Dublin Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Dublin Central Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency

Dublin Central shown within County Dublin
Created:	1981
TDs:	4
Counties:	Dublin
EP constituency:	Dublin

Dublin Central (Irish: Baile Atha Cliath Lár) is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. A Dublin Central constituency was created for the first time in 1969 and used in the 1969 and 1973 general elections, however it was abolished in 1977. In its current incarnation, the seat was created in 1980, taking in most of the abolished Dublin Cabra constituency together with the inner half of Dublin North Central and smaller parts of the abolished Dublin Finglas. It is located in the north inner city and suburbs of Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 62,180 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

1 Details
2 Members of Dáil Éireann
3 2007 Election result
4 2002 Election result
5 November 1982 - 2002 full election results
6 February 1982 full result
7 Former TDs
8 See also
9 External links

The Dublin Central constituency encompasses an area to the north side of the river Liffey including:

Stoneybatter
Markets
Phibsboro
Cabra
Arbour Hill
Montpelier Hill
Navan Road
Glasnevin
North Wall
East Wall
Drumcondra.

It comprises the local government wards of:

North Inner City and
Cabra Glasnevin.

The most high profile TD in the constituency is the current An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

Election	1st Member (Party)		2nd Member (Party)		3rd Member (Party)		4th Member (Party)
29th Dáil (2002)		Bertie Ahern (Fianna Fáil)		Tony Gregory (Independent)		Joe Costello (Labour Party)		Dermot Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)
30th Dáil (2007)		Bertie Ahern (Fianna Fáil)		Tony Gregory (Independent)		Joe Costello (Labour Party)		Cyprian Brady (Fianna Fáil)

2007 General Election: Dublin Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	12,734	36.8	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	4,649	13.4	2	6
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	4,353	12.6	3	8
	Fianna Fáil	Cyprian Brady	939	2.7	4	8
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	3,302	9.5
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	3,182	9.2
	Green Party	Patricia McKenna	1,995	5.8
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	1,725	5.0
	Independent	Cieran Perry	952	2.7
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	260	0.8
	Immigration Control	Patrick Talbot	239	0.7
	Progressive Democrats	Jerry Hannon	193	0.6
	Fathers Rights	Alan Beirne	116	0.3

2002 General Election: Dublin Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	10,896	31.97	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	5,675	16.65	2	4
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	4,149	12.17	3	7
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	2,592	7.61	4	7
	Sinn Féin	Nicky Kehoe	4,979	14.61
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	3,798	11.06
	Green Party	Tommy Simpson	1,470	4.31
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	366	1.07
	Independent	Tom Prendeville	97	0.28
	Independent	Patrick O'Donnell	89	0.26

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23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Bertie Ahern	Fianna Fáil	8570
	Michael Keating	Fine Gael	8000
	George Colley	Fianna Fáil	7542	8174
	Michael O'Leary	Labour Party	5042	5063	5137	5151	5183	5210	5320	5715	6012	6511
	Tony Gregory	Independent	4703	4730	4752	4768	4815	4861	5414	6458	6555	7737
	Thomas Leonard	Fianna Fáil	2990	3131	3137	3551	3558	4113	4276	4485	4525
	Alice Glenn	Fine Gael	2971	2991	3164	3168	3180	3193	3239	3337	5061	5412
	Luke Belton	Fine Gael	2023	2046	2138	2140	2147	2162	2187	2246
	Michael White	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	1672	1678	1681	1684	1710	1740	2084
	Christy Burke	Sinn Féin	1458	1472	1475	1479	1485	1505
	Michael Ward	Fianna Fáil	611	670	672	764	776
	Leo Martin	Independent	160	163	164	165
Electorate=74713, valid=45742, spoiled=438, quota=7624