# Dublin West (Dáil constituency)

Dublin 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).

## Boundaries

The constituency includes Mulhuddart, Corduff, Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Carpenterstown, Barberstown, Clonsilla and Ongar. The portion in Dublin City includes Dublin Zoo and Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland, and the suburb of Ashtown. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:
       Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North, The Ward;
   and, in the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
       Ashtown A, Ashtown B;
       and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated north of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street."

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin West 1981– :
| Key to parties  AAA–PBP = AAA–PBP  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  GP = Green  Lab = Labour  PBP–S = PBP–Solidarity  PDs = Progressive Democrats  SF = Sinn Féin  SP = Socialist Party  WP = Workers' Party ||||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 22nd | 1981 | | Jim Mitchell (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | | Richard Burke (FG) | | Eileen Lemass (FF) | | Brian Fleming (FG) |
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | | Jim Mitchell (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | | Richard Burke (FG) | | Liam Lawlor (FF) | | Brian Fleming (FG) |
| 23rd | 1982 by-election | | Jim Mitchell (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | | Liam Skelly (FG) | | Liam Lawlor (FF) | | Brian Fleming (FG) |
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | | Jim Mitchell (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | | Liam Skelly (FG) | | Eileen Lemass (FF) | | Tomás Mac Giolla (WP) |
| 25th | 1987 | | Jim Mitchell (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | | Pat O'Malley (PDs) | | Liam Lawlor (FF) | | Tomás Mac Giolla (WP) |
| 26th | 1989 | | Jim Mitchell (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | | Austin Currie (FG) | | Liam Lawlor (FF) | | Tomás Mac Giolla (WP) |
| 27th | 1992 | | Joan Burton (Lab) | | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | | Austin Currie (FG) | | Liam Lawlor (FF) | 4 seats 1992–2002 | 4 seats 1992–2002 |
| 27th | 1996 by-election | | Joan Burton (Lab) | | Brian Lenihan Jnr (FF) | | Austin Currie (FG) | | Liam Lawlor (FF) | 4 seats 1992–2002 | 4 seats 1992–2002 |
| 28th | 1997 | | Joe Higgins (SP) | | Brian Lenihan Jnr (FF) | | Austin Currie (FG) | | Liam Lawlor (FF) | 4 seats 1992–2002 | 4 seats 1992–2002 |
| 29th | 2002 | | Joe Higgins (SP) | | Brian Lenihan Jnr (FF) | | Joan Burton (Lab) | 3 seats 2002–2011 | 3 seats 2002–2011 | 3 seats 2002–2011 | 3 seats 2002–2011 |
| 30th | 2007 | | Leo Varadkar (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Jnr (FF) | | Joan Burton (Lab) | 3 seats 2002–2011 | 3 seats 2002–2011 | 3 seats 2002–2011 | 3 seats 2002–2011 |
| 31st | 2011 | | Leo Varadkar (FG) | | Brian Lenihan Jnr (FF) | | Joan Burton (Lab) | | Joe Higgins (SP) | 4 seats 2011–2024 | 4 seats 2011–2024 |
| 31st | 2011 by-election | | Leo Varadkar (FG) | | Patrick Nulty (Lab) | | Joan Burton (Lab) | | Joe Higgins (SP) | 4 seats 2011–2024 | 4 seats 2011–2024 |
| 31st | 2014 by-election | | Leo Varadkar (FG) | | Ruth Coppinger (SP) | | Joan Burton (Lab) | | Joe Higgins (SP) | 4 seats 2011–2024 | 4 seats 2011–2024 |
| 32nd | 2016 | | Leo Varadkar (FG) | | Ruth Coppinger (AAA–PBP) | | Joan Burton (Lab) | | Jack Chambers (FF) | 4 seats 2011–2024 | 4 seats 2011–2024 |
| 33rd | 2020 | | Leo Varadkar (FG) | | Paul Donnelly (SF) | | Roderic O'Gorman (GP) | | Jack Chambers (FF) | 4 seats 2011–2024 | 4 seats 2011–2024 |
| 34th | 2024 | | Emer Currie (FG) | | Paul Donnelly (SF) | | Roderic O'Gorman (GP) | | Jack Chambers (FF) | | Ruth Coppinger (PBP–S) |
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 West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Chambers | 21.4 | 9,446 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 17.5 | 7,731 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Emer Currie | 15.4 | 6,791 | 7,579 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | PBP–Solidarity | Ruth Coppinger | 8.0 | 3,552 | 3,639 | 3,666 | 3,758 | 3,764 | 3,803 | 3,949 | 4,037 | 4,142 | 4,494 | 5,211 | 6,340 | 7,165 |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 6.6 | 2,909 | 3,074 | 3,078 | 3,124 | 3,176 | 3,188 | 3,207 | 3,468 | 3,491 | 3,652 | 3,777 | 4,350 | 6,080 |
| | Labour | John Walsh | 5.6 | 2,455 | 2,573 | 2,579 | 2,624 | 2,655 | 2,684 | 2,723 | 2,960 | 2,982 | 3,170 | 3,299 | 4,039 | |
| | Aontú | Ellen Troy | 5.6 | 2,453 | 2,532 | 2,542 | 2,577 | 2,590 | 2,732 | 2,842 | 2,980 | 3,657 | 4,000 | 4,348 | 4,547 | 5,003 |
| | Social Democrats | Ellen Murphy | 4.9 | 2,168 | 2,198 | 2,211 | 2,236 | 2,244 | 2,272 | 2,322 | 2,385 | 2,419 | 2,659 | 3,094 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Breda Hanaphy | 3.5 | 1,567 | 1,599 | 1,861 | 1,902 | 1,906 | 1,949 | 2,117 | 2,168 | 2,345 | 2,573 | | | |
| | Independent | Tania Doyle | 3.0 | 1,339 | 1,391 | 1,405 | 1,442 | 1,448 | 1,564 | 1,780 | 1,855 | 2,086 | | | | |
| | National Party | Patrick Quinlan | 2.6 | 1,149 | 1,156 | 1,161 | 1,192 | 1,193 | 1,491 | 1,632 | 1,658 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Natalie Treacy | 2.2 | 969 | 988 | 998 | 1,006 | 1,006 | 1,099 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Susanne Delaney | 1.8 | 816 | 832 | 836 | 875 | 877 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lorna Nolan | 0.9 | 412 | 1,071 | 1,072 | 1,108 | 1,191 | 1,216 | 1,247 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Umar Al-Qadri | 0.7 | 381 | 397 | 398 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Forde | 0.2 | 98 | 103 | 104 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 78,034 Valid: 44,236 Spoilt: 357 Quota: 7,373 Turnout: 57.1% |||||||||||||||||
* ↑ Coppinger is a member of Solidarity.

### 2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 28.6 | 12,456 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Varadkar | 19.4 | 8,478 | 8,596 | 8,641 | 8,706 | 8,763 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Chambers | 15.8 | 6,892 | 7,187 | 7,330 | 7,385 | 7,836 | 9,107 |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 11.2 | 4,901 | 5,371 | 5,471 | 5,919 | 6,270 | 8,260 |
| | Solidarity–PBP | Ruth Coppinger | 10.0 | 4,353 | 6,212 | 6,430 | 6,808 | 6,991 | 7,580 |
| | Labour | Joan Burton | 4.8 | 2,096 | 2,201 | 2,236 | 2,321 | 2,406 | |
| | Fine Gael | Emer Currie | 4.3 | 1,870 | 1,905 | 1,947 | 1,980 | 2,030 | |
| | Aontú | Edward Mac Manus | 2.4 | 1,062 | 1,218 | 1,420 | 1,522 | | |
| | Social Democrats | Aengus Ó Maoláin | 1.9 | 817 | 1,114 | 1,249 | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Casey | 1.1 | 495 | 708 | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen O'Loughlin | 0.4 | 184 | 325 | | | | |
| | Independent | Sean O'Leary | 0.1 | 24 | 65 | | | | |
| Electorate: 70,337 Valid: 43,628 Spoilt: 270 (0.6%) Quota: 8,726 Turnout: 43,898 (62.4%) ||||||||||
* ↑ Coppinger was a member of Solidarity.

