Dublin North-East (Dáil constituency)

Dublin North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1937 to 1977 and from 1981 to 2016. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Dublin North-East
Former Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin North-East within County Dublin
Former constituency
Created	1981
Abolished	2016
Seats	4 (1981–2002) 3 (2002–2016)
Local government areas	Dublin City Fingal
Replaced by	Dublin Bay North

Dublin North-East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1977
Seats	3 (1937–1948) 5 (1948–1969) 4 (1969–1977)
Local government area	Dublin City

History and boundaries

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election when the Dublin North constituency was divided into Dublin North-West and Dublin North-East. It was abolished in 1977 as a result of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 when it was largely replaced by the Dublin Artane constituency before being recreated in 1981.^[1] It was subsumed into the new Dublin Bay North constituency at the 2016 general election.

Changes to the Dublin North-East constituency 1937–2016

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1937–1948	3	In the county borough of Dublin, the Clontarf East, Clontarf West, Drumcondra and North Dock Wards; and The portion of the Mountjoy Ward bounded by a line drawn as follows:— Starting at the point in the boundary of the said Ward along Seán Mac Dermott Street Lower where it is intersected by a line drawn along the middle of Buckingham Street Upper and Buckingham Street Lower and proceeding thence in a North-Westerly direction along the middle of Buckingham Street Upper to Summerhill and thence in a North-Easterly direction along the middle of Summerhill to the North Circular Road and thence in a North-Easterly direction along the middle of the North Circular Road to meet the existing boundary of the said Ward along Russell Street and Fitzgibbon Street and thence in a North-Easterly, North-Westerly South Easterly and South-Westerly direction along the existing boundary of the said Ward to the starting point; and The townlands of:— Artane South, Ballyhoy, Bettyville, Charleville, Clonturk, Edenmore, Foxlands, Furrypark, Glebe, Hampstead Hill, Hampstead South, Harmonstown, Kilbarrack Upper, Killester Demesne, Killester North, Maryville, North Bull (Drumcondra Rural), North Bull (Howth Rural), Puckstown, Raheny North, Raheny South and Sibylhill in so far as the same are situate within the County Borough of Dublin.	Created from abolished constituency of Dublin North; and transfer of townlands from Dublin County in line with transfer of territory from the county to the city in 1931.
1948–1961	5	In the county borough of Dublin, The Ballybough, Clontarf East, Clontarf West, Drumcondra North, Drumcondra South, North Dock and Raheny Wards, and the portion of the Mountjoy Ward lying south of a line drawn as follows: Commencing at a point where the middle of Summerhill meets the ward boundary, thence along Summerhill to Hutton's Place, thence along Hutton's Place, Mountjoy Place, Mountjoy Square East and Belvedere Place to the ward boundary; and the portion of County Dublin which lies to the east of a line drawn as follows:—commencing at the point on the boundary of that county where Killester Avenue meets Malahide Road and thence in a south-westerly direction along Malahide Road to the boundary of that county.
1961–1969	5	In the county borough of Dublin,[2] the Artane, Baldoyle, Ballybough, Beann Éadair, Clontarf East, Clontarf West, Coolock, Drumcondra North, Drumcondra South, Raheny and Santry wards and that part of Glasnevin ward lying to the south-east of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the point of intersection of Botanic Road and the ward boundary along Botanic Road to its intersection with Bothar Mobhi and along Bothar Mobhi to the ward boundary.
1969–1977	4	In the county borough of Dublin,[3] Artane, Beann Éadair, Coolock, Drumcondra North, Raheny and Santry wards; that part of Clontarf East ward lying north of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the junction of Howth Road with Collins Avenue East, thence in an easterly direction along Howth Road to its junction with Castle Avenue, thence in a southerly direction along Castle Avenue to its junction with Vernon Avenue, thence in an easterly direction along Vernon Avenue to its junction with Sybil Hill Road, thence in an easterly direction along the imaginary easterly projection of Vernon Avenue to its junction with the southern boundary of St. Anne's Park, thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the said boundary and along its imaginary easterly projection to its intersection by Mount Prospect Avenue, thence in a northerly direction along Mount Prospect Avenue to its junction with the imaginary westerly projection of the northern boundary of Manresa Retreat House, thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the said imaginary projection, along the northern boundary of Manresa Retreat House and along its imaginary south-easterly projection to its first intersection by the ward boundary; and that part of Clontarf West ward lying north of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the junction of Malahide Road with the imaginary north-westerly projection of the northern boundary of the Clontarf Golf Course, thence commencing in a south-easterly direction and proceeding along the said projection and boundary and along its imaginary north-easterly projection to its intersection by Collins Avenue East, thence in a south-easterly direction along Collins Avenue East to its junction with the ward boundary.	Transfer of Baldoyle to Dublin County North; Transfer to Dublin North-Central of Ballybough and Drumcondra South, parts of Clontarf East and Clontarf West, and the remaining part of Glasnevin.
