Longford-Roscommon (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Longford-Roscommon is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 70,650 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency spans the entire area of County Longford in Leinster and County Roscommon in Connacht, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas.
The Longford-Roscommon constituency is just one of a number of constituencies that will be changing at the next general election. The current Longford-Roscommon division will be replaced by the new constituencies of Longford-Westmeath and Roscommon-South Leitrim.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Longford-Roscommon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Denis Naughten | Fine Gael | 6,660 | 13.40 | 1 | 8 | |
| Peter Kelly | Fianna Fáil | 7,319 | 14.73 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mae Sexton | Progressive Democrats | 4,679 | 9.42 | 3 | 10 | |
| Michael Finneran | Fianna Fáil | 6,502 | 13.09 | 4 | 10 | |
| Greg Kelly | Fianna Fáil | 6,430 | 12.94 | |||
| Louis Belton | Fine Gael | 4,762 | 9.58 | |||
| John Connor | Fine Gael | 3,829 | 7.71 | |||
| Úna Quinn | Independent | 3,598 | 7.24 | |||
| Tom Crosby | Independent | 2,123 | 4.27 | |||
| Paul Whelan | Sinn Féin | 1,673 | 3.37 | |||
| Luke 'Ming' Flanagan | Independent | 779 | 1.57 | |||
| Hughie Baxter | Labour Party | 638 | 1.28 | |||
| Catherine Ansboro | Green Party | 426 | 0.86 | |||
| Vincent Killalea | Independent | 191 | 0.38 | |||
| Brian Lenehan | Christian Solidarity | 80 | 0.16 | |||
[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
