1996 Dublin West by-election

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on 2 April 1996. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Tánaiste Brian Lenihan Snr on 1 November 1995.

1996 Dublin West by-election

2 April 1996
Turnout	(43.4%)
Nominee Brian Lenihan Jnr Joe Higgins Tom Morrissey Party Fianna Fáil Independent Fine Gael First preferences 6,995 6,743 3,728 Percentage 24.6% 23.7% 13.1% Final count 11,754 11,384 –   Nominee Tomás Mac Giolla Paul Gogarty John McCann Party Workers' Party Green Sinn Féin First preferences 2,909 1,286 1,574 Percentage 10.2% 4.5% 5.5% Final count – – –   Nominee Sheila Terry Vincent Jackson Michael O'Donovan Party Progressive Democrats Independent Labour First preferences 1,314 1,131 1,058 Percentage 4.6% 4.0% 3.7% Final count – – –
TD before election Brian Lenihan Snr Fianna Fáil Elected TD Brian Lenihan Jnr Fianna Fáil

The election was won by Brian Lenihan Jnr of Fianna Fáil, the son of Brian Lenihan Snr.

Among the candidates were Fingal County Councillor Joe Higgins, Fingal County Councillor Tom Morrissey, Dublin City Councillor and former TD Tomás Mac Giolla, Fingal County Councillor Sheila Terry, Paul Gogarty, Dublin City Councillor Vincent Jackson and Fingal County Councillor Sean Lyons

On the same day, a by-election took place in Donegal North-East.

Result

1996 Dublin West by-election

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr	24.6	6,995	7,023	7,111	7,293	7,458	7,661	8,032	8,303	8,688	9,670	11,754
	Independent	Joe Higgins	23.7	6,743	6,785	6,881	6,983	7,243	7,397	7,559	7,911	8,352	9,810	11,384
	Fine Gael	Tom Morrissey	13.1	3,728	3,750	3,836	3,955	4,163	4,245	4,750	4,821	5,160	5,876
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	10.2	2,909	2,993	3,045	3,085	3,294	3,766	3,895	4,463	4,888
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	5.5	1,574	1,636	1,643	1,673	1,691	1,788	1,810
	Progressive Democrats	Sheila Terry	4.6	1,314	1,328	1,377	1,433	1,506	1,543
	Green	Paul Gogarty	4.5	1,286	1,311	1,356	1,483	1,576	1,692	1,899	2,041
	Independent	Vincent Jackson	4.0	1,131	1,186	1,195	1,247	1,290
	Labour	Michael O'Donovan	3.7	1,058	1,072	1,101	1,122
	Christian Solidarity	Gerard Casey	2.7	768	774	806
	Independent	Sean Lyons	1.8	514	524
	Independent	John O'Halloran	1.3	369
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.1	21
Electorate: 65,534   Valid: 28,410   Quota: 14,206   Turnout: 43.4%

See also

• List of Dáil by-elections
• Dáil constituencies

External links

• http://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=75&constitid=94&electype=2
• https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992B&cons=112&ref=115