Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)
{{short description|Dáil constituency (1948–present)}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Dublin South-Central
| type = Dáil
| year = 1948
| image = Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency) 2024.svg
| caption = Location of Dublin South-Central within County Dublin
| towns = {{ubl|Ballyfermot|Crumlin|Drimnagh|Harold's Cross (west)|Inchicore|Kimmage|Terenure (west)|Walkinstown}}
| members_label = TDs
| members = {{ubl
| {{Color box|{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}|border=darkgray}} Catherine Ardagh (FF)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democrats (Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} Jen Cummins (SD)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Máire Devine (SF)
| {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF)}}
}}
| seats = {{ubl|5 (1948–1969)|4 (1969–1977)|3 (1977–1981)|5 (1981–1992)|4 (1992–2002)|5 (2002–2016)|4 (2016–)}}
| local_council_label = Local government area
| local_council = Dublin City
| blank1_name = EP constituency
| blank1_info = Dublin
}}
Dublin South-Central is a parliamentary constituency in Dublin City represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Constituency profile
The largest employers in the area are the Guinness Brewery and St. James's Hospital. Dubbed the "People's republic of Dublin South-Central,{{cite news|title=Dublin South Central: 'It's the right thing to do' Fianna Fail candidate calls for full recount|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2016/count_centre_reports/dublin-south-central-its-the-right-thing-to-do-fianna-fail-candidate-calls-for-full-recount-34492211.html|author=Ciara Treacy|date=27 February 2016|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820083920/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2016/count_centre_reports/dublin-south-central-its-the-right-thing-to-do-fianna-fail-candidate-calls-for-full-recount-34492211.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=McGreevy |first=Ronan |date=3 February 2020 |title=Election 2020: Twin pressures for Fianna Fáil candidate Catherine Ardagh |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/election-2020-twin-pressures-for-fianna-fail-candidate-catherine-ardagh-1.4160205 |newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=3 December 2024}} the constituency is one of the country's most left-wing,{{cite web |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20384152.html |title=Constituency profile: Dublin South Central |last=McConnell |first=Daniel |date=26 February 2016 |website= |publisher=Irish Examiner |access-date=13 April 2022 |quote=One of the most left-leaning of all of the 40 Dáil constituencies, decades of neglect and poor housing infrastructure have made it a happy hunting ground for the parties of the left. |archive-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413011819/https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20384152.html |url-status=live }} with all of the TDs elected in 2020 being from centre-left or left-wing parties.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0212/1224289635382.html|title=Labour expected to take seat from Fianna Fáil|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=12 February 2011|first=Paul|last=Cullen|access-date=17 March 2011|archive-date=17 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217052922/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0212/1224289635382.html|url-status=live}} Both Labour Party TDs elected in 2011 had previously been members of other left-wing parties: Eric Byrne was a former member of the Workers' Party and Democratic Left, and Michael Conaghan had stood in a number of elections for Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party.
History and boundaries
A constituency of this name was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 containing the Mansion House, Merchants' Quay, Royal Exchange, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Usher's and Wood Quay wards of Dublin.{{cite Irish legislation|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 |year=1947|schedno=1|stitle=Constituencies|number=17|date=27 November 1947|access-date=6 October 2021}} Its boundaries changed considerably over the years, generally moving to the west within the city.
It is now located near the centre of Dublin city. The constituency comprises Ballyfermot, Bluebell, Chapelizod, Crumlin, Drimnagh, Dolphin's Barn, Inchicore, the Liberties, Kimmage and Walkinstown.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:{{cite web |title=Dublin City |url=https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/311000/050b44d3-6a5a-440c-a585-e5c49ad3a6f6.pdf |website=Government of Ireland |publisher=Tailte Éireann |date=8 November 2024}}
{{quote frame|"In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
:Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C;
:and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street."}}
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|1948–1961 |style="text-align:center"|3 |{{hidden|{{nowrap|In the county borough of Dublin,}}|the Mansion House, Merchants' Quay, Royal Exchange, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Usher's and Wood Quay Wards.}} |Created from Dublin South. |
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|1961–1969 |style="text-align:center"|3 |{{hidden|{{nowrap|In the county borough of Dublin,{{cite Irish legislation|year=1961|number=19|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies; Part I - Borough Constituencies|date=14 July 1961|access-date=30 June 2022}}}}|the Kilmainham, Mansion House, Merchants Quay, Royal Exchange, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Usher's and Wood Quay wards.}} |Transfer of Kilmainham from Dublin South-West. |
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|1969–1977 |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{hidden|{{nowrap|In the county borough of Dublin,{{cite Irish legislation|year=1969|number=3|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969|date=26 March 1969|access-date=30 June 2022}}}}|the Kimmage, Rathfarnham, Rathfarnham South, Rathmines West and Terenure wards; that part of Crumlin West ward which is not included in the constituency of Dublin South-West; and that part of Rathmines East ward situated west of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southern boundary of the ward by the eastern boundary of the former Harcourt Street-Bray railway line, thence in a northerly direction along the said eastern boundary to its junction with the southern boundary of the E.S.B. transformer station at the southern end of Cowper Drive, thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the last-mentioned boundary to its junction with the rear boundary of the houses on the eastern side of Park Drive, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the last-mentioned boundary and the rear boundary of the houses on the southern side of Albany Road and on the southern and eastern sides of Merton Drive and along the eastern boundary of Merton Drive to its junction with Sandford Road, thence in a north-westerly direction along Sandford Road, Ranelagh and Ranelagh Road to its junction with the ward boundary.}} |Transfer of Usher's and Wood Quay and part of Royal Exchange to Dublin Central; Transfer of Mansion House, St. Kevin's, South Dock and part of Royal Exchange to Dublin South-East; Transfer of Kilmainham to Dublin South-West. {{cite Irish legislation|year=1961|number=19|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies|date=14 July 1961|access-date=3 July 2022}} |
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|1977–1981 |style="text-align:center"|3 |style="text-align:center"|{{hidden|{{nowrap|The following wards{{cite Irish legislation|year=1970|number=269|type=si|name=County Borough of Dublin (Wards) Regulations 1970|date=20 November 1970|access-date=3 July 2022}} in the county borough of Dublin{{cite Irish legislation|year=1974|number=7|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974|date=7 May 1974|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies|access-date=3 July 2022}}}}|Kilmainham B, Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Merchant's Quay A, Merchant's Quay B, Merchant's Quay C, Merchant's Quay D, Merchant's Quay E, Merchant's Quay F, Royal Exchange A, Royal Exchange B, Saint Kevin's, Usher's A. Usher's B, Usher's C, Usher's D, Usher's E, Usher's F, Wood Quay A, Wood Quay B.}} |Transfer of Kilmainham B and part of Merchant's Quay from Dublin South-West; Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Saint Kevin's, and part of Royal Exchange from Dublin South-East; Usher's and Wood Quay and part of Merchant's Quay and part of Royal Exchange from Dublin Central; Transfer of Kimmage, Rathmines West, Terenure and part of Rathfarnham wards to Dublin Rathmines West; transfer of part of Rathfarnham to Dublin County Mid; transfer of part of Crumlin to Dublin Ballyfermot. |
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|1981–1987 |style="text-align:center"|5 |{{hidden|{{nowrap|In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of{{cite Irish legislation|year=1980|number=17|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980|date=1 July 1980|access-date=3 July 2022}}}}| Ballyfermot G, Ballyfermot H, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchant's Quay A, Merchant's Quay B, Merchant's Quay C, Merchant's Quay D, Merchant's Quay E, Merchant's Quay F, Rathfarnham D, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Usher's B, Usher's C, Usher's D, Usher's E;}} {{hidden|{{nowrap|and in County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of}}|Terenure Number one, Terenure Number Two.}} | |
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|1987–1992 |style="text-align:center"|5 |{{hidden|{{nowrap|In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of{{cite Irish legislation|year=1983|number=36|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983|date=14 December 1983|access-date=3 July 2022}}}}|Ballyfermot G, Ballyfermot H, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchant's Quay A, Merchant's Quay B, Merchant's Quay C, Merchant's Quay D, Merchant's Quay E, Merchant's Quay F, Rathfarnham D, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Usher's B, Usher's C, Usher's D, Usher's E;}} {{hidden|and in County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of|Terenure Number One, Terenure Number Two, Terenure Number Three}} |Transfer of Terenure Number Three from Dublin South-West.{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill, 1983 – Explanatory Memorandum |url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/1983/32/eng/memo/bills1983s-02.pdf |page=15 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |publisher=Constituency Commission |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110205607/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/1983/32/eng/memo/bills1983s-02.pdf |url-status=live }} |
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|1992–1997 |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{hidden|In the county borough of Dublin, the wards{{cite Irish legislation|year=1986|number=12|type=si|name=County Borough of Dublin (Wards) Regulations 1986|date=20 January 1986|access-date=4 July 2022}} of{{cite Irish legislation|year=1990|number=36|schedule=y|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990|date=26 December 1990|access-date=4 July 2022}}|Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Inchicore B, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers D, Ushers E, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the ward of Ushers C situated south of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the point where the ward boundary departs from Grand Canal Bank nearest Basin Street Upper, thence in a north-easterly direction along Grand Canal Bank to its junction with Forbes Lane, thence in an easterly direction along Forbes Lane to its junction with the ward boundary;}} {{hidden|and in County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of|Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Village, Terenure Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and that part of the district electoral division of Templeogue-Cypress situated north of a line drawn along the Tallaght Road.}} |Transfer of the south inner city area extending generally from the Grand Canal and Donore Avenue to the Liffey (Merchant's Quay A to E) to Dublin South-East.{{cite web |title=Dáil Constituency Commission Report 1990 |url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL041355.pdf |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |publisher=Constituency Commission |page=11 |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611153431/http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL041355.pdf |url-status=live }} |
