Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)

Dublin North-Central was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Dublin North-Central
Former Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin North-Central within County Dublin
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	2016
Seats	3 (1948–1961) 4 (1961–1977) 3 (1977–1981) 4 (1981–2007) 3 (2007–2016)
Local government area	Dublin City
Created from	Dublin North-West
Replaced by	Dublin Bay North

History and boundaries

It varied between 3 and 4 seats from its creation in 1948. It was located on the northside of Dublin city. It was subsumed into the new Dublin Bay North constituency at the 2016 general election.

The constituency's most high-profile TD was Charles Haughey, Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981, in 1982, and from 1987 to 1992. Haughey won the first seat in the constituency at every election from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. At that election, his son Seán Haughey succeeded him in the constituency.

Changes to the Dublin North-Central constituency 1948–2016

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1948–1961	3	In the county borough of Dublin,[1] the Glasnevin, Inn's Quay, North City and Rotunda Wards, the portion of the Mountjoy Ward not included in the Dublin North-East and the portion of the Cabragh East Ward bounded by a line drawn as follows:—Commencing at the point where the Cabra Road meets the North Circular Road thence westerly along Cabra Road to St. Peter's Road, thence northerly along and to the end of St. Peter's Road, thence in a straight line to the nearest point on the eastern side of the carriageway at Shandon Road, thence northerly along and to the end of the said side of the said carriageway, thence in a straight line to the canal, thence along the canal to the ward boundary at Liffey Junction, thence to the boundary of the Glasnevin Ward, thence southerly along the boundary of the Cabragh East Ward to the middle of the North Circular Road and thence westerly to the point first mentioned.	Formed from Dublin North-West.
1961–1969	4	In the county borough of Dublin,[2] the Arran Quay, Inns Quay, Mountjoy, North City, North Dock and Rotunda wards.	Transfer from Dublin North-West of Arran Quay, transfer from Dublin North-East of North Dock and balance of Mountjoy
1969–1977	4	In the county borough of Dublin,[3] Ballybough, Drumcondra South, Glasnevin, Mountjoy, North City and North Dock wards; that part of Cabragh East ward lying north of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the junction of the eastern boundary of the ward with the Royal Canal, thence in a north-westerly direction along the Royal Canal to its junction with the ward boundary; that part of Clontarf East ward which is not included in the constituency of Dublin North-East; that part of Clontarf West ward which is not included in the constituency of Dublin North-East; and that part of Finglas East ward lying south-east of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the junction of Ballygall Road East and Old Finglas Road, thence in a northerly direction along Ballygall Road East to its junction with the imaginary easterly projection of the northern boundary of Griffith Avenue Extension, thence in an easterly direction along the said imaginary projection to its intersection by the avenue of St. Clare's Home, thence in a south-easterly direction along the last-mentioned avenue to its junction with the ward boundary.
1977–1981	3	The following wards[4] in the county borough of Dublin[5] Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Clontarf East D, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Drumcondra South B, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, North Dock C, Rotunda A, Rotunda B.
1981–1992	4	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[6][7][8] Artane C, Artane D, Artane E, Artane F, Artane G, Artane H, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Coolock C, Coolock D, Drumcondra North A, Drumcondra North B; and in County Dublin the part of the townland of Kilmore Big, in the district electoral division of Coolock, situated south of a line drawn along the centre of Coolock Lane and Oscar Traynor Road; the part of the townland of Santry, in the district electoral division of Drumcondra Rural Number Two, situated within a line drawn as follows: commencing at the most northerly point where the centre of Swords Road constitutes the boundary of the county borough of Dublin, thence in a northerly direction along the centre of Swords Road to its junction with the centre of Coolock Lane, thence in an easterly direction along the centre of Coolock Lane to its intersection by the eastern boundary of the townland of Santry, thence in a southerly direction along the said eastern boundary to its intersection by the boundary of the said county borough, thence commencing in a southerly direction and proceeding along the last-mentioned boundary to the said most northerly point.	Parts of Coolock and Drumcondra Rural Number Two transferred from Dublin County North.
1992–1997	4	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[9] Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Beaumont A, Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Drumcondra South B, Grace Park, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore D, North Dock A, Whitehall D.	Transfer of county areas to Dublin North; transfer of the Ennafort–St Annes area to Dublin North-East; transfer of Airport Road area with Dublin North-West; transfer of Marino–Fairview–North Strand area from Dublin Central.[10]
1997–2002	4	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[11] Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Beaumont A, Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Drumcondra South B, Grace Park, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore D, North Dock A, North Dock B, Whitehall D.	Transfer of North Dock B from Dublin Central.[12]
2002–2007	4	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[13] Beaumont A, Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Edenmore, Grace Park, Grange E, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D, Whitehall D.	Transfer of Ballybough A and B, Drumcondra South B, and North Dock A and B to Dublin Central; Transfer of Clontarf East A, Edenmore, Grange E and Kilmore C from Dublin North-East.[14]
2007–2011	3	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[15] Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Grace Park, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D.	Transfer of Grange E and Edenmore to Dublin North-East; transfer of Beaumont A and Whitehall D to Dublin North-West.[16]
2011–2016	4	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[17] Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Edenmore, Grace Park, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D.	Transfer of Edenmore from Dublin North-East.[18]
2016	—	Constituency abolished	Merged with greater part of Dublin North-East to form Dublin Bay North.[19]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin North-Central 1948–2016[20]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   SLP = Socialist Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[21]		Vivion de Valera (FF)		Martin O'Sullivan (Lab)		Patrick McGilligan (FG)	3 seats 1948–1961
14th	1951[22]				Colm Gallagher (FF)
15th	1954[23]				Maureen O'Carroll (Lab)
16th	1957[24]				Colm Gallagher (FF)
	1957 by-election[25]				Frank Sherwin (Ind)
17th	1961[26]								Celia Lynch (FF)
18th	1965[27]				Michael O'Leary (Lab)		Luke Belton (FG)
19th	1969[28]		George Colley (FF)
20th	1973[29]
21st	1977[30]		Vincent Brady (FF)				Michael Keating (FG)	3 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981[31]				Charles Haughey (FF)		Noël Browne (SLP)		George Birmingham (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[32]						Richard Bruton (FG)
24th	1982 (Nov)[33]
25th	1987[34]
26th	1989[35]								Ivor Callely (FF)
27th	1992[36]		Seán Haughey (FF)		Derek McDowell (Lab)
28th	1997[37]
29th	2002[38]				Finian McGrath (Ind)
30th	2007[39]							3 seats from 2007
31st	2011[40]		Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab)
32nd	2016	Constituency abolished. See Dublin Bay North

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin North-Central^[40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	25.0	9,685	9,790
	Labour	Aodhán Ó Ríordáin	22.5	8,731	8,911	9,329	10,192
	Independent	Finian McGrath[*]	15.4	5,986	6,156	6,701	7,777	8,119	8,150	11,025
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Haughey[*]	12.9	5,017	5,077	5,128	5,295	5,338	5,348
	Fine Gael	Naoise Ó Muirí	12.8	4,959	5,033	5,098	5,240	5,353	5,403	6,399
	Sinn Féin	Helen McCormack	5.6	2,165	2,187	2,602
	People Before Profit	John Lyons[a]	3.6	1,399	1,587
	Green	Donna Cooney	1.3	501
	Independent	Paul Clarke	0.9	331
Electorate: 52,992   Valid: 38,774   Spoilt: 413 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,694   Turnout: 39,187 (73.9%)

1. Lyons campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin North-Central^[39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	25.5	9,303
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Haughey[*]	24.8	9,026	9,046	9,280
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely[*]	19.2	7,003	7,019	7,167	7,252	7,952
	Independent	Finian McGrath[*]	14.2	5,169	5,212	5,768	5,819	9,397
	Labour	Derek McDowell	7.3	2,649	2,741	2,884	2,897
	Green	Bronwen Maher	5.2	1,891	1,913	2,160	2,186
	Sinn Féin	Peter Lawlor	3.8	1,375	1,380
Electorate: 53,443   Valid: 36,416   Spoilt: 342 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,105   Turnout: 36,758 (68.8%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin North-Central^[38]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Haughey[*]	19.0	7,614	7,655	7,718	8,028
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely[*]	17.2	6,896	6,937	7,035	7,213	7,438	7,833
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Heney	13.8	5,533	5,564	5,627	5,802	6,101	6,527
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	12.9	5,159	5,195	6,247	6,362	6,750	9,045
	Labour	Derek McDowell[*]	10.5	4,203	4,285	4,431	4,719	5,548
	Ind. Health Alliance	Finian McGrath	9.5	3,781	3,893	4,021	4,698	5,756	7,638
	Sinn Féin	Frances McCole	5.7	2,299	2,445	2,459
	Green	Bronwen Maher	5.7	2,275	2,403	2,486	3,058
	Fine Gael	Gerry Breen	4.1	1,650	1,661
	Socialist Workers	Ritchie Brown	1.6	638
Electorate: 65,583   Valid: 40,048   Spoilt: 427 (1.1%)   Quota: 8,010   Turnout: 40,475 (61.7%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin North-Central^[37][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely[*]	25.9	11,190
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	19.0	8,196	8,364	8,376	8,447	8,639
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Haughey[*]	17.8	7,670	8,901
	Labour	Derek McDowell[*]	6.6	2,848	2,891	2,896	2,972	3,489	3,633	3,718	4,025	4,669	6,490	6,992
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	5.8	2,485	2,578	2,595	2,689	2,772	2,857	3,115	3,504	4,428	5,176	6,616
	Fine Gael	Niamh Cosgrave	3.9	1,713	1,743	1,746	1,771	1,849	2,858	3,001	3,193	3,475
	Green	Stephen Rawson	3.8	1,650	1,692	1,697	1,834	1,989	2,019	2,213	2,747
	Independent	Finian McGrath	3.6	1,551	1,595	1,600	1,709	1,797	1,823	1,930
	Progressive Democrats	Ronan Garvey	3.3	1,424	1,568	1,584	1,602	1,642	1,665
	Fine Gael	Cathy Fay	3.1	1,326	1,352	1,354	1,372	1,435
	Democratic Left	Helen Lahert	2.8	1,194	1,226	1,229	1,338
	Fianna Fáil	Ita Green	2.7	1,184	1,867	2,065	2,114	2,163	2,217	2,913	3,155	3,489	3,784
	Socialist Workers	Richard Browne	1.6	698	717	718
	Independent	Norman Hunt Jnr.	0.1	36	37	37
Electorate: 66,559   Valid: 43,165   Spoilt: 456 (1.1%)   Quota: 8,634   Turnout: 43,621 (65.5%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin North-Central^[36][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Derek McDowell	23.1	10,609
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Haughey	17.9	8,202	8,276	8,289	8,300	8,309	8,340	8,418	8,495	8,631	8,837	8,945	10,912
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	16.7	7,657	8,001	8,012	8,020	8,031	8,073	8,101	8,251	8,651	10,505
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely[*]	12.9	5,917	5,991	5,996	6,007	6,015	6,038	6,083	6,138	6,229	6,365	6,511	8,145	9,632
	Fianna Fáil	John Stafford[*]	8.2	3,759	3,808	3,814	3,823	3,830	3,876	3,922	4,012	4,086	4,351	4,513
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	7.7	3,551	3,733	3,755	3,806	3,851	3,956	4,094	4,391	5,082	5,376	6,237	6,639	6,789
	Fine Gael	Pat Lee	5.7	2,620	2,739	2,746	2,754	2,765	2,797	2,817	2,873	3,019
	Democratic Left	Helen Lahert	3.0	1,376	1,765	1,781	1,806	1,823	1,859	1,934	2,136
	Independent	Finian McGrath	1.7	764	846	856	866	901	970	1,133
	Sinn Féin	Nick McBennett	1.4	644	671	673	675	684	696
	Independent	Noel O'Hanrahan	0.8	363	401	406	408	443
	Independent	Tony O'Byrne	0.3	156	185	192	219
	Independent	Mary Margaret Doyle Dunne	0.3	143	155	178
	Independent	Rosemary Burns	0.3	122	135
Electorate: 64,859   Valid: 45,883   Spoilt: 634 (1.4%)   Quota: 9,177   Turnout: 46,517 (71.7%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin North-Central^[35][43]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey[*]	23.8	9,105
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely	13.9	5,340	5,836	5,841	5,846	5,873	5,909	6,126	6,350	6,897
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	13.9	5,323	5,374	5,385	5,394	5,614	5,683	5,976	6,281	7,704
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Brady[*]	13.9	5,320	6,116	6,119	6,130	6,156	6,181	6,418	6,616	6,958
	Fine Gael	George Birmingham[*]	12.1	4,631	4,659	4,674	4,677	4,888	4,940	5,225	5,356	6,140
	Workers' Party	Triona Dooney	6.8	2,595	2,614	2,635	2,671	2,717	2,899	3,168
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	5.0	1,928	1,948	1,952	1,962	2,001	3,028	3,335	5,136
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	4.2	1,612	1,633	1,652	1,752	1,827	1,878
	Labour	Derek McDowell	3.7	1,398	1,410	1,431	1,448	1,474
	Progressive Democrats	Una O'Mahony	1.8	690	694	698	702
	Independent	Tom Denning	0.5	191	193	225
	Independent	Don Donnelly	0.4	141	142
Electorate: 55,827   Valid: 38,274   Quota: 7,655   Turnout: 68.5%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin North-Central^[34][44][45]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey[*]	30.3	12,986
	Fine Gael	George Birmingham[*]	12.1	5,201	5,252	5,253	5,264	5,325	5,332	5,505	5,594	6,852	7,854
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	12.1	5,196	5,273	5,276	5,283	5,359	5,373	5,553	5,688	6,960	8,325
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Brady[*]	10.4	4,454	7,012	7,019	7,049	7,071	7,200	7,465	7,679	7,995	8,654
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely	9.1	3,904	5,266	5,274	5,282	5,331	5,478	5,646	5,882	6,160	6,896
	Progressive Democrats	James O'Hanrahan	8.3	3,582	3,623	3,629	3,637	3,724	3,745	4,032	4,229	5,258
	Labour	Flor O'Mahony	6.9	2,973	3,083	3,090	3,104	3,260	3,363	3,557	4,529
	Workers' Party	Triona Dooney	3.8	1,643	1,694	1,701	1,706	1,885	2,096	2,287
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	3.1	1,341	1,392	1,419	1,440	1,482	1,581
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran MacCormaic	1.8	779	815	820	822	870
	Democratic Socialist	Philip O'Connor	1.6	681	733	734	745
	Independent	Austin McCoy	0.3	111	117	122
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	0.2	73	79
Electorate: 57,167   Valid: 42,924   Quota: 8,585   Turnout: 75.1%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin North-Central^[33][46][47]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey[*]	35.9	14,516
	Fine Gael	George Birmingham[*]	21.9	8,876
