Donegal South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Donegal South West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
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)
29th Dáil
(2002)
Pat Gallagher
(Fianna Fáil)
Mary Coughlan
(Fianna Fáil)
Dinny McGinley
(Fine Gael)
30th Dáil
(2007)|

[edit] 2007 Election

2007 General Election: Donegal South West
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
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

Online at [1]

[edit] Full February 1982 result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
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
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

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