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|1997–2002 |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{hidden|In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of{{cite Irish legislation|year=1995|number=21|schedule=y|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995|date=20 July 1995|access-date=4 July 2022}}|Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Inchicore B, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C;}} {{hidden|and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of|Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue Village, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and that part of the district electoral division of Templeogue-Cypress situated north of a line drawn along the Tallaght Road.}} |Transfer of Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E from Dublin South-East.{{cite web |title=Dáil Constituency Commission Report 1995 |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL025582.pdf |pages=23–24 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |publisher=Constituency Commission |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124211129/https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL025582.pdf |url-status=live }} |
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|2002–2007 |style="text-align:center"|5 |{{hidden|In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of{{cite Irish legislation|year=1998|number=19|schedule=y|name=Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998|date=16 June 1998|access-date=3 July 2022}}|Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C;}} {{hidden|and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of|Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated east of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.}} |Transfer of Ballyfermot, Inchicore and Kilmainham area from Dublin Central; transfer from Dublin South-East of population from South-East to complete a boundary between the constituencies running from the Liffey at Winetavern Street; swop of population with South-West to secure a western boundary bounded largely by the M50, Greenhills Road and Templeville Road.{{cite web |title=Constituency Commission: Report 1998 |page=34– |url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL031173.pdf |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |publisher=Constituency Commission |access-date=4 July 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611142556/http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL031173.pdf |url-status=live }} |
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|2007–2016 |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{hidden|In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of{{cite Irish legislation|year=2005|number=16|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005|schedule=y|access-date=4 July 2022}}{{cite Irish legislation|year=2009|number=4|schedule=y|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009|date=24 February 2009|access-date=4 July 2022}}|Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street;}} {{hidden|and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of|Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated east of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.}} |Transfer of south part of Phoenix Park ED from Dublin Central.{{cite web|title=Report on Dáil Constituencies, 2004|url=https://constituency-commission.ie/cc/docs/con2004.pdf|publisher=Constituency Commission|page=54|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124211120/https://constituency-commission.ie/cc/docs/con2004.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://constituency-commission.ie/cc/docs/con2007.pdf|page=14|title=Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007 |publisher=Constituency Commission |date=23 October 2007 |access-date=4 July 2022 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119033516/http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/con2007.pdf |archivedate=19 November 2007 |df=dmy }} |
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|2016–2024 |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{hidden|In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of{{cite Irish legislation|name=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013|schedule=y|year=2013|number=7|access-date=4 July 2022}}{{cite Irish legislation|year=2017|number=39|schedule=y|name=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017|date=23 December 2017|access-date=14 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718205639/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html|archive-date=18 July 2018|url-status=live}}|Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street;}} {{hidden|and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of|Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Ballymount, Clondalkin-Monastery and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated east of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.}} |Transfer of Kimmage C, and Terenure A, B, C and D to Dublin Bay South.{{cite web|url=https://constituency-commission.ie/cc/docs/Constituency_Commission_Report_2012.pdf|pages=69–70|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies|publisher=Constituency Commission|date=21 June 2012|access-date=3 July 2022|archive-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713072839/https://constituency-commission.ie/cc/docs/Constituency_Commission_Report_2012.pdf|url-status=live}} |
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|2024– |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{hidden|In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|number=40|schedule=y|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023|date=19 December 2023|access-date=16 February 2024}}|Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street.}} |Transfer of Kimmage C from Dublin Bay South; transfer to Dublin South-West of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Greentrees, Terenure-Cherryfield, Clondalkin-Ballymount (Part North of M50) and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh (Part North of M50); transfer to Dublin Mid-West of Clondalkin-Monastery (Part North of M50){{cite web |title=Constituency Review Report 2023 |url=https://ec-report.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/constituency-review-report-2023.pdf#page=112 |website=Electoral Commission |pages=112, 129 |access-date=5 September 2023 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830102132/https://ec-report.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/constituency-review-report-2023.pdf#page=112 |url-status=live }} |
TDs
{{Irish TD table begin
|constituency = Dublin South-Central
|maxTDs = 5
|start = 1948
|end =
|Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit
|Clann na Poblachta
|Democratic Left (Ireland)
|Fianna Fáil
|Fine Gael
|Green Party (Ireland)
|Independent politician (Ireland)
|Independents 4 Change
|Labour Party (Ireland)
|People Before Profit
|Sinn Féin
|Social Democrats (Ireland)
|Solidarity–People Before Profit
|Workers' Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 13
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Seán Lemass
|elections = 7
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = James Larkin Jnr
|elections = 3
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Con Lehane
|elections = 1
|party = Clann na Poblachta
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Maurice E. Dockrell
|elections = 7
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = John McCann
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 14
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Philip Brady
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 15
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Thomas Finlay
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Celia Lynch
|elections = 3
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 16
|byelections = 1
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Jack Murphy
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Philip Brady
|elections = 6
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table by-election
|constituency = Dublin South-Central
|year = 1958
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Patrick Cummins
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 17
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph Barron
|elections = 1
|party = Clann na Poblachta
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 18
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Frank Cluskey
|elections = 1
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
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=2024 general election=
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|count5 = 4,521
|count6 = 4,551
|count7 = 4,606
|count8 = 4,679
|count9 = 4,835
|count10 = 4,865
|count11 = 4,932
|count12 = 6,374
|count13 = 6,878
|count14 = 7,117
|count15 = 7,137
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Catherine Ardagh
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.7
|count1 = 3,988
|count2 = 3,989
|count3 = 3,989
|count4 = 3,999
|count5 = 4,027
|count6 = 4,035
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|count8 = 4,073
|count9 = 4,260
|count10 = 4,488
|count11 = 6,634
|count12 = 6,693
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 10.3
|count1 = 3,854
|count2 = 3,857
|count3 = 3,861
|count4 = 3,866
|count5 = 3,872
|count6 = 3,890
|count7 = 3,919
|count8 = 3,953
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|count10 = 4,182
|count11 = 4,232
|count12 = 5,711
|count13 = 6,216
|count14 = 6,487
|count15 = 6,509
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Jen Cummins
|party = Social Democrats (Ireland)
|percentage = 8.9
|count1 = 3,347
|count2 = 3,368
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|count4 = 3,378
|count5 = 3,383
|count6 = 3,396
|count7 = 3,411
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|count10 = 4,288
|count11 = 4,499
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|count13 = 5,054
|count14 = 6,970
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|count2 = 3,362
|count3 = 3,372
|count4 = 3,406
|count5 = 3,422
|count6 = 3,487
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|count10 = 3,952
|count11 = 4,063
|count12 = 4,405
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 8.8
|count1 = 3,290
|count2 = 3,290
|count3 = 3,295
|count4 = 3,317
|count5 = 3,328
|count6 = 3,361
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 8.2
|count1 = 3,056
|count2 = 3,056
|count3 = 3,064
|count4 = 3,075
|count5 = 3,081
|count6 = 3,094
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|count9 = 3,194
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Right to Change
|percentage = 7.8
|count1 = 2,907
|count2 = 2,916
|count3 = 2,923
|count4 = 2,936
|count5 = 2,992
|count6 = 3,050
|count7 = 3,151
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
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|count2 = 2,491
|count3 = 2,496
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|count5 = 2,520
|count6 = 2,542
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|count4 = 2,289
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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=2020 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 2020 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web|url=https://www.dublincityreturningofficer.com/index.php/8-general-information/18-nominated-candidates-dublin-south-central|title=Nominated Candidates – Dublin South-Central|work=Dublin City Returning Officer|access-date=22 January 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/results/#/national/dublin-south-central|title=General Election 2020 Results – Dublin South-Central|work=RTÉ News|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=8 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408070911/https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/results/#/national/dublin-south-central|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Dublin South–Central: 2020 General Election |url=http://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=238&constitid=22&electype=1 |publisher=Irelandelection.com |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524231604/http://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=238&constitid=22&electype=1 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-south-central-results-fine-gael-junior-minister-catherine-byrne-loses-seat-1.4165262 |title=Dublin South-Central results: Fine Gael junior minister Catherine Byrne loses seat |date=10 February 2020 |first=Jack |last=Power |newspaper=Irish Times |location=Dublin |access-date=5 June 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210605095324/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-south-central-results-fine-gael-junior-minister-catherine-byrne-loses-seat-1.4165262 |archive-date=5 June 2021 }}
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|count2 = 4,449
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|numcounts = 6
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|valid = 43,291
|spoilt = 515 (1.2%)
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=2016 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|count2 = 3,314
|count3 = 3,372
