A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on 2 April 1996. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Tánaiste Brian Lenihan Snr on 1 November 1995.

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1996 Dublin West by-election

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Turnout	(43.4%)
Nominee Brian Lenihan Jnr Joe Higgins[lower-alpha 1] Tom Morrissey Party Fianna Fáil Independent Fine Gael First preferences 6,995 6,743 3,728 Percentage 24.6 23.7 13.1 Final count 11,754 11,384 –   Nominee Tomás Mac Giolla Paul Gogarty John McCann Party Workers' Party Green Sinn Féin First preferences 2,909 1,286 1,574 Percentage 10.2 4.5 5.5 Final count – – –   Nominee Sheila Terry Vincent Jackson Michael O'Donovan Party Progressive Democrats Independent Labour First preferences 1,314 1,131 1,058 Percentage 4.6 4.0 3.7 Final count – – –
TD before election Brian Lenihan Snr Fianna Fáil Elected TD Brian Lenihan Jnr Fianna Fáil

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The election was won by Brian Lenihan Jnr of Fianna Fáil, the son of Brian Lenihan Snr.

Among the candidates were Fingal County Councillor and future TD and MEP Joe Higgins, Fingal County Councillor and future Senator Tom Morrissey, Dublin City Councillor and former TD Tomás Mac Giolla, Fingal County Councillor and future Senator Sheila Terry, future TD Paul Gogarty, Dublin City Councillor Vincent Jackson and Fingal County Councillor Sean Lyons

On the same day, a by-election took place in Donegal North-East.

• List of Dáil by-elections
• Dáil constituencies

• http://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=75&constitid=94&electype=2
• https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992B&cons=112&ref=115