National University of Ireland (constituency)

National University of Ireland
Seanad Éireann constituency
Current constituency
Created	1938
Seats	3
Senators	Alice-Mary Higgins (Ind)   Michael McDowell (Ind)   Rónán Mullen (Ind)

National University of Ireland (NUI) is a university constituency in Ireland, which elects three senators to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). Its electorate is the graduates of the university, which has a number of constituent universities. It previously elected members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1918–1921), to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland (1921) and to Dáil Éireann (1922–1937).

From	To	Chamber	Members
1918	1922	House of Commons of the United Kingdom / First Dáil	1
1921	1922	House of Commons of Southern Ireland / Second Dáil	4
1922	1923	Third Dáil	4
1923	1937	Free State Dáil	3
1938	—	Seanad Éireann	3

National University of Ireland
Former university constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1922

Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, NUI was enfranchised as a new university constituency and continued to be entitled to be represented by one Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons until the dissolution of Parliament on 26 October 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State became a dominion outside the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922. In 1918 the electorate included all registered male graduates over 21 (or over 19 if in the armed services) and all female graduates over 30. There were 3,819 voters registered for the 1918 general election. Most, if not all, of those electors would have been plural voters also entitled to vote in a territorial constituency. The 1918 general election took place on 14 December and the results were declared on 28 December, except for the university constituencies. NUI voted between 18 and 22 December and the result was declared on 23 December. Eoin MacNeill was elected (and also for Londonderry City) standing for Sinn Féin and therefore did not take his seat in Westminster, instead serving as a member of the first Dáil Éireann.

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. NUI was given four seats in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. At the 1921 Southern Ireland House of Commons election, all 128 seats were elected unopposed. Of these, 124 were Sinn Féin members, who formed the TDs of the Second Dáil. This included the four representatives of the NUI.

The Parliament was dissolved as part of the arrangements under the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922.

National University of Ireland
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
Former constituency
Created	1922
Abolished	1937
Seats	4 (1922–1923) 3 (1923–1937)

In the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin contested the 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, in Irish republican theory, entitled to return one Teachta Dála (known in English as a Deputy) 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 was a member of the First Dáil. In practice only Sinn Féin members participated, including the Deputy for the university.

In May 1921, elections were held to the parliaments established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Sinn Féin had decided to use the polls for the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland together as an election for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. At the last meeting of the First Dáil on 10 May 1921, it passed a motion, the first three parts of which expressed this constitutional position.^[1]

1. That the parliamentary elections which are to take place during the present month be regarded as elections to Dáil Éireann.
2. 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.
3. That the present Dáil dissolve automatically as soon as the new body has been summoned by the President and called to order.

No voting occurred in Southern Ireland as all the seats were filled by unopposed returns. Except for Dublin University all constituencies outside Northern Ireland elected Sinn Féin TDs. The Second Dáil first met on 16 August 1921, thereby dissolving the First Dáil. The Third Dáil was also elected under the constituencies established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. On 6 December 1922, this became the house of representatives of the new Irish Free State.

From the Electoral Act 1923 the Irish Free State defined its own Dáil constituencies. National University of Ireland was reduced to three seats. This Act abolished plural voting for University constituencies and enfranchised women on the same terms as men. Qualified voters could register for a university or a territorial constituency but not for both. The qualifications for an elector to be registered as a university voter were set out in Section 1(2)(c) of the 1923 Act. They were to be registered at "the University constituency comprising a university in which he or she has received a degree other than an honorary degree".^[2]

The Constitution (Amendment No. 23) Act 1936 repealed provisions of the Constitution of the Irish Free State providing for University representation in Dáil Éireann, with effect from the next dissolution of the Oireachtas which took place on 14 June 1937. The seat left vacant by Conor Maguire in 1936 on his appointment to the High Court was not filled.

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for National University of Ireland 1918–1937{{{refs}}}
Key to parties   SF = Sinn Féin   PT-SF = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)   AT-SF = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FF = Fianna Fáil   Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
1st	1918		Eoin MacNeill (SF)	1 seat under 1918 Act
2nd	1921				Ada English (SF)		Michael Hayes (SF)		William Stockley (SF)
3rd	1922		Eoin MacNeill (PT-SF)		William Magennis (Ind)		Michael Hayes[a] (PT-SF)		William Stockley (AT-SF)
4th	1923		Eoin MacNeill (CnaG)		William Magennis (CnaG)		Michael Hayes (CnaG)	3 seats from 1923
	1923 by-election		Patrick McGilligan (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)				Arthur Clery (Ind)
6th	1927 (Sep)				Michael Tierney (CnaG)
7th	1932				Conor Maguire (FF)
8th	1933						Helena Concannon (FF)
	1936				(Vacant)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Article 18.4 of the Constitution of Ireland adopted in 1937, provided that the National University of Ireland would have three seats in the new Seanad Éireann. The Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 gave effect to this constitutional provision, with graduates of the National University of Ireland entitled to elect Senators 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, adopted in 1979, allows for a redistribution of the six university seats among the Dublin University, the National University of Ireland, and any other institutions of higher education in the State which do not have representation. The establishment of separate universities from the NUI Colleges was under consideration in the late 1970s, and the Seventh Amendment was introduced so that the reference to the NUI in the Constitution would not inhibit any reforms and graduates of NUI and ex-NUI institutions could elect senators. Ultimately the NUI was not abolished (but reformed to be a federal institution).

Graduates who are Irish citizens are required to register to vote and the election is conducted by postal vote. There is no residency requirement for voters, so those living abroad can participate. Political party labels do not appear on Seanad election ballot papers.

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 constituency and the Dublin University constituency. Polls for this election will close on 29 January 2025. At Seanad general elections held after 31 March 2025, they will be substituted by a new six-seat 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 National University constituency, the electorate will be NUI graduates on the Higher Education constituency register of electors.^[3]

Senators for National University of Ireland 1938–present
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour   Ind = Independent
Sen	Election	Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)
2nd	1938		Henry Barniville (FG)		Helena Concannon (FF)		Michael Tierney (FG)
3rd	1938
4th	1943
5th	1944						Michael Ryan (Ind)
6th	1948						George O'Brien (Ind)
7th	1951
	1953				John Cunningham (Ind)
8th	1954				Roger McHugh (Ind)
9th	1957				Patrick Quinlan (Ind)
10th	1961		Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind)
11th	1965						Bryan Alton (Ind)
12th	1969		John Horgan (Lab)
13th	1973						Augustine Martin (Ind)
14th	1977		Gemma Hussey (Ind)		John A. Murphy (Ind)
15th	1981		Gemma Hussey (FG)				Brendan Ryan (Ind)
16th	1982		James Dooge (FG)
17th	1983				Michael D. Higgins (Lab)
18th	1987		Joe O'Toole (Ind)		John A. Murphy (Ind)
19th	1989
20th	1993				Feargal Quinn (Ind)		J. J. Lee (Ind)
21st	1997						Brendan Ryan (Ind)
22nd	2002						Brendan Ryan (Lab)
23rd	2007						Rónán Mullen (Ind)
24th	2011		John Crown (Ind)
25th	2016		Michael McDowell (Ind)		Alice-Mary Higgins (Ind)
26th	2020

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.

2025 Seanad election: National University^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Sandra Adams
	Independent	Hilary Beirne
	Independent	Kevin Byrne
	Independent	Rónán Collins
	Green	Eva Dowling
	Independent	Alice-Mary Higgins
	Independent	Marie Keenan
	Independent	Mairead Kenny
	Independent	Dara Kilmartin
	Independent	Michael McDowell
	Independent	Rónán Mullen
	Independent	Michael O'Doherty
	Independent	Linda O'Shea Farren
Quota:

2020 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Rónán Mullen	9,642	25.2	1	1
	Independent	Michael McDowell	8,951	23.4	2	10
	Independent	Alice-Mary Higgins	4,944	12.9	3	16
	Solidarity	Ruth Coppinger	3,615	9.5
	Labour	Laura Harmon	2,187	5.7
	Independent	Michelle Healy	1,540	4.0
	Independent	Rory Hearne	1,321	3.5
	Green	Eva Elizabeth Dowling	1,229	3.2
	Independent	Brendan Price	1,090	2.9
	Independent	Mick Finn	908	2.4
	Independent	Anne Staunton Barrett	446	1.2
	Independent	Jennifer Butler	366	1.0
	Independent	Karen Devine	359	0.9
	Independent	Peter Finnegan	346	0.9
	Independent	Keith Scanlon	309	0.8
	Independent	Garbhan Downey	305	0.8
	Independent	Abbas Ali O'Shea	254	0.7
	Independent	Marcus Matthews	176	0.5
	Independent	Eoin Delahunty	130	0.3
Electorate: 112,206   Valid: 38,209   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 9,553   Turnout: 34.1%

2016 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
	Independent	Rónán Mullen	20.28	7,362	7,369	7,372	7,404	7,412	7,425	7,444	7,474	7,495	7,569	7,583	7,628	7,655	7,719	7,790	7,826	7,873	7,934	7,980	8,006	8,075	8,316	8,596	8,855	9,016	9,368
	Independent	Michael McDowell	15.6	5,661	5,692	5,709	5,719	5,732	5,755	5,819	5,865	5,912	5,981	6,045	6,081	6,178	6,223	6,331	6,437	6,614	6,728	6,859	7,005	7,091	7,385	7,808	8,122	8,570	9,404
	Independent	Pádraig Ó Céidigh	6.82	2,475	2,484	2,493	2,517	2,522	2,532	2,547	2,580	2,601	2,643	2,665	2,703	2,756	2,788	2,871	2,932	3,172	3,249	3,313	3,372	3,433	3,618	3,961	4,217	4,513	4,915	5,035	5,595
	Independent	Alice-Mary Higgins	5.66	2,055	2,059	2,070	2,074	2,091	2,131	2,150	2,160	2,185	2,218	2,265	2,309	2,368	2,424	2,481	2,554	2,602	2,682	2,837	3,026	3,336	3,476	3,656	3,922	4,636	5,261	5,375	7,803
	Independent	David Begg	5.06	1,836	1,839	1,843	1,853	1,866	1,881	1,887	1,897	1,912	1,928	1,950	1,973	1,995	2,017	2,073	2,122	2,174	2,246	2,364	2,465	2,581	2,723	2,823	2,987	3,232
	Independent	Martin Khare Daly	4.2	1,523	1,575	1,578	1,590	1,591	1,595	1,605	1,615	1,630	1,669	1,685	1,719	1,734	1,757	1,787	1,823	1,873	1,900	1,943	1,961	2,000	2,089
	Labour	Laura Harmon	4.08	1,479	1,483	1,498	1,502	1,558	1,605	1,622	1,697	1,729	1,737	1,793	1,859	1,933	2,058	2,090	2,223	2,275	2,359	2,515	2,716	2,952	3,088	3,218	3,542	4,124	4,567	4,663