### 2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Varadkar | 19.7 | 8,247 | 8,328 | 9,021 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Chambers | 16.5 | 6,917 | 7,148 | 7,236 | 7,330 | 8,315 |
| | AAA–PBP | Ruth Coppinger | 15.5 | 6,520 | 6,626 | 6,690 | 7,011 | 8,548 |
| | Labour | Joan Burton | 15.4 | 6,445 | 6,508 | 6,668 | 6,769 | 8,009 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 14.4 | 6,034 | 6,073 | 6,093 | 6,188 | 7,091 |
| | Independent | David McGuinness | 7.1 | 2,991 | 3,081 | 3,112 | 3,405 | |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 4.1 | 1,730 | 1,839 | 1,864 | 2,098 | |
| | Independent | T J Clare | 2.6 | 1,092 | 1,191 | 1,214 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine Noone | 2.6 | 1,074 | 1,125 | | | |
| | Renua | Jo O'Brien | 1.6 | 677 | | | | |
| | Independent | Dermot Casey | 0.5 | 225 | | | | |
| Electorate: 64,639 Valid: 41,952 Spoilt: 320 (0.8%) Quota: 8,391 Turnout: 42,272 (65.4%) |||||||||

### 2014 by-election

Independent TD Patrick Nulty resigned on 24 March 2014. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 European and local elections.
2014 by-election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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%) ||||||||||

### 2011 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Jnr died on 10 June 2011. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 27 October 2011, on the same day as the Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums.
2011 by-election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Patrick Nulty | 24.3 | 8,665 | 8,885 | 10,186 | 13,027 | 17,636 |
| | Fianna Fáil | David McGuinness | 21.7 | 7,742 | 7,935 | 8,720 | 9,873 | 11,590 |
| | Socialist Party | Ruth Coppinger | 21.1 | 7,542 | 7,834 | 9,368 | 9,873 | |
| | Fine Gael | Eithne Loftus | 14.7 | 5,263 | 5,410 | 5,942 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 8.9 | 3,173 | 3,309 | | | |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 5.0 | 1,787 | 1,925 | | | |
| | Independent | Barry Caesar Hunt | 2.2 | 775 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Frank Kidd | 0.9 | 311 | | | | |
| | Independent | Gary Bermingham | 0.5 | 185 | | | | |
| | Independent | Brendan Doris | 0.3 | 95 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Tallon | 0.2 | 73 | | | | |
| | Independent | Benny Cooney | 0.1 | 51 | | | | |
| | Independent | Peadar Ó Ceallaigh | 0.1 | 40 | | | | |
| Electorate: 62,396 Valid: 35,702 Spoilt: 689 (1.9%) Quota: 17,852 Turnout: 36,391 (58.3%) |||||||||

### 2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Joan Burton | 22.7 | 9,627 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Varadkar | 19.7 | 8,359 | 8,555 | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 19.0 | 8,084 | 8,304 | 8,603 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Jnr | 15.1 | 6,421 | 6,494 | 7,050 | 7,323 | 8,289 |
| | Fine Gael | Kieran Dennison | 7.5 | 3,190 | 3,248 | 3,440 | 3,693 | |
| | Labour | Patrick Nulty | 6.3 | 2,686 | 3,186 | 3,450 | 4,701 | 6,329 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 6.1 | 2,597 | 2,646 | 2,749 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | David McGuinness | 1.5 | 623 | 631 | | | |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 1.4 | 605 | 625 | | | |
| | Independent | Clement Esebamen | 0.7 | 280 | 288 | | | |
| Electorate: 62,348 Valid: 42,472 Spoilt: 327 (0.8%) Quota: 8,495 Turnout: 42,799 (68.6%) |||||||||
* ↑ Higgins campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance at the 2011 general election.

### 2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Jnr | 32.7 | 11,125 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Varadkar | 20.4 | 6,928 | 7,199 | 7,360 | 7,753 | 8,710 |
| | Labour | Joan Burton | 17.1 | 5,799 | 6,101 | 6,215 | 6,673 | 7,905 |
| | Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 14.9 | 5,066 | 5,270 | 5,325 | 5,607 | 7,472 |
| | Sinn Féin | Felix Gallagher | 4.8 | 1,624 | 1,677 | 1,683 | 1,777 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Lynam | 4.7 | 1,601 | 3,214 | 3,455 | 3,587 | |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 3.8 | 1,286 | 1,349 | 1,417 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mags Murray | 1.6 | 553 | 676 | | | |
| Electorate: 52,193 Valid: 33,982 Spoilt: 206 (0.6%) Quota: 8,496 Turnout: 34,188 (65.5%) |||||||||

### 2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Jnr | 26.9 | 8,086 | | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 21.5 | 6,442 | 6,660 | 6,731 | 7,853 | | |
| | Labour | Joan Burton | 12.7 | 3,810 | 4,020 | 4,079 | 4,375 | 5,125 | 6,300 |
| | Fine Gael | Sheila Terry | 12.3 | 3,694 | 3,783 | 3,829 | 3,982 | 4,863 | 5,669 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | 8.0 | 2,404 | 2,498 | 2,524 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tom Morrissey | 7.9 | 2,370 | 2,480 | 2,554 | 2,662 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Doherty Ryan | 7.7 | 2,300 | 2,386 | 2,698 | 3,056 | 3,728 | |
| | Green | Robert Bonnie | 2.5 | 748 | | | | | |
| | Christian Solidarity | John Smyth | 0.5 | 134 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 53,780 Valid: 29,988 Spoilt: N/A Quota: 7,498 Turnout: 29,988 (55.8%) ||||||||||

### 1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Jnr | 17.1 | 6,842 | 6,919 | 6,976 | 7,028 | 7,209 | 7,488 | 8,544 | | |
| | Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 16.2 | 6,496 | 6,616 | 6,886 | 6,960 | 7,285 | 8,094 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Austin Currie | 13.1 | 5,256 | 5,330 | 5,397 | 6,335 | 6,663 | 6,764 | 6,942 | 7,645 | 7,698 |
| | Labour | Joan Burton | 12.1 | 4,853 | 4,941 | 5,116 | 5,429 | 5,851 | 6,077 | 6,186 | 6,802 | 6,852 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 10.6 | 4,241 | 4,271 | 4,360 | 4,387 | 4,497 | 4,838 | 5,674 | 7,371 | 7,797 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tom Morrissey | 7.6 | 3,050 | 3,133 | 3,168 | 3,241 | 3,439 | 3,533 | 3,767 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Finbarr Hanrahan | 5.5 | 2,216 | 2,246 | 2,273 | 2,302 | 2,457 | 2,564 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John McCann | 5.0 | 2,004 | 2,035 | 2,246 | 2,257 | 2,348 | | | | |
| | Green | Paul Gogarty | 4.3 | 1,732 | 1,799 | 1,926 | 2,011 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joanne Harmon | 3.8 | 1,532 | 1,586 | 1,622 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 2.8 | 1,135 | 1,157 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Lyons | 1.5 | 585 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Colin Butler | 0.2 | 96 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ciara Malone | 0.1 | 36 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 66,419 Valid: 40,074 Spoilt: 223 (0.6%) Quota: 8,015 Turnout: 40,297 (60.7%) |||||||||||||

### 1996 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Snr died on 1 November 1995. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 2 April 1996. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Brian Lenihan Jnr, son of the deceased TD.
1996 by-election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Jnr | 24.6 | 6,995 | 7,023 | 7,111 | 7,293 | 7,458 | 7,661 | 8,032 | 8,303 | 8,688 | 9,670 | 11,754 |
| | Independent | Joe Higgins | 23.7 | 6,743 | 6,785 | 6,881 | 6,983 | 7,243 | 7,397 | 7,559 | 7,911 | 8,352 | 9,810 | 11,384 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Morrissey | 13.1 | 3,728 | 3,750 | 3,836 | 3,955 | 4,163 | 4,245 | 4,750 | 4,821 | 5,160 | 5,876 | |
| | Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 10.2 | 2,909 | 2,993 | 3,045 | 3,085 | 3,294 | 3,766 | 3,895 | 4,463 | 4,888 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John McCann | 5.5 | 1,574 | 1,636 | 1,643 | 1,673 | 1,691 | 1,788 | 1,810 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Sheila Terry | 4.6 | 1,314 | 1,328 | 1,377 | 1,433 | 1,506 | 1,543 | | | | | |
| | Green | Paul Gogarty | 4.5 | 1,286 | 1,311 | 1,356 | 1,483 | 1,576 | 1,692 | 1,899 | 2,041 | | | |
| | Independent | Vincent Jackson | 4.0 | 1,131 | 1,186 | 1,195 | 1,247 | 1,290 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Donovan | 3.7 | 1,058 | 1,072 | 1,101 | 1,122 | | | | | | | |
| | Christian Solidarity | Gerard Casey | 2.7 | 768 | 774 | 806 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sean Lyons | 1.8 | 514 | 524 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John O'Halloran | 1.3 | 369 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Benny Cooney | 0.1 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 65,534 Valid: 28,410 Quota: 14,206 Turnout: 43.4% |||||||||||||||
* ↑ Joe Higgins was an Independent candidate in 1996, as part of the Militant Labour organisation.

### 1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| | Labour | Joan Burton | 22.6 | 8,398 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Snr | 13.9 | 5,171 | 5,210 | 5,215 | 5,242 | 5,349 | 5,395 | 5,450 | 5,653 | 5,826 | 6,052 | 6,337 | 6,590 | 8,007 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 10.1 | 3,736 | 3,765 | 3,772 | 3,828 | 3,854 | 3,904 | 4,030 | 4,087 | 4,126 | 4,258 | 4,365 | 4,605 | 5,655 | 6,097 |
| | Fine Gael | Austin Currie | 9.0 | 3,360 | 3,551 | 3,559 | 3,821 | 3,930 | 4,067 | 4,088 | 4,273 | 5,146 | 5,329 | 6,444 | 6,724 | 7,155 | 7,226 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Finbarr Hanrahan | 7.3 | 2,727 | 2,759 | 2,765 | 2,785 | 2,836 | 2,947 | 2,984 | 3,068 | 3,127 | 3,184 | 3,357 | 3,460 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 7.3 | 2,726 | 2,915 | 2,929 | 3,025 | 3,070 | 3,238 | 3,550 | 3,652 | 3,700 | 4,287 | 4,483 | 5,814 | 5,984 | 6,047 |
| | Independent | Vincent Ballyfermot Jackson | 5.8 | 2,171 | 2,233 | 2,248 | 2,296 | 2,311 | 2,412 | 2,640 | 2,706 | 2,726 | 3,001 | 3,115 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Sheila Terry | 4.0 | 1,498 | 1,583 | 1,591 | 1,678 | 1,781 | 1,893 | 1,904 | 2,090 | 2,385 | 2,478 | | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Higgins | 3.8 | 1,407 | 1,500 | 1,505 | 1,523 | 1,555 | 1,645 | 1,741 | 1,891 | 1,933 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Morrissey | 3.2 | 1,179 | 1,220 | 1,222 | 1,360 | 1,583 | 1,615 | 1,628 | 1,731 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John McCann | 2.8 | 1,032 | 1,045 | 1,054 | 1,094 | 1,106 | 1,126 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Lyons | 2.8 | 1,027 | 1,070 | 1,078 | 1,084 | 1,186 | 1,278 | 1,322 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Paul Nicholas Gogarty | 2.4 | 906 | 979 | 984 | 999 | 1,090 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Marie Blake | 2.5 | 916 | 948 | 952 | 965 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Therese Ridge | 2.2 | 799 | 835 | 840 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Liam Lynch | 0.3 | 99 | 108 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 57,955 Valid: 37,152 Spoilt: 519 (1.4%) Quota: 7,431 Turnout: 37,671 (65.0%) ||||||||||||||||||

### 1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Snr | 23.1 | 11,109 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 17.1 | 8,218 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 14.4 | 6,920 | 7,067 | 7,084 | 7,118 | 7,145 | 7,306 | 7,411 | 7,632 | 8,666 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Austin Currie | 10.2 | 4,886 | 5,000 | 5,006 | 5,018 | 5,023 | 5,055 | 5,098 | 5,417 | 6,461 | 7,901 | 8,475 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 8.6 | 4,144 | 5,504 | 5,514 | 5,528 | 5,544 | 5,573 | 5,662 | 5,813 | 5,977 | 6,348 | 6,390 | 6,469 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Olga Bennett | 8.2 | 3,924 | 5,240 | 5,245 | 5,255 | 5,276 | 5,333 | 5,414 | 5,678 | 5,835 | 6,201 | 6,246 | 6,396 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Pat O'Malley | 5.4 | 2,572 | 2,628 | 2,634 | 2,647 | 2,652 | 2,694 | 2,734 | 3,005 | | | | |
| | Labour | Eamon Tuffy | 4.3 | 2,063 | 2,092 | 2,126 | 2,189 | 2,220 | 2,370 | 2,567 | 3,360 | 3,707 | | | |
| | Green | Bridin O'Connor | 4.0 | 1,915 | 1,965 | 2,003 | 2,031 | 2,070 | 2,182 | 2,484 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John David McCann | 1.8 | 853 | 867 | 889 | 905 | 1,301 | 1,364 | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Michael Conaghan | 1.4 | 668 | 676 | 703 | 716 | 735 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ursula Quinn | 1.1 | 545 | 553 | 593 | 603 | | | | | | | | |
| | Communist | John Montgomery | 0.4 | 209 | 211 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 77,766 Valid: 48,026 Quota: 8,005 Turnout: 61.8% ||||||||||||||||

### 1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Snr | 16.0 | 8,278 | 8,284 | 8,285 | 8,289 | 8,296 | 8,343 | 8,358 | 8,384 | 8,455 | 8,474 | 8,597 | 8,650 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 13.6 | 7,020 | 7,024 | 7,024 | 7,035 | 7,047 | 7,079 | 7,091 | 7,110 | 7,164 | 7,169 | 7,267 | 7,315 | 7,583 | 7,736 | 7,779 | 7,971 | 8,112 |
| | Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 12.9 | 6,651 | 6,653 | 6,658 | 6,724 | 6,765 | 6,799 | 6,918 | 7,132 | 7,232 | 7,247 | 7,639 | 8,220 | 8,854 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 12.7 | 6,585 | 6,586 | 6,587 | 6,598 | 6,639 | 6,658 | 6,687 | 6,780 | 6,848 | 7,132 | 7,182 | 7,315 | 7,647 | 7,922 | 7,964 | 11,843 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Olga Bennett | 10.9 | 5,622 | 5,623 | 5,626 | 5,635 | 5,669 | 5,697 | 5,723 | 5,770 | 5,828 | 5,842 | 5,958 | 6,008 | 6,203 | 6,332 | 6,370 | 6,475 | 6,565 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Fleming | 7.8 | 4,011 | 4,012 | 4,012 | 4,014 | 4,021 | 4,038 | 4,077 | 4,095 | 4,162 | 4,617 | 4,635 | 4,799 | 5,044 | 5,467 | 5,508 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Pat O'Malley | 6.4 | 3,308 | 3,310 | 3,311 | 3,315 | 3,327 | 3,334 | 3,375 | 3,408 | 3,452 | 3,501 | 3,512 | 3,605 | 3,861 | 5,902 | 5,973 | 6,924 | 9,744 |
| | Progressive Democrats | James Fay | 5.2 | 2,706 | 2,708 | 2,708 | 2,709 | 2,711 | 2,731 | 2,754 | 2,805 | 2,896 | 2,958 | 2,984 | 3,028 | 3,213 | | | | |
| | Independent | Liam Skelly | 3.4 | 1,734 | 1,739 | 1,741 | 1,749 | 1,761 | 1,782 | 1,845 | 1,890 | 2,000 | 2,021 | 2,133 | 2,326 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Eamon Tuffy | 2.3 | 1,185 | 1,187 | 1,190 | 1,208 | 1,217 | 1,221 | 1,306 | 1,367 | 1,406 | 1,414 | 1,448 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | James Delaney | 2.0 | 1,041 | 1,041 | 1,045 | 1,097 | 1,104 | 1,115 | 1,140 | 1,176 | 1,195 | 1,196 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eithne Loftus | 1.7 | 860 | 861 | 862 | 862 | 864 | 870 | 906 | 910 | 943 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Lyons | 1.3 | 675 | 678 | 678 | 680 | 700 | 752 | 798 | 815 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Michael Conaghan | 1.2 | 600 | 602 | 602 | 612 | 637 | 641 | 690 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Brídín O'Connor | 1.1 | 587 | 593 | 599 | 609 | 611 | 620 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry Gallagher | 0.6 | 312 | 313 | 313 | 314 | 319 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brian McMenamy | 0.5 | 239 | 241 | 241 | 244 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Communist | John Montgomery | 0.4 | 183 | 183 | 225 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Communist | Jean Roche | 0.1 | 72 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Barbara Hyland | 0.1 | 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 75,366 Valid: 51,712 Quota: 8,619 Turnout: 68.6% |||||||||||||||||||||

### November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 16.0 | 7,426 | 7,447 | 7,512 | 7,568 | 7,841 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Skelly | 14.8 | 6,876 | 6,883 | 6,925 | 6,953 | 7,240 | 7,352 | 7,384 | 7,597 |
| | Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 14.7 | 6,844 | 6,954 | 7,136 | 7,177 | 7,877 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eileen Lemass | 14.1 | 6,544 | 6,558 | 6,592 | 6,952 | 7,041 | 9,442 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Fleming | 12.5 | 5,804 | 5,806 | 5,839 | 5,859 | 6,327 | 6,502 | 6,557 | 6,836 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Snr | 11.7 | 5,464 | 5,472 | 5,481 | 5,772 | 5,815 | 7,331 | 8,924 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 8.7 | 4,055 | 4,056 | 4,071 | 4,249 | 4,300 | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Brennan | 3.9 | 1,835 | 1,873 | 1,995 | 2,004 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Sherwin | 2.1 | 983 | 990 | 998 | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Michael Conaghan | 1.0 | 476 | 517 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Montgomery | 0.6 | 259 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 70,203 Valid: 46,566 Quota: 7,762 Turnout: 66.3% ||||||||||||

### 1982 by-election

On 30 March 1982, Fine Gael TD Richard Burke resigned prior to his appointment as European Commissioner. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 25 May 1982.
1982 by-election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eileen Lemass | 39.7 | 17,095 | 17,571 | 19,206 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Skelly | 39.0 | 16,777 | 17,736 | 21,388 |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 14.8 | 6,357 | 7,446 | |
| | Independent | John O'Halloran | 1.8 | 785 | | |
| | Labour | Brendan O'Sullivan | 1.6 | 703 | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Michael Conaghan | 1.6 | 667 | | |
| | Independent | Matt Merrigan | 0.8 | 334 | | |
| | Independent | John Condron | 0.5 | 233 | | |
| | Independent | Séamus O'Daly | 0.2 | 68 | | |
| | Independent | Jim Tallon | 0.1 | 42 | | |
| Electorate: 70,203 Valid: 43,061 Quota: 21,531 Turnout: 61.3% |||||||

### February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 19.1 | 8,657 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Snr | 15.4 | 6,972 | 6,996 | 6,996 | 7,000 | 7,006 | 7,066 | 7,216 | 7,610 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 13.8 | 6,223 | 6,248 | 6,253 | 6,260 | 6,270 | 6,347 | 6,584 | 6,993 | 7,035 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Fleming | 12.7 | 5,764 | 6,208 | 6,211 | 6,229 | 6,240 | 6,278 | 7,399 | 8,482 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eileen Lemass | 12.5 | 5,662 | 5,725 | 5,726 | 5,739 | 5,747 | 5,858 | 6,006 | 6,690 | 6,770 |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Burke | 10.6 | 4,790 | 5,228 | 5,232 | 5,241 | 5,249 | 5,265 | 5,800 | 6,292 | 6,993 |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 7.3 | 3,285 | 3,338 | 3,352 | 3,400 | 3,510 | 3,895 | 4,389 | | |
| | Labour | Michael Gannon | 5.8 | 2,617 | 2,664 | 2,666 | 2,696 | 2,725 | 2,795 | | | |
| | Irish Republican Socialist | Anthony O'Hara | 1.8 | 800 | 812 | 817 | 858 | 921 | | | | |
| | Communist | John Montgomery | 0.5 | 222 | 227 | 235 | 255 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Corr | 0.4 | 183 | 188 | 205 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Rod Eley | 0.1 | 59 | 60 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 66,701 Valid: 45,234 Quota: 7,540 Turnout: 67.8% |||||||||||||

### 1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 20.0 | 9,326 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Snr | 15.3 | 7,169 | 7,204 | 7,205 | 7,209 | 7,214 | 7,230 | 7,256 | 7,330 | 7,882 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Burke | 11.3 | 5,301 | 5,875 | 5,878 | 5,887 | 5,903 | 5,938 | 6,010 | 6,161 | 6,366 | 6,370 | 6,652 | 7,835 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Fleming | 10.8 | 5,052 | 5,540 | 5,541 | 5,552 | 5,573 | 5,630 | 5,715 | 5,885 | 6,000 | 6,001 | 6,367 | 7,935 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eileen Lemass | 10.6 | 4,953 | 5,038 | 5,040 | 5,041 | 5,048 | 5,061 | 5,116 | 5,279 | 5,959 | 6,003 | 6,866 | 7,434 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 7.0 | 3,272 | 3,297 | 3,298 | 3,303 | 3,319 | 3,337 | 3,368 | 3,432 | 4,524 | 4,558 | 4,942 | 5,125 |
| | Anti H-Block | Anthony O'Hara | 6.5 | 3,034 | 3,087 | 3,100 | 3,155 | 3,171 | 3,183 | 3,253 | 3,840 | 3,893 | 3,896 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Boland | 5.7 | 2,682 | 2,701 | 2,701 | 2,701 | 2,705 | 2,711 | 2,729 | 2,764 | | | | |
| | Labour | Mary Robinson | 5.0 | 2,342 | 2,430 | 2,445 | 2,478 | 2,484 | 2,703 | 3,287 | 3,870 | 3,902 | 3,904 | 4,832 | |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 3.6 | 1,678 | 1,739 | 1,748 | 1,806 | 2,040 | 2,056 | 2,151 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Anne McStay | 1.9 | 876 | 949 | 956 | 974 | 988 | 1,095 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Eamon Tuffy | 1.0 | 476 | 489 | 496 | 499 | 505 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Mick Finnegan | 0.7 | 332 | 339 | 341 | 353 | | | | | | | | |
| | Communist | John Montgomery | 0.4 | 202 | 209 | 215 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Socialist Labour | Ivor Nolan | 0.1 | 63 | 67 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 66,701 Valid: 46,758 Quota: 7,794 Turnout: 70.1% ||||||||||||||||