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Munster was a European parliament constituency in Ireland between 1979 and 2004 based on the historic province of Munster. It elected 5 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the elections of 1979, 1984 and 1989 and 4 MEPs in the 1994 and 1999 elections. For 2004, County Clare was moved to the new North-West constituency with the remainder becoming the new South constituency.
[edit] 1999 Election result
| 1999 European Election: Munster |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Brian Crowley |
154,195 |
34.37 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Gerard Collins |
83,106 |
18.53 |
2 |
2 |
|
Independent |
*Pat Cox |
63,954 |
14.26 |
3 |
5 |
|
Fine Gael |
*John Cushnahan |
46,100 |
10.28 |
4 |
6 |
|
Labour Party |
Paula Desmond |
28,270 |
6.30 |
Not elected |
6 |
|
Fine Gael |
Jim Corr |
31,363 |
6.99 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Sinn Féin |
Martin Ferris |
29,060 |
6.48 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Green Party |
Ben Nutty |
10,257 |
2.29 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Independent |
Stewart Luck |
1,267 |
0.28 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Independent |
Denis Riordan |
1,007 |
0.22 |
Excluded |
2 |
| Electorate: 823,008 Valid: 448,579 Spoilt: 13,724 Quota: 89,716 Turnout: 56.17% |
All sitting MEPs were re-elected.
[edit] 1994 Election result
| 1994 European Election: Munster |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Brian Crowley |
84,463 |
23.17 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerard Collins |
49,677 |
13.63 |
2 |
9 |
|
Fine Gael |
*John Cushnahan |
36,906 |
10.12 |
3 |
12 |
|
Independent |
*Pat Cox |
27,920 |
7.66 |
4 |
12 |
|
Progressive Democrats |
Desmond O'Malley |
31,674 |
8.69 |
Not elected |
12 |
|
Fine Gael |
Tom Raftery |
31,250 |
8.57 |
Excluded |
11 |
|
Labour Party |
Jim Kemmy |
25,486 |
6.99 |
Excluded |
10 |
|
Independent |
Nora Bennis |
18,424 |
5.05 |
Excluded |
8 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Paddy Lane |
19,369 |
5.31 |
Excluded |
7 |
|
Democratic Left |
Kathleen Lynch |
15,573 |
4.27 |
Excluded |
6 |
|
Green Party |
Dan Boyle |
10,033 |
2.75 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Workers' Party |
Martin O'Regan |
6,270 |
1.72 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Sinn Féin |
Kieran McCarthy |
5,171 |
1.42 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Independent |
Stewart Luck |
890 |
0.24 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Independent |
Conor Moloney |
858 |
0.24 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Independent |
Denis Riordan |
607 |
0.17 |
Excluded |
2 |
| Electorate: 755,176 Valid: 364,571 Spoilt: 5,319 Quota: 72,915 Turnout: 48.98% |
The constituency lost a seat and Maher and FitzGerald retired. Pat Cox resigned from the Progressive Democrats (PD) but succeeded in narrowly beating the PD leader Desmond O'Malley for the last seat.
[edit] 1989 Election result
| 1989 European Election: Munster |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Progressive Democrats |
Pat Cox |
85,558 |
17.30 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Gene FitzGerald |
64,139 |
12.97 |
2 |
9 |
|
Independent |
*T. J. Maher |
55,499 |
11.22 |
3 |
10 |
|
Fine Gael |
John Cushnahan |
43,326 |
8.76 |
4 |
10 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Paddy Lane |
41,152 |
8.32 |
5 |
10 |
|
Labour Party |
Eileen Desmond |
29,979 |
6.06 |
Not elected |
10 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Tom Raftery |
43,528 |
8.80 |
Excluded |
9 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Jackie Fahey |
37,290 |
7.54 |
Excluded |
7 |
|
Independent |
Paddy Ryan |
30,934 |
6.26 |
Excluded |
6 |
|
Workers' Party |
Joe Sherlock |
26,828 |
5.43 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Independent |
Joe Noonan |
15,975 |
3.23 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Labour Party |
Michael Ferris |
13,843 |
2.80 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Independent |
George Salter Townshend |
2,577 |
0.52 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Independent |
William O'Shea |
2,011 |
0.41 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Independent |
Abbey of the Holy Cross Fitzsimons |
1,794 |
0.36 |
Excluded |
2 |
| Electorate: 703,913 Valid: 494,433 Spoilt: 10,786 Quota: 82,406 Turnout: 71.77% |
O'Donnell of Fine Gael lost his seat to Cox of the Progressive Democrats.
[edit] 1984 Election result
| 1984 European Election: Munster |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
*T. J. Maher |
55,079 |
16.06 |
1 |
3 |
|
Fine Gael |
*Tom O'Donnell |
53,832 |
15.70 |
2 |
5 |
|
Fine Gael |
Tom Raftery |
44,236 |
12.90 |
3 |
6 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Sylvester Barrett |
47,622 |
13.89 |
4 |
7 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gene FitzGerald |
43,036 |
12.55 |
5 |
7 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Noel Davern |
42,863 |
12.50 |
Not elected |
7 |
|
Labour Party |
*Eileen Desmond |
26,162 |
7.63 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Workers' Party |
Joe Sherlock |
17,304 |
5.05 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Sinn Féin |
Richard Behal |
12,829 |
3.74 |
Excluded |
1 |
| Electorate: 691,076 Valid: 342,963 Spoilt: 6,216 Quota: 57,161 Turnout: 50.53% |
Desmond of the Labour Party lost her seat to Fine Gael, while Davern lost his seat to his Fianna Fáil running mates.
[edit] 1979 Election result
| 1979 European Election: Munster |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
T. J. Maher |
86,208 |
20.02 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fine Gael |
Tom O'Donnell |
46,820 |
10.87 |
2 |
8 |
|
Labour Party |
†Eileen Desmond |
53,614 |
12.45 |
3 |
8 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
‡Jerry Cronin |
43,439 |
10.09 |
4 |
9 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Noel Davern |
37,647 |
8.74 |
5 |
9 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
*Michael Herbert |
34,034 |
7.90 |
Not elected |
9 |
|
Fine Gael |
Alan Dukes |
21,510 |
5.00 |
Excluded |
7 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Timothy O'Connor |
29,595 |
6.87 |
Excluded |
6 |
|
Fine Gael |
Jim O'Keeffe |
25,664 |
5.96 |
Excluded |
5 |
|
Fine Gael |
John Blair |
21,615 |
5.02 |
Excluded |
4 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Seán French |
16,655 |
3.87 |
Excluded |
3 |
|
Sinn Féin (Workers Party) |
Michael Dunphy |
11,526 |
2.68 |
Excluded |
2 |
|
Independent |
Michael B Crowe |
2,268 |
0.53 |
Excluded |
2 |
| Electorate: 641,625 Valid: 430,595 Spoilt: 14,597 Quota: 71,766 Turnout: 69.39% |
†Desmond resigned on 7 July 1981 and was substituted by Seán Treacy on 9 July.
‡Cronin resigned on 23 May 1984 and his seat was vacant at dissolution.
*Denotes outgoing MEP
