Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)




























Donegal North-East
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency

Outline map
Location of Donegal North-East within Ireland

Former constituency
Created 1981
Abolished 2016
Seats 3
County council County Donegal





















Donegal North-East
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created 1961
Abolished 1977
Seats 3
County council County Donegal

Donegal North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1961 to 1977 and from 1981 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Boundaries


  • 3 TDs


    • 3.1 TDs 1969–1977


    • 3.2 TDs 1981–2016




  • 4 Elections


    • 4.1 2011 general election


    • 4.2 2007 general election


    • 4.3 2002 general election


    • 4.4 1997 general election


    • 4.5 1996 by-election


    • 4.6 1992 general election


    • 4.7 1989 general election


    • 4.8 1987 general election


    • 4.9 November 1982 general election


    • 4.10 February 1982 general election


    • 4.11 1981 general election


    • 4.12 1976 by-election


    • 4.13 1973 general election


    • 4.14 1969 general election


    • 4.15 1965 general election


    • 4.16 1961 general election




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


The constituency was first created for the 1961 general election taking in parts of the abolished Donegal East constituency, it lasted until 1977 when it was abolished and became part of a new Donegal constituency. It was recreated for the 1981 general election. It was abolished at the 2016 general election, and again became part of the re-created Donegal constituency.



Boundaries


The constituency was located in the northern part of County Donegal. It encompassed the Letterkenny, Milford and Inishowen electoral areas of Donegal County Council.[1]


The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:


"In the county of Donegal the electoral divisions of:

Ardmalin, Ballyliffin, Birdstown, Buncrana Rural, Burt, Carndonagh, Carthage, Castlecary, Castleforward, Culdaff, Desertegny, Dunaff, Fahan, Glenagannon, Gleneely, Glentogher, Greencastle, Illies, Inch Island, Kilderry, Killea, Malin, Mintiaghs, Moville, Newtown Cunningham, Redcastle, Straid, Three Trees, Turmone, Whitecastle, in the former Rural District of Inishowen;

Ballymacool, Castlewray, Corravaddy, Edenacarnan, Gartán, Gortnavern, Killymasny, Kincraigy, Letterkenny Rural, Magheraboy, Manorcunningham, Mín an Lábáin, Suí Corr, Templedouglas, in the former Rural District of Letterkenny;

An Cheathrú Chaol, An Tearmann, Ballyarr, Carraig Airt, Cnoc Colbha, Creamhghort, Fánaid Thiar, Fánaid Thuaidh, Glen, Glenalla, Grianfort, Killygarvan, Kilmacrenan, Loch Caol, Millford, Rathmelton, Rathmullan, Ros Goill, Rosnakill, in the former Rural District of Millford;

and the towns of Buncrana and Letterkenny."


TDs



TDs 1969–1977













































Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal North-East 1961–1977[2]


Key to parties



  •   FF = Fianna Fáil

  •   FG = Fine Gael

  •   IFF = Independent Fianna Fáil




























































Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
17th
1961[3]

Liam Cunningham
(FF)

Neil Blaney
(IFF)

Paddy Harte
(FG)
18th
1965[4]
19th
1969[5]
20th
1973[6]

1976 by-election[7]

Paddy Keaveney
(IFF)
21st
1977

Constituency abolished. See Donegal

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.



TDs 1981–2016



















































































Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal North-East 1981–2016[2]


Key to parties



  •   FF = Fianna Fáil

  •   FG = Fine Gael

  •   IFF = Independent Fianna Fáil

  •   SF = Sinn Féin


























































Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
22nd
1981[8]

Hugh Conaghan
(FF)

Neil Blaney
(IFF)

Paddy Harte
(FG)
23rd
1982 (Feb)[9]
24th
1982 (Nov)[10]
25th
1987[11]
26th
1989[12]

Jim McDaid
(FF)
27th
1992[13]

1996 by-election[14]

Cecilia Keaveney
(FF)
28th
1997[15]

Harry Blaney
(IFF)
29th
2002[16]

Niall Blaney
(IFF)
30th
2007[17]

Niall Blaney
(FF)

Joe McHugh
(FG)
31st
2011[18]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
(SF)

Charlie McConalogue
(FF)
32nd
2016

Constituency abolished. See Donegal

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.



Elections



2011 general election

























































































































































































2011 general election: Donegal North-East[18]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9


Sinn Féin

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
24.5
9,278
9,350

9,585
 
 
 
 
 
 


Fine Gael

Joe McHugh
19.3
7,330
7,368
7,513
7,524
7,662
8,147
8,731

12,049
 


Fianna Fáil

Charlie McConalogue
17.4
6,613
6,661
6,795
6,816
7,064
7,255
7,511
8,245

8,976


Labour Party

Jimmy Harte
10.8
4,090
4,162
4,301
4,319
4,535
4,801
5,646
6,131
7,219


Fine Gael
John Ryan
12.3
4,657
4,710
4,871
4,884
4,950
4,976
5,081
 
 


Independent
Dessie Shiels
4.9
1,876
1,903
2,063
2,085
2,299
2,605
 
 
 


Independent

Ian McGarvey
3.4
1,287
1,296
1,399
1,409
1,653
 
 
 
 


New Vision
MacDara Blaney
3.2
1,228
1,249
1,317
1,327
 
 
 
 
 


Independent
Betty Holmes
3.0
1,150
1,197
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Green Party
Humphrey Murphy
0.5
206
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


New Vision
Ryan Stewart
0.5
203
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Electorate: 59,084   Valid: 37,918   Spoilt: 406 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,480   Turnout: 38,324 (64.9%)




2007 general election













































































































































































2007 general election: Donegal North-East[17]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8


Fine Gael

Joe McHugh
22.6
8,711
8,800
8,900
9,134

10,034
 
 
 


Fianna Fáil

Jim McDaid
17.5
6,724
6,746
6,786
6,932
7,343
7,489

10,008
 


Fianna Fáil

Niall Blaney
16.3
6,288
6,332
6,360
6,538
6,802
6,888
9,123

9,439


Sinn Féin

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
17.5
6,733
6,789
6,896
6,997
7,315
7,410
8,821
8,876


Fianna Fáil

Cecilia Keaveney
16.5
6,362
6,441
6,471
6,481
6,674
6,744
 
 


Independent

Jimmy Harte
3.4
1,313
1,353
1,415
1,469
 
 
 
 


Labour Party
Siobhan McLaughlin
1.8
703
723
844
884
 
 
 
 


Independent

Ian McGarvey
2.0
733
795
823
 
 
 
 
 


Green Party
Frank Gallagher
1.4
520
546
 
 
 
 
 
 


Christian Solidarity
Mary Doherty
0.9
339
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Independent
Arthur McGuinness
0.1
86
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Electorate: 57,244   Valid: 38,545   Spoilt: 386 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,637   Turnout: 38,931 (68.0%)




2002 general election





































































































2002 general election: Donegal North-East[16]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6


Fianna Fáil

Jim McDaid
26.5

9,614
 
 
 
 
 


Fianna Fáil

Cecilia Keaveney
22.9
8,340
8,463
8,712

9,724
 
 


Independent Fianna Fáil

Niall Blaney
16.8
6,124
6,261
6,392
7,667
8,031

8,789


Fine Gael

Sean Maloney
10.3
3,694
4,081
4,181
4,627
4,680
7,432


Fine Gael
Bernard McGuinness
10.8
3,914
4,101
4,111
4,376
4,551
 


Sinn Féin

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
9.9
3,611
3,714
3,751
 
 
 


Labour Party
Jackie McNair
2.8
1,021
 
 
 
 
 

Electorate: 58,208   Valid: 36,347   Spoilt: 549 (1.5%)   Quota: 9,087   Turnout: 36,896 (63.4%)




1997 general election






















































































1997 general election: Donegal North-East[15]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fianna Fáil

Cecilia Keaveney
8,317
23.4
1
4


Independent Fianna Fáil

Harry Blaney
7,484
21.1
2
4


Fianna Fáil

Jim McDaid
6,538
18.4
3
5


Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
4,969
14.0




Sinn Féin

Pat Doherty
2,881
8.1




Labour Party

Sean Maloney
1,948
5.5




Fine Gael
Jim Sheridan
1,735
4.9




Donegal Progressive Party
Jim Devenney
1,657
4.7



Electorate: 52,576   Valid: 35,529   Spoilt: 422 (1.2%)   Quota: 7,106   Turnout: 35,951 (68.4%)


1996 by-election


Following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil TD Neil Blaney, a by-election was held on 2 April 1996. It was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Cecilia Keaveney.



























































1996 by-election: Donegal North-East[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fianna Fáil

Cecilia Keaveney
9,872
32.2
1
4


Independent Fianna Fáil

Harry Blaney
8,943
29.2




Fine Gael
Jim Sheridan
5,679
18.5




Labour Party

Sean Maloney
3,791
12.4




Sinn Féin

Pat Doherty
2,340
7.6



Electorate: 50,443   Valid: 30,625   Quota: 15,313   Turnout: 60.7%


1992 general election








































































































1992 general election: Donegal North-East[13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fianna Fáil

Jim McDaid
6,927
22.2
1
7


Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
4,292
13.8
2
7


Independent Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
5,248
16.8
3
8


Fianna Fáil

Hugh Conaghan
4,538
14.5




Labour Party

Sean Maloney
3,538
11.3




Fine Gael
Bernard McGuinness
2,667
8.6




Donegal Progressive Party
Jim Devenney
2,082
6.7




Sinn Féin
Jim Ferry
819
2.6




Green Party
Brigid McGonagle
611
2.0




Christian Centrist
Patrick Doherty
487
1.6



Electorate: 46,978   Valid: 31,209   Spoilt: 560 (1.8%)   Quota: 7,803   Turnout: 31,769 (67.6%)


1989 general election













































































1989 general election: Donegal North-East[12]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
7,506
27.0
1



Independent Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
6,961
25.1
2



Fianna Fáil

Jim McDaid
5,553
20.0
3



Fianna Fáil

Hugh Conaghan
5,363
19.3




Sinn Féin
Patrick Doherty
1,091
3.9




Fine Gael

Joachim Loughrey
891
3.2




Independent
Anne Wilkinson
428
1.5



Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,793   Quota: 6,949   Turnout:


1987 general election






















































































1987 general election: Donegal North-East[11]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Independent Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
7,720
26.2
1
1


Fianna Fáil

Hugh Conaghan
7,324
24.9
2



Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
6,997
23.8
3



Sinn Féin

Edward Fullerton
2,365
8.0




Fianna Fáil
Ronan Sweeney
2,188
7.4




Fine Gael

Joachim Loughrey
1,737
5.9




Independent
Michael Brooks
696
2.4




Labour Party
Kevin Monaghan
393
1.3



Electorate: ?   Valid: 29,420   Quota: 7,356   Turnout:


November 1982 general election




































































November 1982 general election: Donegal North-East[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
9,486
31.4
1
1


Independent Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
7,997
26.5
2
1


Fianna Fáil

Hugh Conaghan
6,599
21.8
3



Fianna Fáil

Bernard McGlinchey
3,889
12.9




Fine Gael

Joachim Loughrey
1,697
5.6




Labour Party
Anne Wilkinson
562
1.9



Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,230   Quota: 7,558   Turnout:


February 1982 general election


Unusually, all seats were filled on the first count. A further two counts were then held to give lower placed candidates a chance to save their deposits.




































































February 1982 general election: Donegal North-East[9]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3


Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
31.3

9,362
 
 


Fianna Fáil

Hugh Conaghan
27.1

8,116
 
 


Independent Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
26.3

7,864
 
 


Fine Gael

Joachim Loughrey
7.1
2,112
3,823
 


Fianna Fáil
Ian McGarvey
6.6
1,959
2,046
2,670


Labour Party
Anne Wilkinson
1.6
493
580
595

Electorate: 40,811   Valid: 29,906   Spoilt: 410 (1.4%)   Quota: 7,477   Turnout: 30,316 (74.3%)




1981 general election











































































1981 general election: Donegal North-East[8]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4


Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
24.3
7,853
7,967

10,995
 


Independent Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
24.5
7,920
7,999

8,228
 


Fianna Fáil

Hugh Conaghan
22.6
7,283
7,319
7,536

7,814


Fianna Fáil

Bernard McGlinchey
15.8
5,111
5,191
5,324
5,500


Fine Gael
Bernard McGuinness
11.3
3,650
3,753
 
 


Labour Party
Anne Wilkinson
1.5
470
 
 
 

Electorate: 40,807   Valid: 32,287   Spoilt: 405 (1.2%)   Quota: 8,072   Turnout: 32,992 (80.8%)




1976 by-election


Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Cunningham, a by-election was held on 10 June 1976. The seat was won by the Independent Fianna Fáil candidate Paddy Keaveney.


















































1976 by-election: Donegal North-East[7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Independent Fianna Fáil

Paddy Keaveney
9,986
31.1
1



Fine Gael

Joachim Loughrey
10,188
31.8




Fianna Fáil

Hugh Conaghan
9,865
30.7




Independent
Tony Gill
2,053
6.4



Electorate: 42,390   Valid: 32,092   Quota: 16,047   Turnout: 75.7%


1973 general election













































































1973 general election: Donegal North-East[6]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Independent Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
8,368
29.3
1



Fianna Fáil

Liam Cunningham
6,704
23.5
2



Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
5,480
19.2
3



Fine Gael
Bertie Boggs
4,056
14.2




Fianna Fáil

Bernard McGlinchey
2,537
8.9




Fianna Fáil
John Harkin
1,191
4.2




Independent
Daniel MacCarron
205
0.7



Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,541   Quota: 7,136   Turnout:


1969 general election



























































1969 general election: Donegal North-East[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
8,706
30.4
1



Fianna Fáil

Liam Cunningham
6,903
24.1
2



Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
6,057
21.1
3



Fine Gael
Bertie Boggs
5,962
20.8




Labour Party
Colum O'Donnell
1,037
3.6



Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,665   Quota: 7,167   Turnout:


1965 general election



























































1965 general election: Donegal North-East[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
9,003
35.5
1
1


Fianna Fáil

Liam Cunningham
6,039
23.8
2



Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
6,016
23.7
3



Fine Gael
Seán McLaughlin
3,170
12.5




Labour Party
Dominick McCauley
1,147
4.5



Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,375   Quota: 6,344   Turnout:


1961 general election


















































1961 general election: Donegal North-East[3]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count


Fianna Fáil

Neil Blaney
8,738
37.2
1
1


Fianna Fáil

Liam Cunningham
5,686
24.2
2



Fine Gael

Paddy Harte
5,427
23.1
3



Fine Gael
Seán McLaughlin
3,650
15.5



Electorate: ?   Valid: 23,501   Quota: 5,876   Turnout:


See also



  • Dáil constituencies

  • Politics of the Republic of Ireland

  • Historic Dáil constituencies

  • Elections in the Republic of Ireland



References





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