A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on Friday, 23 May 2014, following the resignation of Independent Teachta Dála (TD) Patrick Nulty on 22 March 2014.[1] It was held on the same day as the 2014 European and local elections, and the Longford–Westmeath by-election.[2]
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| Turnout | 29,350 (46.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring.[3]
Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger was elected on the sixth count.[4]
Result
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 20.9 | 6,056 | 6,120 | 6,296 | 6,516 | 7,028 | ||
| Socialist Party | Ruth Coppinger | 20.6 | 5,977 | 6,112 | 6,744 | 7,342 | 8,807 | 12,334 | |
| Fianna Fáil | David McGuinness | 17.5 | 5,053 | 5,156 | 5,691 | 6,789 | 8,163 | 9,237 | |
| Independent | David Hall | 13.1 | 3,803 | 4,133 | 4,783 | 5,846 | |||
| Fine Gael | Eamonn Coghlan | 12.8 | 3,715 | 3,788 | 4,693 | ||||
| Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 6.4 | 1,856 | 1,951 | |||||
| Labour | Lorraine Mulligan | 5.2 | 1,505 | 1,540 | |||||
| Independent | Seán Lyons | 2.2 | 649 | ||||||
| Independent | John Kidd | 0.8 | 228 | ||||||
| Fís Nua | Daniel Boyne | 0.4 | 113 | ||||||
| Electorate: 63,521 Valid: 28,955 Spoilt: 395 (1.4%) Quota: 14,478 Turnout: 29,350 (46.2%) | |||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nulty resigns over 'inappropriate' Facebook messages". RTÉ News. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Government moves writs on the two by-elections". RTÉ News. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Coppinger wins Dublin West by-election". RTÉ News. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Dublin West by-election". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ "List of Candidates 2014 Bye Election". Dublin County Returning Officer. 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2014.