	Independent	Ellen O'Malley Dunlop	4.00	1,450	1,453	1,463	1,465	1,471	1,492	1,518	1,532	1,563	1,572	1,602	1,636	1,695	1,739	1,781	1,856	1,887	1,944	2,073	2,170	2,286	2,405	2,539	2,927
	Independent	Eddie Murphy	3.56	1,291	1,297	1,302	1,314	1,321	1,331	1,347	1,359	1,416	1,435	1,461	1,478	1,510	1,548	1,568	1,620	1,661	1,734	1,800	1,880	2,010	2,215	2,401
	Independent	Christy Kenneally	3.11	1,127	1,134	1,139	1,143	1,150	1,154	1,160	1,180	1,202	1,235	1,250	1,266	1,296	1,340	1,374	1,407	1,447	1,509	1,559	1,624	1,708
	Independent	Rory Hearne	2.31	837	838	842	850	860	877	897	900	928	935	952	1,001	1,028	1,083	1,093	1,126	1,142	1,208	1,276	1,451
	Independent	Kieran Rose	2.25	818	818	836	840	850	857	873	884	911	916	955	996	1,023	1,047	1,059	1,083	1,095	1,186	1,248
	Labour	Aideen Hayden	2.14	776	778	783	787	806	823	833	844	858	866	886	903	935	975	1,012	1,079	1,104	1,152
	Independent	Brendan Price	2.05	745	749	758	771	781	789	803	813	825	836	853	876	907	927	938	961	1,006
	Independent	Enda Ó Coineen	1.96	710	712	713	718	719	725	737	748	756	773	787	798	826	859	898	921
	Fine Gael	Pearce Flannery	1.78	645	646	648	649	650	652	662	671	676	736	748	763	773	783
	Independent	Deirdre Burke	1.68	610	617	618	621	629	652	668	673	687	700	719	734	756	785	885
	Independent	Máire Darker	1.65	599	599	601	610	619	636	643	654	665	675	682	707	729
	Independent	Carol Hunt	1.55	562	566	578	585	591	606	629	641	654	663	684	700
	Independent	Barry Johnston	1.42	515	515	521	523	529	532	544	549	559	560
	Independent	John Higgins	1.32	480	481	483	487	488	490	494	502	506
	Independent	Paddy Monahan	1.31	474	477	480	481	483	488	504	506	520	521
	Independent	Paul D'Alton	1.18	430	431	437	442	443	452	461	468
	Independent	Owen Joseph Dineen	1.02	372	374	375	380	397	399	403
	Independent	Daragh McGreal	0.99	360	364	371	374	379	382
	Independent	Karen Devine	0.88	321	323	328	329	331
	Labour	Luke Field	0.67	242	242	245	248
	Independent	Jerry Beades	0.54	196	197	199
	Independent	Ross Golden Bannon	0.48	174	175
	Independent	Michael Sean Molloy	0.46	168
Electorate: 103,154   Valid: 36,293   Spoilt: 355   Quota: 9,074   Turnout: 35.18%

