5 June 2009 2011 → 7,639 6,439 26.9 22.7 | Turnout 28,803 (46.3%) 6,439 4,926 22.7 17.3 | |
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A by-election was held in the Dublin Central constituency in Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, following the death of the Independent Teachta Dála (TD) Tony Gregory on 2 January 2009. The by-election was held on the same day as the 2009 European and local elections. A by-election was held in the Dublin South constituency on the same date. There was no legal requirement on when to hold a by-election in Ireland in 2009 but they were generally held within six months.
The independent candidate Maureen O'Sullivan, Gregory's former Director of Elections, was elected on the eighth count.
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Dublin Central by-election, 2009 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA