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On 15 February 2005 the campaign began in earnest when it was announced that polling would take place on 11 March. Seven candidates contested the vacant seat, with victory going to the
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41:
813:
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474:
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101:
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1708:
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Tommy Reilly, the original Fianna Fáil candidate, was forced to stand down due to some land rezoning issues.
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on Friday, 11 March 2005. It followed the resignation of
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7:
788:"No date set for Meath by-election"
814:"Meath By-election: 11 March 2005"
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1973:March 2005 events in Ireland
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373:Meath shown within Ireland
1968:Elections in County Meath
763:List of Dáil by-elections
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497:2005 Meath by-election
1953:2005 in Irish politics
750:50,183 (41.5%)
19:2005 Meath by-election
653:Progressive Democrats
486:Progressive Democrats
237:Progressive Democrats
52:2007 general election
42:2002 general election
1756:Dublin South-Central
1688:Dublin South-Central
1363:Dublin South-Central
1352:Dublin North-Central
818:ElectionsIreland.org
1527:Dublin County South
768:Dáil constituencies
742:477 (0.9%)
498:
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1893:Cork North-Central
1858:Longford–Westmeath
1822:Donegal South-West
1750:Cork South-Central
1715:Donegal North-East
1703:Cork South-Central
1698:Cork North-Central
1658:Donegal South-West
1580:Donegal North-East
1517:Longford–Westmeath
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459:Ambassador to the
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1863:Dublin South-West
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1410:Dublin North-East
1374:Dublin South-West
1333:Dublin South-West
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1256:Dublin North-West
1155:Dublin North-West
1078:Dublin University
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1416:Cork Borough
1358:Galway South
1323:Cork Borough
1278:Cork Borough
1272:Galway South
1260:1953:
1222:Donegal West
1211:Donegal East
1176:Cork Borough
1119:Dublin South
1037:Dublin North
1031:Dublin North
1006:Dublin South
955:Dublin South
949:Dublin North
928:Cork Borough
918:Dublin South
898:Dublin South
887:Dublin South
870:Dáil Éireann
866:By-elections
821:. Retrieved
817:
808:
796:. Retrieved
791:
782:
747:
743:
739:
735:
731:
558:
539:
479:
468:
465:
449:Teachta Dála
435:
433:Dáil Éireann
426:
409:
402:
391:
384:
352:Final count
278:Final count
182:
177:
174:Final count
100:
46:
15:
1925:2021:
1891:2019:
1872:2015:
1853:Dublin West
1851:2014:
1845:2013:
1841:Dublin West
1839:2011:
1820:2010:
1809:2009:
1785:2005:
1766:2001:
1760:2000:
1754:1999:
1737:1998:
1720:Dublin West
1713:1996:
1707:1995:
1686:1994:
1667:1984:
1656:1983:
1639:Galway East
1634:Dublin West
1632:1982:
1613:1980:
1602:1979:
1578:1976:
1569:Galway West
1562:1975:
1556:1974:
1550:1973:
1531:1972:
1505:1970:
1465:1967:
1456:Kerry South
1454:1966:
1435:1965:
1431:Galway East
1414:1964:
1408:1963:
1389:1961:
1383:1960:
1367:1959:
1356:1958:
1350:1957:
1318:Leix–Offaly
1308:Kerry North
1306:1956:
1300:1955:
1276:1954:
1239:1952:
1215:1949:
1209:1948:
1180:1947:
1174:1946:
1160:Kerry South
1148:1945:
1144:Kerry South
1142:1944:
1125:Galway West
1123:1940:
1117:1939:
1093:1936:
1082:1935:
1076:1933:
1057:1931:
1046:1930:
1035:1929:
1029:1928:
1023:1927:
999:1927:
982:Leix–Offaly
975:1926:
937:1925:
896:1924:
885:1923:
823:25 November
732:Electorate:
707:Independent
601:Joe Reilly
568:Fianna Fáil
473:candidate,
453:John Bruton
429:by-election
393:John Bruton
342:Percentage
322:Independent
264:Percentage
160:Percentage
133:Fianna Fáil
1942:Categories
1847:Meath East
1246:Mayo North
1165:Mayo South
966:Mayo North
923:Mayo North
798:1 February
774:References
212:Joe Reilly
1958:29th Dáil
1918:33rd Dáil
1884:32nd Dáil
1832:31st Dáil
1802:30th Dáil
1778:29th Dáil
1748:October:
1730:28th Dáil
1693:Mayo West
1679:27th Dáil
1649:24th Dáil
1625:23rd Dáil
1604:Cork City
1595:21st Dáil
1574:Mayo West
1543:20th Dáil
1498:19th Dáil
1461:Waterford
1447:18th Dáil
1426:Roscommon
1401:17th Dáil
1343:16th Dáil
1293:15th Dáil
1262:Cork East
1251:Waterford
1232:14th Dáil
1217:Cork West
1202:13th Dáil
1192:Waterford
1187:Tipperary
1135:12th Dáil
1110:10th Dáil
971:Roscommon
913:Cork East
597:Sinn FĂ©in
535:Fine Gael
505:Candidate
471:Fine Gael
446:Fine Gael
415:Fine Gael
397:Fine Gael
232:Sinn FĂ©in
128:Fine Gael
1552:Monaghan
1533:Cork Mid
1437:Cork Mid
1069:8th Dáil
1016:6th Dáil
992:5th Dáil
908:Limerick
878:4th Dáil
792:RTÉ News
757:See also
748:Turnout:
403:Elected
306:Nominee
208:Nominee
96:Nominee
1908:Wexford
1709:Wicklow
1615:Donegal
1512:Kildare
1483:Wicklow
1476:1968::
1421:Kildare
1267:Wicklow
1170:Wexford
1100:Wexford
1059:Kildare
933:Donegal
740:Spoilt:
726:
723:
720:
699:
696:
672:
669:
645:
616:
589:21,178
586:17,480
583:16,230
580:16,117
555:18,214
552:17,083
549:16,964
442:Ireland
297:
197:
152:16,117
149:16,964
75:
63:Turnout
1095:Galway
1089:Galway
744:Quota:
736:Valid:
693:1,744
690:1,590
666:2,746
663:2,679
642:7,061
639:5,672
636:5,567
624:Labour
613:6,514
610:6,183
607:6,087
559:24,047
513:Count
492:Result
318:Party
259:1,590
256:2,679
253:6,087
228:Party
183:21,178
178:24,047
155:5,567
138:Labour
124:Party
1792:Meath
1478:Clare
1379:Meath
1369:Clare
1283:Louth
1150:Clare
944:Cavan
680:Green
633:11.2
604:12.3
577:32.4
546:34.1
502:Party
451:(TD)
437:Meath
267:12.3
242:Green
169:11.2
166:32.4
163:34.1
825:2008
800:2005
717:702
714:1.4
687:3.2
660:5.4
509:FPv%
345:1.4
335:702
273:3.2
270:5.4
962:(2)
951:(2)
868:to
1944::
816:.
790:.
527:4
477:.
463:.
427:A
405:TD
386:TD
355:–
287:–
284:–
281:–
187:–
858:e
851:t
844:v
827:.
802:.
524:3
521:2
518:1
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