1998, limerick, east, election, election, held, dáil, Éireann, limerick, east, constituency, ireland, march, 1998, followed, death, labour, party, teachta, dála, kemmy, september, 1997, 1997, general, election, march, 1998, 2002, general, election, turnout42, . A by election was held in the Dail Eireann Limerick East constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998 It followed the death of Labour Party Teachta Dala TD Jim Kemmy on 25 September 1997 1998 Limerick East by election 1997 general election 11 March 1998 2002 general election Turnout42 703 54 7 Nominee Jan O Sullivan Sandra Marsh Mary JackmanParty Labour Fianna Fail Fine GaelFirst preferences 10 619 10 173 10 445Percentage 24 9 23 8 24 5Final count 22 888 15 188 Nominee Tim O Malley John Ryan Jenny Marie ShaplandParty Progressive Democrats Democratic Left Sinn FeinFirst preferences 4 287 3 868 909Percentage 10 0 9 1 2 1Final count Nominee John Gilligan Nora Bennis Eric SheppardParty Independent National Party GreenFirst preferences 850 700 546Percentage 2 0 1 6 1 3Final count TD before electionJim KemmyLabour Elected TD Jan O SullivanLabourThe 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 GilliganOn the same day a by election took place in Dublin North both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by elections Contents 1 Result 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksResult edit1998 Limerick East by election 1 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5Labour Jan O Sullivan 24 9 10 619 11 444 13 724 14 967 22 888Fine Gael Mary Jackman 24 5 10 445 10 870 11 591 12 860 Fianna Fail Sandra Marsh 23 8 10 173 10 852 11 328 13 117 15 188Progressive Democrats Tim O Malley 10 0 4 287 4 578 4 913 Democratic Left John Ryan 9 1 3 868 4 507 Sinn Fein 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 editList of Dail by elections Dail constituenciesReferences edit 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 pdfExternal links edithttps electionsireland org result cfm election 1997B amp cons 159 amp ref 116 http irelandelection com election php elecid 138 amp electype 2 amp constitid 94 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Limerick East by election amp oldid 1183277735, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