2011 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Rónán Mullen	6,459		1	24
	Independent	John Crown	4,703		3	24
	Independent	Feargal Quinn	4,591		2	24
	Independent	Declan Kelleher	3,771
	Independent	Bernardine O'Sullivan	2,028
	Independent	Donncha O'Connell	1,629
	Fine Gael	Helen Keogh	1,362
	Fianna Fáil	Regina O'Connor	1,101
	Independent	Linda O'Shea Farren	1,083
	Workers and Unemployed	Paddy Healy	947
	Green	Niall Ó Brolcháin	718
	Independent	Brendan Price	671
	Independent	James Doorley	655
	Independent	Peter Mooney	547
	Sinn Féin	Eoin Ó Broin	490
	Independent	Michael Molloy	484
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Lynam	476
	Independent	Thomas Canning	354
	Independent	James Coyle	307
	Fine Gael	John Kennedy	279
	Independent	David McCurtin	262
	Independent	Francis O'Donnell	199
	Independent	Daniel K. Sullivan	193
	Independent	Diarmaid Ó Cadhla	182
	Independent	James O'Donoughue	154
	Independent	Mick Langan	129
	Independent	Matthias Cowley	57
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,831   Quota: 8,458   Turnout:

2007 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Joe O'Toole	5,412	15.04	1	21
	Independent	Rónán Mullen	4,661	12.95	3	21
	Independent	Feargal Quinn	3,863	10.73	2	21
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	3,283	9.12
	Independent	Valerie Bresnihan	3,282	9.12
	Independent	Bernardine O'Sullivan	2,395	6.65
	Independent	John Hillery	1,734	4.82
	Workers and Unemployed	Paddy Healy	1,393	3.87
	Fine Gael	John Kennedy	1,303	3.62
	Independent	Brendan Price	1,289	3.58
	Independent	Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh	1,005	2.79
	Independent	Mark Garavan	951	2.64
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Crowley	814	2.26
	Independent	Susan Philips	706	1.96
	Green	Martin Hogan	683	1.90
	Independent	Martina Lowe	596	1.66
	Independent	Linda O'Shea Farren	563	1.56
	Independent	Mary O'Riordan	538	1.49
	Independent	Daniel K. Sullivan	372	1.03
	Independent	Oonagh Monahan	327	0.91
	Independent	Bernie O'Callaghan	305	0.85
	Independent	Shane Brodbin	220	0.61
	Fathers Rights	Liam Ó Gógáin	174	0.48
	Independent	Mark Connolly	120	0.33
Electorate: ?   Valid: 35,989   Spoilt: 1,023   Quota: 8,998   Turnout:

2002 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Feargal Quinn	5,640	17.5	1	12
	Independent	Joe O'Toole	5,463	16.9	2	13
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	4,264	13.2	3	13
	Independent	Bernardine O'Sullivan	4,054	12.6
	Independent	Valerie Bresnihan	2,856	8.9
	Independent	Brendan Price	2,035	6.3
	Independent	Linda O'Shea Farren	1,533	4.8
	Independent	Pierce Purcell	1,295	4.0
	Independent	Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh	1,273	4.0
	Fianna Fáil	Jim O'Callaghan	1,239	3.8
	Independent	Michael Griffin	961	3.0
	Independent	Matthew Harmey	590	1.8
	Communist	Noel Murphy	356	1.1
	Independent	Michael Cosgrave	273	0.9
	Independent	Colm O'Higgins	226	0.7
	Independent	Liam Ó Gógáin	191	0.6
Electorate: 101,952   Valid: 32,249   Quota: 8,063   Turnout: 31.6%

1997 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Joe O'Toole	7,492	21.98	1	6
	Independent	Feargal Quinn	6,964	20.44	2	6
	Independent	Brendan Ryan	5,885	17.27	3	7
	Independent	William Binchy	6,736	19.77
	Independent	Tommy Francis	3,111	9.13
	Independent	Linda O'Shea Farren	1,601	4.70
	Independent	Eamon Ryan	972	2.85
	Independent	Ann Ó Cleirigh	873	2.56
	Independent	Brendan Price	444	1.30
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,078   Quota: 8,520   Turnout:

1992 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Feargal Quinn	5,433	15.59	1	12
	Independent	Joe O'Toole	6,073	17.43	2	12
	Independent	J. J. Lee	3,638	10.44	3	14
	Independent	Brendan Ryan	4,346	12.47
	Independent	William Binchy	4,321	12.40
	Independent	Anthony Clare	2,517	7.22
	Independent	Tommy Francis	2,900	8.32
	Independent	Paul McNulty	2,063	5.92
	Independent	Joyce Andrews	953	2.74
	Independent	Anne Colgan	698	2.0
	Independent	Gerard Waters	596	1.71
	Independent	James Heffron	369	1.06
	Independent	Brendan Price	351	1.01
	Independent	Benedict Reid	305	0.88
	Independent	Bill Tormey	279	0.80
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,842   Quota: 8,711   Turnout:

1989 Seanad election: National University of Ireland^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Brendan Ryan	25.45	6,309	6,309	6,309	6,197	6,197	6,197	6,197
	Independent	John A. Murphy	17.29	4,285	4,397	4,557	4,598	5,228	6,323	6,323
	Independent	Joe O'Toole	16.43	4,073	4,157	4,278	4,304	4,721	5,042	6,596
	Independent	Paul McNulty	9.59	2,377	2,447	2,574	2,584	2,984	3,633	4,265
	Independent	Tommy Francis	9.07	2,249	2,325	2,397	2,405	2,667	2,841
	Independent	John McGilligan	8.98	2,225	2,272	2,397	2,405	2,667	2,841
	Independent	John Gormley	7.41	1,837	1,924	2,255	2,277
	Independent	Brendan Price	3.47	859	917
	Independent	Diarmuid Coogan	2.31	573
Electorate: ?   Valid: 24,787   Spoilt: 425   Quota: 6,197   Turnout: ?