|count4 = 3,645
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|candidate = Liam Coyne
|party = Social Democrats (Ireland)
|percentage = 5.7
|count1 = 2,434
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Paul Hand
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Oisín Ó hAlmhain
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.3
|count1 = 1,410
|count2 = 1,431
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Gargan
|party = Renua
|percentage = 2.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Neville Bradley
|party = Direct Democracy Ireland
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|electorate = 74,942
|valid = 42,857
|spoilt = 694 (1.6%)
|quota = 8,572
|turnout = 43,551 (58.1%)
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=2011 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 2011 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web |title=Dublin South Central Results 2011 |url=http://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=1&constitid=22&electype=1 |website=Irelandelection.com |access-date=22 January 2020 |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331021054/https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=1&constitid=22&electype=1 |url-status=live }}
|numcounts = 13
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 16.4
|count1 = 8,357
|count2 = 8,367
|count3 = 8,380
|count4 = 8,391
|count5 = 8,401
|count6 = 8,411
|count7 = 8,416
|count8 = 8,721
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|candidate = Aengus Ó Snodaigh{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 13.4
|count1 = 6,804
|count2 = 6,819
|count3 = 6,835
|count4 = 6,838
|count5 = 6,849
|count6 = 6,874
|count7 = 6,885
|count8 = 7,041
|count9 = 7,111
|count10 = 7,123
|count11 = 7,455
|count12 = 7,569
|count13 = 7,719
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|candidate = Joan Collins{{efn|group=ge11|Collins campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.}}
|party = People Before Profit
|percentage = 12.9
|count1 = 6,574
|count2 = 6,585
|count3 = 6,606
|count4 = 6,630
|count5 = 6,653
|count6 = 6,691
|count7 = 6,728
|count8 = 7,042
|count9 = 7,166
|count10 = 7,194
|count11 = 7,773
|count12 = 7,978
|count13 = 8,459
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Catherine Byrne{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 11.0
|count1 = 5,604
|count2 = 5,610
|count3 = 5,614
|count4 = 5,618
|count5 = 5,626
|count6 = 5,630
|count7 = 5,663
|count8 = 5,915
|count9 = 7,120
|count10 = 7,142
|count11 = 7,780
|count12 = 11,867
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Conaghan
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 10.8
|count1 = 5,492
|count2 = 5,497
|count3 = 5,501
|count4 = 5,505
|count5 = 5,509
|count6 = 5,537
|count7 = 5,544
|count8 = 5,726
|count9 = 5,819
|count10 = 5,904
|count11 = 8,194
|count12 = 8,463
|count13 = 9,858
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Mulcahy{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.5
|count1 = 4,837
|count2 = 4,844
|count3 = 4,845
|count4 = 4,850
|count5 = 4,865
|count6 = 4,869
|count7 = 4,932
|count8 = 5,059
|count9 = 5,186
|count10 = 5,195
|count11 = 5,465
|count12 = 5,698
|count13 = 6,161
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Henry Upton
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 8.2
|count1 = 4,183
|count2 = 4,187
|count3 = 4,192
|count4 = 4,208
|count5 = 4,218
|count6 = 4,226
|count7 = 4,231
|count8 = 4,459
|count9 = 4,675
|count10 = 4,747
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Colm Brophy
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 6.6
|count1 = 3,376
|count2 = 3,377
|count3 = 3,384
|count4 = 3,387
|count5 = 3,393
|count6 = 3,396
|count7 = 3,418
|count8 = 3,537
|count9 = 4,842
|count10 = 4,847
|count11 = 5,199
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ruairi McGinley
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 5.8
|count1 = 2,976
|count2 = 2,980
|count3 = 2,983
|count4 = 2,983
|count5 = 2,991
|count6 = 2,996
|count7 = 3,010
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Oisín Ó hAlmhain
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.0
|count1 = 1,015
|count2 = 1,015
|count3 = 1,019
|count4 = 1,031
|count5 = 1,038
|count6 = 1,042
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Peter O'Neill
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.9
|count1 = 456
|count2 = 465
|count3 = 469
|count4 = 479
|count5 = 501
|count6 = 539
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|candidate = Neville Bradley
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.6
|count1 = 323
|count2 = 328
|count3 = 364
|count4 = 368
|count5 = 391
|count6 = 410
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Colm Callanan
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|percentage = 0.5
|count1 = 239
|count2 = 239
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|count4 = 246
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|count6 = 251
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Connolly Farrell
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 178
|count2 = 182
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|count4 = 198
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|numcounts = 13
|electorate = 80,203
|valid = 50,927
|spoilt = 817 (1.6%)
|quota = 8,488
|turnout = 51,744 (64.5%)
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=2007 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 2007 general election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 10
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|candidate = Seán Ardagh{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 17.4
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|candidate = Michael Mulcahy{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 15.7
|count1 = 7,439
|count2 = 7,687
|count3 = 8,186
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Upton{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 12.6
|count1 = 5,987
|count2 = 6,006
|count3 = 6,133
|count4 = 6,186
|count5 = 6,532
|count6 = 6,818
|count7 = 7,136
|count8 = 7,759
|count9 = 9,020
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Aengus Ó Snodaigh{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 10.2
|count1 = 4,825
|count2 = 4,838
|count3 = 4,913
|count4 = 4,922
|count5 = 5,039
|count6 = 5,648
|count7 = 5,772
|count8 = 6,509
|count9 = 6,932
|count10 = 7,001
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Catherine Byrne
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 9.9
|count1 = 4,713
|count2 = 4,728
|count3 = 4,847
|count4 = 4,890
|count5 = 5,068
|count6 = 5,231
|count7 = 6,719
|count8 = 7,050
|count9 = 7,663
|count10 = 7,921
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 8.5
|count1 = 4,054
|count2 = 4,071
|count3 = 4,144
|count4 = 4,165
|count5 = 4,337
|count6 = 4,493
|count7 = 4,754
|count8 = 5,332
|count9 = 6,227
|count10 = 6,932
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Tony McDermott
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 5.8
|count1 = 2,756
|count2 = 2,764
|count3 = 2,872
|count4 = 2,904
|count5 = 3,139
|count6 = 3,278
|count7 = 3,416
|count8 = 3,781
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joan Collins
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.6
|count1 = 2,203
|count2 = 2,212
|count3 = 2,277
|count4 = 2,288
|count5 = 2,552
|count6 = 3,253
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Anne Marie Martin
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 4.5
|count1 = 2,125
|count2 = 2,131
|count3 = 2,230
|count4 = 2,269
|count5 = 2,441
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Bríd Smith
|party = People Before Profit
|percentage = 4.4
|count1 = 2,086
|count2 = 2,090
|count3 = 2,205
|count4 = 2,221
|count5 = 2,383
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Roisín Healy
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.4
|count1 = 1,613
|count2 = 1,619
|count3 = 1,726
|count4 = 1,766
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank McNamara
|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 1.0
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Doyle
|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 0.9
|count1 = 438
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Andrew McGuinness
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.5
|count1 = 256
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Redmond
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 155
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Con Gunning
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 121
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|numcounts = 10
|electorate = 86,710
|valid = 47,531
|spoilt = 789 (1.6%)
|quota = 7,922
|turnout = 48,320 (55.7%)
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=2002 general election=
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|title = 2002 general election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 11
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Ardagh{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.7
|count1 = 6,031
|count2 = 6,033
|count3 = 6,047
|count4 = 6,066
|count5 = 6,131
|count6 = 6,202
|count7 = 6,399
|count8 = 6,472
|count9 = 6,595
|count10 = 8,207
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Aengus Ó Snodaigh
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 12.7
|count1 = 5,591
|count2 = 5,619
|count3 = 5,759
|count4 = 5,879
|count5 = 6,099
|count6 = 6,376
|count7 = 6,431
|count8 = 6,522
|count9 = 6,892
|count10 = 7,282
|count11 = 7,523
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gay Mitchell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 12.4
|count1 = 5,444
|count2 = 5,456
|count3 = 5,469
|count4 = 5,507
|count5 = 5,612
|count6 = 5,708
|count7 = 5,941
|count8 = 7,280
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Mulcahy
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.3
|count1 = 4,990
|count2 = 4,994
|count3 = 5,007
|count4 = 5,024
|count5 = 5,102
|count6 = 5,165
|count7 = 5,342
|count8 = 5,391
|count9 = 5,497
|count10 = 7,364
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Upton{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 10.3
|count1 = 4,520
|count2 = 4,529
|count3 = 4,593
|count4 = 4,677
|count5 = 4,749
|count6 = 4,863
|count7 = 5,110
|count8 = 5,332
|count9 = 6,286
|count10 = 6,675
|count11 = 6,963
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 9.4
|count1 = 4,159
|count2 = 4,188
|count3 = 4,265
|count4 = 4,365
|count5 = 4,436
|count6 = 4,568
|count7 = 4,659
|count8 = 4,839
|count9 = 5,438
|count10 = 5,658
|count11 = 5,844
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Marian McGennis{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.3
|count1 = 4,085
|count2 = 4,085
|count3 = 4,110
|count4 = 4,160
|count5 = 4,199
|count6 = 4,423
|count7 = 4,581
|count8 = 4,676
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Kristina McElroy
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 5.2
|count1 = 2,299
|count2 = 2,311
|count3 = 2,400
|count4 = 2,491
|count5 = 2,575
|count6 = 2,771
|count7 = 2,974
|count8 = 3,115
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Catherine Byrne
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 4.6
|count1 = 2,012
|count2 = 2,015
|count3 = 2,025
|count4 = 2,059
|count5 = 2,091
|count6 = 2,146
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Bob Quinn
|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 3.1
|count1 = 1,377
|count2 = 1,381
|count3 = 1,395
|count4 = 1,405
|count5 = 1,472
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Vincent Jackson
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.6
|count1 = 1,142
|count2 = 1,147
|count3 = 1,203
|count4 = 1,323
|count5 = 1,411
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Áine Ní Chonaill
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.1
|count1 = 926
|count2 = 930
|count3 = 949
|count4 = 966
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Bríd Smith
|party = Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.4
|count1 = 617
|count2 = 633
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Linda Kavanagh
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.3
|count1 = 553
|count2 = 692
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
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|numcounts = 11
|electorate = 86,161
|valid = 44,016
|spoilt = 752 (1.7%)
|quota = 7,337
|turnout = 44,768 (51.9%)
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=1999 by-election=
Labour Party TD Pat Upton died on 22 February 1999. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 27 October 1999. Turnout was only 27.9%, down from 60% at the 1997 general election.{{cite web |title=General election 1997: Dublin South–Central |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=103 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=5 March 2009 |archive-date=30 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830142115/http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=103 |url-status=live }} The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Mary Upton, sister of the deceased TD.
