5,353 |
5,403 |
6,399 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Seán Haughey |
12.9 |
5,017 |
5,077 |
5,128 |
5,295 |
5,338 |
5,348 |
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Helen McCormack |
5.6 |
2,165 |
2,187 |
2,602 |
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|
People Before Profit |
John Lyons[23] |
3.6 |
1,399 |
1,587 |
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Green Party |
Donna Cooney |
1.3 |
501 |
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Independent |
Paul Clarke |
0.9 |
331 |
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Electorate: 52,992 Valid: 38,774 Spoilt: 413 (1.1%) Quota: 9,694 Turnout: 39,187 (73.9%) |
2007 general election
2007 general election: Dublin North-Central[21] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
25.5 |
9,303 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Seán Haughey |
24.8 |
9,026 |
9,046 |
9,280 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Finian McGrath |
14.2 |
5,169 |
5,212 |
5,768 |
5,819 |
9,397 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ivor Callely |
19.2 |
7,003 |
7,019 |
7,167 |
7,252 |
7,952 |
|
Labour Party |
Derek McDowell |
7.3 |
2,649 |
2,741 |
2,884 |
2,897 |
|
|
Green Party |
Bronwen Maher |
5.2 |
1,891 |
1,913 |
2,160 |
2,186 |
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Peter Lawlor |
3.8 |
1,375 |
1,380 |
|
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Electorate: 53,443 Valid: 36,416 Spoilt: 342 (0.9%) Quota: 9,105 Turnout: 36,758 (68.8%) |
2002 general election
2002 general election: Dublin North-Central[20] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Seán Haughey |
19.0 |
7,614 |
7,655 |
7,718 |
8,028 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
12.9 |
5,159 |
5,195 |
6,247 |
6,362 |
6,750 |
9,045 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ivor Callely |
17.2 |
6,896 |
6,937 |
7,035 |
7,213 |
7,438 |
7,833 |
|
Ind. Health Alliance |
Finian McGrath |
9.5 |
3,781 |
3,893 |
4,021 |
4,698 |
5,756 |
7,638 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Deirdre Heney |
13.8 |
5,533 |
5,564 |
5,627 |
5,802 |
6,101 |
6,527 |
|
Labour Party |
Derek McDowell |
10.5 |
4,203 |
4,285 |
4,431 |
4,719 |
5,548 |
|
|
Green Party |
Bronwen Maher |
5.7 |
2,275 |
2,403 |
2,486 |
3,058 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Frances McCole |
5.7 |
2,299 |
2,445 |
2,459 |
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Gerry Breen |
4.1 |
1,650 |
1,661 |
|
|
|
|
|
Socialist Workers |
Ritchie Brown |
1.6 |
638 |
|
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|
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Electorate: 65,583 Valid: 40,048 Spoilt: 427 (1.1%) Quota: 8,010 Turnout: 40,475 (61.7%) |
1997 general election
1997 general election: Dublin North-Central[19] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ivor Callely |
11,190 |
25.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Seán Haughey |
7,670 |
17.8 |
2 |
2 |
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
8,196 |
19.0 |
3 |
5 |
|
Labour Party |
Derek McDowell |
2,848 |
6.6 |
4 |
11 |
|
Independent |
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus |
2,485 |
5.8 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ita Green |
1,184 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Niamh Cosgrave |
1,713 |
3.9 |
|
|
|
Green Party |
Stephen Rawson |
1,650 |
3.8 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Finian McGrath |
1,551 |
3.6 |
|
|
|
Progressive Democrats |
Ronan Garvey |
1,424 |
3.3 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Cathy Fay |
1,326 |
3.1 |
|
|
|
Democratic Left |
Helen Lahert |
1,194 |
2.8 |
|
|
|
Socialist Workers |
Ritchie Browne |
698 |
1.6 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Norman Hunt |
36 |
0.1 |
|
|
Electorate: 66,559 Valid: 43,165 Spoilt: 456 (1.1%) Quota: 8,634 Turnout: 43,621 (65.5%) |
1992 general election
1992 general election: Dublin North-Central[18] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour Party |
Derek McDowell |
10,609 |
23.1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
7,657 |
16.7 |
2 |
10 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Seán Haughey |
8,202 |
17.9 |
3 |
12 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ivor Callely |
5,917 |
12.9 |
4 |
13 |
|
Independent |
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus |
3,551 |
7.7 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
John Stafford |
3,759 |
8.2 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Pat Lee |
2,620 |
5.7 |
|
|
|
Democratic Left |
Helen Lahert |
1,376 |
3.0 |
|
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Independent |
Finian McGrath |
764 |
1.7 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Nick McBennett |
644 |
1.4 |
|
|
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Independent |
Noel O'Hanrahan |
363 |
0.8 |
|
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Independent |
Tony O'Byrne |
156 |
0.3 |
|
|
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Independent |
Mary Doyle Dunne |
143 |
0.3 |
|
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Independent |
Rosemary Burns |
122 |
0.3 |
|
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Electorate: 64,859 Valid: 45,883 Spoilt: 634 (1.4%) Quota: 9,177 Turnout: 46,517 (71.7%) |
1989 general election
1989 general election: Dublin North-Central[17] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Charles Haughey |
9,105 |
23.8 |
1 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
5,323 |
13.9 |
2 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Vincent Brady |
5,320 |
13.9 |
3 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ivor Callely |
5,340 |
13.9 |
4 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
George Birmingham |
4,631 |
12.1 |
|
|
|
Workers' Party |
Triona Dooney |
2,595 |
6.8 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Halloran |
1,928 |
5.0 |
|
|
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Independent |
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus |
1,612 |
4.2 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Derek McDowell |
1,398 |
3.7 |
|
|
|
Progressive Democrats |
Una O'Mahony |
690 |
1.8 |
|
|
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Independent |
Lord Tom Denning |
191 |
0.5 |
|
|
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Independent |
Don Donnelly |
141 |
0.4 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 38,274 Quota: 7,655 Turnout: |
1987 general election
1987 general election: Dublin North-Central[16] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Charles Haughey |
12,986 |
30.3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Vincent Brady |
4,454 |
10.4 |
2 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
5,196 |
12.1 |
3 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
George Birmingham |
5,201 |
12.1 |
4 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ivor Callely |
3,904 |
9.1 |
|
|
|
Progressive Democrats |
James O'Hanrahan |
3,582 |
8.3 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Flor O'Mahony |
2,973 |
6.9 |
|
|
|
Workers' Party |
Triona Dooney |
1,643 |
3.8 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus |
1,341 |
3.1 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Ciaran MacCormaic |
779 |
1.8 |
|
|
|
Democratic Socialist Party |
Philip O'Connor |
681 |
1.6 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Austin McCoy |
111 |
0.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Barbara Hyland |
73 |
0.2 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,924 Quota: 8,585 Turnout: |
November 1982 general election
November 1982 general election: Dublin North-Central[15] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Charles Haughey |
14,516 |
35.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fine Gael |
George Birmingham |
8,876 |
21.9 |
2 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Vincent Brady |
3,465 |
8.6 |
3 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
5,948 |
14.7 |
4 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Flor O'Mahony |
3,082 |
7.6 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ita Greene |
1,746 |
4.3 |
|
|
|
Workers' Party |
Pádraig Yeates |
1,476 |
3.7 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Bernadette McAliskey |
1,023 |
2.5 |
|
|
|
Democratic Socialist Party |
Philip O'Connor |
224 |
0.6 |
|
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Independent |
Andrew Dillon |
114 |
0.3 |
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|
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,470 Quota: 8,095 Turnout: |
February 1982 general election
February 1982 general election: Dublin North-Central[14] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Charles Haughey |
16,143 |
39.6 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fine Gael |
George Birmingham |
7,727 |
18.9 |
2 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Vincent Brady |
3,212 |
7.9 |
3 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Richard Bruton |
4,591 |
11.3 |
4 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Halloran |
2,172 |
5.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Bernadette McAliskey |
2,085 |
5.1 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus |
1,801 |
4.4 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ita Greene |
1,517 |
3.7 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Mary Byrne |
1,004 |
2.5 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Curley |
240 |
0.6 |
|
|
|
Independent |
T C G O'Mahony |
214 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Anthony O'Hara |
89 |
0.2 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,795 Quota: 8,160 Turnout: |
1981 general election
1981 general election: Dublin North-Central[13][24] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Charles Haughey |
17,637 |
43.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fine Gael |
George Birmingham |
6,304 |
15.5 |
2 |
|
|
Socialist Labour Party |
Noël Browne |
5,031 |
12.4 |
3 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Vincent Brady |
1,818 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Paddy Belton |
2,899 |
7.1 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Vincent Doherty |
1,481 |
3.7 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Eugene Timmons |
