Longford–Roscommon | |
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Former Dáil constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1992 |
Abolished | 2007 |
Seats | 4 |
Local government areas | |
Created from | |
Replaced by |
Longford–Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1992 to 2007. The constituency was served by 4 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The Longford–Roscommon constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 and first used at the 1992 general election. [1] The constituency was previously represented through the constituencies of Roscommon and Longford-Westmeath, both of which were abolished in 1992.
The constituency spanned the entire area of County Longford and County Roscommon, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas. [1]
It was one of a number of constituencies which were altered by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005; with effect from the 2007 general election, the Longford–Roscommon constituency was abolished. Longford joined the recreated constituency of Longford–Westmeath, while Roscommon became part of Roscommon–South Leitrim.
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Roscommon 1992–2007 | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||
27th | 1992 [2] |
Albert Reynolds ( FF) |
Seán Doherty ( FF) |
Tom Foxe ( Ind) |
John Connor ( FG) | ||||
28th | 1997 [3] |
Louis Belton ( FG) |
Denis Naughten ( FG) | ||||||
29th | 2002 [4] |
Peter Kelly ( FF) |
Michael Finneran ( FF) |
Mae Sexton ( PDs) | |||||
30th | 2007 | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath and Roscommon–South Leitrim |
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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Peter Kelly | 14.7 | 7,319 | 7,323 | 7,334 | 7,407 | 7,634 | 7,872 | 7,905 | 7,980 | 8,005 | 9,318 | |
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 13.4 | 6,660 | 6,686 | 6,722 | 6,921 | 7,076 | 7,431 | 9,506 | 11,614 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 13.1 | 6,502 | 6,521 | 6,537 | 6,612 | 6,730 | 7,158 | 7,294 | 8,181 | 8,725 | 8,916 | |
Fianna Fáil | Greg Kelly | 12.9 | 6,430 | 6,471 | 6,490 | 6,670 | 6,897 | 7,014 | 7,740 | 8,459 | 8,687 | 8,862 | |
Fine Gael | Louis Belton | 9.6 | 4,762 | 4,767 | 4,788 | 4,921 | 5,037 | 5,193 | 5,705 | 5,832 | 6,215 | ||
Progressive Democrats | Mae Sexton | 9.4 | 4,679 | 4,699 | 4,751 | 4,905 | 5,198 | 5,497 | 5,558 | 6,071 | 6,301 | 8,917 | |
Fine Gael | John Connor | 7.7 | 3,829 | 3,880 | 3,899 | 4,042 | 4,150 | 4,289 | |||||
Independent | Úna Quinn | 7.2 | 3,598 | 3,650 | 3,738 | 4,000 | 4,331 | 4,859 | 5,365 | ||||
Independent | Tom Crosby | 4.3 | 2,123 | 2,133 | 2,144 | 2,251 | 2,422 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Whelan | 3.4 | 1,673 | 1,686 | 1,702 | 1,872 | |||||||
Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan | 1.6 | 779 | 790 | 840 | ||||||||
Labour | Hughie Baxter | 1.3 | 638 | 640 | 724 | ||||||||
Green | Catherine Ansboro | 0.9 | 426 | 435 | |||||||||
Independent | Vincent Killalea | 0.4 | 191 | ||||||||||
Christian Solidarity | Brian Lenehan | 0.2 | 80 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 70,650 Valid: 49,689 Spoilt: 621 (1.2%) Quota: 9,938 Turnout: 50,310 (71.2%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Albert Reynolds | 18.5 | 8,742 | 8,793 | 9,847 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 14.1 | 6,652 | 6,801 | 6,917 | 7,291 | 9,040 | 9,058 | 12,868 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Sean Doherty | 12.2 | 5,768 | 6,050 | 6,191 | 7,446 | 8,526 | 8,643 | 9,693 | ||
Fine Gael | Louis Belton | 12.1 | 5,696 | 5,800 | 6,299 | 6,356 | 6,514 | 6,699 | 7,315 | 9,632 | |
Fine Gael | John Connor | 10.8 | 5,104 | 5,342 | 5,388 | 5,559 | 6,210 | 6,213 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 9.3 | 4,414 | 4,457 | 4,545 | 5,523 | 6,360 | 6,427 | 6,654 | 6,988 | |
Independent | Tom Foxe | 8.6 | 4,082 | 4,280 | 4,465 | 5,000 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden | 7.0 | 3,308 | 3,382 | 3,513 | ||||||
Progressive Democrats | Mae Sexton | 4.8 | 2,289 | 2,346 | |||||||
Labour | Marian Gaffney | 1.5 | 699 | ||||||||
Independent | Brian Sheerin | 1.1 | 526 | ||||||||
Electorate: 63,942 Valid: 47,280 Spoilt: 563 (1.2%) Quota: 9,457 Turnout: 47,843 (74.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Albert Reynolds | 22.8 | 10,307 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Doherty | 12.8 | 5,788 | 6,124 | 6,147 | 6,247 | 6,335 | 7,130 | 7,510 | 7,799 | 7,994 | |
Independent | Tom Foxe | 12.3 | 5,585 | 5,621 | 5,657 | 5,951 | 6,365 | 6,765 | 7,869 | 8,609 | 9,730 | |
Fine Gael | John Connor | 11.4 | 5,154 | 5,160 | 5,173 | 5,316 | 5,343 | 5,383 | 6,995 | 10,809 | ||
Fine Gael | Louis Belton | 10.5 | 4,769 | 4,974 | 4,992 | 5,091 | 5,667 | 5,691 | 6,396 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden | 9.6 | 4,331 | 4,732 | 4,752 | 4,838 | 4,962 | 6,016 | 6,578 | 6,931 | 7,132 | |
Fine Gael | Liam Naughten | 8.0 | 3,633 | 3,642 | 3,651 | 3,759 | 3,784 | 4,815 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 7.2 | 3,261 | 3,378 | 3,385 | 3,421 | 3,464 | |||||
Independent | Mae Sexton | 2.6 | 1,160 | 1,279 | 1,325 | 1,500 | ||||||
Labour | Jim Nolan | 1.3 | 595 | 600 | 655 | |||||||
Independent | Martin Hogan | 1.0 | 459 | 462 | 473 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Tena O'Leary | 0.4 | 160 | 165 | ||||||||
Green | Peter Sweetman | 0.2 | 103 | 106 | ||||||||
Electorate: 60,709 Valid: 45,305 Spoilt: 501 (1.1%) Quota: 9,062 Turnout: 45,806 (75.5%) |
Longford–Roscommon | |
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Former Dáil constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1992 |
Abolished | 2007 |
Seats | 4 |
Local government areas | |
Created from | |
Replaced by |
Longford–Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1992 to 2007. The constituency was served by 4 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The Longford–Roscommon constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 and first used at the 1992 general election. [1] The constituency was previously represented through the constituencies of Roscommon and Longford-Westmeath, both of which were abolished in 1992.
The constituency spanned the entire area of County Longford and County Roscommon, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas. [1]
It was one of a number of constituencies which were altered by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005; with effect from the 2007 general election, the Longford–Roscommon constituency was abolished. Longford joined the recreated constituency of Longford–Westmeath, while Roscommon became part of Roscommon–South Leitrim.
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Roscommon 1992–2007 | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||
27th | 1992 [2] |
Albert Reynolds ( FF) |
Seán Doherty ( FF) |
Tom Foxe ( Ind) |
John Connor ( FG) | ||||
28th | 1997 [3] |
Louis Belton ( FG) |
Denis Naughten ( FG) | ||||||
29th | 2002 [4] |
Peter Kelly ( FF) |
Michael Finneran ( FF) |
Mae Sexton ( PDs) | |||||
30th | 2007 | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath and Roscommon–South Leitrim |
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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Peter Kelly | 14.7 | 7,319 | 7,323 | 7,334 | 7,407 | 7,634 | 7,872 | 7,905 | 7,980 | 8,005 | 9,318 | |
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 13.4 | 6,660 | 6,686 | 6,722 | 6,921 | 7,076 | 7,431 | 9,506 | 11,614 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 13.1 | 6,502 | 6,521 | 6,537 | 6,612 | 6,730 | 7,158 | 7,294 | 8,181 | 8,725 | 8,916 | |
Fianna Fáil | Greg Kelly | 12.9 | 6,430 | 6,471 | 6,490 | 6,670 | 6,897 | 7,014 | 7,740 | 8,459 | 8,687 | 8,862 | |
Fine Gael | Louis Belton | 9.6 | 4,762 | 4,767 | 4,788 | 4,921 | 5,037 | 5,193 | 5,705 | 5,832 | 6,215 | ||
Progressive Democrats | Mae Sexton | 9.4 | 4,679 | 4,699 | 4,751 | 4,905 | 5,198 | 5,497 | 5,558 | 6,071 | 6,301 | 8,917 | |
Fine Gael | John Connor | 7.7 | 3,829 | 3,880 | 3,899 | 4,042 | 4,150 | 4,289 | |||||
Independent | Úna Quinn | 7.2 | 3,598 | 3,650 | 3,738 | 4,000 | 4,331 | 4,859 | 5,365 | ||||
Independent | Tom Crosby | 4.3 | 2,123 | 2,133 | 2,144 | 2,251 | 2,422 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Whelan | 3.4 | 1,673 | 1,686 | 1,702 | 1,872 | |||||||
Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan | 1.6 | 779 | 790 | 840 | ||||||||
Labour | Hughie Baxter | 1.3 | 638 | 640 | 724 | ||||||||
Green | Catherine Ansboro | 0.9 | 426 | 435 | |||||||||
Independent | Vincent Killalea | 0.4 | 191 | ||||||||||
Christian Solidarity | Brian Lenehan | 0.2 | 80 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 70,650 Valid: 49,689 Spoilt: 621 (1.2%) Quota: 9,938 Turnout: 50,310 (71.2%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Albert Reynolds | 18.5 | 8,742 | 8,793 | 9,847 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 14.1 | 6,652 | 6,801 | 6,917 | 7,291 | 9,040 | 9,058 | 12,868 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Sean Doherty | 12.2 | 5,768 | 6,050 | 6,191 | 7,446 | 8,526 | 8,643 | 9,693 | ||
Fine Gael | Louis Belton | 12.1 | 5,696 | 5,800 | 6,299 | 6,356 | 6,514 | 6,699 | 7,315 | 9,632 | |
Fine Gael | John Connor | 10.8 | 5,104 | 5,342 | 5,388 | 5,559 | 6,210 | 6,213 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 9.3 | 4,414 | 4,457 | 4,545 | 5,523 | 6,360 | 6,427 | 6,654 | 6,988 | |
Independent | Tom Foxe | 8.6 | 4,082 | 4,280 | 4,465 | 5,000 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden | 7.0 | 3,308 | 3,382 | 3,513 | ||||||
Progressive Democrats | Mae Sexton | 4.8 | 2,289 | 2,346 | |||||||
Labour | Marian Gaffney | 1.5 | 699 | ||||||||
Independent | Brian Sheerin | 1.1 | 526 | ||||||||
Electorate: 63,942 Valid: 47,280 Spoilt: 563 (1.2%) Quota: 9,457 Turnout: 47,843 (74.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Albert Reynolds | 22.8 | 10,307 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Doherty | 12.8 | 5,788 | 6,124 | 6,147 | 6,247 | 6,335 | 7,130 | 7,510 | 7,799 | 7,994 | |
Independent | Tom Foxe | 12.3 | 5,585 | 5,621 | 5,657 | 5,951 | 6,365 | 6,765 | 7,869 | 8,609 | 9,730 | |
Fine Gael | John Connor | 11.4 | 5,154 | 5,160 | 5,173 | 5,316 | 5,343 | 5,383 | 6,995 | 10,809 | ||
Fine Gael | Louis Belton | 10.5 | 4,769 | 4,974 | 4,992 | 5,091 | 5,667 | 5,691 | 6,396 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden | 9.6 | 4,331 | 4,732 | 4,752 | 4,838 | 4,962 | 6,016 | 6,578 | 6,931 | 7,132 | |
Fine Gael | Liam Naughten | 8.0 | 3,633 | 3,642 | 3,651 | 3,759 | 3,784 | 4,815 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 7.2 | 3,261 | 3,378 | 3,385 | 3,421 | 3,464 | |||||
Independent | Mae Sexton | 2.6 | 1,160 | 1,279 | 1,325 | 1,500 | ||||||
Labour | Jim Nolan | 1.3 | 595 | 600 | 655 | |||||||
Independent | Martin Hogan | 1.0 | 459 | 462 | 473 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Tena O'Leary | 0.4 | 160 | 165 | ||||||||
Green | Peter Sweetman | 0.2 | 103 | 106 | ||||||||
Electorate: 60,709 Valid: 45,305 Spoilt: 501 (1.1%) Quota: 9,062 Turnout: 45,806 (75.5%) |