1998 Limerick East by-election

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11 March 1998

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Turnout

42,703 (54.7%)


Nominee	Jan O'Sullivan	Sandra Marsh	Mary Jackman
Party	Labour	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael
First preferences	10,619	10,173	10,445
Percentage	24.9	23.8	24.5
Final count	22,888	15,188	–


Nominee	Tim O'Malley	John Ryan	Jenny Marie Shapland
Party	Progressive Democrats	Democratic Left	Sinn Féin
First preferences	4,287	3,868	909
Percentage	10.0	9.1	2.1
Final count	–	–	–


Nominee	John Gilligan	Nora Bennis	Eric Sheppard
Party	Independent	National Party	Green
First preferences	850	700	546
Percentage	2.0	1.6	1.3
Final count	–	–	–

TD before election

Jim Kemmy
Labour

Elected TD

Jan O'Sullivan
Labour

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Limerick East constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the death of Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) Jim Kemmy on 25 September 1997.

The election was won by Limerick City Councillor Jan O'Sullivan of the Labour Party.

Among the candidates were Senator and Limerick County Councillor Mary Jackman, Limerick County Councillor Tim O'Malley, Limerick City Councillor John Ryan, Limerick City Councillor John Gilligan

On the same day, a by-election took place in Dublin North, both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by-elections.

Result

1998 Limerick East by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jan O'Sullivan	24.9	10,619	11,444	13,724	14,967	22,888
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman	24.5	10,445	10,870	11,591	12,860
	Fianna Fáil	Sandra Marsh	23.8	10,173	10,852	11,328	13,117	15,188
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Malley	10.0	4,287	4,578	4,913
	Democratic Left	John Ryan	9.1	3,868	4,507
	Sinn Féin	Jenny Marie Shapland	2.1	909
	Independent	John Gilligan	2.0	850
	National Party	Nora Bennis	1.6	700
	Green	Eric Sheppard	1.3	546
	Independent	Barney Sheehan	0.5	198
	Independent	Noel Hannon	0.3	108
Electorate: 78,062 Valid: 42,703 Quota: 21,352 Turnout: 54.7%

References

^ Government of Ireland,https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/electionResults/dail/2002/2002-07-21_dail-general-election-may-2002-results-and-transfer-of-votes_en.pdf