RoscommonâSouth Leitrim | |
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Former DĂĄil constituency | |
![]() Location of RoscommonâSouth Leitrim within
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Former constituency | |
Created | 2007 |
Abolished | 2016 |
Seats | 3 |
Local government areas | |
Created from | |
Replaced by |
RoscommonâSouth Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in DĂĄil Ăireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2007 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies ( TeachtaĂ DĂĄla, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was created for the 2007 general election by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, [1] which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on DĂĄil Constituencies. It included all of County Roscommon and the southern portion of County Leitrim (the area to the east and south of Lough Allen). [2] This territory was previously represented through the constituencies of LongfordâRoscommon and SligoâLeitrim, both of which were abolished in 2007.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:
"The county of Roscommon;and, in the county of Leitrim, the electoral divisions of:
Ballinamore, Cloverhill, Corralla, Drumreilly North, Drumreilly South, Garradice, Greaghglass, Killygar, Newtowngore, Oughteragh, in the former Rural District of Ballinamore;
Annaduff, Carrick-on-Shannon, Drumsna, Gortnagullion, Gowel, in the former Rural District of Carrick-on-Shannon No. 1;
Aghavas, Beihy, Breandrum, Bunny Beg, Carrigallen East, Carrigallen West, Cashel, Castlefore, Cattan, Cloone, Corriga, Drumard, Drumdoo, Drumod, Fenagh, Gortermone, Keeldra, Lisgillock, Mohill, Rinn, Riverstown, Roosky, Rowan, in the former Rural District of Mohill."
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the RoscommonâGalway and SligoâLeitrim constituencies.
TeachtaĂ DĂĄla (TDs) for RoscommonâSouth Leitrim 2007–2016 | |||||||
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Key to parties
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DĂĄil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
30th | 2007 [3] |
Michael Finneran ( FF) |
Frank Feighan ( FG) |
Denis Naughten ( FG) | |||
31st | 2011 [4] |
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
[5] ( Ind) | |||||
2014 by-election [6] |
Michael Fitzmaurice ( Ind) | ||||||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See RoscommonâGalway and SligoâLeitrim |
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 | ||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Ivan Connaughton | 22.0 | 7,334 | 7,502 | 7,652 | 7,846 | 8,863 | 10,083 | 12,050 | |
Independent | Michael Fitzmaurice | 18.7 | 6,220 | 6,371 | 6,625 | 7,075 | 9,211 | 11,722 | 14,881 | |
Sinn FĂ©in | Martin Kenny | 17.7 | 5,906 | 6,184 | 6,283 | 6,447 | 7,022 | |||
Fine Gael | Maura Hopkins | 16.8 | 5,593 | 5,742 | 5,864 | 6,075 | 7,312 | 8,476 | ||
Independent | John McDermott | 8.8 | 2,944 | 3,018 | 3,187 | 3,468 | ||||
Labour | John Kelly | 6.1 | 2,037 | 2,060 | 2,090 | 2,144 | ||||
Independent | Emmett Corcoran | 3.8 | 1,262 | 1,305 | 1,483 | |||||
Independent | Tom Crosby | 3.1 | 1,030 | 1,063 | ||||||
Independent | Des Guckian | 2.7 | 902 | |||||||
Independent | Gerry O'Boyle | 0.2 | 82 | |||||||
Electorate: 64,873 Valid: 33,310 Spoilt: 262 (0.8%) Quota: 16,656 Turnout: 33,572 (51.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 19.6 | 9,320 | 9,429 | 10,618 | 11,349 | 11,415 | 12,122 | |
Fine Gael | Frank Feighan | 18.9 | 8,983 | 9,457 | 9,902 | 11,130 | 11,239 | 13,266 | |
Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan [n 1] | 18.8 | 8,925 | 9,251 | 10,448 | 12,149 | |||
Sinn FĂ©in | Martin Kenny | 9.8 | 4,637 | 5,369 | 5,526 | 6,042 | 6,108 | ||
Labour | John Kelly | 9.4 | 4,455 | 4,617 | 4,894 | ||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Ivan Connaughton | 8.6 | 4,070 | 5,379 | 5,856 | 6,254 | 6,285 | 7,034 | |
Independent | John McDermott | 7.9 | 3,770 | 3,882 | |||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Gerry Kilrane | 6.4 | 3,033 | ||||||
Green | Garreth McDaid | 0.5 | 220 | ||||||
Independent | SeĂĄn Kearns | 0.2 | 91 | ||||||
Electorate: 60,235 Valid: 47,504 Spoilt: 531 (1.1%) Quota: 11,877 Turnout: 48,035 (79.7%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Michael Finneran | 21.7 | 9,982 | 10,135 | 10,529 | 12,017 | |
Fine Gael | Frank Feighan | 19.8 | 9,103 | 9,507 | 10,421 | 12,065 | |
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 19.4 | 8,928 | 9,354 | 9,670 | 11,048 | |
Fianna FĂĄil | John Ellis | 17.2 | 7,915 | 8,060 | 9,347 | 9,650 | |
Independent | John Kelly | 9.9 | 4,539 | 4,839 | 5,522 | ||
Sinn FĂ©in | Martin Kenny | 8.4 | 3,876 | 4,118 | |||
Green | Garreth McDaid | 1.8 | 836 | ||||
Labour | Hughie Baxter | 1.8 | 832 | ||||
Independent | Noel O'Gara | 0.1 | 66 | ||||
Electorate: 62,437 Valid: 46,077 Spoilt: ? Quota: 11,520 Turnout: 73.8% |
On 22 May 2015, RoscommonâSouth Leitrim was the only constituency to vote against the proposition in what is sometimes described as the marriage equality referendum, with 51.42% voting No. [7]
RoscommonâSouth Leitrim | |
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Former DĂĄil constituency | |
![]() Location of RoscommonâSouth Leitrim within
Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 2007 |
Abolished | 2016 |
Seats | 3 |
Local government areas | |
Created from | |
Replaced by |
RoscommonâSouth Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in DĂĄil Ăireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2007 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies ( TeachtaĂ DĂĄla, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was created for the 2007 general election by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, [1] which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on DĂĄil Constituencies. It included all of County Roscommon and the southern portion of County Leitrim (the area to the east and south of Lough Allen). [2] This territory was previously represented through the constituencies of LongfordâRoscommon and SligoâLeitrim, both of which were abolished in 2007.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:
"The county of Roscommon;and, in the county of Leitrim, the electoral divisions of:
Ballinamore, Cloverhill, Corralla, Drumreilly North, Drumreilly South, Garradice, Greaghglass, Killygar, Newtowngore, Oughteragh, in the former Rural District of Ballinamore;
Annaduff, Carrick-on-Shannon, Drumsna, Gortnagullion, Gowel, in the former Rural District of Carrick-on-Shannon No. 1;
Aghavas, Beihy, Breandrum, Bunny Beg, Carrigallen East, Carrigallen West, Cashel, Castlefore, Cattan, Cloone, Corriga, Drumard, Drumdoo, Drumod, Fenagh, Gortermone, Keeldra, Lisgillock, Mohill, Rinn, Riverstown, Roosky, Rowan, in the former Rural District of Mohill."
