North–West is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It elects three MEPs using the single transferable vote system. The constituency was created in 2004 and is a successor to the old Connacht–Ulster constituency. The following counties are represented by this constituency: [edit] 2009 Election | 2009 European Election: North–West[1][2] | | Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | | Independent | *Marian Harkin | 17.1 | 84,813 | 89,938 | 99,561 | 103,942 | 112,210 | 121,672 | | Fianna Fáil | Pat "the Cope" Gallagher | 16.7 | 82,643 | 84,680 | 85,842 | 87,714 | 112,622 | 120,930 | | Fine Gael | *Jim Higgins | 16.2 | 80,093 | 82,457 | 86,597 | 111,133 | 113,810 | 120,185 | | Libertas | Declan Ganley | 14.3 | 67,638 | 69,925 | 72,475 | 73,994 | 75,705 | 84,277 | | Sinn Féin | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn | 9.2 | 45,515 | 47,413 | 50,225 | 52,384 | 54,737 | | | Fianna Fáil | Paschal Mooney | 8.7 | 42,985 | 44,719 | 45,687 | 47,702 | | | | Fine Gael | Joe O'Reilly | 7.6 | 37,564 | 38,854 | 42,350 | | | | | Labour Party | Susan O'Keefe | 5.8 | 28,658 | 31,176 | | | | | | Independent | Michael McNamara | 2.6 | 12,744 | | | | | | | Independent | Fiachra Ó Luain | 1.3 | 6,510 | | | | | | | Independent | John Francis Higgins | 0.6 | 3,030 | | | | | | | Independent | Noel McCullagh | 0.4 | 1,940 | | | | | | | Independent | Thomas King | 0.2 | 1,124 | | | | | | | Electorate: 805,626 Valid: 495,257 Spoilt: 15,675 (3.1%) Quota: 123,815 Turnout: 510,932 (63.4%) | For the 2009 election the counties of Longford and Westmeath were transferred from the East constituency to North–West. [edit] 2004 Election result  2004–2009 North–West constituency boundaries | 2004 European Elecion: North–West[3] | | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | | Fianna Fáil | *Seán Ó Neachtain | 62,085 | 14.73 | 1 | 5 | | Independent | Marian Harkin | 66,664 | 15.82 | 2 | 5 | | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 56,396 | 14.09 | 3 | 5 | | Sinn Féin | Pearse Doherty | 65,321 | 15.50 | Not elected | 5 | | Independent | Dana Rosemary Scallon | 56,992 | 13.52 | Excluded | 4 | | Fianna Fáil | Jim McDaid | 52,139 | 12.37 | Excluded | 3 | | Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn | 41,570 | 9.86 | Excluded | 2 | | Labour Party | Hughie Baxter | 13,948 | 3.31 | Excluded | 1 | | Independent | Mary Hainsworth | 3,308 | 0.78 | Excluded | 1 | | Electorate: 688,804 Valid: 421,423 Spoilt: 14,487 Quota: 105,356 Turnout: 63.29% | *Denotes outgoing MEP [edit] See also [edit] References [edit] External links
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