1996 Dublin West by-election

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Turnout

(43.4%)


Nominee	Brian Lenihan Jnr	Joe Higgins	Tom Morrissey
Party	Fianna Fáil	Independent	Fine Gael
First preferences	6,995	6,743	3,728
Percentage	24.6%	23.7%	13.1%
Final count	11,754	11,384	–


Nominee	Tomás Mac Giolla	Paul Gogarty	John McCann
Party	Workers' Party	Green	Sinn Féin
First preferences	2,909	1,286	1,574
Percentage	10.2%	4.5%	5.5%
Final count	–	–	–


Nominee	Sheila Terry	Vincent Jackson	Michael O'Donovan
Party	Progressive Democrats	Independent	Labour
First preferences	1,314	1,131	1,058
Percentage	4.6%	4.0%	3.7%
Final count	–	–	–

TD before election

Brian Lenihan Snr
Fianna Fáil

Elected TD

Brian Lenihan Jnr
Fianna Fáil

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

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

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

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

Result

1996 Dublin West by-election
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr	24.6	6,995	7,023	7,111	7,293	7,458	7,661	8,032	8,303	8,688	9,670	11,754
	Independent	Joe Higgins	23.7	6,743	6,785	6,881	6,983	7,243	7,397	7,559	7,911	8,352	9,810	11,384
	Fine Gael	Tom Morrissey	13.1	3,728	3,750	3,836	3,955	4,163	4,245	4,750	4,821	5,160	5,876
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	10.2	2,909	2,993	3,045	3,085	3,294	3,766	3,895	4,463	4,888
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	5.5	1,574	1,636	1,643	1,673	1,691	1,788	1,810
	Progressive Democrats	Sheila Terry	4.6	1,314	1,328	1,377	1,433	1,506	1,543
	Green	Paul Gogarty	4.5	1,286	1,311	1,356	1,483	1,576	1,692	1,899	2,041
	Independent	Vincent Jackson	4.0	1,131	1,186	1,195	1,247	1,290
	Labour	Michael O'Donovan	3.7	1,058	1,072	1,101	1,122
	Christian Solidarity	Gerard Casey	2.7	768	774	806
	Independent	Sean Lyons	1.8	514	524
	Independent	John O'Halloran	1.3	369
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.1	21
Electorate: 65,534 Valid: 28,410 Quota: 14,206 Turnout: 43.4%

Footnotes

^ Was a member of Militant Labour but appeared as non-party on the ballot.

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