After the 2011 Election, Sinn Fein seemed set to dominate the Tallaght vote and quite possibly take 2 out of the 5 seats in the new Dublin Sth-West.

However their failure to win the by-election in 2014 telegraphed that their dominance was far from assured – although even that result failed to presage that their vote in 2016 would in fact slip back from their 2011 vote (they took 17% in the old South-West constituency area in February versus 20% in 2011).

The animated gif shows the largest parties per area in 2007, 2011, 2014 (bye) and 2016. As can be seen, it is now the AAA-PBP who dominate most of Tallaght.