1998 Dublin North by-election

1998 Dublin North by-election

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Turnout	33,046 (50.2%)
Ryan Kennedy Jenkinson Nominee Seán Ryan Michael Kennedy Philip Jenkinson Party Labour Fianna Fáil Fine Gael First preferences 11,012 10,334 3,185 Percentage 33.3 31.3 9.6 Final count 16,896 13,633 –   Martin Nominee Clare Daly Paul Martin Paul Donnelly Party Socialist Party Green Sinn Féin First preferences 2,692 1,092 1,088 Percentage 8.2 3.3 3.3 Final count – – –   Ruigrok Goulding Keaveney Nominee Rena Condrot Ruigrok Ciaran Goulding Angela Keaveney Party Independent Independent Christian Solidarity First preferences 780 682 565 Percentage 2.4 2.1 1.7 Final count – – –
TD before election Ray Burke Fianna Fáil Elected TD Seán Ryan Labour

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin North constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Ray Burke on 7 October 1997.

The election was won by Seán Ryan of the Labour Party.

The election was notable in that it had the highest number of candidates to every contest a Dáil by-election. 19 candidates contested, including 9 Independents. The election took 14 counts to declare a winner with 8 candidates getting less than 1% of the first preference vote.

On the same day, a by-election took place in Limerick East, both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by-elections.

Michael Kennedy would go on to serve as a TD for the constituency in the future and Clare Daly would go on to serve as a TD and MEP