Donegal North East (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Donegal North East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 58,208 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. It is located in the northern part of County Donegal. It encompasses the Letterkenny, Milford and Inishowen electoral areas of Donegal County Council.
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[edit] Candidates in Forthcoming General Election
[edit] Fianna Fáil
[edit] Fine Gael
[edit] Sinn Féin
- Padraig MacLochlainn
[edit] Labour
- Siobhan McDaid
[edit] Green Party
- Frank Gallagher
[edit] Independent
- Jimmy Harte
- Ian McGarvey
[edit] Recent results
2002 General Election: Donegal North East | ||||||
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Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Jim McDaid | Fianna Fáil | 9,614 | 26.45 | 1 | 1 | |
Cecilia Keaveney | Fianna Fáil | 8,340 | 22.95 | 2 | 4 | |
Niall Blaney | Independent Fianna Fáil | 6,124 | 16.85 | 3 | 6 | |
Seán Maloney | Fine Gael | 3,694 | 10.24 | |||
Bernard McGuinness | Fine Gael | 3,914 | 10.77 | |||
Pádraig MacLochlainn | Sinn Féin | 3,611 | 9.93 | |||
Jackie McNair | Labour Party | 1,021 | 2.81 |
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- Elections in Ireland
- Fine Gael Donegal North East