Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)

Dublin South-West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Dublin South-West
Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin South-West in County Dublin
Major settlements	Ballyboden Firhouse Rathfarnham Tallaght Templeogue
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	4 (1981–1992) 5 (1992–2002) 4 (2002–2016) 5 (2016–)
TDs	Ciarán Ahern (Lab)   Colm Brophy (FG)   Seán Crowe (SF)   John Lahart (FF)   Paul Murphy (PBP–S)
Local government area	South Dublin (from 1994) County Dublin (to 1994)
Created from	Dublin County West Dublin County Mid
EP constituency	Dublin

Dublin South-West
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1977
Seats	5 (1948–1969) 4 (1969–1977)
Local government area	Dublin City
Created from	Dublin South
Replaced by	Dublin Ballyfermot

Constituency profile

The constituency leans towards left-wing parties such as the Labour Party and Sinn Féin. Both Labour Party TDs elected in 2011 had been members of other left-wing parties: Pat Rabbitte of the Workers' Party and Democratic Left, and Eamonn Maloney was a member of the Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party. With the departure of Brian Hayes in 2014, upon the election of Paul Murphy of the Anti-Austerity Alliance in the 2014 by-election, the constituency was entirely represented by four left-of-centre TDs until the 2016 election.

The constituency is noted for its volatility: in three consecutive general elections, the poll topper from the previous election lost his seat, Brian Hayes in 2002, Seán Crowe in 2007 and Conor Lenihan in 2011.^[1]

History and boundaries

The first constituency of this name was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947. It was based in Dublin city and was in use at elections from 1948 to 1977.^[2]

Changes to the Dublin South-West constituency 1948–1977

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1948–1961	5	The Crumlin, Kilmainham, Kimmage and Terenure Wards, the portion of the Rathfarnham Ward which is not included in the borough constituency of Dublin South-East and the portion of the Rathmines West Ward which is not included in the borough constituency of Dublin South-East.[3]	Created from Dublin South
1961–1969	5	The Crumlin, Crumlin West, Kimmage, Rathmines West and Terenure wards and the part of the Ballyfermot ward lying to the south-east of a line drawn along the main Dublin to Cork railway.[4]	Transfer of Kilmainhan to Dublin South-Central; transfer of part of Rathfarnham to Dublin South-East; transfer of remainder of Rathmines West from Dublin South-East.
1969–1977	4	The Ballyfermot, Crumlin and Kilmainham Wards; that part of Crumlin West ward situated within a line drawn as follows: commencing at the junction of Windmill Road with St. Mary's Road, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the ward boundary to the starting point; and that part of Merchants Quay ward lying south of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the intersection of South Circular Road by the ward boundary, thence in a south-easterly direction along South Circular Road to its junction with Dolphin Avenue, thence in a southerly direction along Dolphin Avenue and its imaginary southerly projection to its intersection by the ward boundary.[5]	Transfer of balance of Ballyfermot from Dublin County; transfer of part of Crumlin West, Rathmines West and Terenure to Dublin South-Central; transfer of Kilmainham and part of Merchants Quay from Dublin South-Central.
1977	—	Constituency abolished	Transfer of parts of Ballyfermot, Crumlin and Kilmainham to Dublin Ballyfermot; transfer of part of Merchants Quay and Kilmainham to Dublin South-Central; transfer of part of Ballyfermot and Crumlin to Dublin County West.[6]

A second constituency of this name was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, and has been in use since the 1981 general election. It was in a different area to the 1948–1977 constituency, being based in County Dublin (South Dublin, after the division of County Dublin in 1994), in the areas of Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght, Templeogue, and parts of Terenure.^[7] At the 2002 election, it was reduced in size and electorate, losing territory — including Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Clondalkin — to the new Dublin Mid-West constituency.^[8] Major areas today include Rathfarnham, Tallaght, and Templeogue, with the surrounding suburbs of Ballyboden, Ballyroan, Butterfield, Firhouse, Greenhills, Knocklyon, Willbrook, and parts of Terenure. At the 2016 general election, it gained a seat to become a five-seat constituency, with the addition of part of the former Dublin South constituency, around Rathfarnham.^[9]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin South-West be altered by the transfer of territory from Dublin South-Central and the transfer of territory to Dublin Mid-West.^[10][11]

For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[12]

In the county of South Dublin, the electoral divisions of:

Ballinascorney, Ballyboden, Bohernabreena, Clondalkin-Ballymount, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Firhouse Village, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village, Tallaght-Avonbeg, Tallaght-Belgard, Tallaght-Glenview, Tallaght-Jobstown, Tallaght-Killinardan, Tallaght-Kilnamanagh, Tallaght-Kiltipper, Tallaght-Kingswood, Tallaght-Millbrook, Tallaght-Oldbawn, Tallaght-Springfield, Tallaght-Tymon, Templeogue-Cypress, Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Osprey, Templeogue-Village, Terenure-Cherryfield, Terenure-Greentrees, Terenure-St. James.