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton[*]	14.7	5,948	6,094	6,826	6,887	6,977	7,179	7,292	7,858
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Brady[*]	8.6	3,465	7,569	7,587	7,613	7,782	7,983	11,654
	Labour	Flor O'Mahony	7.6	3,082	3,188	3,206	3,315	3,549	4,682	4,783	5,778
	Fianna Fáil	Ita Greene	4.3	1,746	3,641	3,646	3,666	3,837	4,020
	Workers' Party	Pádraig Yeates	3.7	1,476	1,534	1,537	1,633	2,013
	Independent	Bernadette McAliskey	2.5	1,023	1,117	1,120	1,148
	Democratic Socialist	Philip O'Connor	0.6	224	238	239
	Independent	Andrew Dillon	0.3	114	118	119
Electorate: 55,735   Valid: 40,470   Quota: 8,095   Turnout: 72.6%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin North-Central^[32][48]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey[*]	39.6	16,143
	Fine Gael	George Birmingham[*]	18.9	7,727	7,829	7,836	7,858	7,864	8,274
	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton	11.3	4,591	4,676	4,679	4,696	4,705	5,184	5,281	5,941	6,010	6,352	8,488
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Brady[*]	7.9	3,212	7,955	7,972	8,004	8,017	8,067	8,069	8,599
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	5.3	2,172	2,304	2,316	2,345	2,430	2,470	2,477	2,734	2,753	3,508
	Independent	Bernadette McAliskey	5.1	2,085	2,317	2,325	2,340	2,438	2,459	2,460	2,715	2,740
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus[*]	4.4	1,801	1,966	1,975	2,040	2,067	2,100	2,105
	Fianna Fáil	Ita Greene	3.7	1,517	3,950	3,966	3,998	4,006	4,040	4,042	4,278	4,604	5,479	5,988
	Fine Gael	Mary Byrne	2.5	1,004	1,051	1,054	1,072	1,077
	Communist	John Curley	0.6	240	252	254	266
	Independent	T.C.G. O'Mahony	0.5	214	232	252
	Independent	Anthony O'Hara	0.2	89	103
Electorate: 54,726   Valid: 40,795   Quota: 8,160   Turnout: 74.5%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin North-Central^[31][49][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey[*]	43.5	17,637
	Fine Gael	George Birmingham	15.5	6,304	6,478	6,482	6,485	6,532	7,286	7,551	7,617	8,164
	Socialist Labour	Noël Browne[*]	12.4	5,031	5,633	5,645	5,728	5,806	5,897	6,184	6,949	7,776	9,414
	Fine Gael	Paddy Belton	7.1	2,899	3,006	3,010	3,014	3,033	3,232	3,397	3,451	3,645
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Brady[*]	4.5	1,818	5,678	5,684	5,686	5,720	5,756	5,957	6,214	6,304	6,667	6,961
	Independent	Vincent Doherty	3.7	1,481	1,628	1,631	1,663	1,681	1,683	1,733
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	3.0	1,209	5,433	5,438	5,441	5,488	5,513	5,678	5,970	6,109	6,453	6,778
	Fine Gael	Mary Byrne	2.8	1,138	1,197	1,201	1,202	1,223
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	2.7	1,093	1,199	1,202	1,213	1,747	1,788	1,861	1,990
	Independent	Hannah Barlow	2.6	1,039	1,195	1,202	1,215	1,226	1,288
	Labour	Michael Martin	1.8	730	804	804	814
	Communist	John Curley	0.4	156	161	164
	Independent	Andrew Dillon	0.1	46	52
Electorate: 54,726   Valid: 40,581   Quota: 8,117   Turnout: 74.2%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin North-Central^[30][51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Michael O'Leary[*]	20.2	4,729	5,319	5,641	5,754	6,014
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Brady	19.9	4,678	4,700	4,814	5,861
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Mulcahy	13.6	3,198	3,216	3,318	3,840	3,894	4,612
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	12.4	2,912	3,003	3,058	3,093	4,933	5,826
	Fine Gael	Ray Fay	9.2	2,166	2,258	2,285	2,328
	Independent	Kevin Byrne	8.1	1,903	1,942	2,287	2,376	2,466
	Fianna Fáil	William Doran	7.6	1,775	1,808	1,878
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Raymond McGran	4.9	1,138	1,179
	Labour	William Cumiskey	4.0	953
Electorate: 37,934   Valid: 25,528   Spoilt: 245 (0.9%)   Quota: 5,883   Turnout: 25,773 (67.9%)

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin North-Central^[29][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley[*]	29.8	10,263
	Labour	Michael O'Leary[*]	16.8	5,795	5,878	6,009	6,062	6,178	7,089
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton[*]	16.3	5,624	5,678	5,708	5,745	5,863	5,949	6,557	7,058
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	8.9	3,078	3,110	3,124	3,152	3,241	3,300	3,910	4,290	4,398
	Fianna Fáil	Celia Lynch[*]	8.8	3,025	4,158	4,168	4,206	4,283	4,307	4,362	4,517	7,659
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Máirín de Burca	4.8	1,667	1,694	1,710	1,901	1,975	2,056	2,088
	Fianna Fáil	John Kenny	3.7	1,274	3,243	3,247	3,276	3,321	3,342	3,371	3,481
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn	3.6	1,240	1,260	1,279	1,295	1,343	1,413
	Labour	William Cumiskey	3.2	1,106	1,130	1,241	1,259	1,291
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus[a]	1.7	578	591	591	635
	Aontacht Éireann	Nóirín Butler	1.4	489	494	497
	Labour	Seoirse Dearle	1.0	345	356
Electorate: 49,073   Valid: 34,484   Quota: 6,897   Turnout: 70.3%

1. Appeared on the ballot as Seán D. Christian Democrat Dublin Bay Loftus

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin North-Central^[28][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	29.0	10,519
	Labour	Michael O'Leary[*]	20.4	7,423
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton[*]	12.8	4,655	4,703	4,724	4,729	5,174	5,202	5,659	5,841	6,039
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay[*]	12.5	4,552	4,616	4,629	4,637	5,173	5,200	5,555	5,676	5,798
	Fianna Fáil	Celia Lynch[*]	7.2	2,607	4,350	4,374	4,378	4,411	4,977	5,171	7,585
	Labour	William Cumiskey	5.8	2,089	2,131	2,897	3,029	3,055	3,082
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Stafford	5.3	1,919	2,595	2,620	2,624	2,640	3,193	3,357
	Fine Gael	Michael Kelly	2.9	1,055	1,083	1,098	1,100
	Labour	James Quinn	2.4	891	914
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ryan	1.7	610	1,240	1,256	1,259	1,269
Electorate: 50,868   Valid: 36,320   Quota: 7,265   Turnout: 71.4%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Dublin North-Central^[27][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera[*]	31.1	8,376
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	11.1	2,999	3,033	3,057	3,185	3,660	3,681	3,729	3,825	4,089	6,650
	Labour	Susan Geraghty Bowler	9.0	2,418	2,462	2,476	2,612	2,682	2,707	2,745	3,317	3,782	3,934	4,516
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGilligan[*]	8.4	2,276	2,301	2,313	2,410	2,974	2,991	3,011	3,098	3,268
	Fianna Fáil	Celia Lynch	8.1	2,192	4,198	4,212	4,360	4,394	5,826
	Labour	Michael O'Leary	7.9	2,122	2,157	2,185	2,344	2,406	2,468	2,531	3,359	3,787	3,986	4,659
	Independent	Frank Sherwin[*]	6.0	1,615	1,645	1,663	1,826	1,882	1,940	2,162	2,237
	Labour	Thomas Herlihy	5.6	1,517	1,580	1,592	1,694	1,735	1,768	1,808
	Fine Gael	James Maher	4.6	1,251	1,279	1,294	1,389
	Clann na Poblachta	Leo Nealon	4.0	1,080	1,131	1,157
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraic Ó Cléirigh	3.5	953	1,609	1,619	1,684	1,703
	Independent	George Murphy	0.6	172	181
Electorate: 41,997   Valid: 26,971   Quota: 5,395   Turnout: 64.2%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Dublin North-Central^[26][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera[*]	29.5	7,282
	Independent	Frank Sherwin[*]	21.7	5,356
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGilligan[*]	10.4	2,572	2,640	2,681	2,702	2,727	3,275	4,366	4,776
	Independent	Thomas Stafford	9.3	2,284	2,433	2,600	2,663	2,770	2,962	3,214	3,806
	Fianna Fáil	Celia Lynch	8.3	2,043	3,352	3,428	3,480	4,494	4,578	4,703	5,042
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton	5.5	1,365	1,413	1,445	1,483	1,508	1,826
	Fine Gael	James Maher	4.9	1,214	1,266	1,298	1,320	1,341
	Labour	Thomas Herlihy	4.0	987	1,093	1,125	1,795	1,839	1,913	2,068
	Labour	Diarmuid Collins	3.4	843	894	919
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraic Ó Cléirigh	2.9	723	1,288	1,305	1,319
Electorate: 43,742   Valid: 24,669   Quota: 4,934   Turnout: 56.4%

1957 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Colm Gallagher, a by-election was held on 14 November 1957. The seat was won by Independent candidate Frank Sherwin.

1957 by-election: Dublin North-Central^[54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Frank Sherwin	33.4	4,077	4,386	5,127	6,910
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Byrne Gregan	27.4	3,353	3,449	3,686	4,179
	Fine Gael	Victor Carton	19.6	2,394	2,607	2,842
	Sinn Féin	Seán Garland	13.4	1,633	1,706
	Labour	Thomas Herlihy	6.2	761
Electorate: 26,903   Valid: 12,218   Quota: 6,110   Turnout: 45.42%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Dublin North-Central^[24][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera[*]	33.7	5,421
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGilligan[*]	18.6	2,985	3,016	3,431	3,546	3,709	4,135
	Independent	Frank Sherwin	15.1	2,425	2,498	2,553	2,721	2,859	3,505
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Gallagher	14.5	2,330	3,492	3,523	3,626	3,764	4,009
	Labour	Maureen O'Carroll[*]	6.8	1,088	1,129	1,186	1,320	1,591
	Independent	Kathleen Swanton	4.2	669	685	716	787
	Fine Gael	Frederick Mullen	3.7	594	609
	Clann na Poblachta	Tomás Doherty	3.5	569	631	642
Electorate: 28,009   Valid: 16,081   Quota: 4,021   Turnout: 57.4%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Dublin North-Central^[23][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera[*]	29.2	5,945
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGilligan[*]	25.4	5,168
	Clann na Poblachta	Fionán Breathnach	11.9	2,420	2,466	2,470	2,591	3,190
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Gallagher[*]	11.2	2,278	3,037	3,038	3,101	3,269	4,009
	Fine Gael	John Hedigan	9.4	1,915	1,929	1,981	2,105
	Labour	Maureen O'Carroll	7.1	1,443	1,460	1,465	2,348	3,216	4,969
	Labour	Thomas Herlihy	6.0	1,215	1,227	1,236
Electorate: 30,570   Valid: 20,384   Quota: 5,097   Turnout: 66.7%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Dublin North-Central^[54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera[*]	41.0	9,307
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGilligan[*]	21.8	4,956	5,069	5,366	5,388	5,769
	Labour	Martin O'Sullivan[*]	15.5	3,526	3,701	4,147	4,154	5,191
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Gallagher	10.6	2,397	5,462	5,712
	Independent	Michael Mullen	6.3	1,434	1,571	1,726	1,734
	Clann na Poblachta	Fionán Breathnach	4.7	1,076	1,218
Electorate: 34,456   Valid: 22,696   Quota: 5,675   Turnout: 65.87%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Dublin North-Central^[54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera[*]	40.8	9,682
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGilligan[*]	16.3	3,878	3,966	3,995	4,381	4,420	4,578	5,307	6,094
	Labour	Martin O'Sullivan[*]	16.3	3,873	4,149	4,309	4,349	4,473	4,713	7,055
	Clann na Poblachta	Fionán Breathnach	11.4	2,708	2,863	2,884	2,888	2,922	4,169
	Clann na Poblachta	Christopher A. Macken	6.7	1,596	1,671	1,697	1,741	1,767
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Gallagher	3.3	780	2,970	3,001	3,020	4,169	4,215	4,666	4,993
	Fianna Fáil	John S. O'Connor[*]	2.1	505	1,394	1,411	1,427
	Fine Gael	Michael Hughes	2.0	468	513	517
	National Labour Party	George Walker	1.1	271	294
Electorate: 35,989   Valid: 23,761   Quota: 5,941   Turnout: 66.02%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland