Dublin South East Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Dublin South East shown within County Dublin
Created	1948 (1948)
TDs	4
Counties	Dublin
EP constituency	Dublin

Dublin South East is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It includes areas such as Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Ranelagh, Rathmines, Ringsend, and the central business district of the city (including Trinity College Dublin and St. Stephen's Green). The constituency has an electorate of 59,896 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs).

The constituency includes some of the most affluent parts of the country, such as Ballsbridge, areas with a transient population like Rathmines, deprived areas of the south inner city, and working-class districts like Ringsend. Dublin South East was the constituency of former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. By geographical size, it is the smallest constituency in the country. Two Presidents of Ireland, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese both contested the constituency unsuccessfully in the 1980s.

The 'rumble in Ranelagh' is a term used by Irish journalists to describe an open argument that took place between candidates Michael McDowell and John Gormley in Ranelagh, while canvassing in the 2007 election. Gormley twice defeated McDowell to take the last seat, in 1997 and again in 2007, both times by relatively small margins. The 1997 result led to a mammoth recount, the longest in Irish political history, before McDowell conceded defeat.

Contents 1 TDs 2 Elections 2.1 2007 general election 2.2 2002 general election 2.3 1977 general election 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South East 1948–[1]
Key to parties   CnaP = Clann na Poblachta ·   FF = Fianna Fáil ·   FG = Fine Gael ·   Ind = Independent ·   Lab = Labour Party ·   NPD = National Progressive Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948		John A. Costello (FG)		Seán MacEntee (FF)		Noel Browne (CnaP)	3 seats 1948–1977
14th	1951						Noel Browne (Ind)
15th	1954						Noel Browne (FF)
16th	1957						Noel Browne (Ind)
17th	1961						Noel Browne (NPD)
18th	1965						Seán Moore (FF)
19th	1969		Garret FitzGerald (FG)		Noel Browne (Lab)
20th	1973				Fergus O'Brien (FG)
21st	1977				Ruairi Quinn (Lab)
22nd	1981				Gerard Brady (FF)				Richie Ryan (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)						Ruairi Quinn (Lab)		Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr (FG)
24th	1982 (Nov)								Joe Doyle (FG)
25th	1987								Michael McDowell (PD)
26th	1989								Joe Doyle (FG)
27th	1992[2]		Frances FitzGerald (FG)		Eoin Ryan, Jnr (FF)				Michael McDowell (PD)
28th	1997[3]								John Gormley (GP)
29th	2002[4]		Michael McDowell (PD)
30th	2007[5]		Lucinda Creighton (FG)		Chris Andrews (FF)

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.

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2007 general election

2007 General Election: Dublin South East [5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Andrews	6,600	19.50%	1	3
	Fine Gael	Lucinda Creighton	6,311	18.65%	2	5
	Labour Party	*Ruairi Quinn	5,636	16.65%	3	5
	Green Party	*John Gormley	4,685	13.84%	4	5
	Progressive Democrats	*Michael McDowell	4,450	13.15%
	Fianna Fáil	Jim O'Callaghan	3,120	9.22%
	Sinn Féin	Daithí Doolan	1,599	4.72%
	Independent	Esther Uzell	603	1.78%
	People Before Profit	Rory Hearne	591	1.75%
	Independent	Eoin Tierney	102	0.30%
	Independent	Noel Ivory	84	0.25%
	Independent	Peter O'Sullivan	34	0.10%
	Independent	Noel O'Gara	27	0.08%
Electorate: 63,468   Valid: 33,842   Spoilt: 292   Quota: 6,769   Turnout: 53.78%

*Denotes outgoing TD

[edit] 2002 general election

2002 General Election: Dublin South East[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Green Party	John Gormley	5,264	16.23	1	4
	Progressive Democrats	Michael McDowell	6,093	18.79	2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Eoin Ryan	5,318	16.40	3	5
	Labour Party	Ruairi Quinn	4,032	12.43	4	6
	Fine Gael	Frances Fitzgerald	3,337	10.29
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Andrews	3,449	10.63
	Sinn Féin	Daithí Doolan	2,398	7.39
	Fine Gael	Colm MacEochaidh	1,873	5.77
	Socialist Workers	Shay Ryan	286	0.88
	Workers Party	Tom Crilly	284	0.88
	Independent	Norman Gray	99	0.31
Electorate: 59,896   Valid: 32,433   Spoilt: 287   Quota: 6,487   Turnout: 54.63%

[edit] 1977 general election

Electorate=41,066, Valid votes =26,812, spoiled votes=250, quota=6,704 ^[6]

Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Garret FitzGerald	Fine Gael	11794
	Sean Moore	Fianna Fáil	6371	6450	6498	6552	7282
	Peter Gibson	Fianna Fáil	3465	3509	3563	3590	4383	4918	5246
	Ruairi Quinn	Labour	2896	3128	3943	4161	4287	4316	7164
	Mary Harney	Fianna Fáil	1588	1612	1724	1745
	Peter Kelly	Fine Gael	1528	2484	2622	4007	4052	4066
	Peter Prendergast	Fine Gael	1304	1663	1723
	Mary Freehill	Labour	1107	1262

[edit] See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

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