1998 Limerick East by-election

1998 Limerick East by-election

11 March 1998
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%

See also

• List of Dáil by-elections
• Dáil constituencies

External links

• https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997B&cons=159&ref=116
• http://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=138&electype=2&constitid=94