Donegal North East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Donegal North East
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Donegal North East shown within Ireland
Created: 1961,1981
TDs: Joe McHugh
Jim McDaid
Niall Blaney
Counties: County Donegal
EP constituency: North-West

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.

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[edit] History

The constituency was first created for the 1961 election taking in parts of the abolished Donegal East constituency, it lasted until 1977 when it was abolished and became part of the new Donegal constituency. It was recreated for the 1981 election and has been used at all elections since then.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The is located in the northern part of County Donegal. It encompasses the Letterkenny, Milford and Inishowen electoral areas of Donegal County Council.

[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Election 1st Member
(Party)		 2nd Member
(Party)		 3rd Member
(Party)
29th Dáil
(2002)		 Jim McDaid
(Fianna Fáil)		 Cecilia Keaveney
(Fianna Fáil)		 Niall Blaney
(Independent Fianna Fáil)
30th Dáil
(2007)|		 Niall Blaney
(Fianna Fáil)		 Joe McHugh
(Fine Gael)

[edit] Election results

2007 General Election: Donegal North East
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fine Gael Joe McHugh 8,711 22.6 1 5
Fianna Fáil Jim McDaid 6,724 17.4 2 7
Fianna Fáil Niall Blaney 6.288 16.3 3 8
Sinn Féin Pádraig MacLochlainn 6,733 17.5
Fianna Fáil Cecilia Keaveney 6,362 16.5
Independent Jimmy Harte 1,313 3.4
Independent Ian McGarvey 733 2.0
Labour Party Siobhan McLaughlin 703 1.8
Green Party Frank Gallagher 520 1.3
Christian Solidarity Mary Doherty 339
Independent Arthur McGuinness 86 0.2
2002 General Election: Donegal North East
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Jim McDaid 9,614 26.45 1 1
Fianna Fáil Cecilia Keaveney 8,340 22.95 2 4
Independent Fianna Fáil Niall Blaney 6,124 16.85 3 6
Fine Gael Seán Maloney 3,694 10.24
Fine Gael Bernard McGuinness 3,914 10.77
Sinn Féin Pádraig MacLochlainn 3,611 9.93
Labour Party Jackie McNair 1,021 2.81

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [1]

[edit] February 1982 full result

Unusually, all seats were filled on the first count. A further two counts were then held to give lower placed candidates a chance to save their deposits.

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3
Paddy Harte Fine Gael 9362
Hugh Conaghan Fianna Fáil 8116 8116
Neil Blaney Independent Fianna Fáil 7864 7864 7864
Joachim Loughrey Fine Gael 2112 3823 3823
Ian McGarvey Fianna Fáil 1959 2046 2670
Anne Wilkinson Labour Party 493 580 595
Electorate=40811, valid=29906, spoiled=410, quota=7477

[edit] 1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – 11th June, 1981
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4
Neil Blaney Independent Fianna Fáil 7920 7999 8228 8228
Paddy Harte Fine Gael 7853 7967 10995
Hugh Conaghan Fianna Fáil 7283 7319 7536 7814
Bernard McGlinchey Fianna Fáil 5111 5191 5324 5500
Bernard McGuinness Fine Gael 3650 3753
Anne Wilkinson Labour Party 470
Electorate=40807, valid=32287, spoiled=405, quota=8072

[edit] Former TDs

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal
Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Ballyshannon (1613–1800) · Donegal Borough (1613–1800) · Donegal County (1613–1800) · Killybegs (1613–1800) · Lifford (1613–1800) · St Johnstown (1618–1800)
Westminster
1801–1922

Donegal (1801–1885) · East Donegal (1885–1922) · North Donegal (1885–1922) · South Donegal (1885–1922) · West Donegal (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–present:

Donegal (1921–1937, 1977–1981) · Donegal East (1937–1961) · Donegal West (1937–1961) · Donegal-Leitrim (1969–1977) · Donegal North East (1961–1977, 1981– ) · Donegal South West (1981— )
v • d • e
Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
Government of Ireland
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