1994 Dublin South-Central by-election
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A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin South-Central constituency in Ireland on 9 June 1994. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and Minister for Health John O'Connell on health grounds.
The election was won by Dublin City Councillor and former TD Eric Byrne. This was the first time ever Democratic Left won a by-election.
Among the candidates were Senator and future TD Michael Mulcahy, Brian Hayes who would go on to serve as both a Minister of State and MEP, Dublin City Councillor Joe Connolly and South Dublin County Councillor and future Senator Cáit Keane.
On the same day, a by-election took place in Mayo West.
Result[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 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% | ||||||||||||