East (European Parliament constituency)

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East
European Parliament constituency
East (European Parliament constituency) (European Parliament constituencies 2007 )
East (European Parliament constituency)
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown within Ireland
Created 2004
MEP(s) 3
Member State Ireland
Source(s) [1]

East is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It has a population of 0.8 million and currently elects 3 MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote system.

The constituency was created in 2004 and is a successor to the old Leinster constituency. It comprises the Leinster counties less Dublin.

[edit] 2004 Election result

2004 European Election: East
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fine Gael Mairead McGuinness 114,249 25.21 1 1
Fianna Fáil Liam Aylward 68,206 15.05 2 7
Fine Gael *Avril Doyle 69,511 15.34 3 7
Labour Party Peter Cassells 59,158 13.05 Not elected 7
Fianna Fáil Séamus Kirk 45,454 10.03 Excluded 6
Sinn Féin John Dwyer 39,356 8.68 Excluded 5
Green Party Mary White 25,576 5.64 Excluded 4
Independent Justin Barrett 10,997 2.43 Excluded 3
Independent Clifford T. Reid 10,692 2.36 Excluded 3
Fathers Rights Liam Ó Gógáin 3,407 0.75 Excluded 2
Independent Seanán Ó Coistín 3,130 0.69 Excluded 2
Independent Eoin Dubsky 1,955 0.43 Excluded 2
Independent Joe Neal 1,487 0.33 Excluded 2
Electorate: 806,598 Valid: 453,178 Spoilt: 18,717 Quota: 113,295 Turnout: 58.50%

*Denotes outgoing MEP

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