Dublin (European Parliament constituency)

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Dublin
European Parliament constituency
Map of the European Parliament constituencies with Dublin highlighted in red
Location among the current constituencies
Dublin shown within Ireland
Member stateIreland
Created1979
MEPs4 (1979–2009)
3 (2009–2020)
4 (2020–)
Sources
[1][2]

Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is a European Parliament constituency in Ireland. It represents Dublin, the capital of Ireland. It was created in 1979.

Election results[change | change source]

2019 European Parliament election: Dublin[3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Green Ciarán Cuffe 17.5 63,849 63,895 63,997 64,314 64,406 64,588 64,853 65,291 65,683 66,370 69,282 71,255 73,028      
Fine Gael Frances Fitzgerald 16.2 59,067 59,089 59,135 59,250 59,317 59,375 59,448 59,575 59,724 60,062 61,528 61,880 72,446 78,580    
Fianna Fáil Barry Andrews[nb 1] 14.1 51,420 51,446 51,506 51,599 51,708 51,913 51,997 52,078 52,451 53,159 53,980 54,418 56,110 59,619 63,177 68,952
Independents 4 Change Clare Daly 11.6 42,305 42,344 42,391 42,533 42,673 42,744 43,400 44,159 45,570 46,850 48,559 52,382 52,930 55,752 65,683 87,770
Sinn Féin Lynn Boylan 10.8 39,387 39,428 39,457 39,526 39,646 39,701 40,045 40,470 41,786 42,317 42,873 45,216 45,552 46,704 51,632  
Social Democrats (Ireland) Gary Gannon 5.6 20,331 20,360 20,398 20,507 20,578 20,647 21,002 21,561 22,054 22,426 24,051 25,502 25,915 29,720    
Labour Alex White 5.0 18,293 18,312 18,350 18,414 18,445 18,513 18,942 19,088 19,226 19,661 20,905 21,303 22,205      
Fine Gael Mark Durkan 4.5 16,473 16,488 16,534 16,562 16,637 16,704 16,733 16,778 16,875 17,144 17,480 17,649        
People Before Profit Gillian Brien 3.0 10,864 10,896 10,918 10,968 11,006 11,036 11,370 13,134 13,584 13,912 14,358          
Independent politician (Ireland) Alice-Mary Higgins 3.0 10,846 10,867 10,907 11,045 11,129 11,228 11,434 11,751 12,039 12,887            
Independent politician (Ireland) Ben Gilroy 2.1 7,594 7,627 7,648 7,689 8,051 8,450 8,511 8,609                
Independent politician (Ireland) Gemma O'Doherty 1.8 6,659 6,689 6,782 6,867 7,594 8,451 8,661 8,768 10,622              
Solidarity (Ireland) Rita Harrold 1.4 4,967 4,999 5,028 5,088 5,125 5,171 5,607                  
Workers' Party (Ireland) Éilis Ryan 1.0 3,701 3,722 3,745 3,784 3,817 3,895                    
Independent politician (Ireland) Eamonn Murphy 0.7 2,519 2,575 2,666 2,750 2,915                      
Independent politician (Ireland) Hermann Kelly 0.7 2,441 2,473 2,506 2,539                        
Independent politician (Ireland) Aisling McNiffe 0.4 1,572 1,641 1,690                          
Independent politician (Ireland) Mark Mullan 0.3 932 969                            
Independent politician (Ireland) Tony Bosco Lowth 0.2 727                              
Electorate: 884,118   Valid: 363,947   Spoilt: 15,345 (4.1%)   Quota: 72,790   Turnout: 379,292 (42.9%)  

Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Barry Andrews, the fourth candidate elected in 2019, did not take his seat until the UK left the EU and its MEPs vacated their seats on 31 January 2020.[5][6]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "European Parliament elections 1999". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  2. ↑ "european elections 10-13 june". Europarl.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. ↑ "Runners and riders line up for Euro election race". RTÉ News. 2 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Dublin County Returning Officer. "Candidates for European Parliament Election 2019". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference dail20190228 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  6. ↑ Cite error: The named reference rte1052094 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
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