1994 Dublin South-Central by-election
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin South-Central constituency in Ireland on 9 June 1994. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Minister John O'Connell on health grounds.
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The election was won by Dublin City Councillor and former TD Eric Byrne. This was the first time ever 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 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% | ||||||||||||
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