Donegal South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Donegal South West Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Donegal South West shown within Ireland | |
| Created: | 1981 |
| TDs: | 3 |
| Counties: | County Donegal |
| EP constituency: | North-West |
Donegal South West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the southern part of County Donegal. The constituency has an electorate of 54,789 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
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[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann
| Election | 1st Member (Party) |
2nd Member (Party) |
3rd Member (Party) |
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| 29th Dáil (2002) |
Pat Gallagher (Fianna Fáil) |
Mary Coughlan (Fianna Fáil) |
Dinny McGinley (Fine Gael) |
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| 30th Dáil (2007)| |
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[edit] 2007 Election
| 2007 General Election: Donegal South West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Coughlan | 10,530 | 26.42% | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat "the Cope" Gallagher | 9,606 | 24.10% | 2 | 2 | |
| Fine Gael | Dinny McGinley | 9,167 | 23.00% | 3 | 3 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pearse Doherty | 8,462 | 21.23% | |||
| Labour Party | Seamus Rodgers | 1,111 | 2.79% | |||
| Green Party | Seán Ó Maolchallann | 589 | 1.48% | |||
| Independent | John Doherty | 388 | 0.97% | |||
| Green Party | Garreth McDaid | |||||
[edit] 2002 Election results
| 2002 General Election: Donegal South West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat the Cope Gallagher | 7,740 | 21.72 | 1 | 6 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Coughlan | 7,257 | 20.36 | 2 | 7 | |
| Fine Gael | Dinny McGinley | 4,378 | 12.29 | 3 | 8 | |
| Fine Gael | James White | 4,680 | 13.13 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Pearse Doherty | 2,697 | 7.57 | |||
| Independent | Joe Kelly | 3,091 | 8.67 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Pringle | 2,630 | 7.38 | |||
| Labour Party | Séamus Rodgers | 1,079 | 3.03 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Tom Dignam | 1,133 | 3.18 | |||
| Independent | Gewn Breslin | 951 | 2.67 | |||
[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results
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[edit] Full February 1982 result
| 23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982 | |||||
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| Candidate | Party | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | |
| Clement Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | 8321 | 8321 | 8321 | |
| Pat Gallagher | Fianna Fáil | 7576 | 8011 | 8270 | |
| Dinny McGinley | Fine Gael | 7160 | 7419 | 10925 | |
| JJ Reid | Fine Gael | 4113 | 4300 | ||
| Patrick Kelly | Independent Fianna Fáil | 3868 | 4877 | 5036 | |
| Seamus Rodgers | Sinn Féin the Workers Party | 1056 | |||
| Patrick Kelly | Independent Fianna Fáil | 1013 | |||
| Electorate=44860, valid=33107, spoiled=253, quota=8277 | |||||
[edit] Full 1981 result
| 22nd Irish General Election – 11th June, 1981 | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |
| Clement Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | 9341 | ||||
| James White | Fine Gael | 8117 | 8167 | 12271 | ||
| Pat Gallagher | Fianna Fáil | 6433 | 6969 | 7348 | 7762 | |
| Patrick Kelly | Independent Fianna Fáil-Anti H-Block | 5626 | 5684 | 6197 | 7038 | |
| Dinny McGinley | Fine Gael | 5199 | 5216 | |||
| Electorate=44860, valid=34716, spoiled=335, quota=8680 | ||||||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
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