| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes | Quota |
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| 95462 | 4 | 55916 | 59% | 55669 | 247 | 11134 |
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8337 | 8696 | 8743 | 9000 | 9476 | 10805 | 10992 |
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People Before Profit-Solidarity
Sitting TD Richard Boyd Barrett is the longest-serving incumbent standing for re-election in the constituency, having been elected to the Dáil in 2011. He is one of the most high profile opposition politicians in the Dáil chamber and has been a vocal opponent to Government housing policies.
Fine Gael
Junior minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill was first elected to the Dáil in 2020 and is the current minister for European affairs and defence. She holds a PhD in public policy and previously worked as a lawyer in the public service within the Oireachtas before entering politics, which included serving as a legal advisor to former Taoiseach Enda Kenny and as a special advisor to a number of Government departments. Ms Carroll MacNeill was elected as councillor for the constituency of Killiney Shankill in 2019.
Fianna Fáil
First elected to the Dáil in 2020, incumbent Cormac Devlin previously sat as a councillor on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. He is the chief party whip and the deputy government whip. He entered politics at the age of 23, when he was first elected to the local council.
Labour
Sitting councillor Martha Fanning was first co-opted onto Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2020 and retained her seat in the 2024 local elections, having been a member of the Labour Party since her teens. She is a former chair of the Marketing Society of Ireland and was previously the director of Behaviour and Attitudes, the market research company which is now known as Ipsos B&A.
The Irish People
Healthcare worker Cathy Lynch is running for the Dáil as an independent candidate under the umbrella of the ‘National Alliance’, an electoral pact between a number of independents, new party the Irish People and members of the National Party.
Social Democrats
Barrister Hugo Mills is a first-time general election candidate, though ran for local office in Dún Laoghaire earlier this year. He returned to Ireland after practising law abroad.
Sinn Féin
Former councillor Shane O’Brien was elected for Killiney/Shankill on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2014, but missed out on a seat in both subsequent local elections. He polled well on first preferences in the last general election and is heavily involved in Ballybrack football club.
Independent
The Green Party
Incumbent TD Ossian Smyth first entered politics in 2014, when he was elected as a councillor for Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. He was elected to the Dáil in 2020 and has served as a junior minister in the Department of Public Expenditure and the Department of Environment. Mr Smyth, the junior minister who launched the national Deposit Return Scheme, previously worked as a technical project manager at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin.
Aontú
A pharmacist who has previously stood for election to the Dáil for Dún Laoghaire in 2020 and in Dublin Bay South for the by-election held in 2021, Ms Toibín has worked within the HSE for fifteen years and managed two community pharmacy businesses. Ms Tóibín, who is the sister of the party’s founder and sole TD Peadar Tóibín, studied at Trinity College Dublin and also stood for local election for Dún Laoghaire in June 2024.
Fine Gael
A sitting senator for four years, practicing barrister Barry Ward previously worked as a legal advisor to former Taoiseach Enda Kenny before entering electoral politics. He is originally from Deansgrange and was first elected to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2009. He stood for general election in the constituency in 2020, though missed out on a seat. Mr Ward was elected as a senator for the industrial and commercial panel that same year.
