2014 Dublin West by-election

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Turnout

29,350 (46.2%)


Nominee	Ruth Coppinger	David McGuinness	Paul Donnelly
Party	Socialist Party	Fianna Fáil	Sinn Féin
First pref	5,977	5,053	6,056
Percentage	20.6%	17.5%	20.9%
Final count	12,334	9,237	–


Nominee	David Hall	Eamonn Coghlan	Roderic O'Gorman
Party	Independent	Fine Gael	Green
First pref	3,803	3,715	1,856
Percentage	13.1%	12.8%	6.4%
Final count	–	–	–


Nominee	Lorraine Mulligan	Seán Lyons	John Kidd
Party	Labour	Independent	Independent
First pref	1,505	649	228
Percentage	5.2%	2.2%	0.8%
Final count	–	–	–

Dublin West shown within County Dublin

TD before election

Patrick Nulty
Independent

Elected TD

Ruth Coppinger
Socialist Party

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on Friday, 23 May 2014, following the resignation of Independent Teachta Dála (TD) Patrick Nulty on 22 March 2014. It was held on the same day as the 2014 European and local elections, and the Longford–Westmeath by-election.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring.

Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger was elected on the sixth count.

Result

2014 Dublin West by-election
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	20.9	6,056	6,120	6,296	6,516	7,028
	Socialist Party	Ruth Coppinger	20.6	5,977	6,112	6,744	7,342	8,807	12,334
	Fianna Fáil	David McGuinness	17.5	5,053	5,156	5,691	6,789	8,163	9,237
	Independent	David Hall	13.1	3,803	4,133	4,783	5,846
	Fine Gael	Eamonn Coghlan	12.8	3,715	3,788	4,693
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman	6.4	1,856	1,951
	Labour	Lorraine Mulligan	5.2	1,505	1,540
	Independent	Seán Lyons	2.2	649
	Independent	John Kidd	0.8	228
	Fís Nua	Daniel Boyne	0.4	113
Electorate: 63,521 Valid: 28,955 Spoilt: 395 (1.4%) Quota: 14,478 Turnout: 29,350 (46.2%)

References

"Nulty resigns over 'inappropriate' Facebook messages". RTÉ News. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
"Government moves writs on the two by-elections". RTÉ News. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
"Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
"Coppinger wins Dublin West by-election". RTÉ News. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
"Dublin West by-election". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
"List of Candidates 2014 Bye Election". Dublin County Returning Officer. 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

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