Fianna Fail by election performances in 1990s and 2000s – data

Adrian Kavanagh – updated on 1 December 2010

This post contains Fianna Fail support data for constituencies where by elections have been held over the past twenty years – including support levels in the by-election in addition to support levels in general elections preceding and following those by-elections.

Fianna Fail support in constituencies, where by-elections were held during 1990s and 2000s, in the general election held prior to the by-election contest (NB: TVP = total valid poll).

	FF support	TVP	% FF
Donegal South West 2007	20,136	39,853	50.5
Dublin Central 2007	15,398	34,639	44.5
Dublin South 2007	25,298	61,204	41.3
Meath 2002	28,786	64,081	44.9
Kildare North 2002	14,250	32,980	43.2
Tipperary South 1997	13,146	35,260	37.3
Tipperary South 1997	13,146	35,260	37.3
Dublin South Central 1997	13,970	40,579	34.4
Cork South Central 1997	23,455	55,039	42.6
Dublin North 1997	15,908	41,158	38.7
Limerick East 1997	19,741	49,701	39.7
Dublin West 1992	11,634	37,152	31.3
Donegal North East 1992	11,465	31,209	36.7
Wicklow 1992	13,101	51,891	25.2
Cork South Central 1992	19,337	53,595	36.1
Cork North Central 1992	12,687	44,895	28.3
Mayo West 1992	14,833	29,657	50.0
Dublin South Central 1992	11,894	40,242	29.6

Fianna Fail support in by-elections held during 1990s and 2000s.

	FF support	TVP	% FF
Donegal South West 2010	7,344	34,424	21.3
Dublin Central 2009	3,483	28,412	12.3
Dublin South 2009	9,250	52,036	17.8
Meath 2005	16,117	49,706	32.4
Kildare North 2005	6,201	25,313	24.5
Tipperary South 2001	8,461	31,907	26.5
Tipperary South 2000	6,959	30,576	22.8
Dublin South Central 1999	6,050	20,116	30.1
Cork South Central 1998	12,658	43,007	29.4
Dublin North 1998	10,334	33,046	31.3
Limerick East 1998	10,173	42,703	23.8
Dublin West 1996	6,995	28,410	24.6
Donegal North East 1996	9,872	30,625	32.2
Wicklow 1995	10,060	43,589	23.1
Cork South Central 1994	13,316	42,134	31.6
Cork North Central 1994	9,528	37,348	25.5
Mayo West 1994	10,967	29,123	37.7
Dublin South Central 1994	5,642	26,775	21.1

Level of Fianna Fail support decline between general election and subsequent by-election (also includes decrease in size of total valid poll):

	FF decline	%FFdecline	TVPdecline
Donegal South West 07_10	12,792	29.2	5,429
Dublin Central 07_09	11,915	32.2	6,227
Dublin South 07_09	16,048	23.6	9,168
Meath 02_05	12,669	12.5	14,375
Kildare North 02_05	8,049	18.7	7,667
Tipperary South 97_01	4,685	10.8	3,353
Tipperary South 97_00	6,187	14.5	4,684
Dublin South Central 97_99	7,920	4.4	20,463
Cork South Central 97_98	10,797	13.2	12,032
Dublin North 97_98	5,574	7.4	8,112
Limerick East 97_98	9,568	15.9	6,998
Dublin West 92_96	4,639	6.7	8,742
Donegal North East 92_96	1,593	4.5	584
Wicklow 92_95	3,041	2.2	8,302
Cork South Central 92_94	6,021	4.5	11,461
Cork North Central 92_94	3,159	2.7	7,547
Mayo West 92_94	3,866	12.4	534
Dublin South Central 92_94	6,252	8.5	13,467

Fianna Fail support levels in those constituencies in the general election held immediately afterwards (NB: Meath figures is approximation based on Meath East/Meath West 2007GE tally figures for Co. Meath only):

	FF support	%FFsupport	TVP
Donegal South West 2011			NA
Dublin Central 2011			NA
Dublin South 2011			NA
Meath 2007	35,795	75,451	47.4
Kildare North 2007	17,851	45,191	39.5
Tipperary South 2002	14,121	36,666	38.5
Tipperary South 2002	14,121	36,666	38.5
Dublin South Central 2002	15,106	44,016	34.3
Cork South Central 2002	26,831	55,240	48.6
Dublin North 2002	16,803	43,942	38.2
Limerick East 2002	19,973	50,000	39.9
Dublin West 1997	13,299	40,074	33.2
Donegal North East 1997	14,855	35,529	41.8
Wicklow 1997	15,619	52,296	29.9
Cork South Central 1997	23,455	55,039	42.6
Cork North Central 1997	15,635	44,008	35.5
Mayo West 1997 (est)	13,286	30,929	43.0
Dublin South Central 1997	13,970	40,579	34.4

And finally, the degree to which Fianna Fail supprt increased by in these constituencies in the following general election:

	FFincrease	%FFinc	TVPincrease
Donegal South West 10-11			NA
Dublin Central 09-11			NA
Dublin South 09-11			NA
Meath 05-07	19,678	15.0	25,745
Kildare North 05-07	11,650	15.0	19,878
Tipperary South 01-02	5,660	12.0	4,759
Tipperary South 00-02	7,162	15.8	6,090
Dublin South Central 99-02	9,056	4.2	23,900
Cork South Central 98-02	14,173	19.1	12,233
Dublin North 98-02	6,469	7.0	10,896
Limerick East 98-02	9,800	16.1	7,297
Dublin West 96-97	6,304	8.6	11,664
Donegal North East 96-97	4,983	9.6	4,904
Wicklow 95-97	5,559	6.8	8,707
Cork South Central 94-97	10,139	11.0	12,905
Cork North Central 94-97	6,107	10.0	6,660
Mayo West 94-97	2,319	5.3	1,806
Dublin South Central 94-97	8,328	13.4	13,804

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Lecturer at the Maynooth University Department of Geography. Email: adrian.p.kavanagh@mu.ie

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