Dublin Ballyfermot was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Dublin Ballyfermot | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | Dublin city |
| Created from | Dublin South-West |
History edit
The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,[1] taking in parts of the former Dublin South West constituency, as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with most of it becoming part of the new constituency of Dublin West.
Boundaries edit
It covered Ballyfermot, together with most of the Crumlin and Kilmainham areas of Dublin city. It consisted of the following wards of the county borough of Dublin: Ballyfermot A, Ballyfermot B, Ballyfermot C, Ballyfermot D, Ballyfermot E, Ballyfermot F, Ballyfermot G, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin E, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham C.[1]
TDs edit
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Ballyfermot 1977–1981[2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 21st | 1977[3] | John O'Connell (Lab) |
Eileen Lemass (FF) |
Jim Mitchell (FG) | |||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished | |||||
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.
1977 general election edit
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John O'Connell | 8,308 | 32.7 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Eileen Lemass | 4,253 | 16.7 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 4,223 | 16.6 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Joseph Dowling | 3,414 | 13.4 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Lauri Corcoran | 2,778 | 10.9 | |||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 1,385 | 5.4 | |||
| Fine Gael | William Brady | 689 | 2.7 | |||
| Independent | John Montgomery | 317 | 1.3 | |||
| Independent | James McKenna | 78 | 0.3 | |||
| Electorate: 37,427 Valid: 25,445 Quota: 6,362 Turnout: 68.0% | ||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ a b Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin Ballyfermot". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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