Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)

Dublin South-West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Dublin South-West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Dublin South-West within County Dublin
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	4 (1981–1992) 5 (1992–2002) 4 (2002–2016) 5 (2016–)
TDs	Colm Brophy (FG)   Francis Noel Duffy (GP)   Paul Murphy (RISE)   Seán Crowe (SF)   John Lahart (FF)
County council	South Dublin County Council
EP constituency	Dublin

Dublin South-West
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1977
Seats	5 (1948–1969) 4 (1969–1977)
County council	County Dublin

History and boundaries

The constituency is located in the southern part of South Dublin county. One of this name was first created in the 1940s and was used for elections from 1948 to 1973 inclusive.[1] The original constituency was based around the areas of Ballyfermot, Crumlin and Kilmainham.[2] The constituency was then abolished and was mostly replaced by the Dublin Ballyfermot constituency. In its current incarnation the seat was created in 1981 and had completely different boundaries from the original pre-1977 constituency, being based around the areas of Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght, Templeogue, and parts of Terenure.[3]

In 1998, it was reduced in size and electorate, losing territory—including Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Clondalkin—to the new Dublin Mid-West seat. Major areas today include Rathfarnham, Tallaght, and Templeogue, with the surrounding suburbs of Ballyboden, Ballyroan, Butterfield, Firhouse, Greenhills, Knocklyon, Willbrook, and parts of Terenure.[4][5] At the 2016 general election, it gained a seat to become a five-seater and part of Dublin South, around Rathfarnham, was added to it.[6]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:

"In the county of South Dublin the electoral divisions of:

Ballinascorney, Ballyboden, Bohernabreena, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Firhouse Village, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda’s, Rathfarnham Village, Tallaght-Avonbeg, Tallaght-Belgard, Tallaght-Fettercairn, Tallaght-Glenview, Tallaght-Jobstown, Tallaght-Killinardan, Tallaght-Kiltipper, Tallaght-Kingswood, Tallaght-Millbrook, Tallaght-Oldbawn, Tallaght-Springfield, Tallaght-Tymon, Templeogue-Cypress, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Osprey, Templeogue Village, Terenure-St. James;

and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated west of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway."[6]

Constituency profile

The constituency leans towards left wing parties such as the Labour Party and Sinn Féin. Both Labour party TDs elected in 2011 had been members of other left wing parties: Pat Rabbitte of the Workers' Party of Ireland and Democratic Left, and Eamonn Maloney was a member of the Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party. With the departure of Brian Hayes in 2014, the constituency was entirely represented by four left of centre TDs upon the election of Paul Murphy of the Anti-Austerity Alliance in the 2014 by-election.

The constituency is noted for its volatility: in three consecutive general elections, the poll topper from the previous election lost his seat, Brian Hayes in 2002, Seán Crowe in 2007 and Conor Lenihan in 2011.[7]

TDs

TDs 1948–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South-West 1948–1977[8]
Key to parties   CnaP = Clann na Poblachta   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[9]		Seán MacBride (CnaP)		Peadar Doyle (FG)		Bernard Butler (FF)		Michael O'Higgins (FG)		Robert Briscoe (FF)
14th	1951[10]								Michael ffrench-O'Carroll (Ind)
15th	1954[11]								Michael O'Higgins (FG)
	1956 by-election[12]				Noel Lemass (FF)
16th	1957[13]		James Carroll (Ind)
	1959 by-election[14]						Richie Ryan (FG)
17th	1961[15]								James O'Keeffe (FG)
18th	1965[16]		John O'Connell (Lab)						Joseph Dowling (FF)		Ben Briscoe (FF)
19th	1969[17]						Seán Dunne (Lab)
	1970 by-election[18]						Seán Sherwin (FF)			4 seats 1969–1977
20th	1973[19]						Declan Costello (FG)
	1976 by-election[20]				Brendan Halligan (Lab)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Dublin Ballyfermot

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.

TDs since 1981

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South-West 1981–[8]
Key to parties   AAA = Anti-Austerity Alliance   AAA–PBP = AAA–PBP   DL = Democratic Left   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   PD = Progressive Democrats   RISE = RISE   SF = Sinn Féin   WP = Workers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[21]		Seán Walsh (FF)		Larry McMahon (FG)		Mary Harney (FF)		Mervyn Taylor (Lab)	4 seats 1981–1992
23rd	1982 (Feb)[22]
24th	1982 (Nov)[23]				Michael O'Leary (FG)
25th	1987[24]				Chris Flood (FF)		Mary Harney (PD)
26th	1989[25]		Pat Rabbitte (WP)
27th	1992[26]		Pat Rabbitte (DL)								Eamonn Walsh (Lab)
28th	1997[27]								Conor Lenihan (FF)		Brian Hayes (FG)
29th	2002[28]		Pat Rabbitte (Lab)		Charlie O'Connor (FF)		Seán Crowe (SF)			4 seats 2002–2016
30th	2007[29]						Brian Hayes (FG)
31st	2011[30]				Eamonn Maloney (Lab)				Seán Crowe (SF)
	2014 by-election[31]						Paul Murphy (AAA)
32nd	2016[32]		Colm Brophy (FG)		John Lahart (FF)		Paul Murphy (AAA–PBP)				Katherine Zappone (Ind)
33rd	2020[33]						Paul Murphy (RISE)				Francis Noel Duffy (GP)

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

2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin South-West[34][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	29.7	20,077
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy	12.2	8,269	8,382	8,464	8,543	10,642	10,908	10,934	11,131	11,143	11,543
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart	8.1	5,503	5,656	5,756	5,817	5,901	7,331	7,366	7,498	7,518	10,100	10,974
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	7.3	4,961	5,551	5,701	5,914	6,111	6,354	6,516	7,598	7,955	8,393	11,138
	Solidarity–PBP	Paul Murphy[n 1]	6.6	4,477	7,921	8,058	8,495	8,523	8,622	11,028	12,311
	Independent	Katherine Zappone	5.5	3,708	4,141	4,198	4,441	4,800	5,142	5,298	5,864	6,142	6,730	8,050
	Labour	Ciarán Ahern	5.3	3,603	3,905	4,003	4,129	4,286	4,482	4,564	5,256	5,447	5,803
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	5.0	3,376	3,642	3,846	4,063	4,123	4,904	4,985	5,128	5,166
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre O'Donovan	4.9	3,314	3,407	3,489	3,523	3,639
	Fine Gael	Ellen O'Malley Dunlop	4.6	3,111	3,144	3,172	3,197
	Social Democrats	Carly Bailey	4.1	2,761	3,598	3,727	3,970	4,020	4,136	4,555
	Solidarity–PBP	Sandra Fay[n 2]	2.4	1,653	3,224	3,321	3,627	3,641	3,696
	Independent	Mick Duff	1.9	1,268	1,990	2,210
	Renua	Ann Marie Condren	1.3	886	985
	National Party	Philip Dwyer	0.8	508	617
	Independent	Colm O'Keeffe	0.1	90	141
Electorate: 109,517   Valid: 67,565   Spoilt: 629 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,261   Turnout: 68,194 (62.3%)

1. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Murphy was a member of RISE.
2. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Fay was a member of Solidarity.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin South-West[36][37][32]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart	14.3	9,647	9,655	9,678	9,725	9,772	9,892	10,045	10,160	10,506	10,565	11,402
	AAA–PBP	Paul Murphy	13.4	9,005	9,020	9,047	9,194	9,247	9,316	9,626	9,758	10,054	10,366	10,678	13,528
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy	10.7	7,195	7,202	7,213	7,235	7,576	7,660	7,758	8,028	8,193	8,213	8,655	8,695	8,724	8,764	10,126	10,639
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	10.4	6,974	6,978	6,983	7,054	7,070	7,098	7,230	7,362	7,413	9,502	9,642	9,959	11,068	11,082	11,245
	Fine Gael	Anne-Marie Dermody	9.6	6,463	6,467	6,477	6,496	6,779	6,889	6,948	7,087	7,316	7,337	7,793	7,835	7,868	7,911	9,079	9,503
	Independent	Katherine Zappone	6.6	4,463	4,486	4,515	4,604	4,660	4,913	5,131	5,262	5,731	5,797	6,129	6,294	6,724	6,753	7,542	9,655
	AAA–PBP	Sandra Fay	4.8	3,241	3,244	3,249	3,312	3,324	3,374	3,439	3,492	3,593	3,725	3,832
	Independent	Peter Fitzpatrick	4.6	2,812	2,829	2,866	3,064	3,094	3,210	3,353	3,433	3,742	3,799	4,163	4,332	4,632	4,677	4,916
	Renua	Ronan McMahon	4.3	2,906	2,912	2,952	3,003	3,026	3,100	3,208	3,258	3,518	3,548
	Labour	Pamela Kearns	3.9	2,635	2,640	2,646	2,658	2,700	2,883	2,936	3,796	3,902	3,933	4,099	4,116	4,163	4,182
	Sinn Féin	Sarah Holland	3.9	2,616	2,621	2,630	2,667	2,685	2,721	2,764	2,792	2,884
	Independent	Deirdre O'Donovan	3.3	2,197	2,220	2,261	2,308	2,326	2,411	2,534	2,571
	Labour	Mick Duff	2.6	1,743	1,743	1,749	1,776	1,871	1,947	2,120
	Independent	Eamonn Maloney	2.4	1,627	1,628	1,638	1,671	1,722	1,748
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	1.9	1,297	1,303	1,307	1,332	1,337
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren	1.6	1,088	1,090	1,096	1,105
	Independent	Declan Burke	0.8	515	525	561
	Direct Democracy	Stephen Sinclair	0.5	359	375	385
	Independent	Kieran Quigley	0.5	317	329
	Independent	Joan Summerville Molloy	0.2	112
	Independent	Frank O'Gorman	0.1	59
Electorate: 105,420   Valid: 67,271   Spoilt: 647 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,212   Turnout: 67,918 (64.4%)

