Longford–Roscommon (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Longford–Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1992–2007. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
The constituency had an electorate of 70,650 (in 2002) and was served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The constituency spanned the entire area of County Longford in Leinster and County Roscommon in Connacht, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas.
The Longford–Roscommon constituency was one of a number of constituencies which were altered by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, with effect from the 2007 general election. The Longford–Roscommon division was replaced by the new constituencies of Longford–Westmeath and Roscommon–South Leitrim.
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[edit] TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Roscommon 1992–2007 | |||||||||
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
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| 27th | 1992[1] | Albert Reynolds (FF) |
Seán Doherty (FF) |
Tom Foxe (Ind) |
John Connor (FG) |
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| 28th | 1997[2] | Denis Naughten (FG) |
Louis Belton (FG) |
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| 29th | 2002[3] | Peter Kelly (FF) |
Michael Finneran (FF) |
Mae Sexton (PD) |
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| 30th | 2007 | Constituency abolished: see Longford–Westmeath and Roscommon–South Leitrim | |||||||
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.
[edit] Elections
[edit] 2002 general election
| 2002 General Election: Longford–Roscommon[3] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 6,660 | 13.40 | 1 | 8 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Kelly | 7,319 | 14.73 | 2 | 10 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mae Sexton | 4,679 | 9.42 | 3 | 10 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 6,502 | 13.09 | 4 | 10 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Greg Kelly | 6,430 | 12.94 | |||
| Fine Gael | Louis Belton | 4,762 | 9.58 | |||
| Fine Gael | John Connor | 3,829 | 7.71 | |||
| Independent | Úna Quinn | 3,598 | 7.24 | |||
| Independent | Tom Crosby | 2,123 | 4.27 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Whelan | 1,673 | 3.37 | |||
| Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan | 779 | 1.57 | |||
| Labour Party | Hughie Baxter | 638 | 1.28 | |||
| Green Party | Catherine Ansboro | 426 | 0.86 | |||
| Independent | Vincent Killalea | 191 | 0.38 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | Brian Lenehan | 80 | 0.16 | |||
[edit] See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
[edit] References
- ^ "General election 1992: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992&cons=165. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "General election 1997: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=165. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ a b "General election 2002: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2002&cons=165. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
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