Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)

Dublin South-Central is a parliamentary constituency in Dublin City represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Dublin South-Central
Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin South-Central within County Dublin
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Ballyfermot Crumlin Drimnagh Harold's Cross (west) Inchicore Kimmage Terenure (west) Walkinstown
Current constituency
Created	1948
Seats	5 (1948–1969) 4 (1969–1977) 3 (1977–1981) 5 (1981–1992) 4 (1992–2002) 5 (2002–2016) 4 (2016–)
TDs	Catherine Ardagh (FF)   Jen Cummins (SD)   Máire Devine (SF)   Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF)
Local government area	Dublin City
EP constituency	Dublin

Constituency profile

The largest employers in the area are the Guinness Brewery and St. James's Hospital. Dubbed the "People's republic of Dublin South-Central,^[1][2] the constituency is one of the country's most left-wing,^[3][2] with all of the TDs elected in 2020 being from centre-left or left-wing parties.^[4] Both Labour Party TDs elected in 2011 had previously been members of other left-wing parties: Eric Byrne was a former member of the Workers' Party and Democratic Left, and Michael Conaghan had stood in a number of elections for Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party.

History and boundaries

A constituency of this name was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 containing the Mansion House, Merchants' Quay, Royal Exchange, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Usher's and Wood Quay wards of Dublin.^[5] Its boundaries changed considerably over the years, generally moving to the west within the city.

It is now located near the centre of Dublin city. The constituency comprises Ballyfermot, Bluebell, Chapelizod, Crumlin, Drimnagh, Dolphin's Barn, Inchicore, the Liberties, Kimmage and Walkinstown.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[6][7]

"In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:

Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C;

and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street."

