Election Name: | 1998 Dublin North by-election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 1997 general election |
Election Date: | 11 March 1998 |
Next Year: | 2002 general election |
Turnout: | 33,046 (50.2%) |
2Blank: | Percentage |
3Blank: | Final count |
Image1: | Ryan |
Nominee1: | Seán Ryan |
Party1: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
1Data1: | 11,012 |
2Data1: | 33.3% |
3Data1: | 16,896 |
Nominee2: | Michael Kennedy |
Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
1Data2: | 10,334 |
2Data2: | 31.3% |
3Data2: | 13,633 |
Image3: | Jenkinson |
Nominee3: | Philip Jenkinson |
Party3: | Fine Gael |
1Data3: | 3,185 |
2Data3: | 9.6% |
3Data3: | – |
Nominee4: | Clare Daly |
Party4: | Socialist Party (Ireland) |
1Data4: | 2,692 |
2Data4: | 8.2% |
3Data4: | – |
Image5: | Martin |
Nominee5: | Paul Martin |
Party5: | Green Party (Ireland) |
1Data5: | 1,092 |
2Data5: | 3.3% |
3Data5: | – |
Nominee6: | Paul Donnelly |
Party6: | Sinn Féin |
1Data6: | 1,088 |
2Data6: | 3.3% |
3Data6: | – |
Image7: | Ruigrok |
Nominee7: | Rena Condrot Ruigrok |
Party7: | Independent politician |
1Data7: | 780 |
2Data7: | 2.4% |
3Data7: | – |
Image8: | Goulding |
Nominee8: | Ciaran Goulding |
Party8: | Independent politician |
1Data8: | 682 |
2Data8: | 2.1% |
3Data8: | – |
Image9: | Keaveney |
Nominee9: | Angela Keaveney |
Party9: | Christian Solidarity Party |
1Data9: | 565 |
2Data9: | 1.7% |
3Data9: | – |
Map Size: | 100px |
TD | |
Before Election: | Ray Burke |
Before Party: | Fianna Fáil |
After Election: | Seán Ryan |
After Party: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin North constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Ray Burke on 7 October 1997.
The election was won by Seán Ryan of the Labour Party.
The election was notable in that it had the highest number of candidates to ever contest a Dáil by-election. 19 candidates contested, including 9 Independents. The election took 14 counts to declare a winner with 8 candidates getting less than 1% of the first preference vote.
On the same day, a by-election took place in Limerick East, both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by-elections.
Michael Kennedy would go on to serve as a TD for the constituency in the future and Clare Daly would go on to serve as a TD and MEP