Dublin West (Dáil constituency)

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

Dublin West
Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin West within County Dublin
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Ashtown Blanchardstown Castleknock Clonsilla Damastown Hollystown Huntstown and Littlepace Mulhuddart Ongar Tyrrelstown
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–1992) 4 (1992–2002) 3 (2002–2011) 4 (2011–2024) 5 (2024–)
TDs	Jack Chambers (FF)   Ruth Coppinger (PBP–S)   Emer Currie (FG)   Paul Donnelly (SF)   Roderic O'Gorman (GP)
Local government areas	Fingal Dublin City
Created from	Dublin Ballyfermot Dublin Cabra Dublin County West Dublin County North Dublin South-Central
EP constituency	Dublin

Boundaries

The constituency includes Mulhuddart, Corduff, Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Carpenterstown, Barberstown, Clonsilla and Ongar. The portion in Dublin City includes Dublin Zoo and Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland, and the suburb of Ashtown. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[1][2]

"In the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of:

Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North, The Ward;

and, in the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:

Ashtown A, Ashtown B;

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

Changes to the Dublin West constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1981–1987	5	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[3] Ballyfermot A, Ballyfermot B, Ballyfermot C, Ballyfermot D, Ballyfermot E, Ballyfermot F, Cabra West A (except the part in the constituency of Dublin Central), Cabra West C (except the part in the constituency of Dublin Central), Cabra West D, Cabra West E, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Phoenix Park, Usher's A, Usher's F; and in the county of Dublin the district electoral divisions of Castleknock, Clonsilla, Lucan Number One, Lucan Number Two, Palmerstown Number One, Palmerstown Number Two; and the townlands of Abbotstown, Blanchardstown, Corduff, Deanestown, Dunsink, Huntstown (in the parish of Mulhuddart), Little Pace, Scribblestown, Sheephill, in the district electoral division of Blanchardstown; and the townland of Cardiffsbridge in the district electoral division of Finglas.	Transfer of Ballyfermot A, B, C, D, E and F, Kilmainham A and C from Dublin Ballyfermot; Transfer of Cabra West D and E, Phoenix Park and parts of Cabra West A and C from Dublin Cabra; Transfer of Castleknock, Clonsilla, Lucan Numbers One and Two, Palmerstown Numbers One and Two, and townlands in Blanchardstown from Dublin County West; Transfer of Kilmainham B, Usher's A, Usher's F from Dublin South-Central; Transfer of the townland of Cardiffsbridge from Dublin County North.
1987–1992	5	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[4] Ballyfermot A, Ballyfermot B, Ballyfermot C, Ballyfermot D, Ballyfermot E, Ballyfermot F, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, Kilmainham C, Phoenix Park, Usher's A, Usher's F; and in the county of Dublin the district electoral divisions of Castleknock, Clonsilla, Lucan Number One, Lucan Number Two, Palmerstown Number One, Palmerstown Number Two; and the townlands of Abbotstown, Blanchardstown, Corduff, Deanestown, Dunsink, Huntstown (in the parish of Mulhuddart), Little Pace, Scribblestown, Sheephill, in the district electoral division of Blanchardstown; and the townland of Cardiffsbridge in the district electoral division of Finglas.	Transfer of the wards of Cabra West D and E and the balance of the wards of Cabra West A and C to Dublin Central.[5]
1992–1997	4	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[6] Cherry Orchard A, Cherry Orchard B, Cherry Orchard C, Drumfinn, Kylemore; and in the county of Dublin the district electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan North, Lucan-St. Helens, Palmerston Village, Palmerston West.	Transfer to Dublin North of the part of the constituency situated north of the Navan Road and the Castleknock Road; Transfer of the Ashtown, Phoenix Park, Islandbridge, Kilmainham, Inchicore, Ballyfermot (part) and Chapelizod areas to Dublin Central.[7]
1997–2002	4	In the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of[8] Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park and Lucan North; and in the county of South Dublin the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Palmerston Village, Palmerston West.	Transfer of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock Park from Dublin North; Cherry Orchard A, B and C, Drumfinn and Kylemore to Dublin Central[9]
2002–2007	3	In the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of[10] Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park and Lucan North; and in the county of South Dublin the electoral divisions of Palmerston Village, Palmerston West.	Transfer of Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens to Dublin Mid-West.[11]
2007–2011	3	In the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of[12] Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Kilsallaghan and Lucan North; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Dubber and The Ward situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50).	Transfer of Palmerston Village and Palmerston West to Dublin Mid-West. Transfer of part of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown to Dublin North-West, and of Kilsallaghan and part of Dubber and The Ward from Dublin North.[13]
2011–2016	3	In the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of[14] Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Kilsallaghan, Lucan North, Swords-Forrest; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Airport, Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Dubber and The Ward situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50).	Transfer of Airport (part north of M50) and Swords-Forrest from Dublin North.[15]
2016–2024	4	In the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of[16][17] Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, and The Ward situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50); and, in the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of: Ashtown A, Ashtown B; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated north of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street.	Transfer of Airport (part north of M50), Dubber (part north of M50), Kilsallaghan and Swords-Forrest to Dublin Fingal. Transfer of Ashtown A, Ashtown B and part of Phoenix Park (that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated north of a line drawn 469 along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street) from Dublin Central.[18][19]
2024–	5	In the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of[1] Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North, The Ward; and, in the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of: Ashtown A, Ashtown B; and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated north of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street.	Transfer of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown (Part South of M50) and The Ward (Part South of M50) from Dublin North-West.[20]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin West 1981–[21]
Key to parties   AAA–PBP = AAA–PBP   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Lab = Labour   PBP–S = PBP–Solidarity   PDs = Progressive Democrats   SF = Sinn Féin   SP = Socialist Party   WP = Workers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[22]		Jim Mitchell (FG)		Brian Lenihan Snr (FF)		Richard Burke (FG)		Eileen Lemass (FF)		Brian Fleming (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[23]								Liam Lawlor (FF)
	1982 by-election[24]						Liam Skelly (FG)
24th	1982 (Nov)[25]								Eileen Lemass (FF)		Tomás Mac Giolla (WP)
25th	1987[26]						Pat O'Malley (PDs)		Liam Lawlor (FF)
26th	1989[27]						Austin Currie (FG)
27th	1992[28]		Joan Burton (Lab)							4 seats 1992–2002
	1996 by-election[29]				Brian Lenihan Jnr (FF)
28th	1997[30]		Joe Higgins (SP)
29th	2002[31]						Joan Burton (Lab)	3 seats 2002–2011
30th	2007[32]		Leo Varadkar (FG)
31st	2011[33]								Joe Higgins (SP)	4 seats 2011–2024
	2011 by-election[34]				Patrick Nulty (Lab)
	2014 by-election[35]				Ruth Coppinger (SP)
32nd	2016[36]				Ruth Coppinger (AAA–PBP)				Jack Chambers (FF)
33rd	2020[37]				Paul Donnelly (SF)		Roderic O'Gorman (GP)
34th	2024[38]		Emer Currie (FG)								Ruth Coppinger (PBP–S)

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

2024 general election

2024 general election: Dublin West^[38][39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Chambers[*]	21.4	9,446
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly[*]	17.5	7,731
	Fine Gael	Emer Currie	15.4	6,791	7,579
	PBP–Solidarity	Ruth Coppinger[a]	8.0	3,552	3,639	3,666	3,758	3,764	3,803	3,949	4,037	4,142	4,494	5,211	6,340	7,165
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman[*]	6.6	2,909	3,074	3,078	3,124	3,176	3,188	3,207	3,468	3,491	3,652	3,777	4,350	6,080
	Labour	John Walsh	5.6	2,455	2,573	2,579	2,624	2,655	2,684	2,723	2,960	2,982	3,170	3,299	4,039
	Aontú	Ellen Troy	5.6	2,453	2,532	2,542	2,577	2,590	2,732	2,842	2,980	3,657	4,000	4,348	4,547	5,003
	Social Democrats	Ellen Murphy	4.9	2,168	2,198	2,211	2,236	2,244	2,272	2,322	2,385	2,419	2,659	3,094
	Sinn Féin	Breda Hanaphy	3.5	1,567	1,599	1,861	1,902	1,906	1,949	2,117	2,168	2,345	2,573
	Independent	Tania Doyle	3.0	1,339	1,391	1,405	1,442	1,448	1,564	1,780	1,855	2,086
	National Party	Patrick Quinlan	2.6	1,149	1,156	1,161	1,192	1,193	1,491	1,632	1,658
	Independent	Natalie Treacy	2.2	969	988	998	1,006	1,006	1,099
	Independent	Susanne Delaney	1.8	816	832	836	875	877
	Fianna Fáil	Lorna Nolan	0.9	412	1,071	1,072	1,108	1,191	1,216	1,247
	Independent	Umar Al-Qadri	0.7	381	397	398
	Independent	John Forde	0.2	98	103	104
Electorate: 78,034   Valid: 44,236   Spoilt: 357   Quota: 7,373   Turnout: 57.1%

1. Coppinger is a member of Solidarity.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin West^{[37][40][41][42][43][44]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	28.6	12,456
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar[*]	19.4	8,478	8,596	8,641	8,706	8,763
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Chambers[*]	15.8	6,892	7,187	7,330	7,385	7,836	9,107
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman	11.2	4,901	5,371	5,471	5,919	6,270	8,260
	Solidarity–PBP	Ruth Coppinger[*][a]	10.0	4,353	6,212	6,430	6,808	6,991	7,580
	Labour	Joan Burton[*]	4.8	2,096	2,201	2,236	2,321	2,406
	Fine Gael	Emer Currie	4.3	1,870	1,905	1,947	1,980	2,030
	Aontú	Edward Mac Manus	2.4	1,062	1,218	1,420	1,522
	Social Democrats	Aengus Ó Maoláin	1.9	817	1,114	1,249
	Independent	Peter Casey	1.1	495	708
	Independent	Stephen O'Loughlin	0.4	184	325
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.1	24	65
Electorate: 70,337   Valid: 43,628   Spoilt: 270 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,726   Turnout: 43,898 (62.4%)

1. Coppinger was a member of Solidarity.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin West^[45][46][36]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar[*]	19.7	8,247	8,328	9,021
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Chambers	16.5	6,917	7,148	7,236	7,330	8,315
	AAA–PBP	Ruth Coppinger[*]	15.5	6,520	6,626	6,690	7,011	8,548
	Labour	Joan Burton[*]	15.4	6,445	6,508	6,668	6,769	8,009
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	14.4	6,034	6,073	6,093	6,188	7,091
	Independent	David McGuinness	7.1	2,991	3,081	3,112	3,405
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman	4.1	1,730	1,839	1,864	2,098
	Independent	T J Clare	2.6	1,092	1,191	1,214
	Fine Gael	Catherine Noone	2.6	1,074	1,125
	Renua	Jo O'Brien	1.6	677
	Independent	Dermot Casey	0.5	225
Electorate: 64,639   Valid: 41,952   Spoilt: 320 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,391   Turnout: 42,272 (65.4%)

2014 by-election

Independent TD Patrick Nulty resigned on 24 March 2014. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 European and local elections.

2014 by-election: Dublin West^[35][47]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

2011 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Jnr died on 10 June 2011. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 27 October 2011, on the same day as the Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums.

2011 by-election: Dublin West^[48][34]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Patrick Nulty	24.3	8,665	8,885	10,186	13,027	17,636
	Fianna Fáil	David McGuinness	21.7	7,742	7,935	8,720	9,873	11,590
	Socialist Party	Ruth Coppinger	21.1	7,542	7,834	9,368	9,873
	Fine Gael	Eithne Loftus	14.7	5,263	5,410	5,942
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	8.9	3,173	3,309
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman	5.0	1,787	1,925
	Independent	Barry Caesar Hunt	2.2	775
	Independent	John Frank Kidd	0.9	311
	Independent	Gary Bermingham	0.5	185
	Independent	Brendan Doris	0.3	95
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.2	73
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.1	51
	Independent	Peadar Ó Ceallaigh	0.1	40
Electorate: 62,396   Valid: 35,702   Spoilt: 689 (1.9%)   Quota: 17,852   Turnout: 36,391 (58.3%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin West^[33]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Joan Burton[*]	22.7	9,627
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar[*]	19.7	8,359	8,555
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins[a]	19.0	8,084	8,304	8,603
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr[*]	15.1	6,421	6,494	7,050	7,323	8,289
	Fine Gael	Kieran Dennison	7.5	3,190	3,248	3,440	3,693
	Labour	Patrick Nulty	6.3	2,686	3,186	3,450	4,701	6,329
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	6.1	2,597	2,646	2,749
	Fianna Fáil	David McGuinness	1.5	623	631
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman	1.4	605	625
	Independent	Clement Esebamen	0.7	280	288
Electorate: 62,348   Valid: 42,472   Spoilt: 327 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,495   Turnout: 42,799 (68.6%)

1. Higgins campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance at the 2011 general election.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin West^[32]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr[*]	32.7	11,125
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar	20.4	6,928	7,199	7,360	7,753	8,710
	Labour	Joan Burton[*]	17.1	5,799	6,101	6,215	6,673	7,905
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins[*]	14.9	5,066	5,270	5,325	5,607	7,472
	Sinn Féin	Felix Gallagher	4.8	1,624	1,677	1,683	1,777
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Lynam	4.7	1,601	3,214	3,455	3,587
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman	3.8	1,286	1,349	1,417
	Progressive Democrats	Mags Murray	1.6	553	676
Electorate: 52,193   Valid: 33,982   Spoilt: 206 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,496   Turnout: 34,188 (65.5%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin West^[31]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr[*]	26.9	8,086
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins[*]	21.5	6,442	6,660	6,731	7,853
	Labour	Joan Burton	12.7	3,810	4,020	4,079	4,375	5,125	6,300
	Fine Gael	Sheila Terry	12.3	3,694	3,783	3,829	3,982	4,863	5,669
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	8.0	2,404	2,498	2,524
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Morrissey	7.9	2,370	2,480	2,554	2,662
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Doherty Ryan	7.7	2,300	2,386	2,698	3,056	3,728
	Green	Robert Bonnie	2.5	748
	Christian Solidarity	John Smyth	0.5	134
Electorate: 53,780   Valid: 29,988   Spoilt: N/A[49]   Quota: 7,498   Turnout: 29,988 (55.8%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin West^[30][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Jnr[*]	17.1	6,842	6,919	6,976	7,028	7,209	7,488	8,544
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins	16.2	6,496	6,616	6,886	6,960	7,285	8,094
	Fine Gael	Austin Currie[*]	13.1	5,256	5,330	5,397	6,335	6,663	6,764	6,942	7,645	7,698
	Labour	Joan Burton[*]	12.1	4,853	4,941	5,116	5,429	5,851	6,077	6,186	6,802	6,852
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor[*]	10.6	4,241	4,271	4,360	4,387	4,497	4,838	5,674	7,371	7,797
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Morrissey	7.6	3,050	3,133	3,168	3,241	3,439	3,533	3,767
	Fianna Fáil	Finbarr Hanrahan	5.5	2,216	2,246	2,273	2,302	2,457	2,564
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	5.0	2,004	2,035	2,246	2,257	2,348
	Green	Paul Gogarty	4.3	1,732	1,799	1,926	2,011
	Fine Gael	Joanne Harmon	3.8	1,532	1,586	1,622
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	2.8	1,135	1,157
	Independent	Seán Lyons	1.5	585
	Independent	Colin Butler	0.2	96
	Independent	Ciara Malone	0.1	36
Electorate: 66,419   Valid: 40,074   Spoilt: 223 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,015   Turnout: 40,297 (60.7%)

1996 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Snr died on 1 November 1995. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 2 April 1996. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Brian Lenihan Jnr, son of the deceased TD.

1996 by-election: Dublin West^[29]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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[a]	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%

1. Joe Higgins was an Independent candidate in 1996, as part of the Militant Labour organisation.^[51]

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin West^[28][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Labour	Joan Burton	22.6	8,398
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr[*]	13.9	5,171	5,210	5,215	5,242	5,349	5,395	5,450	5,653	5,826	6,052	6,337	6,590	8,007
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor[*]	10.1	3,736	3,765	3,772	3,828	3,854	3,904	4,030	4,087	4,126	4,258	4,365	4,605	5,655	6,097
	Fine Gael	Austin Currie[*]	9.0	3,360	3,551	3,559	3,821	3,930	4,067	4,088	4,273	5,146	5,329	6,444	6,724	7,155	7,226
	Fianna Fáil	Finbarr Hanrahan	7.3	2,727	2,759	2,765	2,785	2,836	2,947	2,984	3,068	3,127	3,184	3,357	3,460
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla[*]	7.3	2,726	2,915	2,929	3,025	3,070	3,238	3,550	3,652	3,700	4,287	4,483	5,814	5,984	6,047
	Independent	Vincent Ballyfermot Jackson	5.8	2,171	2,233	2,248	2,296	2,311	2,412	2,640	2,706	2,726	3,001	3,115
	Progressive Democrats	Sheila Terry	4.0	1,498	1,583	1,591	1,678	1,781	1,893	1,904	2,090	2,385	2,478
	Independent	Joe Higgins	3.8	1,407	1,500	1,505	1,523	1,555	1,645	1,741	1,891	1,933
	Fine Gael	Tom Morrissey	3.2	1,179	1,220	1,222	1,360	1,583	1,615	1,628	1,731
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	2.8	1,032	1,045	1,054	1,094	1,106	1,126
	Independent	Seán Lyons	2.8	1,027	1,070	1,078	1,084	1,186	1,278	1,322
	Green	Paul Nicholas Gogarty	2.4	906	979	984	999	1,090
	Independent	Marie Blake	2.5	916	948	952	965
	Fine Gael	Therese Ridge	2.2	799	835	840
	Independent	Liam Lynch	0.3	99	108
Electorate: 57,955   Valid: 37,152   Spoilt: 519 (1.4%)   Quota: 7,431   Turnout: 37,671 (65.0%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin West^[27][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr[*]	23.1	11,109
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla[*]	17.1	8,218
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell[*]	14.4	6,920	7,067	7,084	7,118	7,145	7,306	7,411	7,632	8,666
	Fine Gael	Austin Currie	10.2	4,886	5,000	5,006	5,018	5,023	5,055	5,098	5,417	6,461	7,901	8,475
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor[*]	8.6	4,144	5,504	5,514	5,528	5,544	5,573	5,662	5,813	5,977	6,348	6,390	6,469
	Fianna Fáil	Olga Bennett	8.2	3,924	5,240	5,245	5,255	5,276	5,333	5,414	5,678	5,835	6,201	6,246	6,396
	Progressive Democrats	Pat O'Malley[*]	5.4	2,572	2,628	2,634	2,647	2,652	2,694	2,734	3,005
	Labour	Eamon Tuffy	4.3	2,063	2,092	2,126	2,189	2,220	2,370	2,567	3,360	3,707
	Green	Bridin O'Connor	4.0	1,915	1,965	2,003	2,031	2,070	2,182	2,484
	Sinn Féin	John David McCann	1.8	853	867	889	905	1,301	1,364
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	1.4	668	676	703	716	735
	Sinn Féin	Ursula Quinn	1.1	545	553	593	603
	Communist	John Montgomery	0.4	209	211
Electorate: 77,766   Valid: 48,026   Quota: 8,005   Turnout: 61.8%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin West^[26][54][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr[*]	16.0	8,278	8,284	8,285	8,289	8,296	8,343	8,358	8,384	8,455	8,474	8,597	8,650
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	13.6	7,020	7,024	7,024	7,035	7,047	7,079	7,091	7,110	7,164	7,169	7,267	7,315	7,583	7,736	7,779	7,971	8,112
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla[*]	12.9	6,651	6,653	6,658	6,724	6,765	6,799	6,918	7,132	7,232	7,247	7,639	8,220	8,854
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell[*]	12.7	6,585	6,586	6,587	6,598	6,639	6,658	6,687	6,780	6,848	7,132	7,182	7,315	7,647	7,922	7,964	11,843
	Fianna Fáil	Olga Bennett	10.9	5,622	5,623	5,626	5,635	5,669	5,697	5,723	5,770	5,828	5,842	5,958	6,008	6,203	6,332	6,370	6,475	6,565
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming	7.8	4,011	4,012	4,012	4,014	4,021	4,038	4,077	4,095	4,162	4,617	4,635	4,799	5,044	5,467	5,508
	Progressive Democrats	Pat O'Malley	6.4	3,308	3,310	3,311	3,315	3,327	3,334	3,375	3,408	3,452	3,501	3,512	3,605	3,861	5,902	5,973	6,924	9,744
	Progressive Democrats	James Fay	5.2	2,706	2,708	2,708	2,709	2,711	2,731	2,754	2,805	2,896	2,958	2,984	3,028	3,213
	Independent	Liam Skelly[*]	3.4	1,734	1,739	1,741	1,749	1,761	1,782	1,845	1,890	2,000	2,021	2,133	2,326
	Labour	Eamon Tuffy	2.3	1,185	1,187	1,190	1,208	1,217	1,221	1,306	1,367	1,406	1,414	1,448
	Sinn Féin	James Delaney	2.0	1,041	1,041	1,045	1,097	1,104	1,115	1,140	1,176	1,195	1,196
	Fine Gael	Eithne Loftus	1.7	860	861	862	862	864	870	906	910	943
	Independent	Seán Lyons	1.3	675	678	678	680	700	752	798	815
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	1.2	600	602	602	612	637	641	690
	Green	Brídín O'Connor	1.1	587	593	599	609	611	620
	Independent	Gerry Gallagher	0.6	312	313	313	314	319
	Independent	Brian McMenamy	0.5	239	241	241	244
	Communist	John Montgomery	0.4	183	183	225
	Communist	Jean Roche	0.1	72	72
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	0.1	43
Electorate: 75,366   Valid: 51,712   Quota: 8,619   Turnout: 68.6%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin West^[25][56][57]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell[*]	16.0	7,426	7,447	7,512	7,568	7,841
	Fine Gael	Liam Skelly[*]	14.8	6,876	6,883	6,925	6,953	7,240	7,352	7,384	7,597
	Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	14.7	6,844	6,954	7,136	7,177	7,877
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	14.1	6,544	6,558	6,592	6,952	7,041	9,442
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming[*]	12.5	5,804	5,806	5,839	5,859	6,327	6,502	6,557	6,836
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr[*]	11.7	5,464	5,472	5,481	5,772	5,815	7,331	8,924
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor[*]	8.7	4,055	4,056	4,071	4,249	4,300
	Labour	Michael Brennan	3.9	1,835	1,873	1,995	2,004
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Sherwin	2.1	983	990	998
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	1.0	476	517
	Independent	John Montgomery	0.6	259
Electorate: 70,203   Valid: 46,566   Quota: 7,762   Turnout: 66.3%

1982 by-election

On 30 March 1982, Fine Gael TD Richard Burke resigned prior to his appointment as European Commissioner. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 25 May 1982.

1982 by-election: Dublin West^[24][57]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	39.7	17,095	17,571	19,206
	Fine Gael	Liam Skelly	39.0	16,777	17,736	21,388
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	14.8	6,357	7,446
	Independent	John O'Halloran	1.8	785
	Labour	Brendan O'Sullivan	1.6	703
	Democratic Socialist	Michael Conaghan	1.6	667
	Independent	Matt Merrigan	0.8	334
	Independent	John Condron	0.5	233
	Independent	Séamus O'Daly	0.2	68
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.1	42
Electorate: 70,203   Valid: 43,061   Quota: 21,531   Turnout: 61.3%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin West^[23][58]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell[*]	19.1	8,657
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr[*]	15.4	6,972	6,996	6,996	7,000	7,006	7,066	7,216	7,610
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	13.8	6,223	6,248	6,253	6,260	6,270	6,347	6,584	6,993	7,035
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming[*]	12.7	5,764	6,208	6,211	6,229	6,240	6,278	7,399	8,482
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass[*]	12.5	5,662	5,725	5,726	5,739	5,747	5,858	6,006	6,690	6,770
	Fine Gael	Richard Burke[*]	10.6	4,790	5,228	5,232	5,241	5,249	5,265	5,800	6,292	6,993
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	7.3	3,285	3,338	3,352	3,400	3,510	3,895	4,389
	Labour	Michael Gannon	5.8	2,617	2,664	2,666	2,696	2,725	2,795
	Irish Republican Socialist	Anthony O'Hara	1.8	800	812	817	858	921
	Communist	John Montgomery	0.5	222	227	235	255
	Independent	Seán Corr	0.4	183	188	205
	Independent	Rod Eley	0.1	59	60
Electorate: 66,701   Valid: 45,234   Quota: 7,540   Turnout: 67.8%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin West^[22][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell[*]	20.0	9,326
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr[*]	15.3	7,169	7,204	7,205	7,209	7,214	7,230	7,256	7,330	7,882
	Fine Gael	Richard Burke	11.3	5,301	5,875	5,878	5,887	5,903	5,938	6,010	6,161	6,366	6,370	6,652	7,835
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming	10.8	5,052	5,540	5,541	5,552	5,573	5,630	5,715	5,885	6,000	6,001	6,367	7,935
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass[*]	10.6	4,953	5,038	5,040	5,041	5,048	5,061	5,116	5,279	5,959	6,003	6,866	7,434
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor[*]	7.0	3,272	3,297	3,298	3,303	3,319	3,337	3,368	3,432	4,524	4,558	4,942	5,125
	Anti H-Block	Anthony O'Hara	6.5	3,034	3,087	3,100	3,155	3,171	3,183	3,253	3,840	3,893	3,896
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Boland	5.7	2,682	2,701	2,701	2,701	2,705	2,711	2,729	2,764
	Labour	Mary Robinson	5.0	2,342	2,430	2,445	2,478	2,484	2,703	3,287	3,870	3,902	3,904	4,832
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Tomás Mac Giolla	3.6	1,678	1,739	1,748	1,806	2,040	2,056	2,151
	Labour	Anne McStay	1.9	876	949	956	974	988	1,095
	Labour	Eamon Tuffy	1.0	476	489	496	499	505
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Mick Finnegan	0.7	332	339	341	353
	Communist	John Montgomery	0.4	202	209	215
	Socialist Labour	Ivor Nolan	0.1	63	67
Electorate: 66,701   Valid: 46,758   Quota: 7,794   Turnout: 70.1%

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