Dublin (European Parliament constituency)
Dublin is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It elects three MEPs using the single transferable vote system. The constituency comprises Dublin city and the administrative counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin and has a population of 1.1m.
2009 Election result
| 2009 European Election: Dublin[1][2] |
| Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
Count 5 |
Count 6 |
Count 7 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Gay Mitchell |
23.8 |
96,715 |
99,098 |
100,810 |
104,413 |
|
|
|
|
Labour Party |
*Proinsias De Rossa |
20.5 |
83,471 |
85,217 |
87,274 |
94,306 |
95,636 |
103,225 |
|
|
Socialist Party |
Joe Higgins |
12.4 |
50,510 |
52,457 |
53,038 |
55,116 |
55,351 |
60,165 |
82,366 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Eoin Ryan |
13.6 |
55,346 |
56,317 |
66,205 |
68,517 |
69,122 |
71,530 |
76,956 |
|
Sinn Féin |
*Mary Lou McDonald |
11.8 |
47,928 |
50,097 |
50,980 |
52,447 |
52,529 |
55,429 |
|
|
Green Party |
Déirdre de Búrca |
4.7 |
19,086 |
20,226 |
21,991 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Eibhlin Byrne |
4.7 |
18,956 |
19,448 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Patricia McKenna |
4.3 |
17,521 |
21,523 |
22,380 |
25,213 |
25,636 |
|
|
|
Libertas |
Caroline Simons |
3.3 |
13,514 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Emmanuel Sweeney |
0.9 |
3,583 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electorate: 812,465 Valid: 406,630 Spoilt: 6,054 (1.5%) Quota: 101,658 Turnout: 412,684 (50.8%) |
For the 2009 election, the constituency was reduced from 4 seats to 3.
2004 Election result
| 2004 European Election: Dublin[3] |
| Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
Count 5 |
Count 6 |
|
Fine Gael |
Gay Mitchell |
21.5 |
90,749 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Eoin Ryan |
14.6 |
61,681 |
62,939 |
64,876 |
65,923 |
85,810 |
|
|
Labour Party |
*Proinsias De Rossa |
12.9 |
54,344 |
56,243 |
57,466 |
62,424 |
66,570 |
96,094 |
|
Sinn Féin |
Mary Lou McDonald |
14.3 |
60,395 |
60,689 |
62,030 |
68,355 |
72,153 |
76,543 |
|
Green Party |
*Patricia McKenna |
9.6 |
40,445 |
41,506 |
44,684 |
49,101 |
51,892 |
59,543 |
|
Labour Party |
Ivana Bacik |
9.7 |
40,707 |
41,703 |
42,624 |
45,413 |
47,520 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Royston Brady |
8.6 |
36,269 |
36,593 |
37,423 |
38,324 |
|
|
|
Socialist Party |
Joe Higgins |
5.5 |
23,218 |
23,460 |
24,541 |
|
|
|
|
Christian Solidarity |
Barry Despard |
1.3 |
5,352 |
5,443 |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Brendan Price |
1.1 |
4,813 |
4,931 |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Tom Prendeville |
0.5 |
2,071 |
2,124 |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Paul Doonan |
0.4 |
1,853 |
1,886 |
|
|
|
|
| Electorate: 821,723 Valid: 421,897 Spoilt: 13,239 (3.0%) Quota: 84,380 Turnout: 435,136 (52.9%) |
1999 Election result
| 1999 European Election: Dublin[4] |
| Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
Count 5 |
Count 6 |
Count 7 |
Count 8 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Mary Banotti |
20.2 |
56,593 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Niall Andrews |
15.7 |
44,176 |
44,731 |
45,967 |
46,481 |
47,931 |
50,439 |
71,423 |
|
|
Green Party |
*Patricia McKenna |
12.7 |
35,659 |
37,988 |
39,818 |
43,662 |
48,299 |
54,883 |
56,992 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Proinsias De Rossa |
10.2 |
28,748 |
29,522 |
29,882 |
31,849 |
37,820 |
41,605 |
43,536 |
47,018 |
|
Fine Gael |
Jim Mitchell |
9.9 |
27,873 |
28,483 |
30,402 |
31,296 |
33,845 |
34,942 |
37,051 |
41,489 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Ben Briscoe |
8.9 |
25,065 |
25,457 |
26,917 |
27,322 |
27,727 |
29,616 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Seán Crowe |
6.6 |
18,633 |
19,070 |
19,735 |
21,147 |
21,703 |
|
|
|
|
Labour Party |
*Bernie Malone |
5.7 |
15,890 |
16,570 |
16,982 |
18,272 |
|
|
|
|
|
Socialist Party |
Joe Higgins |
3.8 |
10,619 |
11,360 |
11,697 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christian Solidarity |
Gerard Casey |
3.4 |
9,425 |
9,867 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Ciaran Goulding |
2.0 |
5,546 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Adam Goodwin |
0.5 |
1,438 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
John Burns |
0.4 |
1,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electorate: 793,200 Valid: 280,671 Spoilt: 6,013 (2.1%) Quota: 56,135 Turnout: 286,684 (36.1%) |
1994 Election result
| 1994 European Election: Dublin |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Green Party |
Patricia McKenna |
40,388 |
14.54 |
1 |
10 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Niall Andrews |
36,877 |
13.27 |
2 |
10 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Mary Banotti |
38,053 |
13.70 |
3 |
12 |
|
Labour Party |
Bernie Malone |
22,419 |
8.07 |
