Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)
Template:Dáil Éireann constituency infobox 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.
History
The constituency was first created for the 1961 election taking in parts of of the abolished Donegal East constituency, it lasted until 1977 when it was abolished in and became part of the new Donegal constituency and was recreated for the 1981 election and has been used since.
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.
Members of Dáil Éireann
| Election | 1st Member (Party) |
2nd Member (Party) |
3rd Member (Party) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29th Dáil (2002) |
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Jim McDaid (Fianna Fáil) |
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Cecilia Keaveney (Fianna Fáil) |
rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Joe Walsh (Independent Fianna Fáil) |
| 30th Dáil (2007)| |
Niall Blaney (Fianna Fáil) |
rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Joe McHugh (Fine Gael) | |||
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
| 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 | Siobhan McLaughlin | 703 | 1.8 | |||
| Green | Frank Gallagher | 520 | 1.3 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | Mary Doherty | 339 | ||||
| Independent | Arthur McGuinness | 86 | 0.2 | |||
| 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 | Jackie McNair | 1,021 | 2.81 | |||