Louth (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Louth
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Louth shown within Ireland
Created: 1923
TDs: 4
Counties: County Louth
EP constituency: East

Louth is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 81,952 (2006) and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The constituency boundaries were amended in October 2007 to include an area of County Meath adjacent to the town of Drogheda, and in the next general election 5 TDs will be returned.[1][2] The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency spans the entire area of the smallest county in Ireland and a portion of County Meath, taking in Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee.

Louth was a constituency in the first Dáil election in December 1918 when Sinn Féin won by 255 votes, it's narrowest margin of victory in that election. John J. O'Kelly, a native of Kerry, resident in Glasnevin (Dublin), was Louth's first TD. The constituency was merged with Meath to form the 5 seat Louth-Meath constituency for the 2nd and 3rd Dála. In 1923 Louth became a 3 seat constituency.

Presently, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern is one of the most high profile TDs representing the constituency.


2008 Referendum Results

NO: 25,811 (58.14%)

YES:18,586 (41.86%)



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[edit] 2007 Election result

2007 General Election: Louth
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Séamus Kirk 10,190 18.5 1 5
Fianna Fáil Dermot Ahern 9,982 18.1 2 5
Fine Gael Fergus O'Dowd 8,387 15.2 3 5
Sinn Féin Arthur Morgan 8,274 15.0 4 6
Fine Gael Mairead McGuinness 5,199 9.5
Green Party Mark Dearey 4,172 7.6
Fianna Fáil Frank Maher 3,009 5.5
Labour Party Gerald Nash 2,739 5.0
Fine Gael Jim D'Arcy 2,573 4.7
Workers' Party Peter Short 193 0.4
Fathers Rights Luke Martin 169 0.3
Independent Dermot Duke 127 0.2

[edit] 2002 Election result

2002 General Election: Louth
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Dermot Ahern 9,603 20.16 1 1
Fine Gael Fergus O'Dowd 5,505 11.56 2 8
Fianna Fáil Séamus Kirk 6,495 13.64 3 8
Sinn Féin Arthur Morgan 7,121 14.95 4 8
Fianna Fáil Frank Maher 4,653 9.77
Fine Gael Terry Brennan 4,130 8.67
Labour Party Michael Bell 3,185 6.69
Independent Mary Grehan 2,384 5.01
Green Party Bernadette Martin 1,979 4.16
Independent Martin Bellew 1,307 2.74
Independent Frank Godfrey 473 0.99
Independent Aidan Mahon 294 0.62
Independent Liam Ó Gogain 239 0.50
Workers' Party Peter Short 176 0.37
Christian Solidarity Michael Maguire 79 0.17

[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
Padraig Faulkner Fianna Fáil 8083 8492 9016
Bernard Markey Fine Gael 7928 8237 8543 8562 10197
Thomas Bellew Fianna Fáil 6305 6427 7143 7219 7961 8050
Edward Filgate Fianna Fáil 6109 6204 6862 7055 7391 7428
Brendan McGahon Fine Gael 5311 5406 5629 5635 6001 7177
Francis Browne Sinn Féin 3714 4117
Michael Bell Labour Party 3474 4422 4928 4947
Frank Godfrey Independent 1662
Donnchadha Mac Raghnaill Sinn Féin the Workers Party 742
Helen Corcoran Republican Labour 183
Electorate=57075, valid=43511, spoiled=451, quota=8703

[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
Padraig Faulkner Ceann Comhairle
Paddy Agnew Anti H-Block 8368 8846 8998 9525 9841 10409 10814
Edward Filgate Fianna Fáil 5823 5914 7235 7308 7553 11076 11325
Thomas Bellew Fianna Fáil 5314 5413 5672 5794 6059
John Connor Fianna Fáil 4920 5276 6047 6791 6812 8190 8829
Bernard Markey Fine Gael 4694 4810 5007 5258 8316 8513 13315
Brendan McGahon Fine Gael 4612 4723 4770 4932
Dick Branigan Fine Gael 4372 4624 4687 5548 6463 6651
Nicholas McCabe Fianna Fáil 2804 2887
Michael Bell Labour Party 2515 3128 3147
Frank Godfrey Independent 1210
Donnchadha Mac Raghnaill Sinn Féin the Workers Party 785
James McArdle Labour Party 346
Electorate=57075, valid=45763, spoiled=514, quota=11441

As Ceann Comhairle, Faulkner was returned automatically

[edit] Former TDs

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1023/dail.html New Boundaries for Dáil Constituencies
  2. ^ http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs%5Ccon2007.pdf Constituency Commission Report 2007
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