4 |
12 |
|
Fine Gael |
Jim Mitchell |
28,116 |
10.12 |
Not elected |
12 |
|
Democratic Left |
Pat Rabbitte |
24,133 |
8.69 |
Excluded |
11 |
|
Labour Party |
Orla Guerin |
16,674 |
6.00 |
Excluded |
9 |
|
Workers' Party |
Tomás Mac Giolla |
15,830 |
5.70 |
Excluded |
8 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
John Stafford |
12,811 |
4.61 |
Excluded |
7 |
|
Independent |
Eamonn Murphy |
9,296 |
3.35 |
Excluded |
6 |
|
Progressive Democrats |
Stephen O'Byrnes |
8,212 |
2.96 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Olive Braiden |
8,237 |
2.96 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Sinn Féin |
Larry O'Toole |
8,190 |
2.95 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Independent |
Paddy Madigan |
6,903 |
2.48 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Independent |
John Burns |
1,705 |
0.61 |
Excluded |
1 |
| Electorate: 755,486 Valid: 277,844 Spoilt: 2,917 Quota: 55,569 Turnout: 37.16% |
1989 Election result
| 1989 European Election: Dublin |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Workers' Party |
Proinsias De Rossa† |
71,041 |
15.84 |
1 |
6 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Mary Banotti |
50,666 |
11.30 |
2 |
6 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Niall Andrews |
72,057 |
16.07 |
3 |
6 |
|
Labour Party |
Barry Desmond |
57,225 |
12.76 |
4 |
12 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Eileen Lemass |
58,345 |
13.01 |
Not elected |
6 |
|
Green Party |
Trevor Sargent |
37,317 |
8.32 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Progressive Democrats |
Mary Harney |
36,402 |
8.12 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Independent |
Raymond Crotty |
25,525 |
5.69 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Chris O'Malley |
26,574 |
5.93 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Sinn Féin |
Ann Speed |
11,582 |
2.58 |
Excluded |
1 |
|
Independent |
Tim Cahill |
1,668 |
0.37 |
Excluded |
1 |
| Electorate: 711,416 Valid: 448,402 Spoilt: 7,137 Quota: 89,681 Turnout: 64.03% |
†Proinsias De Rossa was substituted by Des Geraghty (DL / EUL) in 1992.
1984 Election result
| 1984 European Election: Dublin |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fine Gael |
*Richie Ryan† |
47,014 |
16.63 |
1 |
8 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Eileen Lemass |
31,350 |
11.09 |
2 |
8 |
|
Fine Gael |
Mary Banotti |
42,660 |
15.09 |
3 |
8 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Niall Andrews |
32,512 |
11.50 |
4 |
8 |
|
Labour Party |
Frank Cluskey |
28,384 |
10.04 |
Not elected |
8 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Jim Tunney |
30,488 |
10.79 |
Excluded |
7 |
|
Workers' Party |
Des Geraghty |
19,590 |
6.93 |
Excluded |
6 |
|
Independent |
Seán Loftus |
17,385 |
6.15 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Sinn Féin |
John Noonan |
14,604 |
5.17 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Independent |
Shane Ross |
8,099 |
2.87 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Democratic Socialist Party |
John de Courcy Ireland |
5,350 |
1.89 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Green Party |
Christopher Fettes |
5,242 |
1.85 |
Excluded |
1 |
| Electorate: 704,873 Valid: 282,678 Spoilt: 6,153 Quota: 56,536 Turnout: 40.98% |
†Richie Ryan was substituted by Chris O'Malley (FG / EPP) in 1986.
1979 Election result
| 1979 European Election: Dublin |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour Party |
John O'Connell† |
44,832 |
15.18 |
1 |
8 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Richie Ryan |
48,411 |
16.39 |
2 |
8 |
|
Labour Party |
Michael O'Leary |
34,511 |
11.68 |
3 |
10 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Síle de Valera |
41,357 |
14.00 |
4 |
10 |
|
Fine Gael |
Nuala Fennell |
26,951 |
9.12 |
Not elected |
10 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Ruairí Brugha |
21,758 |
7.37 |
Excluded |
8 |
|
Independent |
Seán Loftus |
21,769 |
7.37 |
Excluded |
7 |
|
Fine Gael |
Maurice Manning |
14,296 |
4.84 |
Excluded |
6 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Michael Yeats |
12,715 |
4.30 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Sinn Féin (Workers Party) |
Tomás Mac Giolla |
11,915 |
4.03 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Joe Fox |
8,178 |
2.77 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Labour Party |
Jane Dillon Byrne |
7,807 |
2.64 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Independent |
Kevin Clear |
915 |
0.31 |
Excluded |
1 |
| Electorate: 618,454 Valid: 295,415 Spoilt: 8,653 Quota: 59,084 Turnout: 49.17% |
†John O'Connell was substituted by John Horgan (LAB / PES) on 21 October 1981. John Horgan resigned on 1 January 1983 and was replaced by Flor O'Mahony (LAB / PES) on 2 March 1983.
*Denotes outgoing MEP
References
sex
stock | retire | vm
Why are we here?
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
This page is cache of Wikipedia. History