Donegal North East Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Donegal North East shown within Ireland
Created	1961,1981 (1961,1981)
TDs	3
Counties	County Donegal
EP constituency	North–West

Donegal North East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Contents 1 History 2 Constituency boundaries 3 TDs 3.1 TDs 1969–1977 3.2 TDs since 1981 4 Elections 4.1 2007 general election 4.2 2002 general election 4.3 February 1982 general election 4.4 1981 general election 5 References 6 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] TDs

[edit] TDs 1969–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal North East 1961–1977[1]
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961		Neil Blaney (IFF)		Liam Cunningham (FF)		Paddy Harte (FG)
18th	1965
19th	1969
20th	1973
21st	1977
	1976 by-election				Paddy Keaveney (IFF)
21st	1977	constituency abolished: see Donegal and Sligo-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] TDs since 1981

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal North East 1981–[1]
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981		Paddy Harte (FG)		Neil Blaney (IFF)		Hugh Conaghan (FF)
23rd	1982 (Feb)
24th	1982 (Nov)
25th	1987
26th	1989						Jim McDaid (FF)
27th	1992[2]
	1996 by-election[3]				Cecilia Keaveney (FF)
28th	1997[4]		Harry Blaney (IFF)
29th	2002[5]		Niall Blaney (IFF)
30th	2007[6]		Niall Blaney (FF)		Joe McHugh (FG)

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] 2007 general election

2007 General Election: Donegal North East[6]
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

[edit] 2002 general election

2002 General Election: Donegal North East[5]
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] February 1982 general election

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 – 18 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 general election

22nd Irish General Election – 11 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] References

[edit] See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in Ireland
• Elections in the Republic of 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 and First Dáil 1918 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– ) European Parliament 1979–present Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North–West (2004– ) Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow

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