Changes to the Dublin South-Central constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1948–1961	3	In the county borough of Dublin, the Mansion House, Merchants' Quay, Royal Exchange, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Usher's and Wood Quay Wards.	Created from Dublin South.
1961–1969	3	In the county borough of Dublin,[8] the Kilmainham, Mansion House, Merchants Quay, Royal Exchange, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Usher's and Wood Quay wards.	Transfer of Kilmainham from Dublin South-West.
1969–1977	4	In the county borough of Dublin,[9] the Kimmage, Rathfarnham, Rathfarnham South, Rathmines West and Terenure wards; that part of Crumlin West ward which is not included in the constituency of Dublin South-West; and that part of Rathmines East ward situated west of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southern boundary of the ward by the eastern boundary of the former Harcourt Street-Bray railway line, thence in a northerly direction along the said eastern boundary to its junction with the southern boundary of the E.S.B. transformer station at the southern end of Cowper Drive, thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the last-mentioned boundary to its junction with the rear boundary of the houses on the eastern side of Park Drive, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the last-mentioned boundary and the rear boundary of the houses on the southern side of Albany Road and on the southern and eastern sides of Merton Drive and along the eastern boundary of Merton Drive to its junction with Sandford Road, thence in a north-westerly direction along Sandford Road, Ranelagh and Ranelagh Road to its junction with the ward boundary.	Transfer of Usher's and Wood Quay and part of Royal Exchange to Dublin Central; Transfer of Mansion House, St. Kevin's, South Dock and part of Royal Exchange to Dublin South-East; Transfer of Kilmainham to Dublin South-West. [10]
1977–1981	3	The following wards[11] in the county borough of Dublin[12] Kilmainham B, Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Merchant's Quay A, Merchant's Quay B, Merchant's Quay C, Merchant's Quay D, Merchant's Quay E, Merchant's Quay F, Royal Exchange A, Royal Exchange B, Saint Kevin's, Usher's A. Usher's B, Usher's C, Usher's D, Usher's E, Usher's F, Wood Quay A, Wood Quay B.	Transfer of Kilmainham B and part of Merchant's Quay from Dublin South-West; Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Saint Kevin's, and part of Royal Exchange from Dublin South-East; Usher's and Wood Quay and part of Merchant's Quay and part of Royal Exchange from Dublin Central; Transfer of Kimmage, Rathmines West, Terenure and part of Rathfarnham wards to Dublin Rathmines West; transfer of part of Rathfarnham to Dublin County Mid; transfer of part of Crumlin to Dublin Ballyfermot.
1981–1987	5	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[13] Ballyfermot G, Ballyfermot H, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchant's Quay A, Merchant's Quay B, Merchant's Quay C, Merchant's Quay D, Merchant's Quay E, Merchant's Quay F, Rathfarnham D, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Usher's B, Usher's C, Usher's D, Usher's E; and in County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of Terenure Number one, Terenure Number Two.
1987–1992	5	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[14] Ballyfermot G, Ballyfermot H, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchant's Quay A, Merchant's Quay B, Merchant's Quay C, Merchant's Quay D, Merchant's Quay E, Merchant's Quay F, Rathfarnham D, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Usher's B, Usher's C, Usher's D, Usher's E; and in County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of Terenure Number One, Terenure Number Two, Terenure Number Three	Transfer of Terenure Number Three from Dublin South-West.[15]
1992–1997	4	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards[16] of[17] Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Inchicore B, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers D, Ushers E, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the ward of Ushers C situated south of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the point where the ward boundary departs from Grand Canal Bank nearest Basin Street Upper, thence in a north-easterly direction along Grand Canal Bank to its junction with Forbes Lane, thence in an easterly direction along Forbes Lane to its junction with the ward boundary; and in County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Village, Terenure Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and that part of the district electoral division of Templeogue-Cypress situated north of a line drawn along the Tallaght Road.	Transfer of the south inner city area extending generally from the Grand Canal and Donore Avenue to the Liffey (Merchant's Quay A to E) to Dublin South-East.[18]
1997–2002	4	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[19] Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Inchicore B, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue Village, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and that part of the district electoral division of Templeogue-Cypress situated north of a line drawn along the Tallaght Road.	Transfer of Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E from Dublin South-East.[20]
2002–2007	5	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[21] Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated east of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.	Transfer of Ballyfermot, Inchicore and Kilmainham area from Dublin Central; transfer from Dublin South-East of population from South-East to complete a boundary between the constituencies running from the Liffey at Winetavern Street; swop of population with South-West to secure a western boundary bounded largely by the M50, Greenhills Road and Templeville Road.[22]
2007–2016	4	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[23][24] Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street; and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated east of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.	Transfer of south part of Phoenix Park ED from Dublin Central.[25][26]
2016–2024	4	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[27][28] Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street; and in South Dublin, the electoral divisions of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Ballymount, Clondalkin-Monastery and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated east of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.	Transfer of Kimmage C, and Terenure A, B, C and D to Dublin Bay South.[29]
2024–	4	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[6] Carna, Chapelizod, Cherry-Orchard A, Cherry-Orchard C, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Crumlin F, Decies, Drumfinn, Inchicore A, Inchicore B, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Kylemore, Merchants Quay A, Merchants Quay B, Merchants Quay C, Merchants Quay D, Merchants Quay E, Merchants Quay F, Ushers A, Ushers B, Ushers C, Ushers D, Ushers E, Ushers F, Walkinstown A, Walkinstown B, Walkinstown C; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated south of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street.	Transfer of Kimmage C from Dublin Bay South; transfer to Dublin South-West of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Greentrees, Terenure-Cherryfield, Clondalkin-Ballymount (Part North of M50) and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh (Part North of M50); transfer to Dublin Mid-West of Clondalkin-Monastery (Part North of M50)[30]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South-Central 1948–[31]
Key to parties   AAA–PBP = AAA–PBP   CnaP = Clann na Poblachta   DL = Democratic Left   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Ind = Independent   I4C = Inds. 4 Change   Lab = Labour   PBP = People Before Profit   SF = Sinn Féin   SD = Social Democrats   S–PBP = Solidarity–PBP   WP = Workers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[32]		Seán Lemass (FF)		James Larkin Jnr (Lab)		Con Lehane (CnaP)		Maurice E. Dockrell (FG)		John McCann (FF)
14th	1951[33]						Philip Brady (FF)
15th	1954[34]						Thomas Finlay (FG)				Celia Lynch (FF)
16th	1957[35]				Jack Murphy (Ind)		Philip Brady (FF)
	1958 by-election[36]				Patrick Cummins (FF)
17th	1961[37]										Joseph Barron (CnaP)
18th	1965[38]				Frank Cluskey (Lab)						Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FF)
19th	1969[39]		Richie Ryan (FG)		Ben Briscoe (FF)				John O'Donovan (Lab)	4 seats 1969–1977
20th	1973[40]								John Kelly (FG)
21st	1977[41]		Fergus O'Brien (FG)		Frank Cluskey (Lab)		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FF)	3 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981[42]				Ben Briscoe (FF)				Gay Mitchell (FG)		John O'Connell[a] (Ind)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[43]		Frank Cluskey (Lab)
24th	1982 (Nov)[44]						Fergus O'Brien (FG)
25th	1987[45]										Mary Mooney (FF)
26th	1989[46]		John O'Connell (FF)								Eric Byrne (WP)
27th	1992[47]						Pat Upton (Lab)			4 seats 1992–2002
	1994 by-election[48]		Eric Byrne (DL)
28th	1997[49]		Seán Ardagh (FF)
	1999 by-election[50]						Mary Upton (Lab)
29th	2002[51]				Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF)						Michael Mulcahy (FF)
30th	2007[52]								Catherine Byrne (FG)
31st	2011[53]		Eric Byrne (Lab)				Joan Collins (PBP)				Michael Conaghan (Lab)
32nd	2016[54]		Bríd Smith (AAA–PBP)				Joan Collins[b] (I4C)			4 seats from 2016
33rd	2020[55]		Bríd Smith (S–PBP)						Patrick Costello (GP)
34th	2024[56]		Catherine Ardagh (FF)				Máire Devine (SF)		Jen Cummins (SD)

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.

1. O'Connell served as Ceann Comhairle in the 22nd and 23rd Dáil from 1981 to 1983 and was returned automatically at the February 1982 and November 1982 general elections. He joined Fianna Fáil in January 1985.
2. Founded Right to Change in May 2020.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Dublin South-Central^[56][57]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh[*]	12.0	4,497	4,499	4,506	4,520	4,521	4,551	4,606	4,679	4,835	4,865	4,932	6,374	6,878	7,117	7,137
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Ardagh	10.7	3,988	3,989	3,989	3,999	4,027	4,035	4,054	4,073	4,260	4,488	6,634	6,693	7,163	8,027
	Sinn Féin	Máire Devine	10.3	3,854	3,857	3,861	3,866	3,872	3,890	3,919	3,953	4,149	4,182	4,232	5,711	6,216	6,487	6,509
	Social Democrats	Jen Cummins	8.9	3,347	3,368	3,370	3,378	3,383	3,396	3,411	3,434	3,550	4,288	4,499	4,561	5,054	6,970	7,404
	PBP–Solidarity	Hazel De Nortúin[a]	8.9	3,331	3,362	3,372	3,406	3,422	3,487	3,551	3,638	3,810	3,952	4,063	4,405	5,488	6,036	6,115
	Sinn Féin	Daithí Doolan	8.8	3,290	3,290	3,295	3,317	3,328	3,361	3,424	3,463	3,563	3,594	3,649
	Fine Gael	Mary Seery Kearney	8.2	3,056	3,056	3,064	3,075	3,081	3,094	3,103	3,115	3,194	3,451
	Right to Change	Joan Collins[*]	7.8	2,907	2,916	2,923	2,936	2,992	3,050	3,151	3,272	3,590	3,679	3,861	3,960
	Labour	Darragh Moriarty	6.6	2,476	2,491	2,496	2,512	2,520	2,542	2,578	2,598	2,668	3,454	3,920	3,987	4,333
	Green	Patrick Costello[*]	6.1	2,267	2,285	2,286	2,289	2,299	2,304	2,314	2,323	2,372
	Aontú	Aisling Considine	4.0	1,474	1,476	1,495	1,511	1,579	1,616	1,703	2,178
	Irish Freedom	Barry Ward	2.0	751	751	767	784	849	978	1,326
	Independent Ireland	Philip Sutcliffe Snr[b]	1.8	686	688	738	771	801	966
	Independent	Dolores Webster	1.5	549	552	561	615	640
	The Irish People	Jina Ahearne	0.9	321	321	334	346
	Independent	Richard Murray	0.7	264	269	281
	Independent Ireland	Rebecca Hendrick	0.5	172	173
	Rabharta	John Paul Murphy	0.3	114
Electorate: 77,072   Valid: 37,344   Spoilt: 475   Quota: 7,469   Turnout: 37,819 (49.1%)

1. De Nortúin is a member of People Before Profit.
2. Sutcliffe was a member of Independent Ireland, but left the party during the general election campaign.^[58]

2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin South-Central^{[55][59][60][61][62]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh[*]	39.3	17,015
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne[*]	11.7	5,078	5,192	5,202	5,275	5,788	7,431
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Ardagh	11.0	4,782	5,013	5,030	5,184	5,598
	Solidarity–PBP	Bríd Smith[*][a]	11.0	4,753	9,547
	Green	Patrick Costello	9.3	4,041	4,449	4,522	4,698	6,917	8,582
	Inds. 4 Change	Joan Collins[*]	6.5	2,831	4,578	5,076	5,552	6,654	7,807
	Labour	Rebecca Moynihan	4.8	2,095	2,330	2,375	2,491
	Social Democrats	Tara Deacy	3.7	1,595	1,921	2,006	2,181
	National Party	Serina Irvine	1.5	632	770	801
	Independent	Richard Murray	0.5	207	420	512
	Independent	Alan Kerrigan	0.3	146	241	257
	Independent	Robert Foley	0.2	78	114	121
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.1	38	57	71
Electorate: 79,460   Valid: 43,291   Spoilt: 515 (1.2%)   Quota: 8,659   Turnout: 43,806 (55.1%)

1. Smith was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin South-Central^[63][64][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh[*]	15.5	6,639	6,690	6,715	6,734	6,927	7,061	9,566
	Inds. 4 Change	Joan Collins[*]	14.5	6,195	6,303	6,374	6,461	7,034	7,666	8,168	8,618
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne[*]	14.3	6,130	6,154	6,317	6,516	6,679	7,037	7,090	7,111	9,723
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Ardagh	12.7	5,441	5,508	5,698	5,817	6,064	6,439	6,556	6,617	7,116	7,841	7,844
	AAA–PBP	Bríd Smith	10.2	4,374	4,476	4,527	4,729	5,193	5,853	6,208	6,643	7,410	7,836	7,879
	Sinn Féin	Máire Devine	7.8	3,332	3,363	3,389	3,423	3,531	3,686
	Labour	Eric Byrne[*]	7.7	3,297	3,314	3,372	3,645	3,822	4,481	4,531	4,558
	Social Democrats	Liam Coyne	5.7	2,434	2,486	2,595	2,998	3,256
	Independent	Paul Hand	4.7	2,011	2,100	2,222	2,358
	Green	Oisín Ó hAlmhain	3.3	1,410	1,431	1,514
	Renua	Michael Gargan	2.1	893	943
	Direct Democracy	Neville Bradley	1.0	407
	Independent	Richard Murray	0.7	294
Electorate: 74,942   Valid: 42,857   Spoilt: 694 (1.6%)   Quota: 8,572   Turnout: 43,551 (58.1%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin South-Central^[65][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Eric Byrne	16.4	8,357	8,367	8,380	8,391	8,401	8,411	8,416	8,721
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh[*]	13.4	6,804	6,819	6,835	6,838	6,849	6,874	6,885	7,041	7,111	7,123	7,455	7,569	7,719
	People Before Profit	Joan Collins[a]	12.9	6,574	6,585	6,606	6,630	6,653	6,691	6,728	7,042	7,166	7,194	7,773	7,978	8,459
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne[*]	11.0	5,604	5,610	5,614	5,618	5,626	5,630	5,663	5,915	7,120	7,142	7,780	11,867
	Labour	Michael Conaghan	10.8	5,492	5,497	5,501	5,505	5,509	5,537	5,544	5,726	5,819	5,904	8,194	8,463	9,858
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy[*]	9.5	4,837	4,844	4,845	4,850	4,865	4,869	4,932	5,059	5,186	5,195	5,465	5,698	6,161
	Labour	Henry Upton	8.2	4,183	4,187	4,192	4,208	4,218	4,226	4,231	4,459	4,675	4,747
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy	6.6	3,376	3,377	3,384	3,387	3,393	3,396	3,418	3,537	4,842	4,847	5,199
	Fine Gael	Ruairi McGinley	5.8	2,976	2,980	2,983	2,983	2,991	2,996	3,010	3,128
	Green	Oisín Ó hAlmhain	2.0	1,015	1,015	1,019	1,031	1,038	1,042	1,051
	Independent	Peter O'Neill	0.9	456	465	469	479	501	539	549
	Independent	Neville Bradley	0.6	323	328	364	368	391	410	425
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.5	239	239	241	246	247	251
	Independent	Seán Connolly Farrell	0.3	178	182	190	198	217
	Independent	Paul King	0.3	146	156	158	176
	Independent	Gerry Kelly	0.3	137	139	143
	Independent	Noel Bennett	0.3	128	128
	Independent	Dominic Mooney	0.2	102
Electorate: 80,203   Valid: 50,927   Spoilt: 817 (1.6%)   Quota: 8,488   Turnout: 51,744 (64.5%)