Changes to the Dublin South-West constituency 1981–present

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1981–1987	4	In County Dublin, the DEDs[13] of[7] Clondalkin Number One, Clondalkin Number Two, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght Number Two, Tallaght Number Three, Terenure Number Three, Terenure Number Four; and that part of the district electoral division of Tallaght Number One situated north of the centre of the River Dodder.	New constituency, created by the transfer of Clondalkin Number One, Clondalkin Number Two, Newcastle, Rathcoole and Saggart from Dublin County West; and of Tallaght Number Two, Tallaght Number Three, Terenure Number Three, Terenure Number Four, and part of Tallaght Number One from Dublin County Mid.
1987–1992	4	In County Dublin, the DEDs of[14] Clondalkin Number One, Clondalkin Number Two, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght Number Two, Tallaght Number Three, Terenure Number Four; and that part of the district electoral division of Tallaght Number One situated north of the centre of the River Dodder.	Transfer of Terenure No. 3 to Dublin South-Central.[15]
1992–2002	5	In County Dublin, the DEDs of[16][17] Ballinascorney, Clondalkin-Ballymount, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin Village, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght-Avonbeg, Tallaght-Belgard, Tallaght-Fettercairn, Tallaght-Glenview, Tallaght-Jobstown, Tallaght-Killinardan, Tallaght-Kilnamanagh, Tallaght-Kiltipper, Tallaght-Kingswood, Tallaght-Millbrook, Tallaght-Oldbawn, Tallaght-Springfield, Tallaght-Tymon, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Osprey, Terenure St. James; and that part of the district electoral division of Templeogue-Cypress situated south of a line drawn along the Tallaght Road; and, in the district electoral division of Bohernabreena, the townlands of: Allagour, Ballymorefinn, Bohernabreena, Castlekelly, Corrageen, Cunard, Friarstown Lower, Friarstown Upper, Glassamucky, Glassamucky Brakes, Glassamucky Mountain, Glassavullaun, Kiltipper, Mountpelier, Orlagh, Piperstown; and those parts of the townlands of Killininny, Oldbawn and Oldcourt situated within the said district electoral division.	Increase in district magnitude with no change in area.[18][19] New definitions of DEDs.[20]
2002–2007	4	In South Dublin, the EDs of[21] Ballinascorney, Bohernabreena, Tallaght-Avonbeg, Tallaght-Belgard, Tallaght-Fettercairn, Tallaght-Glenview, Tallaght-Jobstown, Tallaght-Killinardan, Tallaght-Kiltipper, Tallaght-Kingswood, Tallaght-Millbrook, Tallaght-Oldbawn, Tallaght-Springfield, Tallaght-Tymon, Templeogue-Cypress, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Osprey, Templeogue Village, Terenure-St. James; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated west of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway; and that part of the electoral division of Firhouse Village which is not comprised in the constituency of Dublin South.	Transfer of Firhouse and Bohernabreena from Dublin South, transfer of the Saggart and Rathcoole areas to Dublin Mid-West. Population swop with Dublin South-Central to secure an eastern boundary bounded largely by the M50, Greenhills Road and Templeville Road.[22]
2007–2016	4	In South Dublin, the EDs of[23][24] Ballinascorney, Bohernabreena, Firhouse Village, Tallaght-Avonbeg, Tallaght-Belgard, Tallaght-Fettercairn, Tallaght-Glenview, Tallaght-Jobstown, Tallaght-Killinardan, Tallaght-Kiltipper, Tallaght-Kingswood, Tallaght-Millbrook, Tallaght-Oldbawn, Tallaght-Springfield, Tallaght-Tymon, Templeogue-Cypress, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Osprey, Templeogue Village, Terenure-St. James; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated west of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.	Transfer from Dublin South of remainder of Firhouse Village.[25]
2016–	5	In South Dublin, the EDs of[9][26] Ballinascorney, Ballyboden, Bohernabreena, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Firhouse Village, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda’s, Rathfarnham Village, Tallaght-Avonbeg, Tallaght-Belgard, Tallaght-Fettercairn, Tallaght-Glenview, Tallaght-Jobstown, Tallaght-Killinardan, Tallaght-Kiltipper, Tallaght-Kingswood, Tallaght-Millbrook, Tallaght-Oldbawn, Tallaght-Springfield, Tallaght-Tymon, Templeogue-Cypress, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Osprey, Templeogue Village, Terenure-St. James; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Ballymount and Tallaght-Kilnamanagh situated west of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.	Transfer of Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Endas and Rathfarnham-Village from former Dublin South.[27][28]

TDs

TDs 1948–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South-West 1948–1977[29]
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)
13th	1948[30]		Seán MacBride (CnaP)		Peadar Doyle (FG)		Bernard Butler (FF)		Michael O'Higgins (FG)		Robert Briscoe (FF)
14th	1951[31]								Michael ffrench-O'Carroll (Ind)
15th	1954[32]								Michael O'Higgins (FG)
	1956 by-election[33]				Noel Lemass (FF)
16th	1957[34]		James Carroll (Ind)
	1959 by-election[35]						Richie Ryan (FG)
17th	1961[36]								James O'Keeffe (FG)
18th	1965[37]		John O'Connell (Lab)						Joseph Dowling (FF)		Ben Briscoe (FF)
19th	1969[38]						Seán Dunne (Lab)			4 seats 1969–1977
	1970 by-election[39]						Seán Sherwin (FF)
20th	1973[40]						Declan Costello (FG)
	1976 by-election[41]				Brendan Halligan (Lab)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Dublin Ballyfermot

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 since 1981

Note that the boundaries of Dublin South-West from 1981 onwards share no common territory with the pre-1977 boundaries. See §History and boundaries

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South-West 1981–[29]
Key to parties   AAA = Anti-Austerity Alliance   AAA–PBP = AAA–PBP   DL = Democratic Left   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   PBP–S = PBP–Solidarity   PDs = Progressive Democrats   SF = Sinn Féin   S–PBP = Solidarity–PBP   WP = Workers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[42]		Seán Walsh (FF)		Larry McMahon (FG)		Mary Harney (FF)		Mervyn Taylor (Lab)	4 seats 1981–1992
23rd	1982 (Feb)[43]
24th	1982 (Nov)[44]				Michael O'Leary (FG)
25th	1987[45]				Chris Flood (FF)		Mary Harney (PDs)
26th	1989[46]		Pat Rabbitte (WP)
27th	1992[47]		Pat Rabbitte (DL)								Éamonn Walsh (Lab)
28th	1997[48]								Conor Lenihan (FF)		Brian Hayes (FG)
29th	2002[49]		Pat Rabbitte (Lab)		Charlie O'Connor (FF)		Seán Crowe (SF)			4 seats 2002–2016
30th	2007[50]						Brian Hayes (FG)
31st	2011[51]				Eamonn Maloney (Lab)				Seán Crowe (SF)
	2014 by-election[52]						Paul Murphy (AAA)
32nd	2016[53]		Colm Brophy (FG)		John Lahart (FF)		Paul Murphy (AAA–PBP)				Katherine Zappone (Ind)
33rd	2020[54]						Paul Murphy (S–PBP)				Francis Noel Duffy (GP)
34th	2024[55]						Paul Murphy (PBP–S)				Ciarán Ahern (Lab)

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

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Dublin South-West^[55][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe[*]	14.8	9,869	9,939	9.991	10,509	10,934	11,226
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy[*]	12.7	8,498	8,517	8,734	8,751	8,871	9,043	12,498
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart[*]	12.4	8,263	8,293	8,471	8,512	8,788	8,970	9,259	9,672	9,798	13,814
	Labour	Ciarán Ahern	8.7	5,788	5,808	6,445	6,485	6,633	8,222	8,526	8,778	9,213	9,938	11,349
	PBP–Solidarity	Paul Murphy[*][a]	7.6	5,081	5,136	5,233	5,577	5,760	6,612	6,666	6,708	9,019	9,532	9,928
	Fianna Fáil	Teresa Costello	7.1	4,747	4,777	4,859	4,994	5,251	5,405	5,860	6,406	6,695
	Fine Gael	Sarah Barnes	6.4	4,286	4,302	4,458	4,472	4,592	4,767
	Sinn Féin	Niamh Whelan	6.0	4,031	4,081	4,103	4,398	4,785	5,144	5,173	5,192
	Social Democrats	Ross O'Mullane	5.9	3,928	3,962	4,248	4,305	4,508
	Independent	Alan Edge	5.5	3,649	3,799	3,944	4,564	5,304	5,888	5,996	6,084	6,928	7,563	8,148
	Aontú	Saoirse Ní Chónaráin	3.9	2,599	3,122	3,148	3,748
	Independent	Paddy Holohan	3.7	2,457	3,019	3,034
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy[*]	2.9	1,931	1,944
	National Party	Yan Mac Oireachtaigh	2.2	1,450
	Independent	Niall Hade	0.2	129
	Independent	Colm O'Keeffe	0.2	117
Electorate: 114,832   Valid: 66,823   Spoilt: 558   Quota: 11,138   Turnout: 58.7%

1. Murphy is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin South-West^{[54][57][58][59][60]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe[*]	29.7	20,077
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy[*]	12.2	8,269	8,382	8,464	8,543	10,642	10,908	10,934	11,131	11,143	11,543
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart[*]	8.1	5,503	5,656	5,756	5,817	5,901	7,331	7,366	7,498	7,518	10,100	10,974
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	7.3	4,961	5,551	5,701	5,914	6,111	6,354	6,516	7,598	7,955	8,393	11,138
	Solidarity–PBP	Paul Murphy[*][a]	6.6	4,477	7,921	8,058	8,495	8,523	8,622	11,028	12,311
	Independent	Katherine Zappone[*]	5.5	3,708	4,141	4,198	4,441	4,800	5,142	5,298	5,864	6,142	6,730	8,050
	Labour	Ciarán Ahern	5.3	3,603	3,905	4,003	4,129	4,286	4,482	4,564	5,256	5,447	5,803
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	5.0	3,376	3,642	3,846	4,063	4,123	4,904	4,985	5,128	5,166
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre O'Donovan	4.9	3,314	3,407	3,489	3,523	3,639
	Fine Gael	Ellen O'Malley Dunlop	4.6	3,111	3,144	3,172	3,197
	Social Democrats	Carly Bailey	4.1	2,761	3,598	3,727	3,970	4,020	4,136	4,555
	Solidarity–PBP	Sandra Fay[b]	2.4	1,653	3,224	3,321	3,627	3,641	3,696
	Independent	Mick Duff	1.9	1,268	1,990	2,210
	Renua	Ann Marie Condren	1.3	886	985
	National Party	Philip Dwyer	0.8	508	617
	Independent	Colm O'Keeffe	0.1	90	141
Electorate: 109,517   Valid: 67,565   Spoilt: 629 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,261   Turnout: 68,194 (62.3%)

