Dublin West by-election, 2011

Dublin West by-election, 2011

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Turnout	36,391 (58.3%)
Nominee Patrick Nulty David McGuinness Ruth Coppinger Party Labour Party Fianna Fáil Socialist Party First preferences 8,664 7,344 7,542 Percentage 24.3 21.7 21.1 Final count 17,636 11,590 –   Nominee Eithne Loftus Paul Donnelly Roderic O'Gorman Party Fine Gael Sinn Féin Green Party First preferences 5,263 3,173 1,787 Percentage 14.7 8.9 5.0 Final count – – –
Dublin West shown within County Dublin
TD before election Brian Lenihan, Jnr Fianna Fáil Elected TD Patrick Nulty Labour Party

Brian Lenihan, Jnr
Fianna Fáil

Patrick Nulty
Labour Party

A by-election was held in the Dublin West constituency in Ireland on 27 October 2011 following the death of the Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Jnr on 10 June 2011. The 2011 Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums were held on the same day.

Patrick Nulty of the Labour Party was elected after a prolonged count.

Thirteen candidates contested the by-election. Four were members of Fingal County Council: David McGuinness of Fianna Fáil, Eithne Loftus of Fine Gael, Patrick Nulty of the Labour Party, and Ruth Coppinger of the Socialist Party. The other party candidates were Paul Donnelly of Sinn Féin,Roderic O'Gorman of the Green Party and Peadar Ó Ceallaigh of Fís Nua.