Dublin Fingal West
Co. DublinDublin Fingal West is a new 3-seat constituency created for the 2024 election, the other half of the former five-seat Dublin Fingal, covering north and west Fingal including Balbriggan, Lusk, Rush and Skerries. Sinn Féin's Louise O'Reilly, first elected to the old Dublin Fingal seat in 2016, topped the poll.
Why this leans Sinn Féin
The 6.3-point gap between the top two finishers here in 2024 sits on top of a longer pattern: Sinn Féin's national first-preference vote share has run 6.9% in 2007, 9.9% in 2011, 13.8% in 2016, 24.5% in 2020, then 19.0% in 2024 No digitised constituency-level results exist here for elections before 2024, so this is Sinn Féin's country-wide trend, not a claim about this seat's own history — but a party that's dominated the national picture for this long is a big part of why its 2024 local result, and this lean, look the way they do.
Elected TDs (3)
23.1% first preference · 6,965 votes · elected below quota, via transfers
16.8% first preference · 5,044 votes · elected below quota, via transfers
15.2% first preference · 4,583 votes · elected below quota, via transfers
2024 General Election — First Preferences
First-preference vote share by candidate. Louise O'Reilly (Sinn Féin) topped the poll with 23.1%. Bold candidates were elected — final seats are decided by PR-STV transfers, not first preferences alone.
Under PR-STV, surplus and elimination transfers decide the final seats, so a candidate can be elected from well below the quota — or miss out despite a strong first count. .