1,209 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Mary Byrne |
1,138 |
2.8 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Halloran |
1,093 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Hannah Barlow |
1,039 |
2.6 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Michael Martin |
730 |
1.8 |
|
|
|
Communist Party |
John Curley |
156 |
0.4 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Andrew Dillon |
46 |
0.1 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,581 Quota: 8,117 Turnout: |
1977 general election
1977 general election: Dublin North-Central[12] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Vincent Brady |
19.9 |
4,678 |
4,700 |
4,814 |
5,861 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Leary |
20.2 |
4,729 |
5,319 |
5,641 |
5,754 |
6,014 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Michael Keating |
12.4 |
2,912 |
3,003 |
3,058 |
3,093 |
4,933 |
5,826 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Noel Mulcahy |
13.6 |
3,198 |
3,216 |
3,318 |
3,840 |
3,894 |
4,612 |
|
Independent |
Kevin Byrne |
8.1 |
1,903 |
1,942 |
2,287 |
2,376 |
2,466 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Ray Fay |
9.2 |
2,166 |
2,258 |
2,285 |
2,328 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
William Doran |
7.6 |
1,775 |
1,808 |
1,878 |
|
|
|
|
Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) |
Raymond McGran |
4.9 |
1,138 |
1,179 |
|
|
|
|
|
Labour Party |
William Cummiskey |
4.0 |
953 |
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 37,934 Valid: 25,528 Spoilt: 245 (0.9%) Quota: 5,883 Turnout: 25,773 (67.9%) |
1973 general election
1973 general election: Dublin North-Central[11] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
George Colley |
10,263 |
29.8 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Leary |
5,795 |
16.8 |
2 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Luke Belton |
5,624 |
16.3 |
3 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Celia Lynch |
3,025 |
8.8 |
4 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Patrick Lindsay |
3,078 |
8.9 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin (Official) |
Mairin de Burca |
1,667 |
4.8 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
John Kenny |
1,274 |
3.7 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Alice Glenn |
1,240 |
3.6 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
William Cumiskey |
1,106 |
3.2 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus |
578 |
1.7 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Noirin Butler |
489 |
1.4 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Seoirse Dearle |
345 |
1.0 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 34,484 Quota: 6,897 Turnout: |
1969 general election
1969 general election: Dublin North-Central[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
George Colley |
10,519 |
29.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Leary |
7,423 |
20.4 |
2 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Celia Lynch |
2,607 |
7.2 |
3 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Luke Belton |
4,655 |
12.8 |
4 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Patrick Lindsay |
4,552 |
12.5 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
William Cumiskey |
2,089 |
5.8 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Thomas Stafford |
1,919 |
5.3 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Michael Kelly |
1,055 |
2.9 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
James Quinn |
891 |
2.5 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Dermot Ryan |
610 |
1.7 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,320 Quota: 7,265 Turnout: |
1965 general election
1965 general election: Dublin North-Central[9] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Vivion de Valera |
8,376 |
31.1 |
1 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Celia Lynch |
2,192 |
8.1 |
2 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Luke Belton |
2,999 |
11.1 |
3 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Leary |
2,122 |
7.9 |
4 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Susan Geraghty Bowler |
2,418 |
9.0 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Patrick McGilligan |
2,276 |
8.4 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Frank Sherwin |
1,615 |
6.0 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Thomas Herlihy |
1,517 |
5.6 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
James Maher |
1,251 |
4.6 |
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Leo Nealon |
1,080 |
4.0 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Pádraic Ó Cléirigh |
953 |
3.5 |
|
|
|
Independent |
George Murphy |
172 |
0.6 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,971 Quota: 5,395 Turnout: |
1961 general election
1957 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Colm Gallagher, a by-election was held on 14 November 1957. The seat was won by Independent candidate Frank Sherwin.
1957 general election
1954 general election
1951 general election
1948 general election
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