1933 Dáil election: National University of Ireland^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Maguire	34.6	1,306
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick McGilligan	27.3	1,028
	Fianna Fáil	Helena Concannon	20.5	773	1,128
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Hayes	17.6	664	672
Electorate: 4,655   Valid: 3,771   Quota: 943   Turnout: 81.0%

• Seat vacant in November 1936 on appointment of Maguire as a Justice of the High Court

1932 Dáil election: National University of Ireland^[16][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Hayes[a]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Maguire	44.3	1,396
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick McGilligan	42.2	1,332
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	13.5	426
Electorate: 4,200   Valid: 3,154   Quota: 1,052   Turnout: 75.1%

September 1927 Dáil election: National University of Ireland^[17][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Hayes[a]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick McGilligan	55.9	1,229
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Maguire	29.6	652	671
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	14.5	319	795
Electorate: 2,934   Valid: 2,200   Quota: 734   Turnout: 75.0%

June 1927 Dáil election: National University of Ireland^[19][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Hayes[a]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick McGilligan	50.7	1,090
	Independent	Arthur Clery	23.9	514	528	597	687
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eoin MacNeill	10.6	228	510	565	684
	Independent	Agnes O'Farrelly	7.6	163	199	251
	Clann Éireann	William Magennis	7.2	155	196
Electorate: 2,934   Valid: 2,150   Quota: 717   Turnout: 73.3%

Caused by the resignation of Eoin MacNeill.

1923 Dáil by-election: National University of Ireland^[23][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick McGilligan	76.5	849
	Republican	William Stockley	23.5	261
Electorate: 1,567   Valid: 1,110   Quota: 556   Turnout: 70.8%

1923 Dáil election: National University of Ireland^[24][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eoin MacNeill[a]	34.8	418
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Hayes[b]	17.5	210	282	285	343
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William Magennis	16.7	201	239	243	304
	Republican	William Stockley	12.0	144	146	229	245
	Independent	Agnes O'Farrelly	11.3	136	141	143
	Republican	Hugh Ryan	7.7	93	93
Electorate: 1,561   Valid: 1,202   Quota: 301   Turnout: 77.0%

1922 Dáil election: National University of Ireland^[28][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Eoin MacNeill	33.7	888
	Independent	Arthur W. Conway	15.6	410	438	441	455
	Independent	William Magennis	14.5	381	430	440	483
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	William Stockley	13.2	349	377	695
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Ada English	11.9	314	334
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Michael Hayes	11.2	294	529
Electorate: 5,053   Valid: 2,636   Quota: 528   Turnout: 52.2%

1921 Southern Ireland House of Commons election: National University of Ireland^[29]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Ada English	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Michael Hayes	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Eoin MacNeill	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	William Stockley	Unopposed	N/A	4

Sinn Féin refused to recognise the Southern Ireland House of Commons and took their seats as TDs in the Second Dáil. The NUI registrar reported an expenditure of £28 14s on the election.^[30]

The 1918 general election took place on 14 December and the results were declared on 28 December, except for the university constituencies. NUI voted between 18 and 22 December and the result was declared on 23 December.

1918 Westminster election: National University of Ireland^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Eoin MacNeill	1,644	66.9	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur W. Conway	813	33.1	N/A
Majority			831	33.8	N/A
Turnout			2,457	64.3	N/A
	Sinn Féin win (new seat)

In common with other Sinn Féin MPs, Eoin MacNeill abstained from Westminster and took his seat as a TD in the First Dáil. He was also elected for Londonderry City.

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
• List of MPs elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)
• Dublin University (constituency)
• Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 395. ISBN 0901714127.