Carlow-Kilkenny (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Carlow-Kilkenny
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Carlow-Kilkenny shown within Ireland
Created: 1921, 1948
TDs: 5
Counties: Carlow, Kilkenny
EP constituency: East

Carlow-Kilkenny is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The present form of the constituency was created for the 1948 general election.

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The constituency has an electorate of 97,071 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency spans the entire area of County Kilkenny and most of County Carlow [a small part of which is in the Wicklow constituency], taking in Kilkenny City, Carlow town, Urlingford, Tullow and Muinebeag. The constituency of Carlow Kilkenny has been used in Irish elections since the election of the Second Dáil in 1921. Prior to Irish independence elections to the UK Parliament were held in three single seat constituencies, known as Carlow, Kilkenny North and Kilkenny South, and it was these three constituencies that elected members of the First Dáil. Carlow Kilkenny did not exist during the period of 1937 to 1948 when it was replaced by the constituencies of Carlow Kildare and Kilkenny.

[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Main article: List of TDs for Carlow Kilkenny
Election Member Member Member Member Member
21st Dáil
(1977)		 Liam Aylward
(Fianna Fáil)		 Kieran Crotty
(Fine Gael)		 Jim Gibbons
(Fianna Fáil)		 Tom Nolan
(Fianna Fáil)		 Séamus Pattison
(Labour Party)
Ceann Comhairle
1997-2002
22nd Dáil
(1981)		 Des Governey
(Fine Gael)
23rd Dáil
(Feb 1982)		 Jim Gibbons
(Fianna Fáil)
24th Dáil
(Nov 1982)		 Dick Dowling
(Fine Gael)		 M. J. Nolan
(Fianna Fáil)
25th Dáil
(1987)		 Martin Gibbons
(PD)
26th Dáil
(1989)		 John Browne
(Fine Gael)		 Phil Hogan
(Fine Gael)
27th Dáil
(1992)
28th Dáil
(1997)		 John J. McGuinness
(Fianna Fáil)
29th Dáil
(2002)		 M. J. Nolan
(Fianna Fáil)
30th Dáil
(2007)		 Bobby Aylward
(Fianna Fáil)		 Mary White
(Green Party)


2008 Referendum Result:

YES: 26,210 (50.004%)

NO: 26,206 (49.996%)

[edit] 2007 Election

2007 General Election: Carlow-Kilkenny
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil *John McGuinness 11,635 17.2% 1 1
Fianna Fáil Bobby Aylward 11,600 17.1% 2 1
Fianna Fáil *M. J. Nolan 9,037 13.4% 3 8
Fine Gael *Phil Hogan 8,569 12.7% 4 9
Green Party Mary White 5,836 8.0% 5 9
Fine Gael John Paul Phelan 6,494 9.6% Not Elected 9
Labour Party Jim Townsend 3,401 5.0% Excluded 7
Fine Gael Feargal Browne 4,948 7.3% Excluded 6
Labour Party Michael O'Brien 2,923 4.3% Excluded 5
Sinn Féin Kathleen Funchion 2,568 3.8% Excluded 4
Progressive Democrats Walter Lacey 1,073 1.6% Excluded 1

*Denotes outgoing TD

[edit] 2002 Election results

In 2002 Séamus Pattison, the outgoing Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, was returned automatically, by virtue of his office.

2002 General Election: Carlow-Kilkenny
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Ceann Comhairle Séamus Pattison Automatically returned 1 1
Fianna Fáil Liam Aylward 12,489 20.53 2 1
Fianna Fáil John McGuinness 9,343 15.36 3 6
Fine Gael Phil Hogan 7,841 12.89 4 8
Fianna Fáil M. J. Nolan 8,711 14.32 5 8
Labour Party Jim Townsend 4,272 7.02
Green Party Mary White 4,961 8.15
Fine Gael Feargal Browne 5,468 8.99
Labour Party Michael O'Brien 3,732 6.13
Sinn Féin Tom Kiernan 2,078 3.42
Independent Eddie Collins Hughes 1,614 2.65
Independent Billy Nolan 335 0.55

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [1]

[edit] February 1982 full result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12
Jim Gibbons Fianna Fáil 8910 8927 9099 9099 9099 9099 9099 9099 9099 9099
Liam Aylward Fianna Fáil 8844 8853 8966 9478
Kieran Crotty Fine Gael 7869 7878 7898 7995 8026 8150 8387 8747 12154
Tom Nolan Fianna Fáil 6529 6542 6885 7048 7401 7560 7840 8025 8129 8158 8207 8246
Seamus Pattison Labour Party 5565 5570 5583 5665 5685 6394 7071 7168 7701 8145 8148 9071
Des Governey Fine Gael 4663 4682 4730 4738 4738 5115 5192 6370 7375 10009 10009
Dick Dowling Fine Gael 4506 4512 4521 4524 4526 4588 4834 5285
Michael Deering Fine Gael 2220 2225 2251 2256 2260 2333 2358
Sean Walsh Sinn Féin the Workers Party 1753 1775 1785 1821 1839 1909
Eileen Brophy Labour Party 1544 1560 1604 1611 1614
John McGuinness Fianna Fáil 907 909 938
Patrick Carpenter Fianna Fáil 834 841
Peter McCormick Independent 137
Electorate=72148, valid=54281, spoiled=668, quota=9047

[edit] 1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – 11th June, 1981
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11
Liam Aylward Fianna Fáil 9374 9569 9569 9569 9569
Kieran Crotty Fine Gael 8285 8324 8334 8487 9267 9271 9577 9577 9577 9577
Tom Nolan Fianna Fáil 7080 7563 7659 7760 7892 7935 8623 8713 8762 8834 8883
Jim Gibbons Fianna Fáil 6177 6298 6318 6490 6540 6626 8164 8478 8581 8731 8860
Seamus Pattison Labour Party 6095 6104 6853 7547 7631 7634 7895 8720 9931
Des Governey Fine Gael 5669 5763 5935 6020 7183 7184 7211 10762
Dick Dowling Fine Gael 4447 4465 4694 4794 5102 5103 5141
Mick Lanigan Fianna Fáil 2708 2755 2765 2887 2901 2933
John Browne Fine Gael 2421 2449 2535 2573
Sean Walsh Sinn Féin the Workers Party 1881 1892 1932
Jim Townsend Labour Party 1178 1189
Patrick Carpenter Fianna Fáil 1176
Electorate=72148, valid=56391, spoiled=798, quota=9399

[edit] Former TDs

[edit] See also

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