A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin Mid-West in Ireland on Friday, 29 November 2019, to fill a vacancy in the 32nd Dáil. It followed the election of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Frances Fitzgerald to the European Parliament.
It was held on the same day as three other by-elections in Cork North-Central, Dublin Fingal and Wexford. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring. The by-election writ was moved in the Dáil on 7 November 2019.
At the 2016 general election, the electorate of Dublin Mid-West was 69,388, and the constituency elected one Sinn Féin TD, one Fine Gael TD, one Fianna Fáil TD, and one AAA–PBP TD.
The by-election was won by Sinn Féin candidate Mark Ward, a member of South Dublin County Council.
Among the candidates were seven South Dublin County Councillors; Paul Gogarty, Emer Higgins, Peter Kavanagh, Shane Moynihan, Francis Timmons, Joanna Tuffy and Mark Ward and former South Dublin County Councillor Ruth Nolan.
This was the first occasion when by-elections were contested by Independents 4 Change (who also contested Dublin Fingal) and the Social Democrats (who also contested Cork North-Central and Dublin Fingal).
Result
References
External links Dublin County returning officer