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the RoscommonâGalway and SligoâLeitrim constituencies.
TeachtaĂ DĂĄla (TDs) for RoscommonâSouth Leitrim 2007–2016 | |||||||
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Key to parties
| |||||||
DĂĄil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
30th | 2007 [3] |
Michael Finneran ( FF) |
Frank Feighan ( FG) |
Denis Naughten ( FG) | |||
31st | 2011 [4] |
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
[5] ( Ind) | |||||
2014 by-election [6] |
Michael Fitzmaurice ( Ind) | ||||||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See RoscommonâGalway and SligoâLeitrim |
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 | ||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Ivan Connaughton | 22.0 | 7,334 | 7,502 | 7,652 | 7,846 | 8,863 | 10,083 | 12,050 | |
Independent | Michael Fitzmaurice | 18.7 | 6,220 | 6,371 | 6,625 | 7,075 | 9,211 | 11,722 | 14,881 | |
Sinn FĂ©in | Martin Kenny | 17.7 | 5,906 | 6,184 | 6,283 | 6,447 | 7,022 | |||
Fine Gael | Maura Hopkins | 16.8 | 5,593 | 5,742 | 5,864 | 6,075 | 7,312 | 8,476 | ||
Independent | John McDermott | 8.8 | 2,944 | 3,018 | 3,187 | 3,468 | ||||
Labour | John Kelly | 6.1 | 2,037 | 2,060 | 2,090 | 2,144 | ||||
Independent | Emmett Corcoran | 3.8 | 1,262 | 1,305 | 1,483 | |||||
Independent | Tom Crosby | 3.1 | 1,030 | 1,063 | ||||||
Independent | Des Guckian | 2.7 | 902 | |||||||
Independent | Gerry O'Boyle | 0.2 | 82 | |||||||
Electorate: 64,873 Valid: 33,310 Spoilt: 262 (0.8%) Quota: 16,656 Turnout: 33,572 (51.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 19.6 | 9,320 | 9,429 | 10,618 | 11,349 | 11,415 | 12,122 | |
Fine Gael | Frank Feighan | 18.9 | 8,983 | 9,457 | 9,902 | 11,130 | 11,239 | 13,266 | |
Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan [n 1] | 18.8 | 8,925 | 9,251 | 10,448 | 12,149 | |||
Sinn FĂ©in | Martin Kenny | 9.8 | 4,637 | 5,369 | 5,526 | 6,042 | 6,108 | ||
Labour | John Kelly | 9.4 | 4,455 | 4,617 | 4,894 | ||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Ivan Connaughton | 8.6 | 4,070 | 5,379 | 5,856 | 6,254 | 6,285 | 7,034 | |
Independent | John McDermott | 7.9 | 3,770 | 3,882 | |||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Gerry Kilrane | 6.4 | 3,033 | ||||||
Green | Garreth McDaid | 0.5 | 220 | ||||||
Independent | SeĂĄn Kearns | 0.2 | 91 | ||||||
Electorate: 60,235 Valid: 47,504 Spoilt: 531 (1.1%) Quota: 11,877 Turnout: 48,035 (79.7%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Fianna FĂĄil | Michael Finneran | 21.7 | 9,982 | 10,135 | 10,529 | 12,017 | |
Fine Gael | Frank Feighan | 19.8 | 9,103 | 9,507 | 10,421 | 12,065 | |
Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 19.4 | 8,928 | 9,354 | 9,670 | 11,048 | |
Fianna FĂĄil | John Ellis | 17.2 | 7,915 | 8,060 | 9,347 | 9,650 | |
Independent | John Kelly | 9.9 | 4,539 | 4,839 | 5,522 | ||
Sinn FĂ©in | Martin Kenny | 8.4 | 3,876 | 4,118 | |||
Green | Garreth McDaid | 1.8 | 836 | ||||
Labour | Hughie Baxter | 1.8 | 832 | ||||
Independent | Noel O'Gara | 0.1 | 66 | ||||
Electorate: 62,437 Valid: 46,077 Spoilt: ? Quota: 11,520 Turnout: 73.8% |
On 22 May 2015, RoscommonâSouth Leitrim was the only constituency to vote against the proposition in what is sometimes described as the marriage equality referendum, with 51.42% voting No. [7]