Leinster (European Parliament constituency)

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Leinster
European Parliament constituency
Shown within Ireland
Created 1979
Dissolved 2004
MEP(s) 4 (1994–2004),
3 (1979–1994)
Member State Ireland
Source(s) [1]

Leinster was a European parliament constituency in the Ireland between 1979 and 2004 based on the historic province of the same name minus the Dublin urban area. It elected 3 MEPs in the 1979, 1984 and 1989 elections and 4 MEPs in the elections of 1994 and 1999. It was replaced by the East constituency for the 2004 European elections.

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[edit] 1999 Election result

1999 European Election: Leinster
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fine Gael Avril Doyle 67,881 19.83 1 2
Green Party *Nuala Ahern 47,184 13.78 2 3
Fianna Fáil *Jim Fitzsimons 58,750 17.16 3 3
Fianna Fáil *Liam Hyland 58,477 17.08 4 3
Fine Gael *Alan Gillis 48,729 14.23 Not elected 3
Labour Party Seán Butler 38,112 11.13 Excluded 2
Sinn Féin Arthur Morgan 20,015 5.85 Excluded 1
Independent Desmond Garrett 3,191 0.93 Excluded 1
Electorate: 706,200 Valid: 342,339 Spoilt: 14,725 Quota: 68,468 Turnout: 50.56%

Gillis lost his seat to his party running mate Doyle.

[edit] 1994 Election result

1994 European Election: Leinster
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Liam Hyland 46,448 17.70 1 7
Fine Gael Alan Gillis 42,826 16.32 2 7
Fianna Fáil *Jim Fitzsimons 41,375 15.77 3 7
Green Party Nuala Ahern 30,997 11.81 4 7
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 29,958 11.41 Not elected 7
Labour Party Michael Bell 22,987 8.76 Excluded 6
Labour Party Séamus Pattison 17,580 6.70 Excluded 5
Progressive Democrats John Dardis 12,591 4.80 Excluded 4
Independent Jack Fitzsimons 6,752 2.57 Excluded 3
Sinn Féin Lucillita Bhreathnach 6,523 2.49 Excluded 2
Independent Peter Sweetman 3,228 1.23 Excluded 1
Independent Tom Mullins 1,180 0.45 Excluded 1
Electorate: 624,561 Valid: 262,445 Spoilt: 6,599 Quota: 52,490 Turnout: 43.08%

Gillis replaced his party colleague Cooney who had stepped down. The Green Party gained the additional seat.

[edit] 1989 Election result

1989 European Election: Leinster
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fine Gael Patrick Cooney 65,775 17.42 1 11
Fianna Fáil *Patrick Lalor 75,627 20.03 2 11
Fianna Fáil *Jim Fitzsimons 63,797 16.90 3 11
Labour Party Michael Bell 49,766 13.18 Not elected 11
Fine Gael Charlie McDonald 35,792 9.48 Excluded 9
Progressive Democrats John Dardis 31,623 8.37 Excluded 8
Green Party Seán English 23,724 6.28 Excluded 7
Workers' Party Michael Enright 9,451 2.50 Excluded 6
Workers' Party Catherine Murphy 7,089 1.88 Excluded 6
Sinn Féin Kevin Dunphy 4,534 1.20 Excluded 5
Sinn Féin Pearse McGeough 3,001 0.79 Excluded 4
Independent Kevin Boland 3,362 0.89 Excluded 3
Sinn Féin Terry Moore 2,424 0.64 Excluded 2
Independent Cornelius de Groot 1,626 0.43 Excluded 1
Independent Tom Mullins 1,180 0.45 Excluded 1
Electorate: 571,694 Valid: 377,591 Spoilt: 14,106 Quota: 94,398 Turnout: 68.52%

Clinton stepped down and was replaced by his party colleague Cooney.

[edit] 1984 Election result

1984 European Election: Leinster
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fine Gael *Mark Clinton 61,669 23.78 1 2
Fianna Fáil Jim Fitzsimons 57,321 22.11 2 4
Fianna Fáil *Patrick Lalor 56,191 21.67 3 4
Labour Party *Justin Keating 30,773 11.87 Not elected 4
Fine Gael Deirdre Bolger 33,208 12.81 Excluded 2
Workers' Party Liz McManus 8,943 3.45 Excluded 1
Sinn Féin Martin Sharkey 4,548 1.75 Excluded 1
Sinn Féin John Carroll 4,396 1.70 Excluded 1
Sinn Féin James Dwyer 2,245 0.87 Excluded 1
Electorate: 545,878 Valid: 259,294 Spoilt: 9,197 Quota: 64,824 Turnout: 49.19%

Keating lost his seat to Fitzsimmons of Fianna Fáil.

[edit] 1979 Election result

1979 European Election: Leinster
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fine Gael *Mark Clinton 78,762 25.66 1 1
Fianna Fáil Patrick Lalor 62,094 20.23 2 4
Labour Party *Liam Kavanagh† 40,072 13.06 3 5
Fianna Fáil *Tom Nolan 34,210 11.15 Not elected 5
Fine Gael *Charlie McDonald 24,875 8.11 Excluded 4
Fianna Fáil *Paddy Power 31,023 10.11 Excluded 3
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 21,384 6.97 Excluded 2
Sinn Féin (Workers Party) Donnchadha MacRaghnaill 8,414 2.74 Excluded 1
Sinn Féin (Workers Party) Sean Walsh 6,062 1.98 Excluded 1
Electorate: 486,248 Valid: 306,896 Spoilt: 15,416 Quota: 61,380 Turnout: 66.29%

†Kavanagh resigned on 7 July 1981 after becoming Minister for Labour and was replaced by Séamus Pattison on 9 July 1981. Pattison resigned on 15 December 1983 and was replaced by Justin Keating on 8 February 1984.

*Denotes outgoing MEP

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