Donegal North East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Donegal North East Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Donegal North East shown within Ireland
Created:	1961,1981
TDs:	Joe McHugh Jim McDaid Niall Blaney
Counties:	County Donegal
EP constituency:	North-West

Donegal North East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 58,208 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

Contents 1 History 2 Constituency boundaries 3 Members of Dáil Éireann 4 Election results 5 November 1982 - 2002 full election results 6 February 1982 full result 7 1981 full result 8 Former TDs 9 See also

[edit] History

The constituency was first created for the 1961 election taking in parts of the abolished Donegal East constituency, it lasted until 1977 when it was abolished and became part of the new Donegal constituency. It was recreated for the 1981 election and has been used at all elections since then.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The is located in the northern part of County Donegal. It encompasses the Letterkenny, Milford and Inishowen electoral areas of Donegal County Council.

[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Election	1st Member (Party)		2nd Member (Party)		3rd Member (Party)
29th Dáil (2002)		Jim McDaid (Fianna Fáil)		Cecilia Keaveney (Fianna Fáil)		Niall Blaney (Independent Fianna Fáil)
30th Dáil (2007)|				Niall Blaney (Fianna Fáil)		Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

[edit] Election results

2007 General Election: Donegal North East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Joe McHugh	8,711	22.6	1	5
	Fianna Fáil	Jim McDaid	6,724	17.4	2	7
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Blaney	6.288	16.3	3	8
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig MacLochlainn	6,733	17.5
	Fianna Fáil	Cecilia Keaveney	6,362	16.5
	Independent	Jimmy Harte	1,313	3.4
	Independent	Ian McGarvey	733	2.0
	Labour Party	Siobhan McLaughlin	703	1.8
	Green Party	Frank Gallagher	520	1.3
	Christian Solidarity	Mary Doherty	339
	Independent	Arthur McGuinness	86	0.2

2002 General Election: Donegal North East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Jim McDaid	9,614	26.45	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Cecilia Keaveney	8,340	22.95	2	4
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Niall Blaney	6,124	16.85	3	6
	Fine Gael	Seán Maloney	3,694	10.24
	Fine Gael	Bernard McGuinness	3,914	10.77
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig MacLochlainn	3,611	9.93
	Labour Party	Jackie McNair	1,021	2.81

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [1]

[edit] February 1982 full result

Unusually, all seats were filled on the first count. A further two counts were then held to give lower placed candidates a chance to save their deposits.

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Paddy Harte	Fine Gael	9362
	Hugh Conaghan	Fianna Fáil	8116	8116
	Neil Blaney	Independent Fianna Fáil	7864	7864	7864
	Joachim Loughrey	Fine Gael	2112	3823	3823
	Ian McGarvey	Fianna Fáil	1959	2046	2670
	Anne Wilkinson	Labour Party	493	580	595
Electorate=40811, valid=29906, spoiled=410, quota=7477

[edit] 1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – 11th June, 1981
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Neil Blaney	Independent Fianna Fáil	7920	7999	8228	8228
	Paddy Harte	Fine Gael	7853	7967	10995
	Hugh Conaghan	Fianna Fáil	7283	7319	7536	7814
	Bernard McGlinchey	Fianna Fáil	5111	5191	5324	5500
	Bernard McGuinness	Fine Gael	3650	3753
	Anne Wilkinson	Labour Party	470
Electorate=40807, valid=32287, spoiled=405, quota=8072

[edit] Former TDs

• Harry Blaney

[edit] See also

• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in Ireland
• Elections in Ireland

v • d • e Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal Parliament of Ireland to 1800 Ballyshannon (1613–1800) · Donegal Borough (1613–1800) · Donegal County (1613–1800) · Killybegs (1613–1800) · Lifford (1613–1800) · St Johnstown (1618–1800) Westminster 1801–1922 Donegal (1801–1885) · East Donegal (1885–1922) · North Donegal (1885–1922) · South Donegal (1885–1922) · West Donegal (1885–1922) Dáil Éireann 1918–present: Donegal (1921–1937, 1977–1981) · Donegal East (1937–1961) · Donegal West (1937–1961) · Donegal-Leitrim (1969–1977) · Donegal North East (1961–1977, 1981– ) · Donegal South West (1981— )

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