1977–1981	–	Constituency abolished	Artane and Drumcondra North and Santry A moved to Dublin Artane; Beann Éadair, Raheny and part of Clontarf East moved to Dublin Clontarf; Coolock and Santry A moved to Dublin County North; remaining part of Clontarf West moved to Dublin North-Central.
1981–1992	4	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[4][5] Artane A, Artane B, Baldoyle, Beann Éadair A, Beann Éadair B, Coolock A, Coolock B, Raheny A, Raheny B and in County Dublin, the district electoral division of Coolock (except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Dublin North and Dublin North-Central).	Artane A and B from Dublin Artane Baldoyle, Beann Éadair A, Beann Éadair B, Coolock A, Coolock B, Raheny A, Raheny B from Dublin Clontarf part of Coolock from Dublin County North. (No change in 1987[6])
1992–2002	4	In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of[7] Ayrfield, Clontarf East A, Edenmore, Grange A, Grange B, Grange C, Grange D, Grange E, Kilmore C, Priorswood A, Priorswood B, Priorswood C, Priorswood D, Priorswood E, Raheny-Foxfield, Raheny Greendale, Raheny-St. Assam; and in County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of Baldoyle, Howth, Sutton	Transfer of Ennafort–St Annes area from Dublin North-Central, and minor transfer from Dublin North.[8][9] Wards and DEDs redefined in 1986.[10][11]
2002–2007	3	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[12] Ayrfield, Grange A, Grange B, Grange C, Grange D, Priorswood D, Priorswood E, Raheny-Foxfield, Raheny-Greendale, Raheny-St. Assam; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Priorswood A, Priorswood B and Priorswood C situated south of a line drawn as follows— commencing at the intersection of the western boundary of the electoral division of Priorswood A by the M50 Northern Cross, thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the said M50 and the N32 (Northern Cross Extension) to the intersection of the said N32 by the eastern boundary of the electoral division of Priorswood C, passing in a clockwise direction around and including the following three roundabouts, viz. roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the M50 Northern Cross with the M1 Motorway, the roundabout at the junction of the N32 (Northern Cross Extension) with Clonshaugh Road and the roundabout at the junction of the N32 (Northern Cross Extension) with the Malahide Road; and in Fingal, the electoral divisions of Baldoyle, Sutton, Howth.	Transfer of population to Dublin North-Central in the Kilmore, Edenmore and Raheny areas; Alignment of northern boundary of with the M50 and its Malahide Road extension.[13]
2007–2011	3	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[14] Ayrfield, Edenmore, Grange A, Grange B, Grange C, Grange D, Grange E, Priorswood D, Priorswood E, Raheny-Foxfield, Raheny-Greendale, Raheny-St. Assam; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Priorswood A, Priorswood B and Priorswood C situated south of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50) and the Northern Cross Extension (N32), passing in a clockwise direction around and including the following three roundabouts, viz. roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with the M1 Motorway, the roundabout at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with Clonshaugh Road and the roundabout at the junction of the Northern Cross Extension (N32) with Malahide Road (R107); and in Fingal, the electoral divisions of Baldoyle, Sutton, Howth.	Transfer of Grange E and Edenmore from Dublin North-Central.[15]
2011–2016	3	In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of[16] Ayrfield, Grange A, Grange B, Grange C, Grange D, Grange E, Priorswood A, Priorswood B, Priorswood C, Priorswood D, Priorswood E, Raheny-Foxfield, Raheny-Greendale, Raheny-St. Assam; and in Fingal, the electoral divisions of Baldoyle, Balgriffin, Howth, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Sutton; and that part of the electoral division of Turnapin situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50), passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with the M1 motorway.	Transfer from Dublin North of [17] Balgriffin, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South and Turnapin (part north of M50) in Fingal, and of parts north of N32 of Priorswood A, Priorswood B, Priorswood C in Dublin City.
2016	—	Constituency abolished	Transfer to Dublin Fingal of Balgriffin, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South and Turnapin (part north of M50). Remainder of constituency merged with Dublin North-Central to form Dublin Bay North.[18]