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|candidate = Michael Mulcahy
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 30.1
|count1 = 6,050
|count2 = 6,059
|count3 = 6,108
|count4 = 6,157
|count5 = 6,330
|count6 = 6,497
|count7 = 7,005
|count8 = 7,901
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|candidate = Mary Upton
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 28.0
|count1 = 5,637
|count2 = 5,648
|count3 = 5,683
|count4 = 5,831
|count5 = 5,913
|count6 = 6,545
|count7 = 7,148
|count8 = 10,274
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Catherine Byrne
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 20.1
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|count3 = 4,093
|count4 = 4,154
|count5 = 4,240
|count6 = 4,559
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|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 8.4
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|count2 = 1,689
|count3 = 1,708
|count4 = 1,800
|count5 = 1,849
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|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.3
|count1 = 1,263
|count2 = 1,297
|count3 = 1,330
|count4 = 1,477
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Manus MacMeanmain
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|percentage = 2.0
|count1 = 399
|count2 = 404
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|candidate = Shay Kelly
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.8
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|count2 = 561
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eammon Murphy
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Natural Law Party
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=1997 general election=
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|title = 1997 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite book|author=Government of Ireland|author-link=Government of Ireland|date=1998|title=28th Dáil General Election June, 1997 Election Results and Transfer of Votes|publisher=Stationery Office, Government of Ireland}}
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|percentage = 22.0
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.7
|count1 = 4,762
|count2 = 4,794
|count3 = 4,796
|count4 = 4,802
|count5 = 4,811
|count6 = 4,816
|count7 = 4,818
|count8 = 4,820
|count9 = 4,825
|count10 = 4,916
|count11 = 4,964
|count12 = 5,104
|count13 = 5,673
|count14 = 5,969
|count15 = 8,005
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|candidate = Seán Ardagh
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.4
|count1 = 4,634
|count2 = 4,650
|count3 = 4,650
|count4 = 4,654
|count5 = 4,660
|count6 = 4,662
|count7 = 4,671
|count8 = 4,678
|count9 = 4,679
|count10 = 4,773
|count11 = 4,815
|count12 = 4,915
|count13 = 5,556
|count14 = 5,895
|count15 = 8,222
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|party = Democratic Left (Ireland)
|percentage = 11.3
|count1 = 4,586
|count2 = 4,667
|count3 = 4,669
|count4 = 4,672
|count5 = 4,676
|count6 = 4,677
|count7 = 4,688
|count8 = 4,695
|count9 = 4,727
|count10 = 4,983
|count11 = 5,292
|count12 = 5,764
|count13 = 5,944
|count14 = 6,411
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|candidate = Michael Mulcahy
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.3
|count1 = 4,574
|count2 = 4,606
|count3 = 4,607
|count4 = 4,614
|count5 = 4,623
|count6 = 4,625
|count7 = 4,630
|count8 = 4,639
|count9 = 4,647
|count10 = 4,736
|count11 = 4,797
|count12 = 4,895
|count13 = 5,319
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|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 10.4
|count1 = 4,224
|count2 = 4,354
|count3 = 4,356
|count4 = 4,361
|count5 = 4,364
|count6 = 4,369
|count7 = 4,383
|count8 = 4,392
|count9 = 4,424
|count10 = 4,608
|count11 = 5,529
|count12 = 6,033
|count13 = 6,300
|count14 = 6,703
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|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 5.0
|count1 = 2,031
|count2 = 2,050
|count3 = 2,052
|count4 = 2,054
|count5 = 2,061
|count6 = 2,065
|count7 = 2,071
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|count9 = 2,078
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|candidate = Martina Kenna
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 4.8
|count1 = 1,937
|count2 = 1,943
|count3 = 1,943
|count4 = 1,955
|count5 = 1,961
|count6 = 1,964
|count7 = 1,973
|count8 = 1,991
|count9 = 2,024
|count10 = 2,268
|count11 = 2,310
|count12 = 2,496
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|candidate = John Goodwillie
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.9
|count1 = 1,603
|count2 = 1,617
|count3 = 1,620
|count4 = 1,626
|count5 = 1,635
|count6 = 1,665
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|candidate = Ruairi McGinley
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.0
|count1 = 1,215
|count2 = 1,652
|count3 = 1,654
|count4 = 1,657
|count5 = 1,661
|count6 = 1,667
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|candidate = Éamonn Gavin
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.9
|count1 = 367
|count2 = 371
|count3 = 372
|count4 = 374
|count5 = 387
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Andre Lyder
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.8
|count1 = 350
|count2 = 354
|count3 = 355
|count4 = 360
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|count6 = 369
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|candidate = Martin Walsh
|party = Socialist Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.8
|count1 = 328
|count2 = 331
|count3 = 332
|count4 = 336
|count5 = 338
|count6 = 339
|count7 = 343
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|candidate = Shay Kelly
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.7
|count1 = 297
|count2 = 301
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|count6 = 305
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Bríd Smith
|party = Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.5
|count1 = 218
|count2 = 222
|count3 = 222
|count4 = 223
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|count6 = 223
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|candidate = Brendan O'Reilly
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 132
|count2 = 135
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|count5 = 140
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 125
|count2 = 127
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|party = Natural Law Party
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|count2 = 81
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|numcounts = 15
|electorate = 68,146
|valid = 40,579
|spoilt = 550 (1.3%)
|quota = 8,116
|turnout = 41,129 (60.4%)
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=1994 by-election=
Fianna Fáil TD John O'Connell resigned on 24 February 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-24/36/|title=Resignation of Member|date=24 February 1993|access-date=8 July 2022|website=Dáil Debates – Vol. 426 No. 6}} A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 9 June 1994.
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|title = 1994 by-election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 9
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|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Democratic Left (Ireland)
|percentage = 27.8
|count1 = 7,445
|count2 = 7,479
|count3 = 7,601
|count4 = 7,748
|count5 = 7,930
|count6 = 8,352
|count7 = 8,984
|count8 = 10,284
|count9 = 12,741
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|candidate = Michael Mulcahy
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 21.1
|count1 = 5,642
|count2 = 5,697
|count3 = 5,770
|count4 = 5,893
|count5 = 6,043
|count6 = 6,335
|count7 = 6,664
|count8 = 7,370
|count9 = 8,629
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Brian Hayes
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 17.3
|count1 = 4,637
|count2 = 4,677
|count3 = 4,723
|count4 = 4,752
|count5 = 4,926
|count6 = 5,628
|count7 = 6,028
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joe Connolly
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 9.9
|count1 = 2,643
|count2 = 2,664
|count3 = 2,743
|count4 = 2,824
|count5 = 2,904
|count6 = 3,062
|count7 = 3,417
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Cáit Keane
|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 7.0
|count1 = 1,881
|count2 = 1,912
|count3 = 1,939
|count4 = 1,955
|count5 = 2,095
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|candidate = John Goodwillie
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.5
|count1 = 1,752
|count2 = 1,809
|count3 = 1,904
|count4 = 2,138
|count5 = 2,332
|count6 = 2,579
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|candidate = Eamonn Gavin
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.6
|count1 = 972
|count2 = 1,038
|count3 = 1,053
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Martina Gibney
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 2.9
|count1 = 781
|count2 = 800
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Shay Kelly
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.2
|count1 = 595
|count2 = 618
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Park
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Benny Cooney
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|count1 = 152
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|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 62,300
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|turnout = 43.0%
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=1992 general election=
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|title = 1992 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite book|author=Government of Ireland|author-link=Government of Ireland|date=1993|title= Dáil General Election November, 1992 Election Results and Transfer of Votes in the General Election for the Twenty-Seventh Dáil|publisher=Stationery Office, Government of Ireland}}
|numcounts = 13
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|candidate = Pat Upton
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 29.6
|count1 = 11,923
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|candidate = Gay Mitchell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 16.6
|count1 = 6,662
|count2 = 7,578
|count3 = 7,595
|count4 = 7,630
|count5 = 7,672
|count6 = 7,829
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|candidate = John O'Connell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 14.5
|count1 = 5,825
|count2 = 6,084
|count3 = 6,089
|count4 = 6,105
|count5 = 6,180
|count6 = 6,271
|count7 = 6,306
|count8 = 6,336
|count9 = 6,461
|count10 = 7,337
|count11 = 7,583
|count12 = 8,182
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|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.9
|count1 = 4,385
|count2 = 4,539
|count3 = 4,547
|count4 = 4,566
|count5 = 4,602
|count6 = 4,754
|count7 = 4,778
|count8 = 4,816
|count9 = 4,875
|count10 = 5,634
|count11 = 5,873
|count12 = 6,417
|count13 = 6,526
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|candidate = Eric Byrne{{cref|*}}
|party = Democratic Left (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.4
|count1 = 2,990
|count2 = 4,021
|count3 = 4,037
|count4 = 4,080
|count5 = 4,153
|count6 = 4,192
|count7 = 4,238
|count8 = 4,310
|count9 = 4,704
|count10 = 4,766
|count11 = 5,492
|count12 = 6,497
|count13 = 6,521
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Cáit Keane
|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 4.7
|count1 = 1,886
|count2 = 2,235
|count3 = 2,252
|count4 = 2,258
|count5 = 2,273
|count6 = 2,300
|count7 = 2,449
|count8 = 2,858
|count9 = 2,977
|count10 = 3,047
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Mulcahy
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 4.2
|count1 = 1,684
|count2 = 1,762
|count3 = 1,768
|count4 = 1,779
|count5 = 1,822
|count6 = 1,888
|count7 = 1,905
|count8 = 1,916
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Bowers
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.2
|count1 = 1,295
|count2 = 1,581
|count3 = 1,620
|count4 = 1,672
|count5 = 1,856
|count6 = 1,995
|count7 = 2,036
|count8 = 2,142
|count9 = 2,441
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Edith Wynne
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 2.5
|count1 = 1,005
|count2 = 1,241
|count3 = 1,244
|count4 = 1,248
|count5 = 1,257
|count6 = 1,284
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eamonn Murphy
|party = Christian Centrist Party
|percentage = 2.1
|count1 = 832
|count2 = 863
|count3 = 869
|count4 = 888
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Rita Whelan
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.8
|count1 = 717
|count2 = 1,144
|count3 = 1,153
|count4 = 1,189
|count5 = 1,320
|count6 = 1,345
|count7 = 1,377
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|candidate = Martina Gibney
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 1.7
|count1 = 675
|count2 = 722
|count3 = 724
|count4 = 751
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Davy Heinkel Johnston
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.6
|count1 = 235
|count2 = 272
|count3 = 291
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Daly
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 128
|count2 = 151
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|numcounts = 13
|electorate = 63,718
|valid = 40,242
|spoilt = 892 (2.2%)
|quota = 8,049
|turnout = 41,134 (64.6%)
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=1989 general election=
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|title = 1989 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/26thDail_June1989.pdf |title=26th Dáil 1989 general election results |work=Houses of the Oireachtas |date=January 1990 |access-date=12 November 2023}}
|numcounts = 9
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|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 17.5
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|candidate = John O'Connell
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 17.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 15.2
|count1 = 6,849
|count2 = 6,878
|count3 = 6,887
|count4 = 6,903
|count5 = 7,261
|count6 = 7,348
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|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.4
|count1 = 6,037
|count2 = 6,055
|count3 = 6,142
|count4 = 6,149
|count5 = 6,220
|count6 = 6,282
|count7 = 6,326
|count8 = 6,657
|count9 = 7,050
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Fergus O'Brien{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 9.1
|count1 = 4,108
|count2 = 4,374
|count3 = 4,381
|count4 = 4,389
|count5 = 4,440
|count6 = 5,269
|count7 = 5,375
|count8 = 5,863
|count9 = 7,411
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Mooney{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.1
|count1 = 4,081
|count2 = 4,098
|count3 = 4,174
|count4 = 4,183
|count5 = 4,301
|count6 = 4,378
|count7 = 4,420
|count8 = 4,742
|count9 = 5,235
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Bowers
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 5.0
|count1 = 2,264
|count2 = 2,272
|count3 = 2,275
|count4 = 2,320
|count5 = 2,597
|count6 = 2,691
|count7 = 2,756
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pat Upton
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.2
|count1 = 1,907
|count2 = 1,919
|count3 = 1,922
|count4 = 1,927
|count5 = 2,034
|count6 = 2,126
|count7 = 3,289
|count8 = 4,327
|count9 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pat Murray
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.5
|count1 = 1,557
|count2 = 1,570
|count3 = 1,572
|count4 = 1,583
|count5 = 1,664
|count6 = 1,724
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ronnie McBrien
|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 2.9
|count1 = 1,314
|count2 = 1,338
|count3 = 1,340
|count4 = 1,348
|count5 = 1,361
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Micheál O Muireagáin
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 2.8
|count1 = 1,241
|count2 = 1,243
|count3 = 1,245
|count4 = 1,253
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael John Foley
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 122
|count2 = 122
|count3 = 122
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{{STV Election box end2
|electorate = 72,389
|valid = 45,092
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,516
|turnout = 62.3%
|numcounts = 9
}}
=1987 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1987 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web|url=https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=7&constitid=22&electype=1|title=Dublin South-Central: 1987 general election|work=IrelandElection.com|access-date=18 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/25thDail_February1987_ByeElections24th_1982_1987.pdf|title=25th Dáil 1987 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=July 1987|access-date=21 October 2023}}
|numcounts = 11
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 18.5
|count1 = 9,582
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gay Mitchell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 15.7
|count1 = 8,107
|count2 = 8,145
|count3 = 8,148
|count4 = 8,163
|count5 = 8,169
|count6 = 8,259
|count7 = 8,306
|count8 = 8,768
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Fergus O'Brien{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 11.9
|count1 = 6,160
|count2 = 6,183
|count3 = 6,184
|count4 = 6,192
|count5 = 6,196
|count6 = 6,267
|count7 = 6,308
|count8 = 6,519
|count9 = 9,730
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John O'Connell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.4
|count1 = 5,911
|count2 = 6,257
|count3 = 6,259
|count4 = 6,260
|count5 = 6,271
|count6 = 6,310
|count7 = 6,488
|count8 = 6,853
|count9 = 7,211
|count10 = 7,239
|count11 = 7,380
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Mooney
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.9
|count1 = 5,656
|count2 = 6,101
|count3 = 6,101
|count4 = 6,113
|count5 = 6,131
|count6 = 6,193
|count7 = 6,447
|count8 = 7,053
|count9 = 7,522
|count10 = 7,559
|count11 = 7,712
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ronald McBrien
|party = Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 10.1
|count1 = 5,212
|count2 = 5,236
|count3 = 5,239
|count4 = 5,259
|count5 = 5,266
|count6 = 5,420
|count7 = 5,456
|count8 = 5,842
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 9.1
|count1 = 4,701
|count2 = 4,738
|count3 = 4,741
|count4 = 4,756
|count5 = 4,795
|count6 = 4,976
|count7 = 5,110
|count8 = 7,040
|count9 = 8,203
|count10 = 8,290
|count11 = 9,110
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.6
|count1 = 3,946
|count2 = 3,978
|count3 = 3,997
|count4 = 4,014
|count5 = 4,109
|count6 = 4,224
|count7 = 4,638
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Micheal Ó Muireagáin
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 2.5
|count1 = 1,266
|count2 = 1,271
|count3 = 1,281
|count4 = 1,282
|count5 = 1,326
|count6 = 1,343
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Timothy Cahill
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.4
|count1 = 711
|count2 = 715
|count3 = 716
|count4 = 756
|count5 = 777
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Deirdre Buggle
|party = Communist Party of Ireland
|percentage = 0.4
|count1 = 186
|count2 = 192
|count3 = 248
|count4 = 265
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Barbara Hyland
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 152
|count2 = 152
|count3 = 155
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Wall
|party = Communist Party of Ireland
|percentage = 0.2
|count1 = 102
|count2 = 102
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{{STV Election box end2
|electorate = 78,116
|valid = 51,692
|spoilt =
|quota = 8,616
|turnout = 66.2%
|numcounts = 11
}}
=November 1982 general election=
John O'Connell was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 23rd Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = November 1982 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web|url=https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=8&constitid=22&electype=1|title=Dublin South-Central: 1982 (Nov) general election|work=IrelandElection.com|access-date=22 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/24thDail_Nov1982_ByeElections23rd.pdf|title=24th Dáil November 1982 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=August 1983|access-date=15 October 2023}}
|numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box CC
|candidate = John O'Connell{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gay Mitchell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 22.0
|count1 = 10,074
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 20.4
|count1 = 9,336
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Fergus O'Brien
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 17.6
|count1 = 8,068
|count2 = 8,817
|count3 = 8,878
|count4 = 8,901
|count5 = 9,028
|count6 = 9,609
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 14.0
|count1 = 6,425
|count2 = 6,512
|count3 = 6,661
|count4 = 6,687
|count5 = 6,849
|count6 = 9,256
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.1
|count1 = 4,616
|count2 = 4,631
|count3 = 4,648
|count4 = 4,983
|count5 = 7,182
|count6 = 7,758
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 8.2
|count1 = 3,774
|count2 = 3,804
|count3 = 4,004
|count4 = 4,022
|count5 = 4,119
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Lauri Corcoran
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 5.3
|count1 = 2,426
|count2 = 2,439
|count3 = 2,464
|count4 = 2,705
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Stokes
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 1.4
|count1 = 641
|count2 = 643
|count3 = 659
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Séamus Rattigan
|party = Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.7
|count1 = 303
|count2 = 305
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Brendan Moran
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.4
|count1 = 195
|count2 = 199
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{{STV Election box end2
|electorate = 74,522
|valid = 45,858
|spoilt =
|quota = 9,172
|turnout = 61.5%
|numcounts = 6
}}
=February 1982 general election=
John O'Connell was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 22nd Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = February 1982 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web|url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/23rdDail_Feb1982_NoByeElections.pdf|title=23rd Dáil February 1982 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=August 1982|access-date=29 September 2023}}
|numcounts = 8
}}
{{STV Election box CC
|candidate = John O'Connell{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|numcounts = 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gay Mitchell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 22.5
|count1 = 10,572
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 22.2
|count1 = 10,432
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Fergus O'Brien{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 14.1
|count1 = 6,635
|count2 = 7,597
|count3 = 7,631
|count4 = 7,651
|count5 = 7,674
|count6 = 8,171
|count7 = 8,297
|count8 = 8,785
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 14.0
|count1 = 6,600
|count2 = 6,717
|count3 = 6,763
|count4 = 6,793
|count5 = 6,874
|count6 = 8,429
|count7 = 8,650
|count8 = 9,267
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.0
|count1 = 6,132
|count2 = 6,158
|count3 = 6,512
|count4 = 6,522
|count5 = 6,555
|count6 = 6,938
|count7 = 10,522
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
|percentage = 6.7
|count1 = 3,166
|count2 = 3,190
|count3 = 3,221
|count4 = 3,247
|count5 = 3,373
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Dowling
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 6.6
|count1 = 3,102
|count2 = 3,123
|count3 = 3,657
|count4 = 3,671
|count5 = 3,707
|count6 = 4,136
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Aidan Broggy
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.6
|count1 = 296
|count2 = 298
|count3 = 311
|count4 = 350
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Curran
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 147
|count2 = 150
|count3 = 153
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{{STV Election box end2
|electorate = 74,104
|valid = 47,082
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 63.5%
|numcounts = 8
}}
=1981 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1981 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web|url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/22ndDail_June1981_ByeElections21st_1977_1981.pdf|title=22nd Dáil 1981 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=September 1981|access-date=15 October 2023}}
|numcounts = 7
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John O'Connell{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 19.4
|count1 = 9,491
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 16.7
|count1 = 8,181
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Fergus O'Brien{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 15.1
|count1 = 7,404
|count2 = 7,696
|count3 = 7,707
|count4 = 7,746
|count5 = 7,872
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gay Mitchell
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 14.1
|count1 = 6,879
|count2 = 7,147
|count3 = 7,163
|count4 = 7,215
|count5 = 7,369
|count6 = 7,715
|count7 = 7,918
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.6
|count1 = 5,686
|count2 = 5,855
|count3 = 5,865
|count4 = 5,890
|count5 = 5,958
|count6 = 6,230
|count7 = 8,940
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 8.4
|count1 = 4,122
|count2 = 4,323
|count3 = 4,323
|count4 = 4,723
|count5 = 5,410
|count6 = 6,622
|count7 = 6,744
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Brian Hillery
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 6.1
|count1 = 2,948
|count2 = 3,067
|count3 = 3,074
|count4 = 3,092
|count5 = 3,137
|count6 = 3,265
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eric Byrne
|party = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
|percentage = 4.9
|count1 = 2,403
|count2 = 2,538
|count3 = 2,554
|count4 = 2,664
|count5 = 2,788
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Collins
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.2
|count1 = 1,069
|count2 = 1,157
|count3 = 1,157
|count4 = 1,233
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Séamus Ashe
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.4
|count1 = 693
|count2 = 742
|count3 = 742
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Daniel McCarron
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.2
|count1 = 73
|count2 = 84
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{{STV Election box end2
|electorate = 74,014
|valid = 48,949
|spoilt =
|quota = 8,159
|turnout = 66.1%
|numcounts = 7
}}
=1977 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1977 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web|url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/21stDail_June1977_ByeElections20th_1973_1977.pdf|title=21st Dáil 1977 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=February 1978|access-date=12 November 2023}}
|numcounts = 5
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Fergus O'Brien{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 25.2
|count1 = 5,931
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 19.3
|count1 = 4,542
|count2 = 5,015
|count3 = 5,058
|count4 = 5,239
|count5 = 5,566
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 16.9
|count1 = 3,986
|count2 = 4,024
|count3 = 4,177
|count4 = 4,711
|count5 = 6,991
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Campion
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.7
|count1 = 3,218
|count2 = 3,579
|count3 = 3,595
|count4 = 3,804
|count5 = 4,018
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Alexis Fitzgerald
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 10.5
|count1 = 2,483
|count2 = 2,523
|count3 = 3,389
|count4 = 3,542
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Andy Smith
|party = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
|percentage = 5.6
|count1 = 1,313
|count2 = 1,340
|count3 = 1,345
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice Dockrell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 4.7
|count1 = 1,096
|count2 = 1,101
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Vera Kinsella
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 4.1
|count1 = 959
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 37,934
|valid = 23,528
|spoilt = 245 (0.9%)
|quota = 5,883
|turnout = 25,773 (67.9%)The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10
}}
=1973 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1973 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/20thDail_February1973_ByeElections19th_1969_1973.pdf |title=20th Dáil 1973 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=October 1973|access-date=2 November 2024}}
|numcounts = 9
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Richie Ryan{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 20.6
|count1 = 7,210
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Philip Brady{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 18.7
|count1 = 6,564
|count2 = 6,567
|count3 = 6,728
|count4 = 6,740
|count5 = 6,819
|count6 = 6,865
|count7 = 7,646
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Kelly
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 14.5
|count1 = 5,064
|count2 = 5,165
|count3 = 5,266
|count4 = 6,102
|count5 = 6,263
|count6 = 6,505
|count7 = 6,590
|count8 = 6,612
|count9 = 6,993
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.6
|count1 = 4,750
|count2 = 4,752
|count3 = 4,877
|count4 = 4,894
|count5 = 4,951
|count6 = 4,992
|count7 = 6,348
|count8 = 6,957
|count9 = 7,060
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|candidate = John O'Donovan{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.3
|count1 = 2,203
|count2 = 2,219
|count3 = 2,271
|count4 = 2,373
|count5 = 2,858
|count6 = 3,899
|count7 = 3,935
|count8 = 3,939
|count9 = 6,207
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gerard Buchanan
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 6.3
|count1 = 2,195
|count2 = 2,196
|count3 = 2,265
|count4 = 2,275
|count5 = 2,302
|count6 = 2,321
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Collins
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.1
|count1 = 2,136
|count2 = 2,142
|count3 = 2,187
|count4 = 2,237
|count5 = 2,621
|count6 = 3,085
|count7 = 3,102
|count8 = 3,105
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Dermot O'Rourke
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.5
|count1 = 1,580
|count2 = 1,590
|count3 = 1,640
|count4 = 1,741
|count5 = 1,993
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Peigín Doyle
|party = Sinn Féin (Official)
|percentage = 4.3
|count1 = 1,521
|count2 = 1,523
|count3 = 1,581
|count4 = 1,600
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael McShane
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.0
|count1 = 1,040
|count2 = 1,098
|count3 = 1,177
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Louis Maguire
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.2
|count1 = 775
|count2 = 778
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|electorate = 50,400
|valid = 35,038
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|turnout = 69.5%
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=1969 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1969 general election: Dublin South-Central{{cite web |url= https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/19thDail_June1969_ByeElections18th_1965_1969.pdf |title=19th Dáil 1969 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=January 1970|access-date=12 December 2024}}
|numcounts = 11
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|candidate = Richie Ryan{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 16.9
|count1 = 5,958
|count2 = 5,971
|count3 = 5,989
|count4 = 6,234
|count5 = 6,501
|count6 = 6,546
|count7 = 6,607
|count8 = 6,674
|count9 = 7,385
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Philip Brady{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 15.7
|count1 = 5,527
|count2 = 5,537
|count3 = 5,548
|count4 = 5,561
|count5 = 5,573
|count6 = 5,594
|count7 = 5,705
|count8 = 6,835
|count9 = 7,022
|count10 = 7,037
|count11 = 7,152
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ben Briscoe{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 14.3
|count1 = 5,035
|count2 = 5,058
|count3 = 5,073
|count4 = 5,089
|count5 = 5,100
|count6 = 5,135
|count7 = 5,206
|count8 = 6,494
|count9 = 6,758
|count10 = 6,778
|count11 = 6,933
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Kelly
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 11.0
|count1 = 3,868
|count2 = 3,882
|count3 = 3,893
|count4 = 4,009
|count5 = 4,370
|count6 = 4,397
|count7 = 4,444
|count8 = 4,479
|count9 = 5,365
|count10 = 5,627
|count11 = 5,845
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Louis Maguire
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 7.6
|count1 = 2,661
|count2 = 2,672
|count3 = 2,681
|count4 = 2,689
|count5 = 2,704
|count6 = 2,722
|count7 = 2,743
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Dermot O'Rourke
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.1
|count1 = 2,488
|count2 = 2,499
|count3 = 2,519
|count4 = 2,551
|count5 = 2,567
|count6 = 2,768
|count7 = 3,189
|count8 = 3,235
|count9 = 3,503
|count10 = 3,519
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice O'Connell
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.0
|count1 = 2,475
|count2 = 2,494
|count3 = 2,523
|count4 = 2,586
|count5 = 2,631
|count6 = 2,694
|count7 = 2,808
|count8 = 2,897
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John O'Donovan
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.0
|count1 = 2,450
|count2 = 2,456
|count3 = 2,465
|count4 = 2,479
|count5 = 2,493
|count6 = 2,913
|count7 = 4,360
|count8 = 4,401
|count9 = 4,815
|count10 = 4,845
|count11 = 7,338
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Emmet Boyle
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 5.0
|count1 = 1,757
|count2 = 1,767
|count3 = 1,781
|count4 = 1,791
|count5 = 1,798
|count6 = 2,370
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Clarke
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.0
|count1 = 1,392
|count2 = 1,400
|count3 = 1,421
|count4 = 1,425
|count5 = 1,430
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Kelly
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 1.9
|count1 = 677
|count2 = 685
|count3 = 686
|count4 = 773
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael McShane
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 1.7
|count1 = 602
|count2 = 605
|count3 = 610
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Dunne
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.5
|count1 = 166
|count2 = 176
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Hiney
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.4
|count1 = 149
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|electorate = 50,525
|valid = 35,205
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|turnout = 69.7%
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=1965 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1965 general election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Lemass{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 34.7
|count1 = 12,400
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 19.9
|count1 = 7,098
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice E. Dockrell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 19.0
|count1 = 6,768
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Barron{{cref|*}}
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 6.2
|count1 = 2,220
|count2 = 2,456
|count3 = 2,877
|count4 = 2,914
|count5 = 3,032
|count6 = 3,137
|count7 = 3,241
|count8 = 3,295
|count9 = 4,355
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Philip Brady{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 6.1
|count1 = 2,175
|count2 = 5,373
|count3 = 5,461
|count4 = 5,479
|count5 = 5,492
|count6 = 5,547
|count7 = 7,199
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Cummins{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 4.1
|count1 = 1,464
|count2 = 2,795
|count3 = 2,875
|count4 = 2,881
|count5 = 2,897
|count6 = 2,919
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 3.8
|count1 = 1,349
|count2 = 2,849
|count3 = 2,913
|count4 = 2,925
|count5 = 2,939
|count6 = 2,953
|count7 = 3,801
|count8 = 4,964
|count9 = 5,237
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = George McLoughlin
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 2.9
|count1 = 1,032
|count2 = 1,132
|count3 = 1,432
|count4 = 1,969
|count5 = 2,001
|count6 = 3,086
|count7 = 3,230
|count8 = 3,263
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Nugent
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 2.8
|count1 = 1,002
|count2 = 1,068
|count3 = 1,198
|count4 = 1,403
|count5 = 1,421
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael O'Riordan
|party = Irish Workers' Party
|percentage = 0.5
|count1 = 183
|count2 = 203
|count3 = 269
|count4 = 273
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 54,929
|valid = 35,691
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|turnout = 65.0%
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=1961 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1961 general election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 11
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Lemass{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 31.8
|count1 = 10,211
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice E. Dockrell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 21.8
|count1 = 7,007
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Barron
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 9.7
|count1 = 3,109
|count2 = 3,329
|count3 = 3,442
|count4 = 3,450
|count5 = 3,507
|count6 = 3,749
|count7 = 3,830
|count8 = 3,971
|count9 = 4,142
|count10 = 4,273
|count11 = 4,930
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Philip Brady{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.4
|count1 = 2,689
|count2 = 5,282
|count3 = 5,380
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 5.6
|count1 = 1,796
|count2 = 1,904
|count3 = 1,954
|count4 = 1,955
|count5 = 2,031
|count6 = 2,105
|count7 = 2,141
|count8 = 2,241
|count9 = 3,488
|count10 = 3,569
|count11 = 4,052
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Mooney
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.7
|count1 = 1,511
|count2 = 1,630
|count3 = 1,678
|count4 = 1,679
|count5 = 1,730
|count6 = 1,794
|count7 = 1,847
|count8 = 1,928
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Cummins{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 4.5
|count1 = 1,449
|count2 = 2,285
|count3 = 2,317
|count4 = 2,319
|count5 = 2,337
|count6 = 2,374
|count7 = 2,394
|count8 = 2,584
|count9 = 2,672
|count10 = 3,996
|count11 = 4,289
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = George McLoughlin
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.4
|count1 = 1,095
|count2 = 1,163
|count3 = 1,371
|count4 = 1,373
|count5 = 1,383
|count6 = 1,399
|count7 = 1,747
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 3.2
|count1 = 1,024
|count2 = 1,756
|count3 = 1,800
|count4 = 1,803
|count5 = 1,812
|count6 = 1,851
|count7 = 1,889
|count8 = 1,953
|count9 = 2,018
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James McGarry
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 2.4
|count1 = 755
|count2 = 799
|count3 = 1,050
|count4 = 1,052
|count5 = 1,068
|count6 = 1,091
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Tomás Ó Dubhghaill
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 1.9
|count1 = 622
|count2 = 656
|count3 = 664
|count4 = 664
|count5 = 693
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Hegarty
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 1.8
|count1 = 579
|count2 = 661
|count3 = 1,450
|count4 = 1,456
|count5 = 1,470
|count6 = 1,492
|count7 = 1,945
|count8 = 2,910
|count9 = 3,025
|count10 = 3,151
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael O'Riordan
|party = Irish Workers' Party
|percentage = 0.9
|count1 = 277
|count2 = 297
|count3 = 308
|count4 = 308
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 11
|electorate = 57,390
|valid = 32,124
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 56.0%
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=1958 by-election=
Independent TD Jack Murphy resigned on 13 May 1958.{{cite web |title=Resignation of Member |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1958-05-13/41/ |work=Dáil Debates – Vol. 168 No. 1 |access-date=23 August 2022 |date=13 May 1958 |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823174312/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1958-05-13/41/ |url-status=live }} On 4 June 1958, the writ of election was moved to fill the vacancy.{{cite web |title=Issue of Writ—Dublin South (Central) By-election |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1958-06-04/3/ |work=Dáil Debates – Vol. 168 No. 9 }} A by-election was held on 25 June 1958.
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1958 by-election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 4
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Cummins
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 34.2
|count1 = 6,014
|count2 = 6,337
|count3 = 7,111
|count4 = 7,988
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Hegarty
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 17.6
|count1 = 3,089
|count2 = 3,619
|count3 = 4,386
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán MacBride
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 17.2
|count1 = 3,030
|count2 = 3,799
|count3 = 4,925
|count4 = 7,083
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Cluskey
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 15.7
|count1 = 2,762
|count2 = 3,352
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Noel Hartnett
|party = National Progressive Democrats
|percentage = 15.3
|count1 = 2,688
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 4
|electorate = 51,567
|valid = 17,583
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 34.1%
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=1957 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1957 general election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 8
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Lemass{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 25.5
|count1 = 8,136
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice E. Dockrell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 14.4
|count1 = 4,607
|count2 = 4,663
|count3 = 4,965
|count4 = 5,010
|count5 = 5,058
|count6 = 5,520
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Philip Brady
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.1
|count1 = 3,236
|count2 = 4,382
|count3 = 4,401
|count4 = 4,532
|count5 = 5,133
|count6 = 5,265
|count7 = 5,276
|count8 = 5,642
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Jack Murphy
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 9.5
|count1 = 3,036
|count2 = 3,109
|count3 = 3,163
|count4 = 3,620
|count5 = 3,728
|count6 = 4,375
|count7 = 4,403
|count8 = 4,992
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Celia Lynch{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.5
|count1 = 2,704
|count2 = 3,789
|count3 = 3,853
|count4 = 4,023
|count5 = 5,122
|count6 = 5,333
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Barron
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 6.4
|count1 = 2,049
|count2 = 2,092
|count3 = 2,121
|count4 = 2,553
|count5 = 2,581
|count6 = 3,037
|count7 = 3,055
|count8 = 3,744
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Roddy Connolly
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.1
|count1 = 1,932
|count2 = 1,967
|count3 = 1,998
|count4 = 2,158
|count5 = 2,203
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas Finlay{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 6.0
|count1 = 1,906
|count2 = 1,925
|count3 = 2,381
|count4 = 2,405
|count5 = 2,446
|count6 = 2,614
|count7 = 2,755
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Tomás Ó Dubhghaill
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 5.4
|count1 = 1,734
|count2 = 1,760
|count3 = 1,766
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Anthony Moroney
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 5.1
|count1 = 1,621
|count2 = 1,929
|count3 = 1,937
|count4 = 1,998
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Edward Hosey
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.0
|count1 = 966
|count2 = 989
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|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 55,976
|valid = 31,927
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 57.0%
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=1954 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1954 general election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 10
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Lemass{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 20.1
|count1 = 7,753
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice E. Dockrell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 19.4
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|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 15.3
|count1 = 5,883
|count2 = 5,927
|count3 = 6,003
|count4 = 6,052
|count5 = 6,167
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|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 8.5
|count1 = 3,258
|count2 = 3,273
|count3 = 3,318
|count4 = 3,372
|count5 = 3,442
|count6 = 3,584
|count7 = 3,740
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Celia Lynch
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 7.8
|count1 = 3,009
|count2 = 3,422
|count3 = 3,434
|count4 = 3,452
|count5 = 3,481
|count6 = 3,554
|count7 = 5,026
|count8 = 5,452
|count9 = 5,519
|count10 = 5,846
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas Finlay
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 6.9
|count1 = 2,654
|count2 = 2,663
|count3 = 3,348
|count4 = 3,429
|count5 = 3,500
|count6 = 5,729
|count7 = 5,815
|count8 = 7,437
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = William Phelan
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 6.8
|count1 = 2,614
|count2 = 2,625
|count3 = 2,800
|count4 = 2,833
|count5 = 2,878
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Philip Brady{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 6.8
|count1 = 2,610
|count2 = 2,885
|count3 = 2,907
|count4 = 2,928
|count5 = 2,963
|count6 = 3,014
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John McCann{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 6.7
|count1 = 2,586
|count2 = 3,143
|count3 = 3,159
|count4 = 3,183
|count5 = 3,204
|count6 = 3,275
|count7 = 4,333
|count8 = 4,756
|count9 = 4,794
|count10 = 5,026
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eamonn Halpin
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.0
|count1 = 380
|count2 = 386
|count3 = 398
|count4 = 416
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Davis
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.8
|count1 = 298
|count2 = 301
|count3 = 312
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|electorate = 59,731
|valid = 38,519
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|quota = 6,420
|turnout = 64.5%
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=1951 general election=
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|title = 1951 general election: Dublin South-Central
|numcounts = 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán Lemass{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 25.9
|count1 = 10,759
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice E. Dockrell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 13.7
|count1 = 5,684
|count2 = 5,720
|count3 = 6,301
|count4 = 6,480
|count5 = 7,038
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Larkin Jnr{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 13.6
|count1 = 5,667
|count2 = 5,764
|count3 = 5,928
|count4 = 6,049
|count5 = 6,986
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John McCann{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.8
|count1 = 4,487
|count2 = 6,071
|count3 = 6,112
|count4 = 6,167
|count5 = 6,350
|count6 = 7,025
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Philip Brady
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.7
|count1 = 4,020
|count2 = 4,669
|count3 = 4,703
|count4 = 4,961
|count5 = 5,095
|count6 = 5,688
|count7 = 5,755
|count8 = 5,792
|count9 = 5,831
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James B. Lynch
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.8
|count1 = 3,638
|count2 = 5,002
|count3 = 5,042
|count4 = 5,080
|count5 = 5,226
|count6 = 5,667
|count7 = 5,714
|count8 = 5,739
|count9 = 5,801
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Kerry Reddin
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 6.7
|count1 = 2,784
|count2 = 2,818
|count3 = 3,188
|count4 = 3,239
|count5 = 3,633
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Con Lehane{{cref|*}}
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 4.4
|count1 = 1,809
|count2 = 1,845
|count3 = 1,914
|count4 = 2,596
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Barron
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 3.3
|count1 = 1,363
|count2 = 1,382
|count3 = 1,414
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Anthony Lalor
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.2
|count1 = 1,332
|count2 = 1,348
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|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 65,020
|valid = 41,543
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 63.9%
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=1948 general election=
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|numcounts = 12
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|candidate = Seán Lemass{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 29.9
|count1 = 13,274
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maurice E. Dockrell{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 11.1
|count1 = 4,931
|count2 = 4,993
|count3 = 5,011
|count4 = 5,294
|count5 = 5,353
|count6 = 5,405
|count7 = 5,440
|count8 = 5,546
|count9 = 9,618
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|candidate = Con Lehane
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 11.0
|count1 = 4,861
|count2 = 4,924
|count3 = 4,975
|count4 = 4,995
|count5 = 5,062
|count6 = 5,469
|count7 = 5,514
|count8 = 7,567
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Larkin Jnr{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 10.7
|count1 = 4,743
|count2 = 4,894
|count3 = 4,978
|count4 = 5,013
|count5 = 5,275
|count6 = 5,363
|count7 = 6,555
|count8 = 6,814
|count9 = 7,070
|count10 = 7,199
|count11 = 8,579
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Cahill
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 8.9
|count1 = 3,965
|count2 = 4,030
|count3 = 4,054
|count4 = 4,289
|count5 = 4,384
|count6 = 4,454
|count7 = 4,504
|count8 = 4,836
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John McCann{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.6
|count1 = 3,829
|count2 = 5,860
|count3 = 5,914
|count4 = 5,948
|count5 = 6,055
|count6 = 6,077
|count7 = 6,104
|count8 = 6,159
|count9 = 6,324
|count10 = 6,346
|count11 = 6,889
|count12 = 7,286
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Barron
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 5.2
|count1 = 2,287
|count2 = 2,307
|count3 = 2,328
|count4 = 2,336
|count5 = 2,373
|count6 = 2,918
|count7 = 2,942
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James B. Lynch{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 5.0
|count1 = 2,216
|count2 = 5,596
|count3 = 5,634
|count4 = 5,645
|count5 = 5,726
|count6 = 5,745
|count7 = 5,799
|count8 = 5,831
|count9 = 5,974
|count10 = 5,992
|count11 = 6,289
|count12 = 6,662
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Foley
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.9
|count1 = 1,303
|count2 = 1,323
|count3 = 1,334
|count4 = 1,340
|count5 = 1,419
|count6 = 1,459
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Jack Brady
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 2.7
|count1 = 1,203
|count2 = 1,227
|count3 = 1,241
|count4 = 1,247
|count5 = 1,275
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Hughes
|party = National Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.8
|count1 = 790
|count2 = 817
|count3 = 850
|count4 = 859
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Toner
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 1.4
|count1 = 635
|count2 = 644
|count3 = 658
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = William Naughton
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.8
|count1 = 350
|count2 = 374
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 12
|electorate = 67,633
|valid = 44,387
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 65.6%
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://dashboards.oireachtas.ie/ Oireachtas Constituency Dashboards]
- [https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/ Oireachtas Members Database]
- [https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/3d721-constituency-maps-current/ Government of Ireland: Constituency Maps (Current)]
- [https://www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie/boundaries/parliamentary-constituencies/index.html Dublin Historic Maps: Parliamentary & Dail Constituencies 1780–1969 (a work in progress.)]
- [https://www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie/boundaries/wards/index.html Dublin Historic Maps: Some Dublin and Kingstown Wards, Between 1780 and 1954]
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