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Munster European Parliament constituency

Shown within Ireland
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEP(s)	4 (1994–2004), 5 (1979–1994)
Member State	Ireland
Source(s)	[1]

Munster was a European parliament constituency in Ireland between 1979 and 2004 based on the historic province of Munster. It elected 5 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the elections of 1979, 1984 and 1989 and 4 MEPs in the 1994 and 1999 elections. For 2004, County Clare was moved to the new North–West constituency with the remainder becoming the new South constituency.

[edit] 1999 Election result

1999 European Election: Munster^[1]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	*Brian Crowley	154,195	34.37	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	*Gerry Collins	83,106	18.53	2	2
	Independent	*Pat Cox	63,954	14.26	3	5
	Fine Gael	*John Cushnahan	46,100	10.28	4	6
	Labour Party	Paula Desmond	28,270	6.30	Not elected	6
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr	31,363	6.99	Excluded	5
	Sinn Féin	Martin Ferris	29,060	6.48	Excluded	4
	Green Party	Ben Nutty	10,257	2.29	Excluded	3
	Independent	Stewart Luck	1,267	0.28	Excluded	3
	Independent	Denis Riordan	1,007	0.22	Excluded	2
Electorate: 823,008 Valid: 448,579 Spoilt: 13,724 Quota: 89,716 Turnout: 56.17%

All sitting MEPs were re-elected.

[edit] 1994 Election result

1994 European Election: Munster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Crowley	84,463	23.17	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Collins	49,677	13.63	2	9
	Fine Gael	*John Cushnahan	36,906	10.12	3	12
	Independent	*Pat Cox	27,920	7.66	4	12
	Progressive Democrats	Desmond O'Malley	31,674	8.69	Not elected	12
	Fine Gael	Tom Raftery	31,250	8.57	Excluded	11
	Labour Party	Jim Kemmy	25,486	6.99	Excluded	10
	Independent	Nora Bennis	18,424	5.05	Excluded	8
	Fianna Fáil	*Paddy Lane	19,369	5.31	Excluded	7
	Democratic Left	Kathleen Lynch	15,573	4.27	Excluded	6
	Green Party	Dan Boyle	10,033	2.75	Excluded	5
	Workers' Party	Martin O'Regan	6,270	1.72	Excluded	4
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McCarthy	5,171	1.42	Excluded	3
	Independent	Stewart Luck	890	0.24	Excluded	2
	Independent	Conor Moloney	858	0.24	Excluded	2
	Independent	Denis Riordan	607	0.17	Excluded	2
Electorate: 755,176 Valid: 364,571 Spoilt: 5,319 Quota: 72,915 Turnout: 48.98%

The constituency lost a seat and T.J. Maher and Gene Fitzgerald retired. Pat Cox resigned from the Progressive Democrats (PD) but succeeded in narrowly beating the PD leader Desmond O'Malley for the last seat.

[edit] 1989 Election result

1989 European Election: Munster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Progressive Democrats	Pat Cox	85,558	17.30	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	*Gene Fitzgerald	64,139	12.97	2	9
	Independent	*T. J. Maher	55,499	11.22	3	10
	Fine Gael	John Cushnahan	43,326	8.76	4	10
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Lane	41,152	8.32	5	10
	Labour Party	Eileen Desmond	29,979	6.06	Not elected	10
	Fine Gael	*Tom Raftery	43,528	8.80	Excluded	9
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey	37,290	7.54	Excluded	7
	Independent	Paddy Ryan	30,934	6.26	Excluded	6
	Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock	26,828	5.43	Excluded	5
	Independent	Joe Noonan	15,975	3.23	Excluded	4
	Labour Party	Michael Ferris	13,843	2.80	Excluded	3
	Independent	George Salter Townshend	2,577	0.52	Excluded	2
	Independent	William O'Shea	2,011	0.41	Excluded	2
	Independent	Abbey of the Holy Cross Fitzsimons	1,794	0.36	Excluded	2
Electorate: 703,913 Valid: 494,433 Spoilt: 10,786 Quota: 82,406 Turnout: 71.77%

Tom Raftery of Fine Gael lost his seat to Pat Cox of the Progressive Democrats.

[edit] 1984 Election result

1984 European Election: Munster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	*T. J. Maher	55,079	16.06	1	3
	Fine Gael	*Tom O'Donnell	53,832	15.70	2	5
	Fine Gael	Tom Raftery	44,236	12.90	3	6
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett	47,622	13.89	4	7
	Fianna Fáil	Gene Fitzgerald	43,036	12.55	5	7
	Fianna Fáil	*Noel Davern	42,863	12.50	Not elected	7
	Labour Party	*Eileen Desmond	26,162	7.63	Excluded	4
	Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock	17,304	5.05	Excluded	2
	Sinn Féin	Richard Behal	12,829	3.74	Excluded	1
Electorate: 691,076 Valid: 342,963 Spoilt: 6,216 Quota: 57,161 Turnout: 50.53%

Eileen Desmond (substituted by Seán Treacy in 1981) lost the Labour Party seat to Fine Gael, while Noel Davern lost his seat to his Fianna Fáil running mates.

[edit] 1979 Election result

1979 European Election: Munster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	T. J. Maher	86,208	20.02	1	1
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Donnell	46,820	10.87	2	8
	Labour Party	^†Eileen Desmond	53,614	12.45	3	8
	Fianna Fáil	^‡Jerry Cronin	43,439	10.09	4	9
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern	37,647	8.74	5	9
	Fianna Fáil	*Michael Herbert	34,034	7.90	Not elected	9
	Fine Gael	Alan Dukes	21,510	5.00	Excluded	7
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy O'Connor	29,595	6.87	Excluded	6
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	25,664	5.96	Excluded	5
	Fine Gael	John Blair	21,615	5.02	Excluded	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	16,655	3.87	Excluded	3
	Sinn Féin (Workers Party)	Michael Dunphy	11,526	2.68	Excluded	2
	Independent	Michael B Crowe	2,268	0.53	Excluded	2
Electorate: 641,625 Valid: 430,595 Spoilt: 14,597 Quota: 71,766 Turnout: 69.39%

^†Eileen Desmond resigned on 7 July 1981 and was substituted by Seán Treacy on 9 July 1981.
^‡Jerry Cronin resigned on 23 May 1984 and his seat was vacant at dissolution.

*Denotes outgoing MEP

[edit] References

^ "1999 European Parliament election result – Munster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1999E&cons=527. Retrieved 22 March 2009.

[0] "1999 European Parliament election result – Munster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1999E&cons=527. Retrieved 22 March 2009.

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