Tipperary South (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Tipperary South Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Tipperary South shown within Ireland | |
Created: | 1918, 1948 |
TDs: | 3 |
Counties: | County Tipperary |
EP constituency: | South |
Tipperary South is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1948 general election when the previous Tipperary constituency divided into North and South.
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The parliamentary constituency of Tipperary South consists of the southern half of County Tipperary, and a small part of County Waterford and includes Tipperary town, Clonmel, Cashel, Carrick-on-Suir and Cahir. The constituency, which currently has an electorate of 56,092, is represented by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs), elected by Single Transferable Vote.
[edit] 2007 Election result
2007 General Election: Tipperary South | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fine Gael | Tom Hayes | 8,200 | 21.1 | 1 | 5 | |
Fianna Fáil | Mattie McGrath | 7,608 | 19.6 | 2 | 6 | |
Fianna Fáil | Martin Mansergh | 6,110 | 15.8 | 3 | 8 | |
Independent | Seamus Healy | 5,707 | 14.7 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Siobhán Ambrose | 4,286 | 11.1 | |||
Labour Party | Phil Prendergast | 3,400 | 8.8 | |||
Sinn Féin | Liam Browne | 1,198 | 3.1 | |||
Independent | Tom Wood | 1,141 | 2.9 | |||
Green Party | Bernard Lennon | 591 | 1.5 | |||
Progressive Democrats | Richie Molloy | 364 | 0.9 | |||
Progressive Democrats | Peadar O'Donnell | 177 | 0.5 |
[edit] 2002 Election result
2002 General Election: Tipperary South | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fine Gael | Tom Hayes | 8,997 | 24.54 | 1 | 3 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noel Davern | 8,888 | 24.24 | 2 | 3 | |
Independent | Séamus Healy | 7,350 | 20.05 | 3 | 3 | |
Fianna Fáil | Martin Mansergh | 5,233 | 14.27 | |||
Labour Party | Denis Landy | 3,353 | 9.14 | |||
Independent | Tom Wood | 1,515 | 4.13 | |||
Sinn Féin | Muiris Ó Suilleabháin | 1,210 | 3.30 | |||
Christian Solidarity | Michael Larkin | 120 | 0.33 |
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland