Carlow-Kilkenny (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Carlow-Kilkenny shown within Ireland | |
| Created: | 1921, 1948 |
| Abolished: | 1937 |
| TDs: | 5 |
| Type: | Dáil Éireann |
| EP constituency: | Ireland East |
Carlow-Kilkenny is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The present form of the constituency was created for the 1948 general election.
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The constituency has an electorate of 97,071 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
The constituency spans the entire area of County Kilkenny and most of County Carlow [a small part of which is in the Wicklow constituency], taking in Kilkenny City, Carlow town, Urlingford, Tullow and Muine Bheag. The constituency of Carlow Kilkenny has been used in Irish elections since the election of the Second Dáil in 1921. Prior to Irish independence elections to the UK Parliament were held in three single seat constituencies, known as Carlow, Kilkenny North and Kilkenny South, and it was these three constituencies that elected members of the First Dáil. Carlow Kilkenny did not exist during the period of 1937 to 1948 when it was replaced by the constituencies of Carlow Kildare and Kilkenny.
In 2002 Séamus Pattison, the outgoing Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, was re-elected unopposed in accordance with the standard practice.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Carlow-Kilkenny | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Séamus Pattison | Ceann Comhairle | Unopposed | 1 | 1 | ||
| Liam Aylward | Fianna Fáil | 12,489 | 20.53 | 2 | 1 | |
| John McGuinness | Fianna Fáil | 9,343 | 15.36 | 3 | 6 | |
| Phil Hogan | Fine Gael | 7,841 | 12.89 | 4 | 8 | |
| M.J. Nolan | Fianna Fáil | 8,711 | 14.32 | 5 | 8 | |
| Jim Townsend | Labour Party | 4,272 | 7.02 | |||
| Mary White | Green Party | 4,961 | 8.15 | |||
| Fergal Browne | Fine Gael | 5,468 | 8.99 | |||
| Michael O'Brien | Labour Party | 3,732 | 6.13 | |||
| Tom Kiernan | Sinn Féin | 2,078 | 3.42 | |||
| Eddie Collins Hughes | Independent | 1,614 | 2.65 | |||
| Billy Nolan | Independent | 335 | 0.55 | |||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of TDs for Carlow Kilkenny
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
