# 1998 Dublin North by-election

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin North constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Ray Burke on 7 October 1997.
The election was won by Seán Ryan of the Labour Party.
The election was notable in that it had the highest number of candidates to ever contest a Dáil by-election. 19 candidates contested, including 9 Independents. The election took 14 counts to declare a winner with 8 candidates getting less than 1% of the first preference vote.
On the same day, a by-election took place in Limerick East, both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by-elections.
Michael Kennedy would go on to serve as a TD for the constituency in the future and Clare Daly would go on to serve as a TD and MEP

## Result

1998 Dublin North by-election :
| 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 | Seán Ryan | 33.3 | 11,012 | 11,012 | 11,017 | 11,029 | 11,057 | 11,216 | 11,397 | 11,475 | 11,555 | 11,717 | 12,049 | 12,832 | 14,320 | 16,896 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Kennedy | 31.3 | 10,334 | 10,335 | 10,336 | 10,352 | 10,365 | 10,421 | 10,514 | 10,744 | 10,936 | 11,079 | 11,236 | 11,983 | 12,698 | 13,633 |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Jenkinson | 9.6 | 3,185 | 3,186 | 3,187 | 3,190 | 3,215 | 3,258 | 3,296 | 3,385 | 3,449 | 3,557 | 3,715 | 3,982 | 4,395 | |
| | Socialist Party | Clare Daly | 8.2 | 2,692 | 2,692 | 2,694 | 2,702 | 2,705 | 2,746 | 2,777 | 2,809 | 2,848 | 2,948 | 3,041 | 3,553 | | |
| | Green | Paul Martin | 3.3 | 1,092 | 1,092 | 1,093 | 1,103 | 1,108 | 1,151 | 1,185 | 1,236 | 1,289 | 1,414 | 1,511 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 3.3 | 1,088 | 1,088 | 1,088 | 1,092 | 1,093 | 1,108 | 1,115 | 1,119 | 1,150 | 1,188 | 1,209 | | | |
| | Independent | Rena Condrot Ruigrok | 2.4 | 780 | 781 | 781 | 786 | 790 | 798 | 809 | 821 | 850 | 929 | | | | |
| | Independent | Ciaran Goulding | 2.1 | 682 | 682 | 683 | 690 | 698 | 714 | 740 | 763 | 817 | | | | | |
| | Christian Solidarity | Angela Keaveney | 1.7 | 565 | 565 | 566 | 573 | 576 | 582 | 598 | 616 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Finian Fallon | 1.6 | 533 | 533 | 533 | 540 | 550 | 557 | 565 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gertie Shields | 1.4 | 452 | 458 | 460 | 464 | 467 | 476 | | | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Left | Joe Holohan | 0.7 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 229 | 232 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Elaine Rooney | 0.5 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 183 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John McDonald | 0.3 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 112 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan Nagle | 0.1 | 44 | 44 | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Farrelly | 0.1 | 34 | 34 | 34 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Benny Cooney | 0.1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Natural Law | Noel O'Neill | 0.1 | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Tallon | 0.1 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 65,891 Valid: 33,046 Quota: 16,524 Turnout: 50.2% ||||||||||||||||||