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

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin South-Central^[52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ardagh[*]	17.4	8,286
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy[*]	15.7	7,439	7,687	8,186
	Labour	Mary Upton[*]	12.6	5,987	6,006	6,133	6,186	6,532	6,818	7,136	7,759	9,020
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh[*]	10.2	4,825	4,838	4,913	4,922	5,039	5,648	5,772	6,509	6,932	7,001
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne	9.9	4,713	4,728	4,847	4,890	5,068	5,231	6,719	7,050	7,663	7,921
	Labour	Eric Byrne	8.5	4,054	4,071	4,144	4,165	4,337	4,493	4,754	5,332	6,227	6,932
	Green	Tony McDermott	5.8	2,756	2,764	2,872	2,904	3,139	3,278	3,416	3,781
	Independent	Joan Collins	4.6	2,203	2,212	2,277	2,288	2,552	3,253	3,362
	Fine Gael	Anne Marie Martin	4.5	2,125	2,131	2,230	2,269	2,441	2,558
	People Before Profit	Bríd Smith	4.4	2,086	2,090	2,205	2,221	2,383
	Independent	Roisín Healy	3.4	1,613	1,619	1,726	1,766
	Progressive Democrats	Frank McNamara	1.0	474	480
	Progressive Democrats	Ben Doyle	0.9	438	449
	Workers' Party	Andrew McGuinness	0.5	256	257
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Redmond	0.3	155	155
	Independent	Con Gunning	0.3	121	122
Electorate: 86,710   Valid: 47,531   Spoilt: 789 (1.6%)   Quota: 7,922   Turnout: 48,320 (55.7%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin South-Central^[51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ardagh[*]	13.7	6,031	6,033	6,047	6,066	6,131	6,202	6,399	6,472	6,595	8,207
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh	12.7	5,591	5,619	5,759	5,879	6,099	6,376	6,431	6,522	6,892	7,282	7,523
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell[*]	12.4	5,444	5,456	5,469	5,507	5,612	5,708	5,941	7,280	7,709
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	11.3	4,990	4,994	5,007	5,024	5,102	5,165	5,342	5,391	5,497	7,364
	Labour	Mary Upton[*]	10.3	4,520	4,529	4,593	4,677	4,749	4,863	5,110	5,332	6,286	6,675	6,963
	Labour	Eric Byrne	9.4	4,159	4,188	4,265	4,365	4,436	4,568	4,659	4,839	5,438	5,658	5,844
	Fianna Fáil	Marian McGennis[*]	9.3	4,085	4,085	4,110	4,160	4,199	4,423	4,581	4,676	4,827
	Green	Kristina McElroy	5.2	2,299	2,311	2,400	2,491	2,575	2,771	2,974	3,115
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne	4.6	2,012	2,015	2,025	2,059	2,091	2,146	2,259
	Progressive Democrats	Bob Quinn	3.1	1,377	1,381	1,395	1,405	1,472	1,534
	Independent	Vincent Jackson	2.6	1,142	1,147	1,203	1,323	1,411
	Independent	Áine Ní Chonaill	2.1	926	930	949	966
	Socialist Workers	Bríd Smith	1.4	617	633
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh	1.3	553	692	782
	Workers' Party	Shay Kelly	0.6	270
Electorate: 86,161   Valid: 44,016   Spoilt: 752 (1.7%)   Quota: 7,337   Turnout: 44,768 (51.9%)

1999 by-election

Labour Party TD Pat Upton died on 22 February 1999. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 27 October 1999. Turnout was only 27.9%, down from 60% at the 1997 general election.^[49] The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Mary Upton, sister of the deceased TD.

1999 by-election: Dublin South-Central^[50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	30.1	6,050	6,059	6,108	6,157	6,330	6,497	7,005	7,901
	Labour	Mary Upton	28.0	5,637	5,648	5,683	5,831	5,913	6,545	7,148	10,274
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne	20.1	4,037	4,064	4,093	4,154	4,240	4,559	4,778
	Sinn Féin	Aengus Ó Snodaigh	8.4	1,686	1,689	1,708	1,800	1,849	2,051
	Green	John Goodwillie	6.3	1,263	1,297	1,330	1,477	1,588
	Christian Solidarity	Manus MacMeanmain	2.0	399	404	601	616
	Workers' Party	Shay Kelly	2.8	555	561	566
	Independent	Eammon Murphy	1.9	383	387
	Natural Law	John Burns	0.5	106
Electorate: 69,771   Valid: 20,116   Quota: 10,059   Turnout: 28.8%

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin South-Central^[49][66]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell[*]	22.0	8,910
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	11.7	4,762	4,794	4,796	4,802	4,811	4,816	4,818	4,820	4,825	4,916	4,964	5,104	5,673	5,969	8,005
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ardagh	11.4	4,634	4,650	4,650	4,654	4,660	4,662	4,671	4,678	4,679	4,773	4,815	4,915	5,556	5,895	8,222
	Democratic Left	Eric Byrne[*]	11.3	4,586	4,667	4,669	4,672	4,676	4,677	4,688	4,695	4,727	4,983	5,292	5,764	5,944	6,411	6,818
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	11.3	4,574	4,606	4,607	4,614	4,623	4,625	4,630	4,639	4,647	4,736	4,797	4,895	5,319	5,659
	Labour	Pat Upton[*]	10.4	4,224	4,354	4,356	4,361	4,364	4,369	4,383	4,392	4,424	4,608	5,529	6,033	6,300	6,703	7,085
	Progressive Democrats	Cáit Keane	5.0	2,031	2,050	2,052	2,054	2,061	2,065	2,071	2,076	2,078	2,161	2,251	2,457
	Sinn Féin	Martina Kenna	4.8	1,937	1,943	1,943	1,955	1,961	1,964	1,973	1,991	2,024	2,268	2,310	2,496	2,574
	Green	John Goodwillie	3.9	1,603	1,617	1,620	1,626	1,635	1,665	1,684	1,700	1,715	1,976	2,094
	Fine Gael	Ruairi McGinley	3.0	1,215	1,652	1,654	1,657	1,661	1,667	1,676	1,686	1,690	1,776
	Independent	Éamonn Gavin	0.9	367	371	372	374	387	405	423	443	445
	Independent	Andre Lyder	0.8	350	354	355	360	363	369	384	404	410
	Socialist Party	Martin Walsh	0.8	328	331	332	336	338	339	343	353	424
	Workers' Party	Shay Kelly	0.7	297	301	301	301	301	305	306	316	328
	Socialist Workers	Bríd Smith	0.5	218	222	222	223	223	223	225	232
	Independent	Brendan O'Reilly	0.3	132	135	135	137	140	145
	Independent	Seán Kelly	0.3	125	127	128	143	149	153	165
	Natural Law	Michael Dwyer	0.2	92	93	94	95	100
	Independent	Colm Callanan	0.2	91	92	93	93
	Independent	Dean O'Nualláin	0.2	80	81	81
	Independent	David Henry	0.1	23	23
Electorate: 68,146   Valid: 40,579   Spoilt: 550 (1.3%)   Quota: 8,116   Turnout: 41,129 (60.4%)

1994 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD John O'Connell resigned on 24 February 1993.^[67] A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 9 June 1994.

1994 by-election: Dublin South-Central^[48]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Democratic Left	Eric Byrne	27.8	7,445	7,479	7,601	7,748	7,930	8,352	8,984	10,284	12,741
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	21.1	5,642	5,697	5,770	5,893	6,043	6,335	6,664	7,370	8,629
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	17.3	4,637	4,677	4,723	4,752	4,926	5,628	6,028	6,619
	Labour	Joe Connolly	9.9	2,643	2,664	2,743	2,824	2,904	3,062	3,417
	Progressive Democrats	Cáit Keane	7.0	1,881	1,912	1,939	1,955	2,095
	Green	John Goodwillie	6.5	1,752	1,809	1,904	2,138	2,332	2,579
	Independent	Eamonn Gavin	3.6	972	1,038	1,053	1,088
	Sinn Féin	Martina Gibney	2.9	781	800	859
	Workers' Party	Shay Kelly	2.2	595	618
	Independent	Michael Park	1.0	275
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.6	152
Electorate: 62,300   Valid: 26,775   Quota: 13,388   Turnout: 43.0%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin South-Central^[47][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Pat Upton	29.6	11,923
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell[*]	16.6	6,662	7,578	7,595	7,630	7,672	7,829	8,730
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Connell[*]	14.5	5,825	6,084	6,089	6,105	6,180	6,271	6,306	6,336	6,461	7,337	7,583	8,182
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	10.9	4,385	4,539	4,547	4,566	4,602	4,754	4,778	4,816	4,875	5,634	5,873	6,417	6,526
	Democratic Left	Eric Byrne[*]	7.4	2,990	4,021	4,037	4,080	4,153	4,192	4,238	4,310	4,704	4,766	5,492	6,497	6,521
	Progressive Democrats	Cáit Keane	4.7	1,886	2,235	2,252	2,258	2,273	2,300	2,449	2,858	2,977	3,047	3,428
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy	4.2	1,684	1,762	1,768	1,779	1,822	1,888	1,905	1,916	1,946
	Green	Mary Bowers	3.2	1,295	1,581	1,620	1,672	1,856	1,995	2,036	2,142	2,441	2,499
	Fine Gael	Edith Wynne	2.5	1,005	1,241	1,244	1,248	1,257	1,284
	Christian Centrist	Eamonn Murphy	2.1	832	863	869	888	907
	Workers' Party	Rita Whelan	1.8	717	1,144	1,153	1,189	1,320	1,345	1,377	1,392
	Sinn Féin	Martina Gibney	1.7	675	722	724	751
	Independent	Davy Heinkel Johnston	0.6	235	272	291
	Independent	Mary Daly	0.3	128	151
Electorate: 63,718   Valid: 40,242   Spoilt: 892 (2.2%)   Quota: 8,049   Turnout: 41,134 (64.6%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin South-Central^[46][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell[*]	17.5	7,905
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Connell	17.1	7,707
	Workers' Party	Eric Byrne	15.2	6,849	6,878	6,887	6,903	7,261	7,348	7,588
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	13.4	6,037	6,055	6,142	6,149	6,220	6,282	6,326	6,657	7,050
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Brien[*]	9.1	4,108	4,374	4,381	4,389	4,440	5,269	5,375	5,863	7,411
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Mooney[*]	9.1	4,081	4,098	4,174	4,183	4,301	4,378	4,420	4,742	5,235
	Green	Mary Bowers	5.0	2,264	2,272	2,275	2,320	2,597	2,691	2,756
	Labour	Pat Upton	4.2	1,907	1,919	1,922	1,927	2,034	2,126	3,289	4,327
	Labour	Pat Murray	3.5	1,557	1,570	1,572	1,583	1,664	1,724
	Progressive Democrats	Ronnie McBrien	2.9	1,314	1,338	1,340	1,348	1,361
	Sinn Féin	Micheál O Muireagáin	2.8	1,241	1,243	1,245	1,253
	Independent	Michael John Foley	0.3	122	122	122
Electorate: 72,389   Valid: 45,092   Quota: 7,516   Turnout: 62.3%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin South-Central^[45][70][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	18.5	9,582
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell[*]	15.7	8,107	8,145	8,148	8,163	8,169	8,259	8,306	8,768
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Brien[*]	11.9	6,160	6,183	6,184	6,192	6,196	6,267	6,308	6,519	9,730
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Connell[*]	11.4	5,911	6,257	6,259	6,260	6,271	6,310	6,488	6,853	7,211	7,239	7,380
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Mooney	10.9	5,656	6,101	6,101	6,113	6,131	6,193	6,447	7,053	7,522	7,559	7,712
	Progressive Democrats	Ronald McBrien	10.1	5,212	5,236	5,239	5,259	5,266	5,420	5,456	5,842
	Labour	Frank Cluskey[*]	9.1	4,701	4,738	4,741	4,756	4,795	4,976	5,110	7,040	8,203	8,290	9,110
	Workers' Party	Eric Byrne	7.6	3,946	3,978	3,997	4,014	4,109	4,224	4,638
	Sinn Féin	Micheal Ó Muireagáin	2.5	1,266	1,271	1,281	1,282	1,326	1,343
	Independent	Timothy Cahill	1.4	711	715	716	756	777
	Communist	Deirdre Buggle	0.4	186	192	248	265
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	0.3	152	152	155
	Communist	Michael Wall	0.2	102	102
Electorate: 78,116   Valid: 51,692   Quota: 8,616   Turnout: 66.2%

November 1982 general election

John O'Connell was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 23rd Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

November 1982 general election: Dublin South-Central^[44][72][73]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	John O'Connell[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell[*]	22.0	10,074
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	20.4	9,336
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Brien	17.6	8,068	8,817	8,878	8,901	9,028	9,609
	Labour	Frank Cluskey[*]	14.0	6,425	6,512	6,661	6,687	6,849	9,256
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	10.1	4,616	4,631	4,648	4,983	7,182	7,758
	Workers' Party	Eric Byrne	8.2	3,774	3,804	4,004	4,022	4,119
	Fianna Fáil	Lauri Corcoran	5.3	2,426	2,439	2,464	2,705
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Stokes	1.4	641	643	659
	Democratic Socialist	Séamus Rattigan	0.7	303	305
	Independent	Brendan Moran	0.4	195	199
Electorate: 74,522   Valid: 45,858   Quota: 9,172   Turnout: 61.5%

February 1982 general election

John O'Connell was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 22nd Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

February 1982 general election: Dublin South-Central^[43][74]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	John O'Connell[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell[*]	22.5	10,572
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	22.2	10,432
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Brien[*]	14.1	6,635	7,597	7,631	7,651	7,674	8,171	8,297	8,785
	Labour	Frank Cluskey	14.0	6,600	6,717	6,763	6,793	6,874	8,429	8,650	9,267
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	13.0	6,132	6,158	6,512	6,522	6,555	6,938	10,522
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Eric Byrne	6.7	3,166	3,190	3,221	3,247	3,373
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	6.6	3,102	3,123	3,657	3,671	3,707	4,136
	Independent	Aidan Broggy	0.6	296	298	311	350
	Independent	John Curran	0.3	147	150	153
Electorate: 74,104   Valid: 47,082   Quota: 9,417   Turnout: 63.5%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin South-Central^[42][75]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	John O'Connell[*]	19.4	9,491
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	16.7	8,181
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Brien[*]	15.1	7,404	7,696	7,707	7,746	7,872
	Fine Gael	Gay Mitchell	14.1	6,879	7,147	7,163	7,215	7,369	7,715	7,918
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	11.6	5,686	5,855	5,865	5,890	5,958	6,230	8,940
	Labour	Frank Cluskey[*]	8.4	4,122	4,323	4,323	4,723	5,410	6,622	6,744
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Hillery	6.1	2,948	3,067	3,074	3,092	3,137	3,265
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Eric Byrne	4.9	2,403	2,538	2,554	2,664	2,788
	Labour	Michael Collins	2.2	1,069	1,157	1,157	1,233
	Labour	Séamus Ashe	1.4	693	742	742
	Independent	Daniel McCarron	0.2	73	84
Electorate: 74,014   Valid: 48,949   Quota: 8,159   Turnout: 66.1%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin South-Central^[41][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Brien[*]	25.2	5,931
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	19.3	4,542	5,015	5,058	5,239	5,566
	Labour	Frank Cluskey[*]	16.9	3,986	4,024	4,177	4,711	6,991
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Campion	13.7	3,218	3,579	3,595	3,804	4,018
	Fine Gael	Alexis Fitzgerald	10.5	2,483	2,523	3,389	3,542
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Andy Smith	5.6	1,313	1,340	1,345
	Fine Gael	Maurice Dockrell[*]	4.7	1,096	1,101
	Fianna Fáil	Vera Kinsella	4.1	959
Electorate: 37,934   Valid: 23,528   Spoilt: 245 (0.9%)   Quota: 5,883   Turnout: 25,773 (67.9%)[77]

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin South-Central^[40][78]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan[*]	20.6	7,210
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady[*]	18.7	6,564	6,567	6,728	6,740	6,819	6,865	7,646
	Fine Gael	John Kelly	14.5	5,064	5,165	5,266	6,102	6,263	6,505	6,590	6,612	6,993
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	13.6	4,750	4,752	4,877	4,894	4,951	4,992	6,348	6,957	7,060
	Labour	John O'Donovan[*]	6.3	2,203	2,219	2,271	2,373	2,858	3,899	3,935	3,939	6,207
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Buchanan	6.3	2,195	2,196	2,265	2,275	2,302	2,321
	Labour	Michael Collins	6.1	2,136	2,142	2,187	2,237	2,621	3,085	3,102	3,105
	Labour	Dermot O'Rourke	4.5	1,580	1,590	1,640	1,741	1,993
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Peigín Doyle	4.3	1,521	1,523	1,581	1,600
	Fine Gael	Michael McShane	3.0	1,040	1,098	1,177
	Independent	Louis Maguire	2.2	775	778
Electorate: 50,400   Valid: 35,038   Quota: 7,008   Turnout: 69.5%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin South-Central^[39][79][80]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan[*]	16.9	5,958	5,971	5,989	6,234	6,501	6,546	6,607	6,674	7,385
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady[*]	15.7	5,527	5,537	5,548	5,561	5,573	5,594	5,705	6,835	7,022	7,037	7,152
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe[*]	14.3	5,035	5,058	5,073	5,089	5,100	5,135	5,206	6,494	6,758	6,778	6,933
	Fine Gael	John Kelly	11.0	3,868	3,882	3,893	4,009	4,370	4,397	4,444	4,479	5,365	5,627	5,845
	Fianna Fáil	Louis Maguire	7.6	2,661	2,672	2,681	2,689	2,704	2,722	2,743
	Labour	Dermot O'Rourke	7.1	2,488	2,499	2,519	2,551	2,567	2,768	3,189	3,235	3,503	3,519
	Independent	Maurice O'Connell	7.0	2,475	2,494	2,523	2,586	2,631	2,694	2,808	2,897
	Labour	John O'Donovan	7.0	2,450	2,456	2,465	2,479	2,493	2,913	4,360	4,401	4,815	4,845	7,338
	Labour	Emmet Boyle	5.0	1,757	1,767	1,781	1,791	1,798	2,370
	Labour	John Clarke	4.0	1,392	1,400	1,421	1,425	1,430
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kelly	1.9	677	685	686	773
	Fine Gael	Michael McShane	1.7	602	605	610
	Independent	Patrick Dunne	0.5	166	176
	Independent	James Hiney	0.4	149
Electorate: 50,525   Valid: 35,205   Quota: 7,042   Turnout: 69.7%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Dublin South-Central^[38][79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lemass[*]	34.7	12,400
	Labour	Frank Cluskey	19.9	7,098
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell[*]	19.0	6,768
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Barron[*]	6.2	2,220	2,456	2,877	2,914	3,032	3,137	3,241	3,295	4,355
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady[*]	6.1	2,175	5,373	5,461	5,479	5,492	5,547	7,199
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Cummins[*]	4.1	1,464	2,795	2,875	2,881	2,897	2,919
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	3.8	1,349	2,849	2,913	2,925	2,939	2,953	3,801	4,964	5,237
	Fine Gael	George McLoughlin	2.9	1,032	1,132	1,432	1,969	2,001	3,086	3,230	3,263
	Fine Gael	John Nugent	2.8	1,002	1,068	1,198	1,403	1,421
	Irish Workers' Party	Michael O'Riordan	0.5	183	203	269	273
Electorate: 54,929   Valid: 35,691   Quota: 5,949   Turnout: 65.0%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Dublin South-Central^[37][79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lemass[*]	31.8	10,211
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell[*]	21.8	7,007
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Barron	9.7	3,109	3,329	3,442	3,450	3,507	3,749	3,830	3,971	4,142	4,273	4,930
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady[*]	8.4	2,689	5,282	5,380
	Labour	Frank Cluskey	5.6	1,796	1,904	1,954	1,955	2,031	2,105	2,141	2,241	3,488	3,569	4,052
	Labour	James Mooney	4.7	1,511	1,630	1,678	1,679	1,730	1,794	1,847	1,928
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Cummins[*]	4.5	1,449	2,285	2,317	2,319	2,337	2,374	2,394	2,584	2,672	3,996	4,289
	Fine Gael	George McLoughlin	3.4	1,095	1,163	1,371	1,373	1,383	1,399	1,747
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	3.2	1,024	1,756	1,800	1,803	1,812	1,851	1,889	1,953	2,018
	Fine Gael	James McGarry	2.4	755	799	1,050	1,052	1,068	1,091
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Ó Dubhghaill	1.9	622	656	664	664	693
	Fine Gael	John Hegarty	1.8	579	661	1,450	1,456	1,470	1,492	1,945	2,910	3,025	3,151
	Irish Workers' Party	Michael O'Riordan	0.9	277	297	308	308
Electorate: 57,390   Valid: 32,124   Quota: 5,355   Turnout: 56.0%

1958 by-election

Independent TD Jack Murphy resigned on 13 May 1958.^[81] On 4 June 1958, the writ of election was moved to fill the vacancy.^[82] A by-election was held on 25 June 1958.

1958 by-election: Dublin South-Central^[79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Cummins	34.2	6,014	6,337	7,111	7,988
	Fine Gael	John Hegarty	17.6	3,089	3,619	4,386
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	17.2	3,030	3,799	4,925	7,083
	Labour	Frank Cluskey	15.7	2,762	3,352
	National Progressive Democrats	Noel Hartnett	15.3	2,688
Electorate: 51,567   Valid: 17,583   Quota: 8,792   Turnout: 34.1%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Dublin South-Central^[35][79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lemass[*]	25.5	8,136
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell[*]	14.4	4,607	4,663	4,965	5,010	5,058	5,520
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady	10.1	3,236	4,382	4,401	4,532	5,133	5,265	5,276	5,642
	Independent	Jack Murphy	9.5	3,036	3,109	3,163	3,620	3,728	4,375	4,403	4,992
	Fianna Fáil	Celia Lynch[*]	8.5	2,704	3,789	3,853	4,023	5,122	5,333
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Barron	6.4	2,049	2,092	2,121	2,553	2,581	3,037	3,055	3,744
	Labour	Roddy Connolly	6.1	1,932	1,967	1,998	2,158	2,203
	Fine Gael	Thomas Finlay[*]	6.0	1,906	1,925	2,381	2,405	2,446	2,614	2,755
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Ó Dubhghaill	5.4	1,734	1,760	1,766
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Moroney	5.1	1,621	1,929	1,937	1,998
	Fine Gael	Edward Hosey	3.0	966	989
Electorate: 55,976   Valid: 31,927   Quota: 5,322   Turnout: 57.0%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Dublin South-Central^[34][79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lemass[*]	20.1	7,753
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell[*]	19.4	7,474
	Labour	James Larkin Jnr[*]	15.3	5,883	5,927	6,003	6,052	6,167	6,413	6,556
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Barron	8.5	3,258	3,273	3,318	3,372	3,442	3,584	3,740
	Fianna Fáil	Celia Lynch	7.8	3,009	3,422	3,434	3,452	3,481	3,554	5,026	5,452	5,519	5,846
	Fine Gael	Thomas Finlay	6.9	2,654	2,663	3,348	3,429	3,500	5,729	5,815	7,437
	Fine Gael	William Phelan	6.8	2,614	2,625	2,800	2,833	2,878
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady[*]	6.8	2,610	2,885	2,907	2,928	2,963	3,014
	Fianna Fáil	John McCann[*]	6.7	2,586	3,143	3,159	3,183	3,204	3,275	4,333	4,756	4,794	5,026
	Independent	Eamonn Halpin	1.0	380	386	398	416
	Independent	Seán Davis	0.8	298	301	312
Electorate: 59,731   Valid: 38,519   Quota: 6,420   Turnout: 64.5%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Dublin South-Central^[79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lemass[*]	25.9	10,759
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell[*]	13.7	5,684	5,720	6,301	6,480	7,038
	Labour	James Larkin Jnr[*]	13.6	5,667	5,764	5,928	6,049	6,986
	Fianna Fáil	John McCann[*]	10.8	4,487	6,071	6,112	6,167	6,350	7,025
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady	9.7	4,020	4,669	4,703	4,961	5,095	5,688	5,755	5,792	5,831
	Fianna Fáil	James B. Lynch	8.8	3,638	5,002	5,042	5,080	5,226	5,667	5,714	5,739	5,801
	Fine Gael	Kerry Reddin	6.7	2,784	2,818	3,188	3,239	3,633
	Clann na Poblachta	Con Lehane[*]	4.4	1,809	1,845	1,914	2,596
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Barron	3.3	1,363	1,382	1,414
	Fine Gael	Anthony Lalor	3.2	1,332	1,348
Electorate: 65,020   Valid: 41,543   Quota: 6,924   Turnout: 63.9%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Dublin South-Central^[79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lemass[*]	29.9	13,274
	Fine Gael	Maurice E. Dockrell[*]	11.1	4,931	4,993	5,011	5,294	5,353	5,405	5,440	5,546	9,618
	Clann na Poblachta	Con Lehane	11.0	4,861	4,924	4,975	4,995	5,062	5,469	5,514	7,567
	Labour	James Larkin Jnr[*]	10.7	4,743	4,894	4,978	5,013	5,275	5,363	6,555	6,814	7,070	7,199	8,579
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cahill	8.9	3,965	4,030	4,054	4,289	4,384	4,454	4,504	4,836
	Fianna Fáil	John McCann[*]	8.6	3,829	5,860	5,914	5,948	6,055	6,077	6,104	6,159	6,324	6,346	6,889	7,286
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Barron	5.2	2,287	2,307	2,328	2,336	2,373	2,918	2,942
	Fianna Fáil	James B. Lynch[*]	5.0	2,216	5,596	5,634	5,645	5,726	5,745	5,799	5,831	5,974	5,992	6,289	6,662
	Labour	Frank Foley	2.9	1,303	1,323	1,334	1,340	1,419	1,459
	Clann na Poblachta	Jack Brady	2.7	1,203	1,227	1,241	1,247	1,275
	National Labour Party	Joseph Hughes	1.8	790	817	850	859
	Fine Gael	Joseph Toner	1.4	635	644	658
	Independent	William Naughton	0.8	350	374
Electorate: 67,633   Valid: 44,387   Quota: 7,398   Turnout: 65.6%

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland