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Leinster European Parliament constituency

Shown within Ireland
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEP(s)	4 (1994–2004), 3 (1979–1994)
Member State	Ireland
Source(s)	[1]

Leinster was a European parliament constituency in Ireland between 1979 and 2004 based on the historic province of the same name minus the Dublin urban area. It elected 3 MEPs in the 1979, 1984 and 1989 elections and 4 MEPs in the elections of 1994 and 1999. It was replaced by the East constituency for the 2004 European elections.

[edit] 1999 Election result

1999 European Election: Leinster^[1]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Avril Doyle	67,881	19.83	1	2
	Green Party	*Nuala Ahern	47,184	13.78	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	*Jim Fitzsimons	58,750	17.16	3	3
	Fianna Fáil	*Liam Hyland	58,477	17.08	4	3
	Fine Gael	*Alan Gillis	48,729	14.23	Not elected	3
	Labour Party	Seán Butler	38,112	11.13	Excluded	2
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	20,015	5.85	Excluded	1
	Independent	Desmond Garrett	3,191	0.93	Excluded	1
Electorate: 706,200 Valid: 342,339 Spoilt: 14,725 Quota: 68,468 Turnout: 50.56%

Alan Gillis lost his seat to his party running mate Avril Doyle.

[edit] 1994 Election result

1994 European Election: Leinster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland	46,448	17.70	1	7
	Fine Gael	Alan Gillis	42,826	16.32	2	7
	Fianna Fáil	*Jim Fitzsimons	41,375	15.77	3	7
	Green Party	Nuala Ahern	30,997	11.81	4	7
	Fine Gael	Monica Barnes	29,958	11.41	Not elected	7
	Labour Party	Michael Bell	22,987	8.76	Excluded	6
	Labour Party	Séamus Pattison	17,580	6.70	Excluded	5
	Progressive Democrats	John Dardis	12,591	4.80	Excluded	4
	Independent	Jack Fitzsimons	6,752	2.57	Excluded	3
	Sinn Féin	Lucilita Bhreatnach	6,523	2.49	Excluded	2
	Independent	Peter Sweetman	3,228	1.23	Excluded	1
	Independent	Tom Mullins	1,180	0.45	Excluded	1
Electorate: 624,561 Valid: 262,445 Spoilt: 6,599 Quota: 52,490 Turnout: 43.08%

Alan Gillis replaced his party colleague Patrick Cooney who had stepped down. The Green Party gained the additional seat.

[edit] 1989 Election result

1989 European Election: Leinster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	65,775	17.42	1	11
	Fianna Fáil	*Patrick Lalor	75,627	20.03	2	11
	Fianna Fáil	*Jim Fitzsimons	63,797	16.90	3	11
	Labour Party	Michael Bell	49,766	13.18	Not elected	11
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald	35,792	9.48	Excluded	9
	Progressive Democrats	John Dardis	31,623	8.37	Excluded	8
	Green Party	Seán English	23,724	6.28	Excluded	7
	Workers' Party	Michael Enright	9,451	2.50	Excluded	6
	Workers' Party	Catherine Murphy	7,089	1.88	Excluded	6
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Dunphy	4,534	1.20	Excluded	5
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McGeough	3,001	0.79	Excluded	4
	Independent	Kevin Boland	3,362	0.89	Excluded	3
	Sinn Féin	Terry Moore	2,424	0.64	Excluded	2
	Independent	Cornelius de Groot	1,626	0.43	Excluded	1
Electorate: 571,694 Valid: 377,591 Spoilt: 14,106 Quota: 94,398 Turnout: 68.52%

Mark Clinton stepped down and was replaced by his party colleague Patrick Cooney.

[edit] 1984 Election result

1984 European Election: Leinster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	*Mark Clinton	61,669	23.78	1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Fitzsimons	57,321	22.11	2	4
	Fianna Fáil	*Patrick Lalor	56,191	21.67	3	4
	Labour Party	*Justin Keating	30,773	11.87	Not elected	4
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Bolger	33,208	12.81	Excluded	2
	Workers' Party	Liz McManus	8,943	3.45	Excluded	1
	Sinn Féin	Martin Sharkey	4,548	1.75	Excluded	1
	Sinn Féin	John Carroll	4,396	1.70	Excluded	1
	Sinn Féin	James Dwyer	2,245	0.87	Excluded	1
Electorate: 545,878 Valid: 259,294 Spoilt: 9,197 Quota: 64,824 Turnout: 49.19%

Justin Keating lost his seat to Jim Fitzsimmons of Fianna Fáil.

[edit] 1979 Election result

1979 European Election: Leinster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	78,762	25.66	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lalor	62,094	20.23	2	4
	Labour Party	*Liam Kavanagh^†	40,072	13.06	3	5
	Fianna Fáil	*Tom Nolan	34,210	11.15	Not elected	5
	Fine Gael	*Charles McDonald	24,875	8.11	Excluded	4
	Fianna Fáil	*Paddy Power	31,023	10.11	Excluded	3
	Fine Gael	Monica Barnes	21,384	6.97	Excluded	2
	Sinn Féin (Workers Party)	Donnchadha MacRaghnaill	8,414	2.74	Excluded	1
	Sinn Féin (Workers Party)	Sean Walsh	6,062	1.98	Excluded	1
Electorate: 486,248 Valid: 306,896 Spoilt: 15,416 Quota: 61,380 Turnout: 66.29%

^†Liam Kavanagh resigned on 7 July 1981 after becoming Minister for Labour and was replaced by Séamus Pattison on 9 July 1981. Séamus Pattison resigned on 15 December 1983 and was replaced by Justin Keating on 8 February 1984.

*Denotes outgoing MEP

[edit] References

^ "1999 European Parliament election result – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1999E&cons=526. Retrieved 22 March 2009.

[edit] External links

European Parliament elections 1999 – Leinster

[0] "1999 European Parliament election result – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1999E&cons=526. Retrieved 22 March 2009.

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