Sligo-North Leitrim (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Sligo-North Leitrim
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Sligo-North Leitrim shown within Ireland
Created: 2007
TDs: 3
Counties: County Sligo, County Leitrim
EP constituency: North-West

Sligo-North Leitrim is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency was created for the 2007 general election. The constituency is served by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies. Consisting of all of County Sligo and the northern part of County Leitrim, it largely replaced the previous constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, although it ceded the southern portions of Leitrim to the new constituency of Roscommon-South Leitrim.

[edit] 2007 Election result

2007 General Election: Sligo-North Leitrim
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Eamon Scanlon 9.258 23.18% 1 5
Fine Gael John Perry 7,910 19.81% 2 5
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Devins 7,102 17.78% 3 5
Fine Gael Michael Comiskey 4,936 12.36%
Sinn Féin Seán MacManus 4,684 11.73%
Fine Gael Imelda Henry 2,837 7.10%
Labour Party Jim McGarry 1,555 3.89%
Green Party Brian Scanlan 1,209 3.03%
Independent Andrew McSharry 353 0.88%
Independent John Francis Higgins 89 0.22%

[edit] Former TDs

As this is a new constituency, these former TDs all represented the previous constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, but were either from Sligo or North Leitrim.

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