Limerick East (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Limerick East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 80,593 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
The constituency encompasses the whole of Limerick City Council, together with the Castleconnell electoral area and part of the Bruff electoral area of Limerick County Council and the Ballyglass electoral area of Clare County Council. It is a largely urban constituency, and contains small parts of county Clare.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Limerick East | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Willie O'Dea | Fianna Fáil | 13,174 | 26.35 | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Noonan | Fine Gael | 9,451 | 18.90 | 2 | 1 | |
| Peter Power | Fianna Fáil | 3,881 | 7.76 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tim O'Malley | Progressive Democrats | 4,885 | 15.47 | 4 | 11 | |
| Jan O'Sullivan | Labour Party | 3,442 | 9.13 | 5 | 11 | |
| Mary Jackman | Fine Gael | 4,468 | 8.94 | |||
| Eddie Wade | Fianna Fáil | 2,918 | 5.84 | |||
| Pat Kennedy | Independent | 2,092 | 4.18 | |||
| John Gilligan | Independent | 1,176 | 2.35 | |||
| Tom Ryan | Independent | 1,148 | 2.30 | |||
| Timothy Hourigan | Green Party | 917 | 1.83 | |||
| Michael Kelly | Independent | 677 | 1.35 | |||
| Nora Bennis | Independent | 479 | 0.96 | |||
| Conor O'Donoghue | Christian Solidarity | 86 | 0.17 | |||
| Aidan Ryan | Independent | 19 | 0.04 | |||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