2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Dublin South-West[31]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King	30.3	7,288	7,304	7,340	7,448	7,580	7,828	8,017	8,999
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Paul Murphy	27.2	6,540	6,579	6,622	6,890	7,079	7,436	7,726	9,565
	Independent	Ronan McMahon	8.9	2,142	2,167	2,227	2,265	2,464	3,049	3,416
	Fine Gael	Cáit Keane	8.8	2,110	2,117	2,194	2,203	2,267	2,575	3,857
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart	8.6	2,077	2,085	2,138	2,152	2,200
	Labour	Pamela Kearns	8.5	2,043	2,053	2,155	2,170	2,239	2,492
	Independent	Declan Burke	2.8	681	711	746	818
	People Before Profit	Nicky Coules	2.2	530	540	554
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	1.9	447	453
	Independent	Tony Rochford	0.4	92
	Independent	Colm O'Keeffe	0.3	74
Electorate: 70,400   Valid: 24,024   Spoilt: 256 (1.1%)   Quota: 12,013   Turnout: 24,280 (34.5%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin South-West[38][30]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Pat Rabbitte	27.4	12,867
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	19.9	9,366	9,880
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	17.2	8,064	8,429	8,515	8,772	8911	10,189
	Labour	Eamonn Maloney	8.9	4,165	6,208	6,363	6,703	6,869	7,783	8,326	9,657
	Fine Gael	Cáit Keane	7.8	3,678	3,823	3,945	4,155	4,715	4,902	5,051	6,133
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	5.8	2,718	2,833	2,864	2,948	4,363	4,523	4,600
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy[39]	5.2	2,462	2,624	2,662	2,920	2,975
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan	5.0	2,341	2,393	2,414	2,488
	Independent	Ray Kelly	1.8	823	870	883
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	1.0	480	511	521
Electorate: 70,613   Valid: 46,964   Spoilt: 511 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,393   Turnout: 47,475 (67.2%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin South-West[29]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan	20.5	8,542
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	20.0	8,346
	Labour	Pat Rabbitte	20.0	8,325	8,342
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	18.8	7,813	7,985	8,102	8,106	8,109	8,439
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	12.2	5,066	5,076	5,183	5,185	5,189	5,766
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	3.8	1,580	1,584	1,659	1,661	1,661
	Green	Elizabeth Davidson	3.7	1,546	1,552	1,655	1,662	1,666	2,234
	Fathers Rights	Ray Kelly	1.0	434	436
Electorate: 67,148   Valid: 41,652   Spoilt: 370 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,331   Turnout: 42,022 (62.6%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin South-West[28]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	20.3	7,466
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	19.4	7,155	7,189	7,342	7,361
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan	19.2	7,080	7,116	7,232	7,250	7,361
	Labour	Pat Rabbitte	17.2	6,314	6,364	6,499	6,523	7,190	7,648
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	12.7	4,654	4,681	4,803	4,815	4,910	5,084
	Green	Patrick Quinn	3.1	1,157	1,214	1,334	1,348	1,408	1,687
	Labour	Eamonn Walsh	2.6	971	984	1,004	1,008
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	2.6	954	994	1,055	1,069	1,104
	Christian Solidarity	Darragh O'Reilly	2.1	760	779
	Independent	Ray Kelly	0.8	291
Electorate: 67,947   Valid: 36,802   Spoilt: 414 (1.1%)   Quota: 7,361   Turnout: 37,216 (54.8%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin South-West[40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	15.5	6,487	6,585	6,623	6,822	7,048
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood	12.4	5,195	5,274	5,305	5,399	5,550	6,474	7,346
	Democratic Left	Pat Rabbitte	12.2	5,094	5,183	5,222	5,445	5,903	6,161	7,037
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney	11.3	4,713	4,789	5,472	5,671	5,791	6,392	6,687
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan	10.6	4,436	4,491	4,528	4,609	4,744	5,830	6,485
	Labour	Eamonn Walsh	9.7	4,070	4,131	4,153	4,340	4,702	4,825	5,460
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	8.9	3,725	3,838	3,846	3,996	4,440	4,556
	Fianna Fáil	Colm McGrath	6.9	2,898	2,925	3,053	3,109	3,219
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	4.8	2,026	2,100	2,110	2,249
	Green	Monique Mary Federsel	3.1	1,315	1,452	1,468
	Progressive Democrats	Colm Tyndall	2.4	995	1,023
	Independent	Marie Kinsella	1.2	509
	Independent	Dermot Mara	0.6	242
	Independent	Harry Richards	0.2	76
	Independent	Denis Dowling	0.2	71
Electorate: 75,646   Valid: 41,852   Spoilt: 440 (1.0%)   Quota: 6,976   Turnout: 42,292 (55.9%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin South-West[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	25.5	10,871
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood	15.5	6,596	6,748	6,759	6,776	6,783	6,866	6,996	7,098	7,856
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney	11.6	4,964	5,210	5,213	5,229	5,240	5,318	5,344	5,503	5,656	5,714	5,949	6,267	7,835
	Democratic Left	Pat Rabbitte	8.8	3,743	4,226	4,238	4,255	4,332	4,405	4,511	4,697	4,813	4,854	5,334	5,557	6,249
	Labour	Eamonn Walsh	8.4	3,594	5,963	5,978	5,995	6,083	6,173	6,301	6,529	6,646	6,671	7,167
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	6.1	2,614	2,728	2,734	2,741	2,746	2,784	2,797	2,858	2,930	2,934	3,083	3,209
	Fianna Fáil	Colm McGrath	5.4	2,288	2,312	2,323	2,327	2,328	2,336	2,373	2,399	2,634	2,775	2,886	4,376	4,603
	Fianna Fáil	John Hannon	4.3	1,832	1,867	1,874	1,879	1,882	1,906	1,948	1,968	2,200	2,594	2,792
	Fianna Fáil	Charles O'Connor	4.0	1,701	1,780	1,783	1,790	1,797	1,831	1,856	1,884
	Independent	Peter Keogh	3.5	1,511	1,619	1,638	1,662	1,686	1,803	1,911	2,090	2,179	2,192
	Green	David Cotter	2.0	871	920	930	938	968	1,044	1,202
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	2.0	846	864	871	877	896	916
	Independent	Bob Byrne	1.4	581	626	641	708	722
	Workers' Party	Esther Kelly	0.7	293	315	323	326
	Independent	Anthony John Hubbard	0.4	184	196	204
	Independent	Harry Richards	0.4	159	165
Electorate: 69,922   Valid: 42,648   Spoilt: 709 (1.6%)   Quota: 7,109   Turnout: 43,357 (62.0%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin South-West[25]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	8,734	22.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood	7,346	18.8	6	3
	Workers' Party	Pat Rabbitte	7,166	18.4	2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	5,737	14.7
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney	4,323	11.1	4	7
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	2,297	5.9
	Green	Conor Delaney	1,259	3.2
	Fine Gael	Clare Leonard	1,049	2.7
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	1,018	2.6
	Independent	Alan Plummer	84	0.2
Electorate: 64,995   Valid: 39,013   Spoilt: 513 (1.3%)   Quota: 7,803   Turnout: 39,526 (60.8%)

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin South-West[24]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney	8,169	19.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood	8,082	19.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	7,922	19.1	3
	Workers' Party	Pat Rabbitte	5,086	12.3
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	4,607	11.1	4
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	3,407	8.2
	Fine Gael	Breda Cass	1,187	2.9
	Sinn Féin	John Noonan	1,001	2.4
	Fine Gael	Therese Ridge	656	1.6
	Labour	Eamonn Walsh	458	1.1
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Dunne	378	0.9
	Democratic Socialist	Eamonn Maloney	223	0.5
	Independent	Gerry Jago	143	0.3
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	71	0.2
	Independent	Diarmuid O'Flanagan	64	0.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 41,454   Quota: 8,291   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin South-West[23]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	7,814	20.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	6,465	17.2	2
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Leary	5,682	15.1	4
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney	4,619	12.3	3
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	3,991	10.6
	Fine Gael	Conal Brennan	2,929	7.8
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Conroy	2,673	7.1
	Workers' Party	Pat Rabbitte	2,365	6.3
	Independent	Ann Joyce	581	1.5
	Independent	Richard O'Reilly	297	0.8
	Independent	Noel Murphy	240	0.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 37,656   Quota: 7,532   Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin South-West[22]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	7,407	20.8	1	1
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	7,063	19.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney	5,830	16.3	3
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	5,688	15.9	4
	Fine Gael	George Laing	3,848	10.8
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Conroy	3,508	9.8
	Fine Gael	Con McCarthy	2,354	6.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 35,698   Quota: 7,140   Turnout:

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin South-West[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	20.2	7,311
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	17.3	6,266	6,302	6,421	7,121	8,751
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	15.3	5,522	6,197	6,517	6,737	7,188	7,514
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney	11.6	4,192	4,222	4,626	4,783	4,861	4,879	7,822
	Fine Gael	Conal Brennan	8.2	2,946	2,990	3,107	3,813	4,567	5,712	5,863
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Conroy	8.1	2,916	2,931	3,171	3,224	3,276	3,304
	Fine Gael	George Laing	6.7	2,444	2,470	2,522	3,002
	Fine Gael	John Garvey	5.9	2,154	2,207	2,289
	Independent	Kevin Boland	4.2	1,519	1,535
	Labour	Brendan Byrne	2.5	897
Electorate: 51,182   Valid: 36,167   Spoilt: 389 (1.1%)   Quota: 7,234   Turnout: 36,556 (71.4%)

1976 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Noel Lemass, a by-election was held on 10 June 1976. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Brendan Halligan.

1976 by-election: Dublin South-West[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	38.8	9,687	9,694	9,722	10,108	10,578	11,462
	Labour	Brendan Halligan	27.5	6,870	6,886	6,924	7,175	7,855	12,099
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	20.7	5,169	5,174	5,196	5,345	5,612
	Official Sinn Féin	Tomás Mac Giolla	6.7	1,679	1,702	1,815	2,158
	Aontacht Éireann	Kevin Boland	4.8	1,186	1,199	1,292
	Irish Republican Socialist	Íte Ní Chionnaith	1.2	287	332
	Marxist–Leninist (Ireland)	Bláthnaid Ní Chinnéide	0.5	113
Electorate: 46,585   Valid: 24,991   Quota: 12,496   Turnout: 53.65%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin South-West[19]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	John O'Connell	9,865	32.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass	4,705	15.6	4
	Fine Gael	Declan Costello	4,633	15.4	2
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	3,939	13.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Dalton	2,603	8.6
	Aontacht Éireann	Seán Sherwin	1,340	4.4
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	1,194	4.0
	Official Sinn Féin	James Spooner	972	3.2
	Labour	Patrick O'Mahony	541	1.8
	Labour	Pat Sweeney	369	1.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,161   Quota: 6,033   Turnout:

1970 by-election

Following the death of Labour Party TD Seán Dunne, a by-election was held on 4 March 1970. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Sherwin.

1970 by-election: Dublin South-West[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Sherwin	33.0	7,678	7,897	8,641	10,710
	Labour	Matt Merrigan	21.5	5,004	5,963	7,336	10,448
	Independent	Lauri Corcoran	19.2	4,481	4,891	6,690
	Fine Gael	James Mitchell	17.4	4,062	4,415
	Independent	Cora Dunne	8.9	2,062
Electorate: 40,690   Valid: 23,287   Quota: 11,644   Turnout: 57.23%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin South-West[17]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	5,724	19.6	1
	Labour	John O'Connell	5,273	18.1	3
	Labour	Seán Dunne	5,136	17.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass	2,512	8.6	4
	Independent	Lauri Corcoran	2,066	7.1
	Labour	George Butler	1,643	5.6
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Sherwin	1,643	5.6
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	1,331	4.6
	Fine Gael	James McMahon	1,203	4.1
	Labour	Liam Farrell	893	3.1
	Fine Gael	Harry Lowe	856	2.9
	Fine Gael	Pierce Redmond	759	2.6
	Independent	Ciaran McKeown	154	0.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 29,193   Quota: 5,839   Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Dublin South-West[16]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass	7,596	18.9	1	1
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan	5,484	13.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	4,607	11.5	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe	4,416	11.0	4
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	4,352	10.8
	Labour	John O'Connell	4,299	10.7	2
	Independent	James Carroll	1,796	4.5
	Labour	John O'Donovan	1,792	4.5
	Labour	Patrick Coghlan	1,762	4.4
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Buchanan	1,699	4.2
	Independent	Joseph Christle	1,649	4.1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Turner	409	1.0
	Fine Gael	Frederick Pope	374	0.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 40,235   Quota: 6,706   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Dublin South-West[15]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe	5,574	16.6	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass	4,961	14.8	3
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan	4,496	13.4	2
	Independent	James Carroll	3,378	10.1	4
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	3,293	9.8
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	2,276	6.8	5
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	2,135	6.4
	Independent	Joseph Christle	1,814	5.4
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mack	1,442	4.3
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Connor	1,111	3.3
	Fianna Fáil	Cecilia Keeble	964	2.9
	Labour	Hilda Larkin	930	2.8
	Labour	Patrick Coghlan	754	2.3
	Sinn Féin	Séamus McGuinness	444	1.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,572   Quota: 5,596   Turnout:

1959 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Bernard Butler, a by-election was held on 22 July 1959. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Richie Ryan.

1959 by-election: Dublin South-West[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	37.2	9,280	9,449	9,888	11,343
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan	26.1	6,523	6,638	7,396	11,399
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	20.6	5,138	5,709	7,035
	Labour	Hilda Larkin	10.8	2,693	2,883
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Ó Dubhghaill	5.4	1,341
Electorate: 62,394   Valid: 24,975   Quota: 12,488   Turnout: 40.03%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Dublin South-West[13]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe	8,162	20.6	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass	5,436	13.7	2
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Higgins	4,830	12.2	3
	Independent	James Carroll	3,878	9.8	4
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	2,677	6.8
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler	2,543	6.4	5
	Independent	Beatrice Dixon	2,488	6.3
	Sinn Féin	Seoirse Dearle	2,442	6.2
	Labour	John Colgan	2,045	5.2
	Fine Gael	Edmond Power	1,866	4.7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael ffrench-O'Carroll	1,853	4.7
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	1,397	3.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 39,617   Quota: 6,603   Turnout:

1956 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Peadar Doyle, a by-election was held on 14 November 1956. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Noel Lemass.

1956 by-election: Dublin South-West[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass	59.8	14,416
	Fine Gael	Edmond Power	40.2	9,682
Electorate: 63,286   Valid: 24,098   Quota: 12,050   Turnout: 38.08%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Dublin South-West[11]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe	6,594	15.1	3
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	6,151	14.1	2
	Fine Gael	Peadar Doyle	5,940	13.6	1
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler	5,894	13.5	5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael ffrench-O'Carroll	5,080	11.6
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Higgins	4,783	11.0	4
	Independent	James Carroll	2,262	5.2
	Fine Gael	William Croly	2,155	4.9
	Labour	John Colgan	1,924	4.4
	Labour	Richard Deasy	1,617	3.7
	Labour	Matt Merrigan	631	1.5
	Independent	Michael O'Riordan [dsw54 1]	375	0.9
	Independent	Myles Heffernan [dsw54 2]	245	0.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 43,651   Quota: 7,276   Turnout:

1. Ran under the banner of Irish Workers' League.
2. Former Internee ran under the banner of Cine Gael.

1951 general election

1951 general election: Dublin South-West[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe	20.0	8,417
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler	15.6	6,529	7,606
	Independent	Michael ffrench-O'Carroll	13.9	5,842	5,876	5,894	6,036	6,107	6,210	6,943	7,120
	Fine Gael	Peadar Seán Doyle	13.9	5,823	5,852	5,871	5,880	5,960	6,320	7,220
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	6.8	2,853	2,864	2,872	2,887	3,201	3,295	3,862	3,941	6,098	6,288
	Fine Gael	Michael J. O'Higgins	6.6	2,754	2,759	2,764	2,769	2,781	3,316	3,452	3,521
	Fianna Fáil	Carroll O'Daly	6.4	2,682	2,833	3,291	3,310	3,337	3,362	3,478	5,807	6,131	6,161
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Reynolds	6.1	2,572	2,649	2,716	2,729	2,752	2,794	2,857
	Labour	Richard Deasy	5.6	2,335	2,349	2,374	2,453	2,578	2,625
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	2.9	1,211	1,215	1,217	1,225	1,237
	Clann na Poblachta	Richard Batterberry	1.6	684	696	698	704
	Irish Workers' Party	Michael O'Riordan	0.7	295	298	300
Electorate: 60,934   Valid: 41,997   Quota: 7,000   Turnout: 68.92%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Dublin South-West[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	21.8	8,648
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe	15.1	5,961	5,981	5,989	6,005	6,118	6,130	6,262	6,296	6,306	6,987
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler	15.0	5,956	5,994	6,009	6,024	6,177	6,211	6,358	6,408	6,425	8,579
	Fine Gael	Peadar Séan Doyle	12.9	5,102	5,208	5,234	5,253	5,271	5,363	5,956	7,800
	Fine Gael	Michael J. O'Higgins	8.2	3,243	3,296	3,307	3,316	3,330	3,378	3,484	4,396	5,530	5,685	6,151
	Fine Gael	William James Croly	7.1	2,806	2,818	2,825	2,836	2,844	2,864	2,983
	Fianna Fáil	Carroll O'Daly	6.3	2,476	2,494	2,517	2,532	3,033	3,064	3,139	3,168	3,190
	Labour	Joseph Deasy	4.4	1,737	1,775	1,979	2,608	2,616	2,661
	Clann na Poblachta	Richard Batterberry	3.0	1,196	2,065	2,076	2,090	2,098	3,233	3,953	3,993	4,009	4,065	4,299
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Teevan	2.1	820	828	829	829
	Clann na Poblachta	May Laverty	1.5	605	1,438	1,471	1,490	1,496
	Labour	John Dominick Heery	1.4	564	583	760
	Labour	John Moran	1.2	490	523
Electorate: 55,924   Valid: 39,604   Quota: 6,601   Turnout: 70.82%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

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External links

• Oireachtas Members Database