Meath East (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Meath East Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Created: | 2007 |
| TDs: | 3 |
| Counties: | County Meath |
| EP constituency: | East |
Meath East is a constituency represented by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas. As of 2005, the constituency has an electorate of 67,443. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. It spans the eastern portions of County Meath in the province of Leinster. These areas include Nobber, Slane, Dunboyne and Ashbourne, the constituency's biggest town.
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat constituency of Meath was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used in the 2007 general election electing Members of the 30th Dáil.
[edit] 2007 Election result
| 2007 General Election: Meath East | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | *Mary Wallace | 10,901 | 25.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | *Shane McEntee | 6,766 | 15.7 | 2 | 8 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Byrne | 7,834 | 18.2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Labour Party | Dominic Hannigan | 5,136 | 11.9 | |||
| Fine Gael | Regina Doherty | 4,363 | 10.1 | |||
| Independent | Brian FitzGerald | 2,586 | 6.0 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Finnegan | 1,695 | 3.9 | |||
| Green Party | Seán Ó Buachalla | 1,330 | 3.1 | |||
| Independent | Joseph Bonner | 1,170 | 2.7 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Sirena Campbell | 957 | 2.2 | |||
| Independent | A. J. Cahill | 269 | 0.6 | |||
*Denotes outgoing TD
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