1. Murphy was a member of RISE.
2. Fay was a member of Solidarity.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin South-West^[61][62][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart	14.3	9,647	9,655	9,678	9,725	9,772	9,892	10,045	10,160	10,506	10,565	11,402
	AAA–PBP	Paul Murphy[*]	13.4	9,005	9,020	9,047	9,194	9,247	9,316	9,626	9,758	10,054	10,366	10,678	13,528
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy	10.7	7,195	7,202	7,213	7,235	7,576	7,660	7,758	8,028	8,193	8,213	8,655	8,695	8,724	8,764	10,126	10,639
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe[*]	10.4	6,974	6,978	6,983	7,054	7,070	7,098	7,230	7,362	7,413	9,502	9,642	9,959	11,068	11,082	11,245
	Fine Gael	Anne-Marie Dermody	9.6	6,463	6,467	6,477	6,496	6,779	6,889	6,948	7,087	7,316	7,337	7,793	7,835	7,868	7,911	9,079	9,503
	Independent	Katherine Zappone	6.6	4,463	4,486	4,515	4,604	4,660	4,913	5,131	5,262	5,731	5,797	6,129	6,294	6,724	6,753	7,542	9,655
	AAA–PBP	Sandra Fay	4.8	3,241	3,244	3,249	3,312	3,324	3,374	3,439	3,492	3,593	3,725	3,832
	Independent	Peter Fitzpatrick	4.6	2,812	2,829	2,866	3,064	3,094	3,210	3,353	3,433	3,742	3,799	4,163	4,332	4,632	4,677	4,916
	Renua	Ronan McMahon	4.3	2,906	2,912	2,952	3,003	3,026	3,100	3,208	3,258	3,518	3,548
	Labour	Pamela Kearns	3.9	2,635	2,640	2,646	2,658	2,700	2,883	2,936	3,796	3,902	3,933	4,099	4,116	4,163	4,182
	Sinn Féin	Sarah Holland	3.9	2,616	2,621	2,630	2,667	2,685	2,721	2,764	2,792	2,884
	Independent	Deirdre O'Donovan	3.3	2,197	2,220	2,261	2,308	2,326	2,411	2,534	2,571
	Labour	Mick Duff	2.6	1,743	1,743	1,749	1,776	1,871	1,947	2,120
	Independent	Eamonn Maloney[*]	2.4	1,627	1,628	1,638	1,671	1,722	1,748
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	1.9	1,297	1,303	1,307	1,332	1,337
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren	1.6	1,088	1,090	1,096	1,105
	Independent	Declan Burke	0.8	515	525	561
	Direct Democracy	Stephen Sinclair	0.5	359	375	385
	Independent	Kieran Quigley	0.5	317	329
	Independent	Joan Summerville Molloy	0.2	112
	Independent	Frank O'Gorman	0.1	59
Electorate: 105,420   Valid: 67,271   Spoilt: 647 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,212   Turnout: 67,918 (64.4%)

2014 by-election

Brian Hayes was elected for Dublin at the 2014 European Parliament election on 23 May 2014, vacating his Dáil seat. A writ of election to fill the vacancy was moved on 17 September 2014.^[63] A by-election was held on 10 October 2014.^[64]

2014 by-election: Dublin South-West^[52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King	30.3	7,288	7,304	7,340	7,448	7,580	7,828	8,017	8,999
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Paul Murphy	27.2	6,540	6,579	6,622	6,890	7,079	7,436	7,726	9,565
	Independent	Ronan McMahon	8.9	2,142	2,167	2,227	2,265	2,464	3,049	3,416
	Fine Gael	Cáit Keane	8.8	2,110	2,117	2,194	2,203	2,267	2,575	3,857
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart	8.6	2,077	2,085	2,138	2,152	2,200
	Labour	Pamela Kearns	8.5	2,043	2,053	2,155	2,170	2,239	2,492
	Independent	Declan Burke	2.8	681	711	746	818
	People Before Profit	Nicky Coules	2.2	530	540	554
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	1.9	447	453
	Independent	Tony Rochford	0.4	92
	Independent	Colm O'Keeffe	0.3	74
Electorate: 70,400   Valid: 24,024   Spoilt: 256 (1.1%)   Quota: 12,013   Turnout: 24,280 (34.5%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin South-West^[65][51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Pat Rabbitte[*]	27.4	12,867
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes[*]	19.9	9,366	9,880
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	17.2	8,064	8,429	8,515	8,772	8911	10,189
	Labour	Eamonn Maloney	8.9	4,165	6,208	6,363	6,703	6,869	7,783	8,326	9,657
	Fine Gael	Cáit Keane	7.8	3,678	3,823	3,945	4,155	4,715	4,902	5,051	6,133
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor[*]	5.8	2,718	2,833	2,864	2,948	4,363	4,523	4,600
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy[a]	5.2	2,462	2,624	2,662	2,920	2,975
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan[*]	5.0	2,341	2,393	2,414	2,488
	Independent	Ray Kelly	1.8	823	870	883
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	1.0	480	511	521
Electorate: 70,613   Valid: 46,964   Spoilt: 511 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,393   Turnout: 47,475 (67.2%)

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

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin South-West^[50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan[*]	20.5	8,542
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	20.0	8,346
	Labour	Pat Rabbitte[*]	20.0	8,325	8,342
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor[*]	18.8	7,813	7,985	8,102	8,106	8,109	8,439
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe[*]	12.2	5,066	5,076	5,183	5,185	5,189	5,766
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	3.8	1,580	1,584	1,659	1,661	1,661
	Green	Elizabeth Davidson	3.7	1,546	1,552	1,655	1,662	1,666	2,234
	Fathers Rights	Ray Kelly	1.0	434	436
Electorate: 67,148   Valid: 41,652   Spoilt: 370 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,331   Turnout: 42,022 (62.6%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin South-West^[49]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	20.3	7,466
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	19.4	7,155	7,189	7,342	7,361
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan[*]	19.2	7,080	7,116	7,232	7,250	7,361
	Labour	Pat Rabbitte[*]	17.2	6,314	6,364	6,499	6,523	7,190	7,648
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes[*]	12.7	4,654	4,681	4,803	4,815	4,910	5,084
	Green	Patrick Quinn	3.1	1,157	1,214	1,334	1,348	1,408	1,687
	Labour	Éamonn Walsh	2.6	971	984	1,004	1,008
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	2.6	954	994	1,055	1,069	1,104
	Christian Solidarity	Darragh O'Reilly	2.1	760	779
	Independent	Ray Kelly	0.8	291
Electorate: 67,947   Valid: 36,802   Spoilt: 414 (1.1%)   Quota: 7,361   Turnout: 37,216 (54.8%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin South-West^[48][66]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes	15.5	6,487	6,585	6,623	6,822	7,048
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood[*]	12.4	5,195	5,274	5,305	5,399	5,550	6,474	7,346
	Democratic Left	Pat Rabbitte[*]	12.2	5,094	5,183	5,222	5,445	5,903	6,161	7,037
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney[*]	11.3	4,713	4,789	5,472	5,671	5,791	6,392	6,687
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Lenihan	10.6	4,436	4,491	4,528	4,609	4,744	5,830	6,485
	Labour	Éamonn Walsh[*]	9.7	4,070	4,131	4,153	4,340	4,702	4,825	5,460
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	8.9	3,725	3,838	3,846	3,996	4,440	4,556
	Fianna Fáil	Colm McGrath	6.9	2,898	2,925	3,053	3,109	3,219
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	4.8	2,026	2,100	2,110	2,249
	Green	Monique Mary Federsel	3.1	1,315	1,452	1,468
	Progressive Democrats	Colm Tyndall	2.4	995	1,023
	Independent	Marie Kinsella	1.2	509
	Independent	Dermot Mara	0.6	242
	Independent	Harry Richards	0.2	76
	Independent	Denis Dowling	0.2	71
Electorate: 75,646   Valid: 41,852   Spoilt: 440 (1.0%)   Quota: 6,976   Turnout: 42,292 (55.9%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin South-West^[47][67]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor[*]	25.5	10,871
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood[*]	15.5	6,596	6,748	6,759	6,776	6,783	6,866	6,996	7,098	7,856
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney[*]	11.6	4,964	5,210	5,213	5,229	5,240	5,318	5,344	5,503	5,656	5,714	5,949	6,267	7,835
	Democratic Left	Pat Rabbitte[*]	8.8	3,743	4,226	4,238	4,255	4,332	4,405	4,511	4,697	4,813	4,854	5,334	5,557	6,249
	Labour	Éamonn Walsh	8.4	3,594	5,963	5,978	5,995	6,083	6,173	6,301	6,529	6,646	6,671	7,167
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating	6.1	2,614	2,728	2,734	2,741	2,746	2,784	2,797	2,858	2,930	2,934	3,083	3,209
	Fianna Fáil	Colm McGrath	5.4	2,288	2,312	2,323	2,327	2,328	2,336	2,373	2,399	2,634	2,775	2,886	4,376	4,603
	Fianna Fáil	John Hannon	4.3	1,832	1,867	1,874	1,879	1,882	1,906	1,948	1,968	2,200	2,594	2,792
	Fianna Fáil	Charles O'Connor	4.0	1,701	1,780	1,783	1,790	1,797	1,831	1,856	1,884
	Independent	Peter Keogh	3.5	1,511	1,619	1,638	1,662	1,686	1,803	1,911	2,090	2,179	2,192
	Green	David Cotter	2.0	871	920	930	938	968	1,044	1,202
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	2.0	846	864	871	877	896	916
	Independent	Bob Byrne	1.4	581	626	641	708	722
	Workers' Party	Esther Kelly	0.7	293	315	323	326
	Independent	Anthony John Hubbard	0.4	184	196	204
	Independent	Harry Richards	0.4	159	165
Electorate: 69,922   Valid: 42,648   Spoilt: 709 (1.6%)   Quota: 7,109   Turnout: 43,357 (62.0%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin South-West^[46][68][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor[*]	22.4	8,734
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood[*]	18.8	7,346	7,424	7,427	7,556	7,584	7,861
	Workers' Party	Pat Rabbitte	18.4	7,166	7,539	7,568	7,908
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh[*]	14.7	5,737	5,917	5,921	6,037	6,054	6,224	6,598
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney[*]	11.1	4,323	4,449	4,460	4,496	4,738	5,214	7,565
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	5.9	2,297	2,373	2,375	2,393	3,110	3,337
	Green	Conor Delaney	3.2	1,259	1,305	1,324	1,591	1,641
	Fine Gael	Clare Leonard	2.7	1,049	1,071	1,072	1,084
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	2.6	1,018	1,042	1,050
	Independent	Alan Plummer	0.2	84	90
Electorate: 64,995   Valid: 39,013   Spoilt: 513 (1.3%)   Quota: 7,803   Turnout: 39,526 (60.8%)

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin South-West^[45][70][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Harney[*]	19.7	8,169	8,172	8,178	8,199	8,236	8,252	8,272	8,428
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Flood	19.5	8,082	8,088	8,092	8,127	8,145	8,179	8,241	8,255	8,263	8,490
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh[*]	19.1	7,922	7,926	7,931	7,946	7,949	7,955	8,004	8,015	8,025	8,192	8,220	8,358
	Workers' Party	Pat Rabbitte	12.3	5,086	5,095	5,100	5,140	5,207	5,230	5,271	5,296	5,311	5,695	5,781	5,800	6,408
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor[*]	11.1	4,607	4,615	4,621	4,643	4,686	4,697	4,988	5,036	5,064	5,216	5,357	5,376	7,942
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	8.2	3,407	3,411	3,412	3,419	3,427	3,431	3,442	3,661	3,692	3,712	4,814	4,819
	Fine Gael	Breda Cass	2.9	1,187	1,188	1,192	1,196	1,207	1,210	1,211	1,392	1,436	1,449
	Sinn Féin	John Noonan	2.4	1,001	1,002	1,002	1,006	1,025	1,312	1,314	1,319	1,320
	Fine Gael	Therese Ridge	1.6	656	656	658	660	664	664	666
	Labour	Éamonn Walsh	1.1	458	462	465	470	481	484
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Dunne	0.9	378	380	391	397	400
	Democratic Socialist	Eamonn Maloney	0.5	223	225	229	239
	Independent	Gerry Jago	0.3	143	155	177
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	0.2	71	73
	Independent	Diarmuid O'Flanagan	0.2	64
Electorate: 59,955   Valid: 41,454   Quota: 8,291   Turnout: 69.1%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin South-West^[44][72][73]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor[*]	20.8	7,814
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh[*]	17.2	6,465	6,472	6,527	6,585	6,608	7,831
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Leary[*]	15.1	5,682	5,690	5,725	5,800	5,860	5,888	5,893	6,337	7,420
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney[*]	12.3	4,619	4,629	4,656	4,744	4,768	6,099	6,367	7,080	7,430
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon[*]	10.6	3,991	4,008	4,041	4,088	4,135	4,168	4,176	4,555	6,443
	Fine Gael	Conal Brennan	7.8	2,929	2,935	2,976	3,038	3,081	3,136	3,138	3,544
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Conroy	7.1	2,673	2,674	2,694	2,733	2,741
	Workers' Party	Pat Rabbitte	6.3	2,365	2,389	2,521	2,721	2,798	2,850	2,866
	Independent	Nan Joyce	1.5	581	597	648
	Independent	Richard O'Reilly	0.8	297	446
	Independent	Noel Murphy	0.6	240
Electorate: 54,745   Valid: 37,656   Quota: 7,532   Turnout: 68.8%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin South-West^[43][74]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh[*]	20.8	7,407
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor[*]	19.8	7,063	7,081	7,387
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney[*]	16.3	5,830	5,973	6,135	9,408
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon[*]	15.9	5,688	5,700	6,880	7,007	7,626
	Fine Gael	George Laing	10.8	3,848	3,852	4,508	4,617	5,183
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Conroy	9.8	3,508	3,596	3,629
	Fine Gael	Con McCarthy	6.6	2,354	2,356
Electorate: 50,836   Valid: 35,698   Quota: 7,140   Turnout: 70.2%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin South-West^[42][75]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh[*]	20.2	7,311
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon[*]	17.3	6,266	6,302	6,421	7,121	8,751
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	15.3	5,522	6,197	6,517	6,737	7,188	7,514
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney	11.6	4,192	4,222	4,626	4,783	4,861	4,879	7,822
	Fine Gael	Conal Brennan	8.2	2,946	2,990	3,107	3,813	4,567	5,712	5,863
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Conroy	8.1	2,916	2,931	3,171	3,224	3,276	3,304
	Fine Gael	George Laing	6.7	2,444	2,470	2,522	3,002
	Fine Gael	John Garvey	5.9	2,154	2,207	2,289
	Independent	Kevin Boland	4.2	1,519	1,535
	Labour	Brendan Byrne	2.5	897
Electorate: 51,182   Valid: 36,167   Spoilt: 389 (1.1%)   Quota: 7,234   Turnout: 36,556 (71.4%)

1976 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Noel Lemass died on 13 April 1976. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 10 June 1976.

1976 by-election: Dublin South-West^[76][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	38.8	9,687	9,694	9,722	10,108	10,578	11,462
	Labour	Brendan Halligan	27.5	6,870	6,886	6,924	7,175	7,855	12,099
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	20.7	5,169	5,174	5,196	5,345	5,612
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Tomás Mac Giolla	6.7	1,679	1,702	1,815	2,158
	Aontacht Éireann	Kevin Boland	4.8	1,186	1,199	1,292
	Irish Republican Socialist	Íte Ní Chionnaith	1.2	287	332
	Marxist–Leninist	Bláthnaid Ní Chinnéide	0.5	113
Electorate: 46,585   Valid: 24,991   Quota: 12,496   Turnout: 53.7%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin South-West^[40][78]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	John O'Connell[*]	32.7	9,865
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass[*]	15.6	4,705	4,817	4,832	4,859	4,898	5,094	5,667
	Fine Gael	Declan Costello	15.4	4,633	5,284	5,358	5,463	6,508
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling[*]	13.1	3,939	4,062	4,079	4,108	4,167	4,340	6,387
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Dalton	8.6	2,603	2,645	2,652	2,668	2,689	2,827
	Aontacht Éireann	Seán Sherwin[*]	4.4	1,340	1,539	1,585	1,958	2,047
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	4.0	1,194	1,419	1,453	1,522
	Sinn Féin (Official)	James Spooner	3.2	972	1,066	1,097
	Labour	Patrick O'Mahony	1.8	541	2,463	3,064	3,422	3,621	4,377	4,409
	Labour	Pat Sweeney	1.2	369	833
Electorate: 41,740   Valid: 30,161   Quota: 6,033   Turnout: 72.3%

1970 by-election

Labour Party TD Seán Dunne died on 25 June 1969, before the first sitting of the 19th Dáil on 2 July. A by-election was held on 4 March 1970.

1970 by-election: Dublin South-West^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Sherwin	33.0	7,678	7,897	8,641	10,710
	Labour	Matt Merrigan	21.5	5,004	5,963	7,336	10,448
	Independent	Lauri Corcoran	19.2	4,481	4,891	6,690
	Fine Gael	James Mitchell	17.4	4,062	4,415
	Independent	Cora Dunne	8.9	2,062
Electorate: 40,690   Valid: 23,287   Quota: 11,644   Turnout: 57.2%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin South-West^[38][76][79]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling[*]	19.6	5,724	5,728	5,740	5,762	5,777	6,428
	Labour	John O'Connell[*]	18.1	5,273	5,306	5,344	5,513	5,544	5,605	5,615	6,050
	Labour	Seán Dunne	17.6	5,136	5,158	5,181	5,649	5,669	5,798	5,821	6,886
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass[*]	8.6	2,512	2,518	2,529	2,542	2,545	3,256	3,776	3,819	3,847	3,862	3,935	4,707
	Independent	Lauri Corcoran	7.1	2,066	2,094	2,118	2,147	2,192	2,230	2,252	2,438	2,633	2,723	2,919
	Labour	George Butler	5.6	1,643	1,653	1,663	1,799	1,810	1,820	1,824
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Sherwin	5.6	1,643	1,648	1,660	1,674	1,679
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	4.6	1,331	1,342	1,683	1,688	1,930	1,952	1,954	1,975	2,063	2,086
	Fine Gael	James McMahon	4.1	1,203	1,219	1,412	1,430	2,009	2,052	2,060	2,086	2,177	2,199	3,738	4,505
	Labour	Liam Farrell	3.1	893	897	898
	Fine Gael	Harry Lowe	2.9	856	860	954	964
	Fine Gael	Pierce Redmond	2.6	759	764
	Independent	Ciaran McKeown	0.5	154
Electorate: 40,690   Valid: 29,193   Quota: 5,839   Turnout: 71.7%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Dublin South-West^[37][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass[*]	18.9	7,596
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan[*]	13.6	5,484	5,495	5,657	5,934	6,150	6,219	6,389	6,620	6,711
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	11.5	4,607	4,892	4,894	4,903	5,068	5,691	5,743	6,092	6,183	6,307
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Briscoe	11.0	4,416	4,825	4,829	4,838	4,984	5,894	5,952	6,301	6,359	6,498
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe[*]	10.8	4,352	4,368	4,479	4,604	4,715	4,740	4,854	5,176	5,281	5,860
	Labour	John O'Connell	10.7	4,299	4,324	4,338	4,349	4,712	4,760	6,005	6,443	8,517
	Independent	James Carroll[*]	4.5	1,796	1,822	1,829	1,837	2,006	2,075	2,131
	Labour	John O'Donovan	4.5	1,792	1,800	1,805	1,811	1,982	2,031
	Labour	Patrick Coghlan	4.4	1,762	1,768	1,773	1,776	2,015	2,034	2,331	2,593
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Buchanan	4.2	1,699	1,787	1,788	1,792	1,832
	Independent	Joseph Christle	4.1	1,649	1,663	1,671	1,682
	Fine Gael	Patrick Turner	1.0	409	410	465
	Fine Gael	Frederick Pope	0.9	374	375
Electorate: 56,943   Valid: 40,235   Quota: 6,706   Turnout: 70.7%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Dublin South-West^[36][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe[*]	16.6	5,574	5,595	5,612
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass[*]	14.8	4,961	4,971	4,990	4,995	5,400	5,435	5,529	5,563	5,806
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan[*]	13.4	4,496	4,508	4,531	4,531	4,578	5,020	5,183	5,607
	Independent	James Carroll[*]	10.1	3,378	3,411	3,455	3,462	3,527	3,571	3,885	3,977	4,565	5,670
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	9.8	3,293	3,307	3,332	3,333	3,638	3,652	3,747	3,776	4,041	4,459
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	6.8	2,276	2,289	2,300	2,300	2,319	2,611	2,725	3,772	4,017	4,856
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	6.4	2,135	2,246	2,276	2,276	2,313	2,349	2,642	2,698	3,334
	Independent	Joseph Christle	5.4	1,814	1,930	1,969	1,969	1,987	2,017	2,276	2,310
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mack	4.3	1,442	1,449	1,456	1,456	1,470	1,702	1,757
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Connor	3.3	1,111	1,118	1,123	1,123	1,141
	Fianna Fáil	Cecilia Keeble	2.9	964	969	975	975
	Labour	Hilda Larkin	2.8	930	951	1,492	1,494	1,531	1,541
	Labour	Patrick Coghlan	2.2	754	775
	Sinn Féin	Séamus McGuinness	1.3	444
Electorate: 54,819   Valid: 33,572   Quota: 5,596   Turnout: 61.2%

1959 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Bernard Butler died on 13 March 1959. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 22 July 1959.

1959 by-election: Dublin South-West^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dowling	37.2	9,280	9,449	9,888	11,343
	Fine Gael	Richie Ryan	26.1	6,523	6,638	7,396	11,399
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride	20.6	5,138	5,709	7,035
	Labour	Hilda Larkin	10.8	2,693	2,883
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Ó Dubhghaill	5.4	1,341
Electorate: 62,394   Valid: 24,975   Quota: 12,488   Turnout: 40.0%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Dublin South-West^[34][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe[*]	20.6	8,162
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass[*]	13.7	5,436	5,791	5,867	6,844
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Higgins[*]	12.2	4,830	4,844	5,382	5,421	5,423	5,682	7,340
	Independent	James Carroll	9.8	3,878	3,960	4,102	4,182	4,191	4,753	5,001	5,274	5,726	7,180
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride[*]	6.8	2,677	2,701	2,783	2,825	2,833	3,199	3,372	3,548	4,585	5,197	5,391
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler[*]	6.4	2,543	3,337	3,369	4,129	4,337	4,470	4,536	4,584	4,916	5,625	6,008
	Independent	Beatrice Dixon	6.3	2,488	2,530	2,584	2,683	2,689	3,012	3,147	3,361	3,677
	Sinn Féin	Seoirse Dearle	6.2	2,442	2,454	2,479	2,499	2,501	2,638	2,675	2,701
	Labour	John Colgan	5.2	2,045	2,060	2,102	2,128	2,130
	Fine Gael	Edmond Power	4.7	1,866	1,874	2,230	2,260	2,264	2,468
	Fianna Fáil	Michael ffrench-O'Carroll	4.7	1,853	2,060	2,095
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	3.5	1,397	1,403
Electorate: 63,286   Valid: 39,617   Quota: 6,603   Turnout: 62.6%

1956 by-election

Fine Gael TD Peadar Doyle died on 4 August 1956. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 14 November 1956.

1956 by-election: Dublin South-West^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lemass	59.8	14,416
	Fine Gael	Edmond Power	40.2	9,682
Electorate: 63,286   Valid: 24,098   Quota: 12,050   Turnout: 38.1%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Dublin South-West^[32][76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe[*]	15.1	6,594	6,604	6,619	6,634	6,662	6,687	6,688	6,980	7,127	7,178
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride[*]	14.1	6,151	6,215	6,263	6,312	6,513	6,601	6,620	7,146	8,475
	Fine Gael	Peadar Doyle[*]	13.6	5,940	5,969	5,988	6,030	6,266	7,631
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler[*]	13.5	5,894	5,917	5,925	5,936	5,969	6,025	6,031	6,592	6,761	6,829
	Fianna Fáil	Michael ffrench-O'Carroll[*]	11.6	5,080	5,092	5,119	5,131	5,168	5,221	5,226	5,468	5,644	5,723
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Higgins	11.0	4,783	4,802	4,821	4,847	4,885	5,381	5,693	5,999	6,433	6,915
	Independent	James Carroll	5.2	2,262	2,290	2,303	2,333	2,388	2,466	2,474
	Fine Gael	William Croly	4.9	2,155	2,167	2,179	2,193	2,285
	Labour	John Colgan	4.4	1,924	1,938	2,002	2,146	3,427	3,496	3,500	3,794
	Labour	Richard Deasy	3.7	1,617	1,628	1,705	2,059
	Labour	Matt Merrigan	1.4	631	641	701
	Irish Workers' League	Michael O'Riordan	0.9	375	377
	Independent	Myles Heffernan[a]	0.6	245
Electorate: 63,545   Valid: 43,651   Quota: 7,276   Turnout: 68.7%

1. Former Internee ran under the banner of Cine Gael.

1951 general election

1951 general election: Dublin South-West^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe[*]	20.0	8,417
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler[*]	15.6	6,529	7,606
	Independent	Michael ffrench-O'Carroll	13.9	5,842	5,876	5,894	6,036	6,107	6,210	6,943	7,120
	Fine Gael	Peadar Doyle[*]	13.9	5,823	5,852	5,871	5,880	5,960	6,320	7,220
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride[*]	6.8	2,853	2,864	2,872	2,887	3,201	3,295	3,862	3,941	6,098	6,288
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Higgins[*]	6.6	2,754	2,759	2,764	2,769	2,781	3,316	3,452	3,521
	Fianna Fáil	Carroll O'Daly	6.4	2,682	2,833	3,291	3,310	3,337	3,362	3,478	5,807	6,131	6,161
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Reynolds	6.1	2,572	2,649	2,716	2,729	2,752	2,794	2,857
	Labour	Richard Deasy	5.6	2,335	2,349	2,374	2,453	2,578	2,625
	Fine Gael	James O'Keeffe	2.9	1,211	1,215	1,217	1,225	1,237
	Clann na Poblachta	Richard Batterberry	1.6	684	696	698	704
	Irish Workers' Party	Michael O'Riordan	0.7	295	298	300
Electorate: 60,934   Valid: 41,997   Quota: 7,000   Turnout: 68.9%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Dublin South-West^[76]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán MacBride[*]	21.8	8,648
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Briscoe[*]	15.1	5,961	5,981	5,989	6,005	6,118	6,130	6,262	6,296	6,306	6,987
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler[*]	15.0	5,956	5,994	6,009	6,024	6,177	6,211	6,358	6,408	6,425	8,579
	Fine Gael	Peadar Doyle[*]	12.9	5,102	5,208	5,234	5,253	5,271	5,363	5,956	7,800
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Higgins	8.2	3,243	3,296	3,307	3,316	3,330	3,378	3,484	4,396	5,530	5,685	6,151
	Fine Gael	William James Croly	7.1	2,806	2,818	2,825	2,836	2,844	2,864	2,983
	Fianna Fáil	Carroll O'Daly	6.3	2,476	2,494	2,517	2,532	3,033	3,064	3,139	3,168	3,190
	Labour	Joseph Deasy	4.4	1,737	1,775	1,979	2,608	2,616	2,661
	Clann na Poblachta	Richard Batterberry	3.0	1,196	2,065	2,076	2,090	2,098	3,233	3,953	3,993	4,009	4,065	4,299
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Teevan	2.1	820	828	829	829
	Clann na Poblachta	May Laverty	1.5	605	1,438	1,471	1,490	1,496
	Labour	John Dominick Heery	1.4	564	583	760
	Labour	John Moran	1.2	490	523
Electorate: 55,924   Valid: 39,604   Quota: 6,601   Turnout: 70.8%

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland