| Connacht–Ulster European Parliament constituency |
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| Shown within Ireland | |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 2004 |
| MEP(s) | 3 |
| Member State | Ireland |
| Source(s) | [1] |
Connacht–Ulster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. It elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. It comprised the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo from the historic province of Connacht together with the Ulster counties of Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan.[1] It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new North-West constituency.[2]
| Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for Connacht–Ulster 1979–2009 | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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| Parl. | Election | Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
Member (Party) |
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| 1st | 1979[3] | Neil Blaney (IFF) |
Seán Flanagan (FF) |
Joe McCartin (FG) |
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| 2nd | 1984[4] | Ray MacSharry (FF) |
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| 1987[5] | Mark Killilea (FF) |
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| 3rd | 1989[6] | Neil Blaney (IFF) |
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| 4th | 1994[7] | Pat the Cope Gallagher (FF) |
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| 5th | 1999[8] | Dana Rosemary Scallon (Ind) |
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| 2002[9] | Seán Ó Neachtain (FF) |
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| 6th | 2004 | Constituency abolished. See North-West | |||||||
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
| 1999 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[8] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat the Cope Gallagher[9] | 20.6 | 66,055 | 66,381 | 66,902 | 72,673 | 98,258 | ||
| Fine Gael | Joe McCartin | 19.9 | 63,632 | 63,811 | 64,506 | 68,388 | 72,764 | 75,275 | |
| Independent | Dana Rosemary Scallon | 16.0 | 51,086 | 51,366 | 52,802 | 59,444 | 67,887 | 72,855 | |
| Independent | Marian Harkin | 14.8 | 47,372 | 47,712 | 48,632 | 56,141 | 60,316 | 64,152 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 15.0 | 47,933 | 48,060 | 48,470 | 51,544 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Seán MacManus | 6.4 | 20,457 | 20,571 | 20,801 | ||||
| Labour Party | Gerard Gibbons | 3.3 | 10,522 | 10,827 | 10,972 | ||||
| Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan | 1.6 | 5,000 | 5,539 | 5,650 | ||||
| Independent | Liam Sharkey | 1.7 | 5,334 | 5,404 | |||||
| Natural Law | Paul Campbell | 0.6 | 1,920 | ||||||
| Independent | Paul Raymond | 0.3 | 840 | ||||||
| Electorate: 541,552 Valid: 320,151 Spoilt: 12,085 (3.6%) Quota: 80,038 Turnout: 332,236 (61.4%) | |||||||||
Mark Killilea retired and his seat was gained by Independent Dana Rosemary Scallon.
| 1994 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[7] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat the Cope Gallagher | 53,171 | 22.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea | 45,638 | 19.6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Fine Gael | Joe McCartin | 38,039 | 16.4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 30,947 | 13.3 | |||
| Labour Party | Ann Gallagher | 19,826 | 8.5 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Bobby Molloy | 21,219 | 9.1 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 13,939 | 6.0 | |||
| Green Party | Richard Douthwaite | 8,628 | 3.7 | |||
| Natural Law | Mary Louise Lacey | 1,223 | 0.5 | |||
| Electorate: 496,352 Valid: 232,630 Spoilt: 4,971 (2.1%) Quota: 58,158 Turnout: 237,601 (47.9%) | ||||||
Pat the Cope Gallagher of Fianna Fáil gained the seat vacated by Neil Blaney.
| 1989 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[6] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fine Gael | Joe McCartin | 46,523 | 14.9 | 1 | 9 | |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney | 52,852 | 16.9 | 2 | 9 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea | 53,842 | 17.2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Doherty | 48,288 | 15.5 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Bobby Molloy | 40,476 | 13.0 | |||
| Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 30,745 | 9.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | Angela Lupton | 10,165 | 3.3 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 7,716 | 2.5 | |||
| Workers' Party | Jimmy Brick | 6,173 | 2.0 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin | 4,969 | 1.6 | |||
| Labour Party | Ivan McPhillips | 4,759 | 1.5 | |||
| Workers' Party | Seamus Rodgers | 4,097 | 1.3 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Guy | 1,697 | 0.5 | |||
| Electorate: 464,661 Valid: 312,302 Spoilt: 10,362 (3.2%) Quota: 78,076 Turnout: 322,664 (69.4%) | ||||||
Neil Blaney regained his seat at the expense of Fianna Fáil.
| 1984 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[4] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ray MacSharry[5] | 56,803 | 24.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Fine Gael | Joe McCartin | 51,164 | 21.7 | 2 | 8 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Flanagan | 40,760 | 17.3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney | 32,504 | 13.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | Joseph Murrin | 20,107 | 8.5 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin | 6,103 | 2.6 | |||
| Labour Party | Michael D. Higgins | 8,337 | 3.5 | |||
| Fine Gael | Pól Ó Foighil | 7,144 | 3.0 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Eddie Fullerton | 5,771 | 2.5 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mary McGing | 4,176 | 1.8 | |||
| Workers' Party | Jimmy Brick | 2,612 | 1.1 | |||
| Electorate: 471,577 Valid: 235,481 Spoilt: 5,763 (2.4%) Quota: 58,871 Turnout: 241,244 (51.2%) | ||||||
Neil Blaney lost his seat to Ray MacSharry of Fianna Fáil.
| 1979 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[3] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney | 81,522 | 26.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Flanagan | 38,233 | 12.5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Fine Gael | Joe McCartin | 47,519 | 15.5 | 3 | 7 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Cooney | 33,360 | 10.9 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Doolan | 27,739 | 9.1 | |||
| Fine Gael | Myles Staunton | 32,485 | 10.6 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán McEniff | 25,774 | 8.4 | |||
| Labour Party | Michael D. Higgins | 13,062 | 4.3 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | Tony Coffey | 3,329 | 1.1 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | Séamus Rodgers | 2,696 | 0.9 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Morris | 447 | 0.2 | |||
| Electorate: 442,471 Valid: 306,166 Spoilt: 14,547 (4.5%) Quota: 76,542 Turnout: 320,713 (72.5%) | ||||||
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