1998 Limerick East by-election
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A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Limerick East constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the death of Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) Jim Kemmy on 25 September 1997.
The election was won by Limerick City Councillor Jan O'Sullivan of the Labour Party.
Among the candidates were Senator and Limerick County Councillor Mary Jackman, Limerick County Councillor Tim O'Malley, Limerick City Councillor John Ryan, Limerick City Councillor John Gilligan
On the same day, a by-election took place in Dublin North, both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by-elections.
Result
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour | Jan O'Sullivan | 24.9 | 10,619 | 11,444 | 13,724 | 14,967 | 22,888 | |
Fine Gael | Mary Jackman | 24.5 | 10,445 | 10,870 | 11,591 | 12,860 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Sandra Marsh | 23.8 | 10,173 | 10,852 | 11,328 | 13,117 | 15,188 | |
Progressive Democrats | Tim O'Malley | 10.0 | 4,287 | 4,578 | 4,913 | |||
Democratic Left | John Ryan | 9.1 | 3,868 | 4,507 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Jenny Marie Shapland | 2.1 | 909 | |||||
Independent | John Gilligan | 2.0 | 850 | |||||
National Party | Nora Bennis | 1.6 | 700 | |||||
Green | Eric Sheppard | 1.3 | 546 | |||||
Independent | Barney Sheehan | 0.5 | 198 | |||||
Independent | Noel Hannon | 0.3 | 108 | |||||
Electorate: 78,062 Valid: 42,703 Quota: 21,352 Turnout: 54.7% |
See also
References
- ^ Government of Ireland,https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/electionResults/dail/2002/2002-07-21_dail-general-election-may-2002-results-and-transfer-of-votes_en.pdf
External links
- https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997B&cons=159&ref=116
- http://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=138&electype=2&constitid=94
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