TDs

TDs 1937–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin North-East 1937–1977[19]
Key to parties   CnaP = Clann na Poblachta   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937[20]		Alfie Byrne (Ind)		Oscar Traynor (FF)		James Larkin (Ind)	3 seats 1937–1948
10th	1938[21]						Richard Mulcahy (FG)
11th	1943[22]						James Larkin (Lab)
12th	1944[23]						Harry Colley (FF)
13th	1948[24]								Jack Belton (FG)		Peadar Cowan (CnaP)
14th	1951[25]										Peadar Cowan (Ind)
15th	1954[26]										Denis Larkin (Lab)
	1956 by-election[27]		Patrick Byrne (FG)
16th	1957[28]						Charles Haughey (FF)
17th	1961[29]				George Colley (FF)						Eugene Timmons (FF)
	1963 by-election[30]								Paddy Belton (FG)
18th	1965[31]										Denis Larkin (Lab)
19th	1969[32]		Conor Cruise O'Brien (Lab)		Eugene Timmons (FF)					4 seats 1969–1977
20th	1973[33]
21st	1977	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.

TDs 1981–2016

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin North-East 1981–2016[19]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   WP = Workers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[34]		Michael Woods (FF)		Liam Fitzgerald (FF)		Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus (Ind)		Michael Joe Cosgrave (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[35]				Maurice Manning (FG)		Ned Brennan (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[36]						Liam Fitzgerald (FF)
25th	1987[37]				Pat McCartan (WP)
26th	1989[38]
27th	1992[39]				Tommy Broughan (Lab)				Seán Kenny (Lab)
28th	1997[40]						Martin Brady (FF)		Michael Joe Cosgrave (FG)
29th	2002[41]							3 seats from 2002
30th	2007[42]						Terence Flanagan (FG)
31st	2011[43]		Seán Kenny (Lab)
32nd	2016	Constituency abolished. See Dublin Bay North

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.

Elections

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin North-East^[43]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Terence Flanagan	29.5	12,332
	Labour	Tommy Broughan	23.9	10,006	10,738
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole	12.0	5,032	5,120	5,143	5,179	5,477	5,554	5,754	6,262	6,923
	Fianna Fáil	Averil Power	11.5	4,794	5,013	5,036	5,109	5,134	5,314	5,579	6,041
	Labour	Seán Kenny	10.4	4,365	4,728	4,885	4,985	5,216	5,580	6,000	7,013	9,369
	New Vision	Eamonn Blaney	4.2	1,773	1,894	1,913	2,099	2,233	2,401	2,955
	Independent	Jimmy Guerin	3.1	1,283	1,419	1,447	1,572	1,685	1,799
	Socialist Party	Brian Greene[a]	2.1	869	893	897	935
	Green	David Healy	1.9	792	919	934	987	1,049
	Independent	Raymond Sexton	0.8	351	391	397
	Independent	Robert Eastwood	0.6	242	264	267
Electorate: 58,542   Valid: 41,839   Spoilt: 448 (1.1%)   Quota: 10,460   Turnout: 42,287 (72.2%)

1. Greene campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin North-East^[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	20.1	7,003	7,402	7,588	8,430
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brady	19.6	6,861	7,252	7,395	8,095
	Labour	Tommy Broughan	15.2	5,294	6,221	6,909	8,911
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole	13.3	4,661	4,983	5,089
	Fine Gael	Terence Flanagan	12.8	4,483	5,000	7,751	8,594
	Fine Gael	Brody Sweeney	10.1	3,529	3,946
	Green	David Healy	6.7	2,349
	Progressive Democrats	Keith Redmond	2.2	749
Electorate: 53,778   Valid: 34,929   Spoilt: 323 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,733   Turnout: 35,252 (65.6%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin North-East^[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	22.0	6,457	6,742	6,911	7,138	7,552
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brady	18.1	5,304	5,531	5,657	5,776	6,055	6,909
	Labour	Tommy Broughan	16.2	4,758	4,931	5,426	5,876	6,825	8,426
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole	10.2	3,003	3,083	3,286	3,373	3,720
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave	8.0	2,349	2,454	2,546
	Fine Gael	Gavin Doyle	7.4	2,155	2,373	2,575	4,085	4,648	4,937
	Ind. Health Alliance	Mark Harold	7.2	2,116	2,321	2,806	2,912
	Green	David Healy	5.7	1,656	1,856
	Progressive Democrats	Noelle Ryan	4.2	1,219
	Independent	Thomas Jenkinson	1.0	301
Electorate: 52,105   Valid: 29,318   Spoilt: 316 (1.1%)   Quota: 7,330   Turnout: 29,634 (56.9%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin North-East^[40][44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	15.4	5,735	5,831	5,907	6,031	6,439	6,586	7,573
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brady	13.5	5,018	5,067	5,135	5,243	5,577	5,630	6,315	6,572	6,624	6,745
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fitzgerald	11.8	4,394	4,433	4,511	4,594	4,937	5,016	5,668	6,040	6,100	6,221
	Fine Gael	Michael J. Cosgrave	11.2	4,173	4,318	4,412	4,549	4,628	6,675	7,122	7,748
	Labour	Tommy Broughan	9.2	3,447	3,516	3,912	4,212	4,622	4,913	5,146	7,738
	Labour	Seán Kenny	8.0	2,986	3,036	3,316	3,521	3,843	4,122	4,313
	Progressive Democrats	Mairéad Foley	7.8	2,911	2,949	3,028	3,193	3,295	3,488
	Fine Gael	Joan Maher	7.7	2,877	2,915	2,985	3,127	3,159
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole	5.9	2,212	2,288	2,401	2,556
	Democratic Left	Anthony Creevey	3.7	1,381	1,425
	Green	Donna Cooney	3.6	1,332	1,476	1,607
	Independent	Owen Poole	1.7	641
	Natural Law	John Burns	0.4	155
	Independent	Lar Fraser	0.1	39
Electorate: 59,497   Valid: 37,301   Spoilt: 368 (1.0%)   Quota: 7,461   Turnout: 37,669 (63.3%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin North-East^[39][45]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Seán Kenny	22.2	8,873
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	17.1	6,850	6,900	6,910	6,927	6,959	7,089	7,254	7,522	8,536
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fitzgerald	10.0	4,011	4,047	4,053	4,058	4,067	4,183	4,259	4,364	5,646	6,091	6,284	6,911
	Democratic Left	Pat McCartan	9.4	3,743	3,850	3,859	3,921	3,982	4,197	4,511	4,715	4,853	4,882	5,160
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave	8.3	3,311	3,354	3,359	3,366	3,397	3,414	3,494	3,996	4,121	4,143	6,028	6,679
	Labour	Tommy Broughan	7.9	3,162	3,687	3,707	3,769	3,834	4,034	4,400	4,670	4,816	4,840	5,184	7,696
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brady	6.7	2,673	2,691	2,693	2,706	2,717	2,770	2,843	2,904
	Fine Gael	Joan Maher	5.5	2,181	2,202	2,206	2,213	2,248	2,253	2,342	2,977	3,009	3,022
	Progressive Democrats	Stephen O'Byrnes	5.1	2,034	2,052	2,055	2,059	2,089	2,091	2,182
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole	2.7	1,088	1,097	1,100	1,116	1,133
	Green	Sadhbh O'Neill	2.3	931	949	964	989	1,528	1,749
	Green	David Healy	2.0	795	805	832	856
	Workers' Party	Marian Donnelly	0.6	239	250	259
	Independent	John Burns	0.3	118	122
Electorate: 58,433   Valid: 40,009   Spoilt: 640 (1.6%)   Quota: 8,003   Turnout: 40,649 (69.6%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin North-East^[38][46]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	17.8	6,284	6,314	6,355	6,371	6,428	6,571	6,796	6,955	7,150
	Workers' Party	Pat McCartan	17.0	5,968	6,032	6,163	6,291	6,380	6,874	8,295
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fitzgerald	16.4	5,775	5,799	5,828	5,864	5,893	6,005	6,276	6,412	6,539
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Haughey	13.0	4,567	4,577	4,596	4,636	4,654	4,729	4,859	4,918	4,984
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave	11.3	3,965	3,976	3,996	4,056	4,277	4,452	4,779	5,063	8,123
	Fine Gael	Maurice Manning	7.8	2,743	2,752	2,776	2,793	3,112	3,311	3,520	3,708
	Labour	Seán Kenny	6.0	2,111	2,151	2,227	2,672	2,711	2,940
	Green	Máire Mullarney	3.8	1,332	1,421	1,577	1,602	1,663
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Peers	2.3	817	821	842	850
	Labour	Tommy Broughan	2.1	755	778	794
	Independent	Angela Mulligan	1.4	505	560
	Independent	Paddy Healy	1.1	394
Electorate: 53,043   Valid: 35,216   Quota: 7,044   Turnout: 66.4%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin North-East^[37][47][48]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fitzgerald	16.7	6,378	6,379	6,406	6,484	6,548	6,808	8,239
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	15.5	5,927	5,930	5,955	6,009	6,100	6,305	7,254	7,530	7,634	8,184
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Haughey	11.0	4,222	4,222	4,237	4,335	4,362	4,516	5,055	5,314	5,356	5,513	5,916	6,107
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave	9.6	3,658	3,662	3,685	3,704	3,817	4,001	4,184	4,194	7,289	10,333
	Fine Gael	Maurice Manning	9.4	3,585	3,594	3,617	3,628	3,800	4,089	4,132	4,139
	Workers' Party	Pat McCartan	8.6	3,297	3,311	3,454	3,668	3,716	4,653	4,781	4,806	4,995	5,509	6,260	6,342
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Brennan	8.2	3,136	3,140	3,155	3,200	3,241	3,370
	Progressive Democrats	Neil Holman	7.0	2,691	2,700	2,724	2,741	4,100	4,291	4,349	4,355	4,971
	Labour	Seán Kenny	5.8	2,227	2,241	2,314	2,397	2,461
	Progressive Democrats	Martin McGettigan	5.1	1,964	1,972	1,987	1,996
	Sinn Féin	Pamela Kane	1.7	655	666	720
	Independent	Paddy Healy	1.1	430	458
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	0.3	109
Electorate: 50,848   Valid: 38,279   Quota: 7,656   Turnout: 75.3%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin North-East^[36][49][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	22.2	7,213
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave	19.5	6,343	6,370	6,463	6,823
	Fine Gael	Maurice Manning	13.5	4,390	4,399	4,511	4,763	4,981	5,980	6,131	6,633
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fitzgerald	10.5	3,418	3,729	3,752	4,002	4,017	4,259	7,754
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Brennan	10.1	3,281	3,582	3,592	3,895	3,920	4,151
	Workers' Party	Pat McCartan	9.4	3,056	3,076	3,149	3,476	3,505	4,734	4,987	5,737
	Labour	Seán Kenny	6.9	2,236	2,248	2,728	2,971	3,005
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	5.3	1,718	1,740	1,804
	Labour	Vincent Manning	2.6	853	862
Electorate: 45,252   Valid: 32,508   Quota: 6,502   Turnout: 71.8%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin North-East^[35][51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	30.3	9,662
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave	19.1	6,098	6,236	6,261	6,338	6,871
	Fine Gael	Maurice Manning	12.8	4,076	4,133	4,150	4,232	4,739	5,118	5,824	6,670
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Brennan	10.2	3,261	4,424	4,449	4,474	4,583	4,599	5,083	5,551	5,700
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fitzgerald	8.6	2,751	4,367	4,402	4,430	4,580	4,597	4,977	5,473	5,616
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Pat McCartan	5.7	1,825	1,899	1,969	2,020	2,381	2,412	2,826
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	5.7	1,814	1,935	1,990	2,033	2,210	2,239
	Labour	Seán Kenny	4.6	1,452	1,515	1,537	1,966
	Labour	Bernard Malone	2.2	685	715	742
	Independent	Michael O'Donoghue	0.5	155	170
	Independent	James Connolly	0.3	108	115
Electorate: 43,179   Valid: 31,887   Spoilt: 299 (0.9%)   Quota: 6,378   Turnout: 32,186 (74.5%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin North-East^[34][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	32.7	10,605
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave	17.9	5,816	6,068	6,084	6,154	6,446	6,533
	Fine Gael	Maurice Manning	7.9	2,581	2,657	2,668	2,688	2,991	3,077	3,122	3,223	3,487	4,662	4,795	5,170
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	7.4	2,395	2,580	2,600	2,645	2,669	2,738	2,957	3,220	3,649	4,352	4,645	5,554
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Brennan	5.8	1,870	3,068	3,081	3,105	3,113	3,123	3,231	3,321	3,602	3,762
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fitzgerald	5.0	1,620	3,524	3,548	3,611	3,624	3,664	3,855	4,012	4,468	4,762	7,758
	Labour	Seán Kenny	4.8	1,554	1,647	1,688	1,950	1,988	2,501	2,600	3,076	3,361
	Independent	Thomas Brennan	4.6	1,477	1,626	1,642	1,648	1,674	1,741	1,823	2,026
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Pat McCartan	3.4	1,094	1,160	1,239	1,256	1,270	1,326	1,632
	Anti H-Block	Paddy Healy	3.3	1,063	1,115	1,146	1,150	1,156	1,166
	Labour	Bernard Malone	2.3	744	790	840	931	976
	Fine Gael	Patricia Kelly	2.3	729	756	768	778
	Labour	John Brennan	1.7	554	610	620
	Socialist Labour	Michael O'Donoghue	0.9	309	327
Electorate: 43,598   Valid: 32,411   Spoilt: 243 (0.7%)   Quota: 6,483   Turnout: 32,654 (74.9%)

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin North-East^[33][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	30.1	12,901
	Labour	Conor Cruise O'Brien	18.1	7,774	7,917	7,981	8,127	8,701
	Fine Gael	Paddy Belton	18.1	7,771	7,898	8,349	8,479	8,586
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	7.8	3,358	5,020	5,049	5,190	5,216	5,335	9,756
	Labour	Paddy Dunne	7.2	3,106	3,160	3,223	3,598	4,402	5,975	6,108
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Killeen	5.6	2,414	4,553	4,584	4,701	4,725	4,812
	Fine Gael	James Kelly	3.9	1,678	1,728	2,185	2,277	2,381
	Labour	Joseph O'Connor	3.4	1,451	1,500	1,528	1,781
	Aontacht Éireann	Michael Gleeson	3.1	1,325	1,387	1,398
	Fine Gael	Christopher Hoey	2.6	1,110	1,147
Electorate: 55,483   Valid: 42,888   Quota: 8,578   Turnout: 77.3%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin North-East^[32][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	31.5	11,677
	Labour	Conor Cruise O'Brien	20.5	7,591
	Fine Gael	Paddy Belton	13.3	4,931	5,029	5,075	5,082	5,380	5,380	5,772	5,839	6,273	7,924
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	8.3	3,070	5,124	5,178	5,181	5,202	5,239	5,278	5,329	5,732	5,834	8,626
	Labour	Paddy Dunne	5.6	2,060	2,115	2,150	2,209	2,224	2,592	2,630	3,947	4,259	4,385	4,506
	Independent	Matthew Finnegan	4.1	1,508	1,676	1,764	1,771	1,832	1,872	1,914	1,988
	Fine Gael	James Kelly	3.8	1,393	1,441	1,472	1,475	1,661	1,671	1,989	2,017	2,279
	Labour	Thomas Duffy	3.3	1,230	1,271	1,305	1,385	1,402	1,677	1,692
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Killeen	2.9	1,084	2,794	2,832	2,834	2,851	2,867	2,878	2,914	3,146	3,201
	Fine Gael	Marcus Wilson	2.0	746	769	789	791	875	883
	Fine Gael	Ray Fay	1.9	702	714	731	733
	Labour	Richard Lacy	1.8	688	712	724	741	762
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	1.0	364	399
Electorate: 48,919   Valid: 37,044   Quota: 7,409   Turnout: 75.7%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Dublin North-East^[31][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	23.7	12,415
	Fine Gael	Paddy Belton	17.8	9,316
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	10.9	5,745	7,597	7,603	7,636	7,769	7,818	7,877	7,941	9,264
	Fine Gael	Patrick Byrne	9.8	5,141	5,196	5,627	6,279	6,595	6,697	8,218	8,450	8,569	8,586
	Labour	Denis Larkin	9.4	4,908	5,007	5,023	5,076	5,273	5,893	6,032	8,412	8,549	8,565
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	9.3	4,902	5,719	5,723	5,750	5,855	5,887	5,936	6,033	8,077	8,561
	Fianna Fáil	Stan O'Brien	5.3	2,760	3,478	3,481	3,509	3,632	3,671	3,698	3,764
	Labour	Rory Cowan	4.1	2,162	2,198	2,207	2,233	2,332	2,934	3,010
	Fine Gael	Victor Carton	2.8	1,463	1,484	1,554	1,870	1,951	1,971
	Labour	Paddy Dunne	2.6	1,385	1,407	1,412	1,424	1,505
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	2.2	1,151	1,178	1,181	1,192
	Fine Gael	Gordon Macaulay	2.2	1,129	1,150	1,172
Electorate: 70,686   Valid: 52,477   Quota: 8,747   Turnout: 74.2%

1963 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Jack Belton, a by-election was held on 30 May 1963. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Paddy Belton, brother of the deceased TD.

1963 by-election: Dublin North-East^[55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Paddy Belton	41.6	16,357	17,252	21,956
	Fianna Fáil	Stan O'Brien	33.4	13,132	13,652	15,358
	Labour	Denis Larkin	18.5	7,270	8,071
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	6.4	2,526
Electorate: 68,573   Valid: 39,285   Quota: 19,643   Turnout: 57.29%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Dublin North-East^[29][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	20.2	8,566
	Fine Gael	Jack Belton	13.7	5,781	5,816	5,853	6,032	6,154	6,845	7,146
	Fianna Fáil	George Colley	12.0	5,086	5,758	5,783	5,880	5,997	6,038	6,267	7,219
	Fine Gael	Patrick Byrne	11.0	4,673	4,700	4,748	4,915	5,019	5,472	5,818	5,956	8,111
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	9.4	3,998	4,426	4,469	4,570	4,718	4,767	5,106	6,371	6,600
	Labour	Denis Larkin	6.2	2,641	2,680	3,280	3,413	3,853	3,921	4,555	4,670	5,016
	Fine Gael	Thomas Cosgrave	5.9	2,479	2,494	2,521	2,604	2,677	2,990	3,112	3,163
	Fianna Fáil	Stan O'Brien	4.9	2,062	2,278	2,291	2,391	2,508	2,537	2,637
	Independent	Peadar Cowan	4.4	1,863	1,888	1,918	2,001	2,288	2,346
	Fine Gael	Victor Carton	3.8	1,613	1,626	1,636	1,702	1,726
	Sinn Féin	Tom Mitchell	3.7	1,553	1,568	1,595	1,692
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus	2.7	1,132	1,148	1,165
	Labour	Thomas Duffy	2.1	883	892
Electorate: 65,429   Valid: 42,330   Quota: 7,056   Turnout: 64.7%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Dublin North-East^[28][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	24.9	10,059
	Fine Gael	Patrick Byrne	12.5	5,034	5,077	5,123	5,339	5,727	6,417	7,391
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	10.3	4,168	5,145	5,167	5,278	5,436	5,465	5,836	5,896	6,404	6,562
	Labour	Denis Larkin	9.3	3,756	3,827	3,933	4,217	4,536	4,616	5,628	5,854	7,242
	Sinn Féin	Tom Mitchell	8.3	3,346	3,387	3,544	3,672	3,792	3,813	4,044	4,063
	Fine Gael	Jack Belton	6.4	2,594	2,609	2,639	2,711	2,883	4,567	4,899	5,208	5,578	5,845
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Colley	6.3	2,549	4,560	4,581	4,670	4,851	4,879	5,172	5,217	5,669	5,754
	Independent	Thomas Stafford	6.2	2,520	2,598	2,653	3,031	3,621	3,673
	Fine Gael	Desmond Bell	5.7	2,318	2,327	2,361	2,429	2,619
	Independent	Michael Dempsey	4.5	1,822	1,849	1,897	2,226
	Independent	Mairead McGuinness	4.1	1,640	1,681	1,744
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick McCartan	1.4	585	599
Electorate: 64,904   Valid: 40,391   Quota: 6,732   Turnout: 62.2%

1956 by-election

Following the death of Independent TD Alfie Byrne, a by-election was held on 30 April 1956. The seat was won by the independent candidate Patrick Byrne, son of the deceased TD.

1956 by-election: Dublin North-East^[55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Patrick Byrne	56.5	18,129
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	43.5	13,950
Electorate: 64,903   Valid: 32,079   Quota: 16,040   Turnout: 49.43%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Dublin North-East^[26][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	22.1	10,464
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	19.6	9,293
	Fine Gael	Jack Belton	9.7	4,606	5,219	5,228	5,315	5,635	5,862	5,969	6,373	6,424	7,722	8,168
	Labour	Denis Larkin	7.7	3,637	4,000	4,015	4,060	4,179	4,330	5,406	6,158	6,216	6,384	7,385	7,468	7,742
	Fine Gael	Desmond Bell	7.7	3,632	3,920	3,926	3,996	4,202	4,393	4,476	4,756	4,786	5,392	5,629	5,768	5,899
	Independent	Peadar Cowan	4.8	2,253	2,662	2,701	2,757	2,848	2,959	3,053	3,175	3,284	3,405
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	4.5	2,135	2,216	2,610	2,636	2,662	2,791	2,842	2,922	3,844	3,891	4,364	4,383
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Colley	4.1	1,966	2,105	2,824	2,874	2,900	3,034	3,073	3,134	4,159	4,203	4,703	4,729	7,974
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	3.8	1,812	1,877	2,050	2,073	2,093	2,205	2,242	2,297
	Fine Gael	Victor Carton	3.7	1,758	1,901	1,906	1,929	2,106	2,197	2,243	2,381	2,408
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Kelly	3.2	1,529	1,594	1,600	1,626	1,660	1,894	2,058
	Labour	Jeremiah Kelly	3.0	1,438	1,557	1,563	1,611	1,643	1,771
	Independent	Séamus Murphy[n 1]	3.0	1,430	1,510	1,520	1,580	1,613
	Fine Gael	Lillie O'Shea Leamy	2.0	948	1,089	1,096	1,111
	Independent	Thomas Healy	1.1	502	559	562
Electorate: 66,197   Valid: 47,403   Quota: 7,901   Turnout: 71.6%

1. Ran under the National Action banner.

1951 general election

1951 general election: Dublin North-East^[55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	28.1	13,192
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	22.1	10,397
	Fine Gael	Jack Belton	14.3	6,718	6,792	7,708	7,994
	Independent	Peadar Cowan	7.7	3,606	3,734	4,313	4,333	4,337	4,417	4,498	4,506	4,972	5,795
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Colley	7.0	3,300	6,417	6,671	6,681	6,685	6,720	8,091
	Labour	Denis Larkin	6.2	2,905	2,987	3,327	3,342	3,349	4,005	4,051	4,058	4,947	5,704
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	4.2	1,967	3,112	3,201	3,212	3,217	3,274	4,073	4,315	4,879
	Fine Gael	James Trainor	3.9	1,819	1,877	2,014	2,363	2,507	2,564	2,635	2,642
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Haughey	3.5	1,629	2,340	2,424	2,429	2,430	2,454
	Labour	John Smithers	1.8	825	860	927	942	944
	Fine Gael	William Martin Murphy	1.3	603	618	722
Electorate: 66,470   Valid: 46,961   Quota: 7,827   Turnout: 70.65%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Dublin North-East^[55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	29.3	13,066
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	26.5	11,808
	Clann na Poblachta	Peadar Cowan	10.5	4,692	5,313	5,364	5,380	5,407	5,943	6,042	6,139	6,182	6,236	6,292	7,902
	Fine Gael	Jack Belton	7.9	3,529	5,377	5,463	5,481	5,513	5,555	5,656	5,739	5,805	5,870	6,062	6,243	6,421	7,166
	Fine Gael	James Trainor	5.1	2,286	3,026	3,097	3,111	3,130	3,149	3,214	3,248	3,315	3,407	3,473	3,571	3,670	4,268
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Colley	4.2	1,869	2,470	5,332	5,351	5,397	5,424	5,537	5,578	6,467	8,140
	Clann na Poblachta	Kathleen Clarke	3.2	1,419	1,827	1,872	1,876	1,894	2,107	2,189	2,240	2,268	2,301	2,397
	Fianna Fáil	John Phelan	2.3	1,034	1,236	1,645	1,654	1,672	1,680	1,713	1,748
	Labour	Archie Heron	2.3	1,009	1,292	1,312	1,410	1,435	1,448	1,548
	Labour	John Smithers	2.2	995	1,215	1,257	1,435	1,460	1,495	1,647	2,720	2,775	2,849	2,983	3,088	3,285
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons	1.9	832	983	1,676	1,689	1,707	1,723	1,773	1,786	2,217
	Clann na Poblachta	Daniel Sheridan	1.8	815	924	949	954	967
	National Labour Party	Frank Robbins	1.1	476	654	687	694	1,063	1,079
	National Labour Party	Seán O'Moore	1.0	440	630	657	663
	Labour	James Sweetman	0.7	297	384	400
Electorate: 61,484   Valid: 44,567   Quota: 7,428   Turnout: 72.49%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Dublin North-East^[23][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	37.9	14,071
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	23.1	8,591	8,907	8,956	9,355
	Fine Gael	James Trainor	13.0	4,815	4,872	4,899	5,073	5,108	6,927
	Labour	James Larkin	12.1	4,489	4,635	4,660	4,809	4,829
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Colley	10.6	3,938	8,087	8,139	8,440	8,461	9,707
	National Labour Party	Michael Colgan	2.3	856	942	1,173
	National Labour Party	Frank Robbins	1.0	355	393
Electorate: 54,377   Valid: 37,115   Quota: 9,279   Turnout: 68.3%

1943 general election

Full figures for the second, third and fourth counts are unavailable.

1943 general election: Dublin North-East^[22][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	33.9	13,222
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	28.9	11,293
	Labour	James Larkin	15.1	5,896	N/A	N/A	N/A	8,568
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy	14.7	5,733	N/A	N/A	N/A	7,813
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Colley	5.9	2,287	N/A	N/A	5,835
	Córas na Poblachta	Martin Bell	1.5	581	N/A	631
Electorate: 54,377   Valid: 39,012   Quota: 9,754   Turnout: 71.7%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Dublin North-East^[21][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	28.1	10,318
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy	24.7	9,072	9,099	9,678
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	20.1	7,386	7,418	8,860	9,214
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas O'Reilly	13.7	5,040	6,074	8,495	8,614
	Independent	James Larkin	13.2	4,859	4,915
Electorate: 51,618   Valid: 36,675   Quota: 9,169   Turnout: 71.1%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Dublin North-East^[20][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	33.3	12,063
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	26.8	9,693
	Independent	James Larkin	16.5	5,970	6,581	6,617	8,619
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy	14.3	5,192	7,403	7,411	7,722
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas O'Reilly	9.1	3,285	3,475	4,073
Electorate: 50,323   Valid: 36,203   Quota: 9,051   Turnout: 71.9%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland