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{{Short description|University constituency in Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name          = Dublin University
| type          = [[Seanad Éireann]]
| year          = [[Constitution of Ireland|1938]]
| seats         = 3
| members_label = Senators
| members       = {{unbulleted list
 | {{color box|{{party color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}}} [[Lynn Ruane]]  ([[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]])
 | {{color box|{{party color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}}} [[Tom Clonan]] ([[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]])
 | {{Party index link|Casual vacancy|border=darkgray}}
}}
}}
'''Dublin University''' is a [[university constituency]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], which elects three senators to [[Seanad Éireann]], the [[senate]] of the [[Oireachtas]] (the legislature of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]). Its electorate comprises the undergraduate scholars and graduates of the [[University of Dublin]], whose sole constituent college is [[Trinity College Dublin]], so it is often also referred to as the '''Trinity College''' constituency. Between 1613 and 1937 it elected MPs or TDs to a series of representative legislative bodies.

==Representation==
{| class="wikitable"
! From
! To
! Chamber
! Members
|-
| 1613
| 1800
| House of Commons of Ireland
| 2
|-
| 1801
| 1832
| House of Commons of the United Kingdom
| 1
|-
| 1832
| 1922
| House of Commons of the United Kingdom
| 2
|-
| 1921
| 1922
| House of Commons of Southern Ireland
| 4
|-
| 1922
| 1923
| Dáil Éireann
| 4
|-
| 1923
| 1937
| Dáil Éireann
| 3
|-
| 1938
| present
| Seanad Éireann
| 3
|}

===House of Commons of Ireland (1613–1800)===
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Dublin University
| type = [[university constituency|university]]
| parl_name = [[Irish House of Commons]]
| year = {{Start date|df=yes|1613}}
| abolished = 1801
}}
When [[James VI and I|James I]] first convened the [[Parliament of Ireland]], the University of Dublin was given two MPs, elected by the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College. It was not represented among the 30 Irish MPs which were part of the [[First Protectorate Parliament|Protectorate Parliament]] during the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland]].

Party organisations were not persistent during this time period, and have been added where appropriate. Among the MPs for the university in this period was [[John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare|John FitzGibbon]], who later as [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]] played a key role in the passage of the [[Acts of Union 1800]], which merged the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] to create the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]].
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|-
!Parliament
!Election
!colspan=2|MP (Party)
!colspan=2|MP (Party)
|-
|rowspan=3|Parliament of James I
|1613
|colspan=2|[[William Temple (logician)|William Temple]]
|colspan=2|Charles Doyne
|-
|1628
|colspan=2|[[William Bedell]]
|colspan=2 rowspan=3|[[James Donnellan]]
|-
|1628
|colspan=2|William Fitzgerald
|-
|First Parliament of Charles I
|1634
|colspan=2 rowspan=2|[[James Ware (historian)|Sir James Ware]]
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1639–49|Second Parliament of Charles I]]
|1639
|colspan=2|William Gilbert
|-
|[[First Protectorate Parliament]]
|1654
|colspan=4|''University not represented''
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1661–66|Parliament of Charles II]]
|1661
|colspan=2|[[James Ware (historian)|Sir James Ware]]
|colspan=2|[[John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran|John Butler]]
|-
|[[Patriot Parliament|Parliament of James II]]
|1689
|colspan=2|[[Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet|Sir John Meade, Bt]]
|colspan=2|[[Joseph Coghlan (politician)|Joseph Coghlan]]
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1692–93|First Parliament of William III and Mary II]]
|1692
|colspan=2|[[Cyril Wyche|Sir Cyril Wyche]]
|rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}"|
|rowspan=2 |[[William Molyneux]]<br />([[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]])
|-
|rowspan=2|[[List of Irish MPs 1695–99|Second Parliament of William III]]
|1695
|colspan=2 rowspan=2|[[Richard Aldworth (MP for Dublin University)|Richard Aldworth]]
|-
|1698
|colspan=2|[[William Crow (MP)|William Crow]]
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1703–13|First Parliament of Anne]]
|1703
|colspan=2|[[William Robinson (architect)|Sir William Robinson]]
|colspan=2|[[Edward Southwell Sr.|Edward Southwell]]
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1713–14|Second Parliament of Anne]]
|[[1713 Irish general election|1713]]
|rowspan=5 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}"|
|rowspan=5|[[Marmaduke Coghill]]<br />([[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]])
|colspan=2|John Elwood
|-
|rowspan=2|[[List of Irish MPs 1715–27|Parliament of George I]]
|1715
|colspan=2|[[Samuel Dopping]]
|-
|1721
|colspan=2|[[Edward Hopkins (MP)|Edward Hopkins]]
|-
|rowspan=4|[[List of Irish MPs 1727–60|Parliament of George II]]
|1727
|colspan=2|[[Samuel Molyneux]]
|-
|1728
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|John Elwood
|-
|1739
|rowspan=4 colspan=2|[[Philip Tisdall]]
|-
|1741
|colspan=2|[[Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford|Archibald Acheson]]
|-
||[[List of Irish MPs 1761–68|First Parliament of George III]]
|[[1761 Irish general election|1761]]
|colspan=2|[[William Clement (academic)|William Clement]]
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1769–76|Second Parliament of George III]]
|1768
|colspan=2|[[Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet|Sir Capel Molyneaux, Bt]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[List of Irish MPs 1776–83|Third Parliament of George III]]
|1776
|rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Patriot Party}}"|
|rowspan=2|[[Walter Hussey Burgh|Walter Burgh]]<br />([[Irish Patriot Party|Patriot]])
|colspan=2|[[Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore|Richard Hely-Hutchinson]]<br />{{efn|group=iparl|Election deemed invalid.}}
|-
|1778
|colspan=2 rowspan=2|[[John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare|John FitzGibbon]]
|-
|1782
|rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Patriot Party}}"|
|rowspan=2|[[Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse|Lawrence Parsons]]<br />([[Irish Patriot Party|Patriot]])
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1783–90|Fourth Parliament of George III]]
|[[1783 Irish general election|1783]]
|colspan=2 rowspan=3|[[Arthur Browne (1756–1805)|Arthur Browne]]
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1790–97|Fifth Parliament of George III]]
|1790
|colspan=2|[[Francis Hely-Hutchinson]]
|-
|[[List of Irish MPs 1798–1800|Sixth Parliament of George III]]
|[[1797 Irish general election|1797]]
|colspan=2|[[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]]
|}
{{notelist|group=iparl}}

===House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1801–1922)===
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name       = Dublin University
|type       = university
|region     = Ireland
|parliament = uk
|year       = 1801
|abolished  = 1922
|elects_howmany = {{ubl|1 (1801–1832)|2 (1832–1918)}}
|previous   = 
|next       = 
|}}
The [[Acts of Union 1800]] merged the Parliament of Ireland with the [[Parliament of Great Britain]], to form the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. The 300 seats in the [[Irish House of Commons]] were reduced to 100 Irish members in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]]. The union took effect on 1 January 1801. The University of Dublin had one seat in this Parliament. There was no new election for the [[First Parliament of the United Kingdom]]: for constituencies like the University of Dublin which were reduced to one MP, they were chosen by lot, in this instance, [[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]].

In the [[Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832]], the university was given a second seat in Parliament, elected by [[Multiple non-transferable vote|plurality-at-large]], and the franchise was extended to all those with a [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|Master of Arts]] degree. At this stage, there were 2,073 voters on the register. [[Plural voting]], by those who held a vote in the university constituency and also in a geographical one, was allowed and prevalent.

''A Topographical Directory of Ireland'', published in 1837, describes the parliamentary history of the university.

{{blockquote|By charter of James I. the university returned two members to the Irish parliament till the Union; after which time it returned only one member to the Imperial parliament, till the recent Reform act, since which it has returned two. The right of election, which was originally vested solely in the provost, fellows, and scholars, has, by the same act, been extended to all members of the age of 21 years, who had obtained, or should hereafter obtain, a fellowship, scholarship, or the degree of Master of Arts, and whose names should be on the college books : members thus qualified, who had removed their names from the books, were allowed six months to restore them, on paying a fee of £2, and such as continued their names, merely to qualify them to vote, pay annually to the college the sum of £1, or a composition of £5 in lieu of annual payment. The number of names restored under this provision was 3005, and at present the constituency amounts to 3135. The provost is the returning officer.}}

The [[Representation of the People Act 1918]] extended the electorate to include all male graduates and scholars over the age of 21 and all female graduates and scholars over the age of 30, to be elected by [[single transferable vote]]. There were 4,541 voters registered for the 1918 general election. Plural voting continued to be allowed.

During the period of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain, the constituency predominantly elected Tory, Conservative and Unionist MPs, including [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne|Edward Gibson]], who was later (as Lord Ashbourne) responsible for the [[Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act 1885]], and [[Edward Carson]], who led the [[Irish Unionist Alliance]].

Dublin University was represented in the House of Commons until the dissolution of Parliament on 26 October 1922, shortly before the establishment of the [[Irish Free State]] became a dominion on 6 December 1922.
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!Election
!colspan=2|MP (Party)
!colspan=2|MP (Party)
|-
|[[First Parliament of the United Kingdom|1801]]
|rowspan=4 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan=3| [[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]] ([[Tories (British political party)|T]])<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 |date=1842 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=225–226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA225 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
|colspan=2 rowspan=12| ''University represented by<br />one seat until 1832''
|-
|[[1802 United Kingdom general election|1802]]
|-
|[[1806 United Kingdom general election|1806]]
|-
|[[1807 United Kingdom general election|1807]]
|[[John Leslie Foster]] ([[Tories (British political party)|T]])
|-
|[[1812 United Kingdom general election|1812]]
|rowspan=5 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}"| 
|rowspan=5 |[[William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket|William Plunket]] ([[Whigs (British political party)|W]])<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818]]
|-
|[[1820 United Kingdom general election|1820]]
|-
|1822 by-election
|-
|[[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826]]
|-
|1827 by-election
|rowspan=4 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|[[John Wilson Croker]] ([[Tories (British political party)|T]])<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830]]
|rowspan=6| [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy|Thomas Lefroy]] ([[Tories (British political party)|T]], [[Irish Conservative Party|C]])<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1831 United Kingdom general election|1831]]
|-
|[[1832 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1832]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan=7| [[Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet|Frederick Shaw]] ([[Tories (British political party)|T]], [[Irish Conservative Party|C]])<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1835 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1835]]
|rowspan=31 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan=31 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
|[[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]]
|-
|[[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]]
|-
|1842 by-election
|[[Joseph Devonsher Jackson|Joseph Jackson]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|1843 by-election
|rowspan=7| [[George Alexander Hamilton|George Hamilton]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|[[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]]
|-
|1848 by-election
|rowspan=4| [[Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet|Joseph Napier]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
||1852 by-election
|-
|[[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]]
|-
|[[1857 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1857]]
|-
|1858 by-election
|rowspan=8| [[Anthony Lefroy (Irish politician)|Anthony Lefroy]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|1859 by-election
|rowspan=3| [[James Whiteside]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|[[1859 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1859]]
|-
|[[1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1865]]
|-
|1866 by-election
|[[John Edward Walsh|John Walsh]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|1867 by-election
|[[Hedges Eyre Chatterton|Hedges Chatterton]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|1867 by-election
|[[Robert Warren (Irish politician)|Robert Warren]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|[[1868 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1868]]
|rowspan=4| [[John Thomas Ball|John Ball]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|[[1870 Dublin University by-election|1870 by-election]]
|rowspan=15| [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]], [[Irish Unionist Alliance|U]])
|-
|[[1874 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1874]]
|-
|[[1874 Dublin University by-election|1874 by-election]]
|-
|[[January 1875 Dublin University by-election|Jan. 1875 by-election]]
|rowspan=4| [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne|Edward Gibson]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]])
|-
|[[February 1875 Dublin University by-election|Feb. 1875 by-election]]
|-
|[[1877 Dublin University by-election|1877 by-election]]
|-
|[[1880 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1880]]
|-
|[[1885 Dublin University by-election|1885 by-election]]
|rowspan=4| [[Hugh Holmes]] ([[Irish Conservative Party|C]], [[Irish Unionist Alliance|U]])
|-
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1885]]
|-
|[[1886 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1886]]
|-
|[[1886 Dublin University by-election|1886 by-election]]
|-
|[[1887 Dublin University by-election|1887 by-election]]
|rowspan=2| [[Dodgson Hamilton Madden|Dodgson Madden]] ([[Irish Unionist Alliance|U]])
|-
|[[1888 Dublin University by-election|1888 by-election]]
|-
|[[1892 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1892]]
|rowspan=12 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Unionist Alliance}}"|
|rowspan=12| [[Edward Carson]] ([[Irish Unionist Alliance|U]])
|rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Unionist Alliance}}"|
|-
|[[1895 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1895]]
|-
|1895 by-election
|rowspan=2  style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
|rowspan=2| [[William Edward Hartpole Lecky|W. E. H. Lecky]] ([[Liberal Unionist Party|Lib U]])
|-
|[[1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1900]]
|-
|1903 by-election
|rowspan=10 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Unionist Alliance}}"|
|rowspan=6| [[James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy|James Campbell]] ([[Irish Unionist Alliance|U]])
|-
|[[1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1906]]
|-
|[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|Jan. 1910]]
|-
|[[1900 Dublin University by-election|1900 by-election]]
|-
|[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|Dec. 1910]]
|-
|[[1916 Dublin University by-election|1916 by-election]]
|-
|[[February 1917 Dublin University by-election|Feb. 1917 by-election]]
|rowspan=3| [[Arthur Samuels]] ([[Irish Unionist Alliance|U]])
|-
|[[October 1917 Dublin University by-election|Oct. 1917 by-election]]
|-
|[[1918 Irish general election|1918]]
|rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}"|
|rowspan=2| [[Robert Woods (surgeon)|Robert Woods]] ([[Independent Unionist|Ind U]])
|-
|[[1919 Dublin University by-election|1919 by-election]]
|[[William Jellett]] ([[Irish Unionist Alliance|U]])
|}

===House of Commons of Southern Ireland (1921–1922)===

The [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]] established a devolved home rule legislature, within the United Kingdom, for twenty-six Irish counties which were designated [[Southern Ireland (1921–22)|Southern Ireland]].

Dublin University was given four seats in the [[Parliament of Southern Ireland|House of Commons of Southern Ireland]]. The seats were filled by Independent Unionist MPs who were returned unopposed. They were the only MPs who attended the abortive first meeting of the House. After the signing of the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]], the four MPs met with the Pro-Treaty members of the Second Dáil to ratify the Treaty. The Parliament was formally dissolved as part of the arrangements under the Treaty and the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922.

=== Dáil Éireann (1918–1937)===
[[Sinn Féin]] contested the [[1918 Irish general election|1918 Westminster election]] on the basis that they would not take seats in the United Kingdom Parliament but would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin.

The university was entitled to return two [[Teachta Dála|Teachtaí Dála]] (known in English as Deputies and abbreviated as TDs) in 1918 to serve in the [[Irish Republic]]'s [[First Dáil]]. This revolutionary body assembled on 21 January 1919.

In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland, including the two Unionist MPs from Dublin University, was a member of the First Dáil. In practice only Sinn Féin members participated.

The First Dáil passed a motion at its last meeting on 10 May 1921, the first three parts of which make explicit the republican view:
#That the Parliamentary elections which are to take place during the present month be regarded as elections to Dáil Éireann.
#That all deputies duly returned at these elections be regarded as members of Dáil Éireann and allowed to take their seats on subscribing to the proposed Oath of Allegiance.
#That the present Dáil dissolve automatically as soon as the new body has been summoned by the President and called to order.
The [[Second Dáil]] first met on 16 August 1921, thereby dissolving the First Dáil.

Sinn Féin used the polls for the [[House of Commons of Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland House of Commons]] and the [[Parliament of Southern Ireland|House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] as an election for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. No actual voting was necessary in [[Southern Ireland (1921–22)|Southern Ireland]] as all the seats were filled by unopposed returns. Except for this university all other constituencies elected Sinn Féin TDs. The university elected four Independent Unionist members unopposed. As with the First Dáil, those Deputies could have joined the Dáil if they chose.

The [[Third Dáil]] elected in 1922 was, in United Kingdom law, the [[constituent assembly]] for the [[Irish Free State]]. From this time the Dáil represented only the twenty-six Irish counties and not the six counties of [[Northern Ireland]]. Non-Sinn Féin Deputies, including those from the university, began to participate in the Dáil.

In the [[Electoral Act 1923]], the Irish Free State defined its own Dáil constituencies. The University of Dublin was granted three seats, to be elected by [[single transferable vote]] by all graduates and scholars, regardless of sex, over the age of 21. [[Plural voting]] was not allowed.

The Constitution (Amendment No. 23) Act 1936, removed the provisions in [[Constitution of the Irish Free State]] for University representation in Dáil Éireann, with effect from the next dissolution of the Oireachtas, which took place on 14 June 1937. Voters resident in the State had their Dáil registration switched to the geographical constituency of their registered address.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1936/en/act/pub/0022/print.html|title=Electoral (University Constituencies) Act, 1936|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=16 January 2014|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116211724/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1936/en/act/pub/0022/print.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== TDs ====
{{Irish TD table begin
 |constituency = Dublin University
 |maxTDs       = 4
 |start        = 1918
 |end          = 1937
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 |Independent Unionist
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 |Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum     = 1
 |byelections = 1
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[Arthur Samuels]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[Robert Woods (surgeon)|Robert Woods]]
 |elections = 2
 |party     = Independent Unionist
}}
{{Irish TD table seats dropped
 |seats     = 2
 |elections = 2
 |comment   = 2 seats under 1918 Act
}}
{{Irish TD table by-election
 |year      = 1919 by-election
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[William Jellett]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum   = 2
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[Ernest Alton]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent Unionist
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent Unionist
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[William Thrift]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent Unionist
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[Gerald Fitzgibbon]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent Unionist
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum   = 3
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[Ernest Alton]]
 |elections = 7
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]
 |elections = 6
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[William Thrift]]
 |elections = 7
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[Gerald Fitzgibbon]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum   = 4
}}
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 |elections = 6
 |comment   = 3 seats<br />from 1923
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum   = 5
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum   = 6
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum   = 7
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 |dailnum   = 8
 |byelections = 1
}}
{{Irish TD table by-election
 |year         = 1933 by-election
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 |name      = [[Robert Rowlette]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table end}}

===Seanad Éireann (1938 to present)<span id="Seanad"></span>===
Article 18.4 of the [[Constitution of Ireland]] adopted in 1937, provided that the university would have three seats in the new [[Seanad Éireann]]. The Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 gave effect to the constitutional provision, and provided that they would be elected by [[single transferable vote]]. The first Seanad election took place in 1938, and thereafter elections to the Seanad take place within 90 days of the dissolution of the Dáil. The [[Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|Seventh Amendment of the Constitution]], adopted in 1979, allows for a redistribution of the six university seats among the University of Dublin, the National University of Ireland, and any other institutions of higher education in the State which do not have representation.<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1979|type=ca|number=7|schedule=yes|name=Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Act 1979|date=3 August 1979}}</ref>

Under the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024, the [[2025 Seanad election]] to the [[27th Seanad]] will be the last general election for the National University and the Dublin University constituencies. Polls for this election will close on 29 January 2025. At any Seanad general election held after 31 March 2025, they will be substituted by a new six-seat [[Higher Education (Seanad constituency)|Higher Education]] constituency, enfranchising graduates from all institutions of higher education recognised under the Higher Education Act 2022. If a vacancy occurs during the 27th Seanad in the Dublin University constituency, the electorate will be Dublin University graduates on the Higher Education constituency register of electors.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/ced78-minister-obrien-makes-orders-appointing-dates-and-times-for-seanad-eireann-general-election/ |title= Minister O'Brien makes Orders appointing dates and times for Seanad Éireann general election |date=15 November 2024 |publisher=[[Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage]] |website=Government of Ireland}}</ref>

The electorate is Irish citizens who have received a degree from the university, or undergraduates who have been awarded a [[Scholars of Trinity College Dublin|foundation scholarship or non-foundation scholarship at Trinity College]].<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|section=7|year=1937|number=30|stitle=Franchise|name=Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937|date=19 November 1937}}</ref> After the [[Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|Fourth Amendment]] in 1972, the age of eligibility was lowered from 21 to 18.<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|section=3|year=1937|number=3|stitle=Amendment of Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1973|date=9 April 1973}}</ref> Voting for the Seanad is distinct from that for the [[Dáil]], so it is not considered [[plural voting]]; however, plural voting is possible for those who have received degrees from both the University of Dublin and the National University of Ireland. [[Trinity College Dublin]] is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, so the electorate is predominantly composed of graduates of Trinity; however, from 1975 to 1998, the University of Dublin also awarded the degrees of graduates at the [[Dublin Institute of Technology]].

Nominations are by electors in their personal capacity; unlike Dáil elections, there is no provision for nomination by parties.<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|section=16|year=1937|number=30|stitle=Nomination of candidates|name=Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937|date=19 November 1937}}</ref> Most of the senators for the constituency have campaigned as Independents, though [[Mary Robinson]] and [[Ivana Bacik]] took the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] whip for periods of their time in the Seanad.

A number of the senators have had a reputation as being quite socially liberal, including [[Owen Sheehy-Skeffington]], [[Noël Browne]], and [[Catherine McGuinness]]. Three Senators were later appointed to the [[Supreme Court of Ireland|Supreme Court]]: [[T. C. Kingsmill Moore]], [[Gardner Budd]] and Catherine McGuinness. Mary Robinson, first elected in 1969, was later elected as [[President of Ireland]] in 1990. In 1987, [[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]] became the [[LGBT culture in Ireland#Openly gay Oireachtas members|first openly gay member of either house of the Oireachtas]]. The senators have often included current or recent academics within Trinity College, such as professor of Latin and provost [[Ernest Alton]], professor of Greek [[William Bedell Stanford]], professor of mathematics [[Trevor West]], professor of medicine [[Mary Henry (doctor)|Mary Henry]], Ivana Bacik in law, and David Norris in English.
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 |name      = [[Ernest Alton]]
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 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Joseph Johnston (Irish politician)|Joseph Johnston]]
 |elections = 2
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Robert Rowlette]]
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 |seannum   = 3
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 4
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 |name      = [[T. C. Kingsmill Moore]]
 |elections = 2
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[William Fearon]]
 |elections = 8
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 5
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 |name      = [[Joseph Johnston (Irish politician)|Joseph Johnston]]
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 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
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 |year         = 1947
}}
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 |name      = [[Joseph Warwick Bigger|Joseph Bigger]]
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 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
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 |seannum   = 6
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 |name      = [[William Bedell Stanford|William Stanford]]
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 |seannum   = 7
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}}
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 |name      = [[Gardner Budd]]
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 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
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}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[William J. E. Jessop|William Jessop]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
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 |seannum   = 8
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 |name      = [[Owen Sheehy-Skeffington]]
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}}
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 |seannum   = 9
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 |year         = 1960
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 |name      = [[William J. E. Jessop|William Jessop]]
 |elections = 5
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 |name      = [[John N. Ross|John Ross]]
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 |seannum   = 11
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 |name      = [[Owen Sheehy-Skeffington]]
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}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 12
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}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Mary Robinson]]
 |elections = 3
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table by-election
 |constituency = Dublin University
 |year         = 1970
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Trevor West]]
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 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Noël Browne]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 14
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}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Conor Cruise O'Brien]]
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Mary Robinson]]
 |elections = 5
 |party     = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table by-election
 |constituency = Dublin University
 |year         = 1979
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Catherine McGuinness]]
 |elections = 2
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
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 |seannum   = 15
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Shane Ross]]
 |elections = 9
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
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 |seannum   = 16
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Trevor West]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 17
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Catherine McGuinness]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 18
}}
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 |name      = [[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]
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}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Mary Robinson]]
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 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
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}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Carmencita Hederman]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
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 |seannum   = 20
}}
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 |name      = [[Mary Henry (doctor)|Mary Henry]]
 |elections = 3
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}}
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 |seannum   = 21
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 22
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
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}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Ivana Bacik]]
 |elections = 1
 |party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
 |seannum   = 24
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Sean Barrett (economist)|Sean Barrett]]
 |elections = 1
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}}
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 |name      = [[Ivana Bacik]]
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}}
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 |seannum   = 25
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
 |name      = [[Lynn Ruane]]
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}}
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 |seannum   = 26
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}}
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 |year         = [[2022 Dublin University by-election|2022]]
}}
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 |name      = [[Tom Clonan]]
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}}
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 |year         = 2024
}}
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==Elections==
From 1832 (when registers of electors were first prepared) a turnout figure is given, for the percentage of the registered electors who voted. If the number of registered electors eligible to take part in a contested election is unknown, then the last known electorate figure is used to calculate an estimated turnout. If the numbers of registered electors and electors taking part in the poll are known, an exact turnout figure is calculated. In two member bloc vote elections (in which an elector could cast one or two votes as he chose), where the exact number of electors participating is unknown, an estimated turnout figure is given. This is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast by two. To the extent that electors used only one of their votes the estimated turnout figure is an underestimate.

===Elections in the 2020s===
{{2022 University of Dublin by-election result}}
{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 2020 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref name="tcd-2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/10-nominations-for-the-university-of-dublin-seanad-elections-2020/|title=10 nominations for the University of Dublin Seanad elections 2020|date=14 February 2020|website=Trinity News and Events|access-date=15 February 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215150237/https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/10-nominations-for-the-university-of-dublin-seanad-elections-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 |numcounts = 8
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  =  '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 24.2
 |count1     = 3,646
 |count2     = 3,671
 |count3     = 3,728
 |count4     = '''3,768'''
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Ivana Bacik]]'''
 |party      = Labour Party (Ireland)
 |percentage = 23.2
 |count1     = 3,489
 |count2     = 3,521
 |count3     = 3,542
 |count4     = 3,571
 |count5     = 3,574
 |count6     = '''3,963'''
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Lynn Ruane]]''' 
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 18.4
 |count1     = 2,780
 |count2     = 2,805
 |count3     = 2,825
 |count4     = 2,870
 |count5     = 2,871
 |count6     = 3,229
 |count7     = 3,348
 |count8     = '''4,072'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Hugo MacNeill (rugby union)|Hugo MacNeill]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 13.5
 |count1     = 2,038
 |count2     = 2,050
 |count3     = 2,081
 |count4     = 2,133
 |count5     = 2,133
 |count6     = 2,299
 |count7     = 2,342
 |count8     = 2,961
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Tom Clonan]] 
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 9.3
 |count1     = 1,394
 |count2     = 1,417
 |count3     = 1,440
 |count4     = 1,492
 |count5     = 1,493
 |count6     = 1,682
 |count7     = 1,722
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = William Priestley
 |party      = Green Party (Ireland)
 |percentage = 7.2
 |count1     = 1,090
 |count2     = 1,104
 |count3     = 1,119
 |count4     = 1,175
 |count5     = 1,177
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Keith Scanlon
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.8
 |count1     = 276
 |count2     = 285
 |count3     = 297
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Joseph O'Gorman
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.2
 |count1     = 180
 |count2     = 183
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Abbas Ali O'Shea
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.5
 |count1     = 81
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Derek Byrne
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.4
 |count1     = 67
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{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 8
 |electorate = Approx. 65,000<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2020/2020-02-26_l-rs-infographic-seanad-eireann-electoral-process_en.pdf |title=Seanad Electoral Process |access-date=1 April 2020 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328125633/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2020/2020-02-26_l-rs-infographic-seanad-eireann-electoral-process_en.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
 |valid      = 15,041  
 |spoilt     = 12
 |quota      = 3,761
 |turnout    = Approx. 23.1%
}}

===Elections in the 2010s===
{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 2016 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |title=UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN - SEANAD ELECTION 2016 |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/TrinityCollegeDublinResultofPoll_123853.pdf |website=Oireachtas |publisher=Trinity College Dublin |access-date=7 April 2022 |date=27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="tcd-2016">{{cite web |title=Nominations for the University of Dublin Seanad Elections 2016 |url=http://www.tcd.ie/seanad2016/candidates/ |work=Trinity College Dublin |access-date=5 March 2016 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313100602/http://www.tcd.ie/seanad2016/candidates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 15
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 25.3
 |count1     = '''4,070'''
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Ivana Bacik]]'''
 |party      = Labour Party (Ireland)
 |percentage = 17.8
 |count1     = 2,853
 |count2     = 2,871
 |count3     = 2,887
 |count4     = 2,904
 |count5     = 2,936
 |count6     = 2,956
 |count7     = 3,043
 |count8     = 3,113
 |count9     = 3,197
 |count10    = 3,306
 |count11    = 3,482
 |count12    = 3,758
 |count13    = '''4,144'''
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Lynn Ruane]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 8.6
 |count1     = 1,378
 |count2     = 1,381
 |count3     = 1,399
 |count4     = 1,418
 |count5     = 1,434
 |count6     = 1,471
 |count7     = 1,524
 |count8     = 1,563
 |count9     = 1,646
 |count10    = 1,793
 |count11    = 1,903
 |count12    = 2,128
 |count13    = 2,480
 |count14    = 2,511
 |count15    = '''3,343'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Averil Power]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 8.4
 |count1     = 1,356
 |count2     = 1,363
 |count3     = 1,380
 |count4     = 1,388
 |count5     = 1,400
 |count6     = 1,414
 |count7     = 1,465
 |count8     = 1,527
 |count9     = 1,582
 |count10    = 1,644
 |count11    = 1,741
 |count12    = 1,853
 |count13    = 2,135
 |count14    = 2,176
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Sean Barrett (economist)|Sean Barrett]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 8.2
 |count1     = 1,317
 |count2     = 1,326
 |count3     = 1,333
 |count4     = 1,353
 |count5     = 1,362
 |count6     = 1,386
 |count7     = 1,443
 |count8     = 1,570
 |count9     = 1,683
 |count10    = 1,766
 |count11    = 1,972
 |count12    = 2,097
 |count13    = 2,502
 |count14    = 2,557
 |count15    = 3,228
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Tom Clonan|Thomas Clonan]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 7.0
 |count1     = 1,131
 |count2     = 1,133
 |count3     = 1,147
 |count4     = 1,153
 |count5     = 1,157
 |count6     = 1,172
 |count7     = 1,233
 |count8     = 1,280
 |count9     = 1,364
 |count10    = 1,458
 |count11    = 1,590
 |count12    = 1,742
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Oisín Coghlan
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 4.3
 |count1     = 683
 |count2     = 685
 |count3     = 690
 |count4     = 696
 |count5     = 720
 |count6     = 743
 |count7     = 778
 |count8     = 796
 |count9     = 847
 |count10    = 945
 |count11    = 1,017
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Anthony Staines
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 4.1
 |count1     = 665
 |count2     = 668
 |count3     = 674
 |count4     = 684
 |count5     = 689
 |count6     = 707
 |count7     = 742
 |count8     = 788
 |count9     = 852
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = William Priestley
 |party      = Green Party (Ireland)
 |percentage = 3.4
 |count1     = 548
 |count2     = 550
 |count3     = 561
 |count4     = 574
 |count5     = 598
 |count6     = 634
 |count7     = 661
 |count8     = 689
 |count9     = 737
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Ethna Tinney
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 3.2
 |count1     = 516
 |count2     = 518
 |count3     = 528
 |count4     = 534
 |count5     = 538
 |count6     = 553
 |count7     = 594
 |count8     = 631
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Sean Melly
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.8
 |count1     = 450
 |count2     = 451
 |count3     = 452
 |count4     = 465
 |count5     = 471
 |count6     = 497
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Sabina Brennan]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.8
 |count1     = 445
 |count2     = 447
 |count3     = 457
 |count4     = 466
 |count5     = 470
 |count6     = 484
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Kevin Cunningham
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.4
 |count1     = 232
 |count2     = 233
 |count3     = 246
 |count4     = 255
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Eoin Meehan
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.9
 |count1     = 143
 |count2     = 143
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{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Edward Davitt
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.9
 |count1     = 142
 |count2     = 142
 |count3     = 147
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In 2011 [[Karin Dubsky]], who was listed on the printed ballot papers, discovered after their distribution that she was not an Irish citizen and thus ineligible, and advised electors not to vote for her.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Halloran |first1=Marie |title='Don't vote for me', TCD candidate tells electors |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/don-t-vote-for-me-tcd-candidate-tells-electors-1.578831 |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=The Irish Times |date=22 March 2011 |language=en |archive-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210215818/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/don-t-vote-for-me-tcd-candidate-tells-electors-1.578831 |url-status=live }}</ref> The returning officer ruled that ballots giving her a first preference would be excluded, but ballots giving her a lower preference would be transferred to the next lower preference when relevant.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGee |first1=Harry |title=Seanad ballot papers with Dubsky at No 1 will be invalid |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/seanad-ballot-papers-with-dubsky-at-no-1-will-be-invalid-1.577215 |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=The Irish Times |date=21 April 2011 |language=en |archive-date=24 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124025304/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/seanad-ballot-papers-with-dubsky-at-no-1-will-be-invalid-1.577215 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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===Elections in the 2000s===
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 |title      = 2007 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-2007">{{cite web |title=Seanad election 2007: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007S&cons=225 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928182440/http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007S&cons=225 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = 2002 Seanad election: Dublin University
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 |candidate  = '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 24.5
 |votes      = '''3,493'''
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 5
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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 |percentage = 24.3
 |votes      = '''3,465'''
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 5
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Mary Henry (doctor)|Mary Henry]]'''
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 |percentage = 14.9
 |votes      = '''2,123'''
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 10
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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 |percentage = 11.2
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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 |percentage = 5.5
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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 |percentage = 5.2
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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===Elections in the 1990s===
{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = 1997 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1997">{{cite web|title=Seanad election 1997: Dublin University|url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997S&cons=225|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223225228/https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997S&cons=225|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 36.4
 |votes      = '''4,866'''
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Shane Ross]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 18.5
 |votes      = '''2,475'''
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 6
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 18.0
 |votes      = '''2,410'''
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 5
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
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{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = 1993 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1993">{{cite web|title=Seanad election 1993: Dublin University|url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1993S&cons=225|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-date=28 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093427/https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1993S&cons=225|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 31.1
 |votes      = '''3,569'''	
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Shane Ross]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 23.3
 |votes      = '''2,672'''
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Mary Henry (doctor)|Mary Henry]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 17.3
 |votes      = '''1,980'''
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 10
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = James Rickard
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 8.8
 |votes      = 1,006
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = Claire Wheeler
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 4.4
 |votes      = 505
 |seat       = 
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = [[Alan Stanford]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 3.1
 |votes      = 360
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = Virginia Hogan
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.5
 |votes      = 291
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = David Martin
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |votes      = 257
 |percentage = 2.2
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = John Dillon
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.2
 |votes      = 251
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = Erick Dillon
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.0
 |votes      = 225
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = Prabhu Kulkarni
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.1
 |votes      = 129
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = Frederick O'Connell
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.0
 |votes      = 118
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = Florence O'Donoghue
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.7
 |votes      = 81
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = Peter Cooke
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.2
 |votes      = 28
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box end
 |electorate = 
 |valid      = 11,472
 |quota      = 2,869
 |turnout    = 
}}

===Elections in the 1980s===
{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1989 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL038968.pdf |title=Seanad Eireann election 1989 : certificate of the result of the poll |publisher=Oireachtas |date=24 October 1989 |access-date=5 April 2022 }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Shane Ross]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 26.8
 |count1     = '''2,443'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 26.6
 |count1     = '''2,420'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Carmencita Hederman]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 17.9
 |count1     = 1,627
 |count2     = 1,689
 |count3     = 1,754
 |count4     = 1,791
 |count5     = 1,888
 |count6     = '''2,456'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Mary Henry (doctor)|Mary Henry]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 12.4
 |count1     = 1,130
 |count2     = 1,199
 |count3     = 1,231
 |count4     = 1,272
 |count5     = 1,336
 |count6     = 1,781
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = J. Rickard
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 6.2
 |count1     = 567
 |count2     = 573
 |count3     = 591
 |count4     = 655
 |count5     = 745
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = B. Harvey
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 4.4
 |count1     = 407
 |count2     = 425
 |count3     = 436
 |count4     = 462
 |count5     = 522
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = P. F. O'Brien
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 3.5
 |count1     = 319
 |count2     = 325
 |count3     = 333
 |count4     = 357
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = P. Smyth
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.1
 |count1     = 188
 |count2     = 194
 |count3     = 204
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 6
 |electorate = 18,245
 |valid      = 9,101
 |spoilt     = 7
 |quota      = 2,276
 |turnout    = 49.88%
}}

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1987 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL036017.pdf |title=Seanad Eireann 1987 : certificate of the result of the poll for the constituency of the university of Dublin |publisher=Oireachtas |date=14 April 1986 |access-date=5 April 2022 }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 2
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Shane Ross]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 25.5
 |count1     = '''2,180'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Mary Robinson]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 24.8
 |count1     = 2,123
 |count2     = '''2,221'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 24.6
 |count1     = 2,101
 |count2     = '''2,260'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Catherine McGuinness]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 13.7
 |count1     = 1,170
 |count2     = 1,232
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = B. O'Rafferty
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 6.6
 |count1     = 562
 |count2     = 620
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Ferdinand von Prondzynski]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.6
 |count1     = 224
 |count2     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = W. J. McCormack
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.2
 |count1     = 188
 |count2     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 2
 |electorate = 14,737
 |valid      = 8,548
 |spoilt     = 16
 |quota      = 2,138
 |turnout    = 58.00%
}}

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1983 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL035162.pdf |title=Seanad election 1983 : certificate of the result of the poll for the constituency of the university of Dublin |publisher=Oireachtas |date=31 January 1983 |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
 |numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Shane Ross]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 23.0
 |count1     = 1,560 
 |count2     = 1,574
 |count3     = 1,654
 |count4     = '''1,771'''
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Mary Robinson]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 22.2
 |count1     = 1,506
 |count2     = 1,547
 |count3     = 1,681
 |count4     = '''2,194'''
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Trevor West]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 17.1
 |count1     = 1,144
 |count2     = 1,178
 |count3     = 1,283
 |count4     = 1,399
 |count5     = 1,527
 |count6     = 1,565
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Catherine McGuinness]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 15.1
 |count1     = 1,026
 |count2     = 1,052
 |count3     = 1,151
 |count4     = 1,314
 |count5     = 1,593
 |count6     = '''1,631'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 12.5
 |count1     = 850
 |count2     = 876
 |count3     = 957
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = David Cabot
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 7.2
 |count1     = 488
 |count2     = 534
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = R.A. Kennedy
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.3
 |count1     = 159
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = William Fitzsimon
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.7
 |count1     = 45
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 6
 |electorate = 10,293
 |valid      = 6,778
 |spoilt     = 63
 |quota      = 1,695
 |turnout    = 66.46%
}}

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1982 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL034588.pdf |title=Seanad Eireann election 1982 : certificate of the result of the poll for the constituency of the University of Dublin |publisher=Oireachtas |date=1982 |access-date=18 September 2018 }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 7
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Shane Ross]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 23.9
 |count1     = 1,412
 |count2     = 1,423
 |count3     = 1,430
 |count4     = 1,462
 |count5     = '''1,548'''
 |count6     = &nbsp;
 |count7     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Mary Robinson]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 20.6
 |count1     = 1,212
 |count2     = 1,220
 |count3     = 1,282
 |count4     = 1,461
 |count5     = '''1,634'''
 |count6     = &nbsp;
 |count7     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Trevor West]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 20.1
 |count1     = 1,185
 |count2     = 1,193
 |count3     = 1,209
 |count4     = 1,263
 |count5     = 1,390
 |count6     = 1,443
 |count7     = '''1,490'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Catherine McGuinness]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 17.3
 |count1     = 1,023
 |count2     = 1,032
 |count3     = 1,062
 |count4     = 1,141
 |count5     = 1,272
 |count6     = 1,378
 |count7     = 1,404
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = David Cabot
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 7.4
 |count1     = 437
 |count2     = 446
 |count3     = 472
 |count4     = 535
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
 |count7     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 6.6
 |count1     = 392
 |count2     = 396
 |count3     = 429
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
 |count7     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = B. Cullen
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.8
 |count1     = 167
 |count2     = 180
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
 |count7     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = William Fitzsimon
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.2
 |count1     = 69
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
 |count7     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 7 
 |electorate = 9,164
 |valid      = 5,897
 |spoilt     = 58
 |quota      = 1,475
 |turnout    = 64.34%
}}

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1981 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL034879.pdf |title=Seanad election 1981 : certificate of the result of the poll for the constituency of the University of Dublin |publisher=Oireachtas |date=1981 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
 |numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Shane Ross]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 24.6
 |count1     = 1,415
 |count2     = 1,422
 |count3     = 1,431
 |count4     = '''1,475'''
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Mary Robinson]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 19.1
 |count1     = 1,097
 |count2     = 1,103
 |count3     = 1,152
 |count4     = 1,207
 |count5     = 1,387
 |count6     = '''1,583'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Catherine McGuinness]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 19.1
 |count1     = 1,096
 |count2     = 1,103
 |count3     = 1,122
 |count4     = 1,158
 |count5     = 1,229
 |count6     = '''1,428'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Trevor West]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 15.0
 |count1     = 863
 |count2     = 869
 |count3     = 891
 |count4     = 926
 |count5     = 985
 |count6     = 1,183
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = David Cabot
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 8.6
 |count1     = 492
 |count2     = 502
 |count3     = 528
 |count4     = 554
 |count5     = 663
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 6.2
 |count1     = 360
 |count2     = 366
 |count3     = 389
 |count4     = 410
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Thomas Murtagh
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 3.5
 |count1     = 203
 |count2     = 205
 |count3     = 223
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = B. Cullen
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.7
 |count1     = 159
 |count2     = 173
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = William Fitzsimon
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.8
 |count1     = 40
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = O. Quinn
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.4
 |count1     = 20
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 6
 |electorate = 9,262
 |valid      = 5,745
 |spoilt     = 90
 |quota      = 1,437
 |turnout    = 62.03%
}}

===Elections in the 1970s===
Following the resignation of [[Conor Cruise O'Brien]] on 13 June 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resignation of Member – Seanad Éireann (14th Seanad) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1979-06-13/2/|date=13 June 1979 |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vacancy in Seanad Membership – Seanad Éireann (14th Seanad) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1979-07-18/4/ |date=18 July 1979 |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref>
{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1979 Seanad by-election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL018132.pdf |title=Certificate of the result of the poll : Seanad bye-election held in pursuance of the order of the Minister for Local Government dated 11th December, 1979 : constituency of the University of Dublin |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603084022/https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL018132.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Catherine McGuinness]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 35.1
 |count1     = 1,841
 |count2     = 2,175
 |count3     = '''2,790'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Shane Ross]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 31.0
 |count1     = 1,625
 |count2     = 1,777
 |count3     = 2,270
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Thomas Murtagh
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 19.7
 |count1     = 1,033
 |count2     = 1,225
 |count3     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 12.6
 |count1     = 659
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = O. Quinn
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.7
 |count1     = 88
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 3 
 |electorate = 8,686
 |valid      = 5,246
 |spoilt     = 103
 |quota      = 2,624
 |turnout    = 61.58%
}}

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1973 Seanad election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL022720.pdf |title=Notice of Candidates elected. Seanad election held in pursuance of the order of the Minister for Local Government dated 9th February, 1973. Constituency of the University of Dublin|date=2 May 1973 |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
 |numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Mary Robinson]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 30.3
 |count1     = '''1,472'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Noël Browne]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 19.5
 |count1     = 944
 |count2     = 1,019
 |count3     = 1,064
 |count4     = 1,137
 |count5     = '''1,415'''
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[William J. E. Jessop]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 15.4
 |count1     = 747
 |count2     = 781
 |count3     = 804
 |count4     = 853
 |count5     = 1,033
 |count6     = 1,117
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Trevor West]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 14.3
 |count1     = 695
 |count2     = 758
 |count3     = 780
 |count4     = 837
 |count5     = 1,098
 |count6     = '''1,216'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = D.J. McConnell
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 7.5
 |count1     = 365
 |count2     = 396
 |count3     = 414
 |count4     = 436
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = David Cabot
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 5.4
 |count1     = 263
 |count2     = 314
 |count3     = 360
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = L. Fleming
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 4.3
 |count1     = 211
 |count2     = 226
 |count3     = 251
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = D. Waldron-Lynch
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.3
 |count1     = 64
 |count2     = 68
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = J. Revington
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 1.2
 |count1     = 57
 |count2     = 60
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = N. O'Byrne Healy
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 0.7
 |count1     = 33
 |count2     = 37
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 6 
 |electorate = 7,047
 |valid      = 4,851
 |spoilt     = 80
 |quota      = 1,213
 |turnout    = 69.97%
}}

===Elections in the 1960s===
Following the death of [[William Fearon]] on 27 December 1959.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy – Seanad Éireann (9th Seanad) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1960-01-20/2/ |date=20 January 1960 |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Notice of Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion – Seanad Éireann (9th Seanad) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1960-02-03/4/|date=3 February 1960 |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref>

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = 1960 Seanad by-election: Dublin University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL013021.pdf |title=Seanad bye-election, 1960 : certificate of result of poll for constituency of University of Dublin |date=13 May 1960 |access-date=10 April 2022 }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 2
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[William J. E. Jessop]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 49.9
 |count1     = 1,736
 |count2     = '''1,828'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[John N. Ross]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 36.8
 |count1     = 1,281
 |count2     = 1,343
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = C. Lloyd
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 7.8
 |count1     = 271
 |count2     = 298
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Eoin O'Mahony (politician)|Eoin O'Mahony]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 5.5
 |count1     = 192
 |count2     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 2
 |electorate = 
 |valid      = 3,480
 |spoilt     = 
 |quota      = 1,741
 |turnout    = 
}}

===Elections in the 1940s===
{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = 1944 Seanad election: Dublin University
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[T. C. Kingsmill Moore]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 32.9
 |votes      = '''755'''
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[William Fearon]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 27.0
 |votes      = '''621'''
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 1
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Joseph Johnston (Irish politician)|Joseph Johnston]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 19.0
 |votes      = '''437'''
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = [[Robert Rowlette]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 18.2
 |votes      = 419
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = [[Eoin O'Mahony (politician)|Eoin O'Mahony]]
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 2.8
 |votes      = 65
 |seat       =
 |count      =
}}
{{STV Election box end 
 |electorate = 3,886
 |valid      = 2,297
 |spoilt     =
 |quota      = 575
 |turnout    = 59.1%<ref>''The Irish Times'', 2 August 1944, p 1</ref>
}}

===Elections in the 1930s===
{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[1933 Dublin University by-election|1933 by-election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1933by">{{cite web |title=General election 1933: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1933B&cons=111&ref=31 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=24 May 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616060540/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1933B&cons=111&ref=31 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
}}
Held on 13 October 1933, following the death of independent TD Sir James Craig.

{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Robert Rowlette]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end
 |electorate = 3,260
 |valid      = 
 |spoilt     =
 |quota      = 
 |turnout    = 
}}
{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[1933 Irish general election|1933 general election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1933">{{cite web |title=General election 1933: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1933&cons=111 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=24 May 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616060803/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1933&cons=111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Ernest Alton]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[William Thrift]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end
 |electorate = 3,260
 |valid      = 
 |spoilt     =
 |quota      = 
 |turnout    = 
}}

{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[1932 Irish general election|1932 general election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1932">{{cite web |title=General election 1933: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1932&cons=111 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=24 May 2011 |archive-date=17 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517201143/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1932&cons=111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Ernest Alton]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[William Thrift]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end
 |electorate = 3,182
 |valid      = 
 |spoilt     =
 |quota      = 
 |turnout    = 
}}

===Elections in the 1920s===
{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[September 1927 Irish general election|September 1927 general election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1927sep">{{cite web |title=General election September 1927: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1927sep&cons=111 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=24 May 2011 |archive-date=18 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518133053/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1927sep&cons=111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Ernest Alton]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[William Thrift]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end
 |electorate = 2,084
 |valid      = 
 |spoilt     = 
 |quota      = 
 |turnout    = 
}}

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = [[June 1927 Irish general election|June 1927 general election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1927jun">{{cite web |title=General election June 1927: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1927jun&cons=111 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=22 July 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616143632/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1927jun&cons=111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44">{{cite book|last=Gallagher|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gallagher (academic)|date=1993|title=Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis |publisher=PSAI Press|isbn=0951974815}}</ref>
 |numcounts  = 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[William Thrift]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 38.6
 |count1     = '''614'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 22.4
 |count1     = 356
 |count2     = '''415'''
 |count3     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Bolton C. Waller
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 20.9
 |count1     = 332
 |count2     = 388
 |count3     = 393
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Ernest Alton]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 18.1
 |count1     = 287
 |count2     = 388
 |count3     = '''400'''
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 3
 |electorate = 2,084
 |valid      = 1,589
 |spoilt     = 
 |quota      = 398
 |turnout    = 76.3%
}}

{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[1923 Irish general election|1923 general election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1923">{{cite web |title=General election 1923: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923&cons=111 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=30 July 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616105637/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923&cons=111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Ernest Alton]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[William Thrift]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end
 |electorate = 1,400
 |valid      = 
 |spoilt     = 
 |quota      = 
 |turnout    = 
}}

{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[1922 Irish general election|1922 general election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1922">{{cite web |title=General election 1922: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1922&cons=111 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=5 August 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616031815/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1922&cons=111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Ernest Alton]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Gerald Fitzgibbon]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[William Thrift]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end
 |electorate = 1,150
 |valid      = 
 |spoilt     = 
 |quota      = 
 |turnout    = 
}}

{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[1921 Irish elections|1921 general election]]: Dublin University<ref name="ei-dublinuni-1921">{{cite web |title=General election 1921: Dublin University |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1921&cons=111 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=5 August 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616131723/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1921&cons=111 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Ernest Alton]]'''
 |party      = Independent Unionist
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[James Craig (physician)|James Craig]]'''
 |party      = Independent Unionist
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Gerald Fitzgibbon]]'''
 |party      = Independent Unionist
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[William Thrift]]'''
 |party      = Independent Unionist
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 
}}
|}

===Elections in the 1910s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1919 Dublin University by-election|1919 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker">{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=212, 273–275, 347–348, 389}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[William Jellett]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Samuels' appointment to the [[High Court of Justice in Ireland]].

:This was the last UK Parliament election held in the 26 counties which became the Irish Free State.

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = [[1918 Irish general election|1918 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
 |numcounts  = 2
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Arthur Samuels]]'''
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |percentage = 43.1
 |count1     = '''1,273'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Robert Woods (surgeon)|Robert Woods]]'''
 |party      = Independent Unionist
 |percentage = 26.8
 |count1     = 793
 |count2     = '''1,094'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[William Jellett]]
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |percentage = 21.4
 |count1     = 631
 |count2     = ≤875
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Stephen Gwynn]]
 |party      = Independent Nationalist
 |percentage = 8.7
 |count1     = 257
 |count2     = ''eliminated''
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 2
 |electorate = 4,541
 |valid      = 2,954
 |spoilt     = 
 |quota      = 985
 |turnout    = 59.4%
}}
: ''Note: The Times edition of 23 December 1918 reported that the Provost of the University, as returning officer, did not announce the figures. It was ascertained that Woods had 1,094 votes when elected. The above is the best reconstruction of the later counts which is possible with the available information.''

{{Election box begin| title = [[October 1917 Dublin University by-election|October 1917 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Arthur Samuels]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Samuels' appointment as [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[February 1917 Dublin University by-election|February 1917 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[Arthur Samuels]]
 |votes      = 1,841
 |percentage = 73.06
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[Robert Woods (surgeon)|Robert Woods]]
 |votes      = 679
 |percentage = 26.94
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 1,162
 |percentage = 46.12
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 2,520
 |percentage = 60.9
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,138
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Campbell's appointment as [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1916 Dublin University by-election|1916 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy|James Campbell]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Campbell's appointment as [[Attorney-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|December 1910 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Edward Carson]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy|James Campbell]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|January 1910 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Edward Carson]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy|James Campbell]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1900s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1906 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Edward Carson]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy|James Campbell]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1903 Dublin University by-election|1903 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy|James Campbell]]
 |votes      = 1,492
 |percentage = 51.2
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[Arthur Samuels]]
 |votes      = 1,421
 |percentage = 48.8
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 71
 |percentage = 2.4
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 2,913
 |percentage = 64.0
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,553
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |loser  = Liberal Unionist Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Lecky's resignation.

{{Election box begin| title = [[1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1900 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Edward Carson]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Liberal Unionist Party
 |candidate = [[William Edward Hartpole Lecky|W. E. H. Lecky]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Liberal Unionist Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = 1900 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Edward Carson]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner    = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Carson's appointment as [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]].

===Elections in the 1890s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1895 Dublin University by-election|1895 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Liberal Unionist Party
 |candidate  = [[William Edward Hartpole Lecky|W. E. H. Lecky]]
 |votes      = 1,757
 |percentage = 63.5
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[George Wright (lawyer)|George Wright]]
 |votes      = 1,011
 |percentage = 36.5
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 746
 |percentage = 27.0
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 2,768
 |percentage = 61.4
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,506
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
 |winner = Liberal Unionist Party
 |loser  = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Plunket's succession to the peerage, becoming Baron Rathmore.

{{Election box begin| title = [[1895 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1895 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Edward Carson]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,506
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1892 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1892 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
 |votes      = 2,188
 |percentage = 46.6
 |change     = -2.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[Edward Carson]]
 |votes      = 1,609
 |percentage = 34.3
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = James Corry Jones Lowry
 |votes      = 897
 |percentage = 19.1
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 712
 |percentage = 15.2
 |change     = -31.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 2,347 (est)
 |percentage = 53.9 (est)
 |change     = +7.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,352
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1880s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1888 Dublin University by-election|1888 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Dodgson Hamilton Madden|Dodgson Madden]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,094
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Madden's appointment as [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1887 Dublin University by-election|1887 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[Dodgson Hamilton Madden|Dodgson Madden]]
 |votes      = 1,376
 |percentage = 65.9
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = Richard Clare Parsons
 |votes      = 712
 |percentage = 34.1
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 664
 |percentage = 31.8
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 2,088
 |percentage = 51.0
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,092
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Holmes' appointment as a judge.

{{Election box begin| title = [[1886 Dublin University by-election|1886 by-election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate = [[Hugh Holmes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,155
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Plunket's appointment as [[First Commissioner of Works]], and Holmes' appointment as [[Attorney-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1886 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1886 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
 |votes      = 1,865
 |percentage = 48.7
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |candidate  = [[Hugh Holmes]]
 |votes      = 1,855 
 |percentage = 48.4
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Parliamentary Party
 |candidate  = Hugh Herbert Johnston
 |votes      = 56
 |percentage = 1.5
 |change     = ''New''
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Parliamentary Party
 |candidate  = Edward Patrick Sarsfield Counsell
 |votes      = 55
 |percentage = 1.4
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 1,799 
 |percentage = 46.9
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 1,916 (est)
 |percentage = 46.1 (est)
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,155
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Unionist Alliance
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1885 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Hugh Holmes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,155
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1885 Dublin University by-election|1885 by-election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Hugh Holmes]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Plunket's appointment as [[First Commissioner of Works]], and Gibson's appointment as [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]], becoming [[Baron Ashbourne]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1880 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1880 general election]]: Dublin University  (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne|Edward Gibson]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 3,539
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1877 Dublin University by-election|1877 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne|Edward Gibson]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 3,393
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Gibson's appointment as [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[February 1875 Dublin University by-election|February 1875 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,438
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Plunket's appointment as [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[January 1875 Dublin University by-election|January 1875 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne|Edward Gibson]]
 |votes      = 1,210
 |percentage = 48.3
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Alexander Edward Miller
 |votes      = 759
 |percentage = 30.3
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Anthony Traill (college provost)|Anthony Traill]]
 |votes      = 538
 |percentage = 21.5
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 451
 |percentage = 18.0
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 2,507
 |percentage = 102.8{{efn|group=|Walker recorded the vote tally as above, but the electorate he also included was a lower number – at 2,438 – and so this result may be inaccurate.}}
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,438
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
{{notelist|group=1875by}} 
*Caused by Ball's appointment as [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1874 Dublin University by-election|1874 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[John Thomas Ball|John Ball]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Ball's appointment as [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1874 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1874 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[John Thomas Ball|John Ball]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1870 Dublin University by-election|1870 by-election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore|David Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Lefroy's resignation.

===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1868 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1868 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Anthony Lefroy (Irish politician)|Anthony Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 1,156
 |percentage = 36.2
 |change     = -1.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[John Thomas Ball|John Ball]]
 |votes      = 1,077
 |percentage = 33.7
 |change     = +14.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Sir Edward Grogan, 1st Baronet|Edward Grogan]]
 |votes      = 743
 |percentage = 23.3
 |change     = -20.0
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate  = Thomas Ebenezer Webb
 |votes      = 216
 |percentage = 6.8
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 334
 |percentage = 10.4
 |change     = -7.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 1,704 (est)
 |percentage = 79.2 (est)
 |change     = &minus;3.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,151
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = August 1867 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Robert Warren (Irish politician)|Robert Warren]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Chatterton's appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Ireland.

{{Election box begin| title = March 1867 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Hedges Eyre Chatterton|Hedges Chatterton]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Chatterton's appointment as [[Attorney-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = February 1867 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Hedges Eyre Chatterton|Hedges Chatterton]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Walsh's appointment as [[Master of the Rolls in Ireland]]

{{Election box begin| title = 1866 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[John Edward Walsh|John Walsh]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Whiteside's appointment as [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland]]

{{Election box begin| title = [[1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1865 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[James Whiteside]]
 |votes      = 1,210
 |percentage = 43.3
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Anthony Lefroy (Irish politician)|Anthony Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 1,045
 |percentage = 37.4
 |change     =  ''N/A''
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |candidate  = [[John Thomas Ball|John Ball]]<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=1218|title=Ball, John Thomas}}</ref>
 |votes      = 542
 |percentage = 19.4
 |change     =  ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 503
 |percentage = 18.0
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 1,399 (est)
 |percentage = 82.3 (est)
 |change     =  ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
 |swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1859 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1859 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Anthony Lefroy (Irish politician)|Anthony Lefroy]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[James Whiteside]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = 1859 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[James Whiteside]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Hamilton's resignation.

{{Election box begin| title = 1858 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Anthony Lefroy (Irish politician)|Anthony Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 589
 |percentage = 62.7
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Arthur Edward Gayer
 |votes      = 350
 |percentage = 37.2
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 239
 |percentage = 25.5
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 939
 |percentage = 55.2
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Napier's appointment as [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1857 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1857 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Dublin University |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570410/038/0002 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=Coventry Standard |date=10 April 1857 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet|Joseph Napier]]
 |votes      = 829
 |percentage = 41.3
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[George Alexander Hamilton|George Hamilton]]
 |votes      = 791
 |percentage = 39.4
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[James Anthony Lawson]]
 |votes      = 272
 |percentage = 13.5
 |change     = ''New''
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = John Wilson
 |votes      = 116
 |percentage = 5.8
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 519
 |percentage = 25.9
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 1,004 (est)
 |percentage = 59.1 (est)
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet|Joseph Napier]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[George Alexander Hamilton|George Hamilton]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 1,700
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = 1852 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet|Joseph Napier]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Napier's appointment as [[Attorney-General for Ireland]].

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin| title = 1848 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet|Joseph Napier]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Shaw's resignation.

{{Election box begin| title = [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[George Alexander Hamilton|George Hamilton]]
 |votes      = 738
 |percentage = 33.1
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet|Frederick Shaw]]
 |votes      = 572
 |percentage = 25.6
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet|Joseph Napier]]
 |votes      = 540
 |percentage = 24.5
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[James MacCullagh]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Movements |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000091/18470703/088/0018 |access-date=21 August 2019 |work=Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser |date=3 July 1847 |page=18 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
 |votes      = 374
 |percentage = 16.8
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 32
 |percentage = 1.1
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 1,190
 |percentage = 56.7
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = 1843 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[George Alexander Hamilton|George Hamilton]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Jackson's appointment as Justice of the [[Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)|Court of Common Pleas]] in Ireland.

{{Election box begin| title = 1842 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Joseph Devonsher Jackson|Joseph Jackson]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Lefroy's appointment as Baron of the [[Court of Exchequer (Ireland)|Court of Exchequer]] in Ireland.

{{Election box begin| title = [[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet|Frederick Shaw]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy|Thomas Lefroy]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin no change| title = [[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet|Frederick Shaw]]
 |votes      = 852
 |percentage = 45.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy|Thomas Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 839
 |percentage = 44.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[Joseph Stock (MP)|Joseph Stock]]
 |votes      = 186
 |percentage = 9.9
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
 |votes      = 653
 |percentage = 34.8
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
 |votes      = 940
 |percentage = 44.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
 |reg. electors = 2,100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title = [[1835 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1835 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy|Thomas Lefroy]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Irish Conservative Party
 |candidate = [[Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet|Frederick Shaw]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
 |reg. electors = 2,074
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Irish Conservative Party
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1832 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1832 general election]]: Dublin University (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 1,304
 |percentage = 38.3
 |change     = +10.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet|Frederick Shaw]]
 |votes      = 1,290
 |percentage = 37.9
 |change     = +10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[Philip Cecil Crampton]]
 |votes      = 423
 |percentage = 12.4
 |change     = &minus;10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[George Ponsonby (Junior Lord of the Treasury)|George Ponsonby]]
 |votes      = 390
 |percentage = 11.4
 |change     = &minus;11.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 867
 |percentage = 25.4
 |change     = +15.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 1,724
 |percentage = 83.8
 |change     = &minus;3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,058
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
 |swing  = +10.7
}}
{{Election box new seat win
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{end}}
*The constituency gained a second seat at the 1832 general election under the [[Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1831 United Kingdom general election|1831 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Dublin University |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/dublin-university |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412122541/http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/dublin-university |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 44
 |percentage = 55.0
 |change     = +11.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[Philip Cecil Crampton]]
 |votes      = 36
 |percentage = 45.0
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 8
 |percentage = 10.0
 |change     = +6.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 80
 |percentage = 87.0
 |change     = +7.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 92
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
 |swing  = +11.6
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title = [[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 33
 |percentage = 43.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[John Wilson Croker]]
 |votes      = 30
 |percentage = 39.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[John Henry North]]
 |votes      = 13
 |percentage = 17.1
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
 |votes      = 3
 |percentage = 3.9
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
 |votes      = 76
 |percentage = 79.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
 |reg. electors = 96
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1820s===
{{Election box begin| title = 1827 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party) 
 |candidate  = [[John Wilson Croker]]
 |votes      = 38
 |percentage = 42.7
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party) 
 |candidate  = [[John Henry North]]
 |votes      = 29
 |percentage = 32.6
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party) 
 |candidate  = [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy]]
 |votes      = 22
 |percentage = 24.7
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 9
 |percentage = 10.1
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
 |winner = Tories (British political party) 
 |loser  = Whigs (British political party)
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Plunket's succession to the peerage, becoming [[Baron Plunket]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket|William Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = 1822 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket|William Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Plunket's appointment as [[Attorney-General for Ireland]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1820 United Kingdom general election|1820 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket|William Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1810s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket|William Plunket]]
 |votes      = 34
 |percentage = 53.1
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party) 
 |candidate  = [[John Wilson Croker]]
 |votes      = 30
 |percentage = 46.9
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 4
 |percentage = 6.2
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1812 United Kingdom general election|1812 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate = [[William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket|William Plunket]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
 |winner = Whigs (British political party)
 |loser  = Tories (British political party) 
 |swing  = ''N/A''
}}
{{end}}

===Elections in the 1800s===
{{Election box begin| title = [[1807 United Kingdom general election|1807 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[John Leslie Foster]]
 |votes      = 46
 |percentage = 92.0
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = Thomas Thornton Macklin
 |votes      = 4
 |percentage = 8.0
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 42
 |percentage = 84.0
 |change     = +79.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[1806 United Kingdom general election|1806 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]]
 |votes      = 35
 |percentage = 52.3
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[John Leslie Foster]]
 |votes      = 32
 |percentage = 47.7
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes     = 3
 |percentage = 4.6
 |change    = -10.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = 1805 by-election: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party     = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate = [[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{end}}
*Caused by Knox's appointment as a [[Lords Commissioners of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]].

{{Election box begin| title = [[1802 United Kingdom general election|1802 general election]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]]
 |votes      = 39
 |percentage = 57.3
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Whigs (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket|William Plunket]]
 |votes      = 29
 |percentage = 42.7
 |change     = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 10
 |percentage = 14.6
 |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin| title = [[First Parliament of the United Kingdom|1801 co-option]]: Dublin University (1 seat)<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
 |party      = Tories (British political party)
 |candidate  = [[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
 |winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{end}}
*The constituency had two seats in the [[Irish House of Commons]]. This was reduced to one seat for the [[First Parliament of the United Kingdom|1801 co-option]]. Lots were drawn to determine which of the two MPs, George Knox and [[Arthur Browne (1756–1805)|Arthur Browne]], would get the seat.

==See also==
*[[List of Irish constituencies]]
*[[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland]]
*[[Historic Dáil constituencies]]
*[[Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)]]

==References==
===Sources===
*{{rayment-hc|d|3|date=March 2012}}
*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
*{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=B.M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
*{{cite book|title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885|editor-first=M.|editor-last=Stenton|publisher=The Harvester Press|year=1976}}
*{{cite book|title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume II 1886–1918|editor-first1=M. |editor-last1=Stenton|editor-first2=S.|editor-last2=Lees|publisher=The Harvester Press|year=1978}}
*{{cite book|title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume III 1919–1945|editor-first1=M. |editor-last1=Stenton|editor-first2=S.|editor-last2=Lees|publisher=The Harvester Press|year=1979}}
*''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
*''The Times'' (of London), editions of 23 December 1918 and 17 June 1927

===Citations===
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