Galway West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Galway West Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Galway West shown within Ireland
Created:	1937
TDs:	5
Counties:	County Galway
EP constituency:	North-West

Galway West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 82,213 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency spans the entire area of the western half of the Connacht county, in the heart of the Gaeltacht, taking in the towns of Galway City, Clifden and many other areas.

The most high profile TD from the constituency is the current Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív.

Contents 1 2007 Election 2 2002 Election results 3 November 1982 - 1997 full election results 4 1977 full election result 5 Former TDs 6 See also 7 References

[edit] 2007 Election

2007 General Election: Galway West
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	9,645	17.5	1	1
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	6,086	11.0	2	10
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	5,490	9.8	3	12
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Grealish	5,806	10.5	4	13
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	5,854	10.6	5	13
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Crowe	4,969	9.0	Not elected	(13)
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Healy Eames	3,904	7.1	Excluded	(11)
	Green Party	Niall Ó Brolcháin	3,026	5.5	Excluded	(9)
	Independent	Catherine Connolly	2,006	3.6	Excluded	(8)
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Welby	1,894	3.4	Excluded	(7)
	Fine Gael	Sean Kyne	1,912	3.5	Excluded	(6)
	Independent	Margaret Cox	1,718	3.1	Excluded	(5)
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Carroll	1,629	3.0	Excluded	(4)
	Progressive Democrats	Donal Lyons	1,168	2.1	Excluded	(2)
	Independent	Thomas King	60	0.1	Excluded	(1)

Turnout 64.2%, Seats 5, Quota 9,183

[edit] 2002 Election results

2002 General Election: Galway West
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	9,947	20.13	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	7,226	14.63	2	7
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	5,213	10.55	3	15
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	4,760	9.63	4	13
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Grealish	2,735	5.54	5	16
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Cox	3,269	6.62
	Green Party	Niall Ó Brolcháin	2,193	4.44
	Independent	Séamus Walsh	2,439	4.94
	Fine Gael	Michael McDonagh	2,279	4.61
	Progressive Democrats	Donal Lyons	1,935	3.92
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Callanan	1,468	2.97
	Independent	Dana Rosemary Scallon	1,677	3.39
	Progressive Democrats	Declan McDonnell	1,462	2.96
	Sinn Féin	Seán Coistealbha	1,311	2.65
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Healy Eames	1,320	2.67
	Independent	Eileen Manning	96	0.19
	Independent	Joseph Nulty	76	0.15

[edit] November 1982 - 1997 full election results

Online at [1]

[edit] 1977 full election result

Electorate=61582, Valid votes =42345, spoiled votes=284, quota=8470 ^[1]

	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
Bobby Molloy, Fianna Fáil	7832	7902	7929	8659	8659	8659
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Fianna Fáil	7575	7647	7697	8755
William Loughnane, Fianna Fáil	7280	7397	7425	7784	8051	8374	8535
Michael D. Higgins, Labour	4952	5355	5453	5503	5511	5848	5854	5858	7397
John Mannion, Jnr, Fine Gael	4331	4363	4756	4859	4865	5360	5380	5388	8520
Fintan Coogan, Fine Gael	3136	3191	3510	3547	3557	5332	5334	5335
Toddie Byrne, Fine Gael	2854	2889	3072	3082	3082
Micheál Ó Móráin, Fianna Fáil	2333	2364	2369
Padraic McCormack, Fine Gael	1126	1138
Anthony Coffey, Workers Party	926

[edit] Former TDs

• Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
• Bobby Molloy

[edit] See also

• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in Ireland
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in Ireland

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[edit] References