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	The ] proposed in its 2012 report that at the following general election a new constituency called Roscommon–Galway be created.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-5.4.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-1.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>		The ] proposed in its 2012 report that at the following general election a new constituency called Roscommon–Galway be created.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-5.4.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-1.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>

	It was established by the ].<ref name=ea_2013>{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2013/en/act/pub/0007/sched.html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The constituency ~~incorporates all of~~ ] from the ~~existing~~ ] constituency, and thirty three electoral divisions from the ] constituency.		It was established by the ].<ref name=ea_2013>{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2013/en/act/pub/0007/sched.html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The constituency incorporated ] from the p revioys] constituency, and thirty three electoral divisions from the ] constituency.

	The ] defines the constituency as:<ref name="ea-2017">{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>		The ] defines the constituency as:<ref name="ea-2017">{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>

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Dáil constituency (2016–present)

Roscommon–Galway
Dáil constituency
Location of Roscommon–Galway within Ireland
Major settlements	Ballaghaderreen Ballinasloe Castlerea Roscommon Strokestown
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	3
TDs	Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind) Claire Kerrane (SF) Denis Naughten (Ind)
County council	Roscommon County Council Galway County Council
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Roscommon–Galway is a parliamentary constituency in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It first returned 3 members (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) in the 2016 general election. The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the following general election a new constituency called Roscommon–Galway be created. The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013. The constituency incorporated County Roscommon from the p revioysRoscommon–South Leitrim constituency, and thirty three electoral divisions from the Galway East constituency.

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:

"The county of Roscommon, except the part which is comprised in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim;

and the county of Galway except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Galway 2016–
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil Independent politicians in Ireland = Independent politicians in Ireland SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016		Eugene Murphy (FF)		Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent politicians in Ireland)		Denis Naughten (Independent politicians in Ireland)
33rd	2020		Claire Kerrane (SF)		Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent politicians in Ireland)		Denis Naughten (Independent politicians in Ireland)

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

2020 general election

2020 general election: Roscommon–Galway
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Michael Fitzmaurice	28.7	13,077
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Denis Naughten	18.5	8,422	9,057	9,419	10,866	14,683
	Sinn Féin	Claire Kerrane	17.5	8,003	8,322	8,690	9,402	10,082	10,545
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy	10.8	4,945	5,201	5,381	7,242	8,058	9,204
	Fine Gael	Aisling Dolan	12.0	5,466	5,635	5,710	6,162
	Fianna Fáil	Orla Leyden	6.5	2,953	3,124	3,197
	Green	Julie O'Donoghue	3.1	1,413	1,445	1,610
	Aontú	James Hope	1.1	504	542
	Solidarity–PBP	Kenny Tynan	0.9	422	442
	National Party	Paul Hanley	0.7	319	331
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Thomas Fallon	0.2	88	109
Electorate: 69,598 Valid: 45,612 Spoilt: 330 Quota: 11,404 Turnout: 45,942 (66.0%)

People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Tynan was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Roscommon–Galway
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Denis Naughten	30.5	13,936
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Michael Fitzmaurice	21.3	9,750	10,964	10,996	11,073	11,275	11,630
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy	14.9	6,813	7,157	7,162	7,192	7,260	7,368	7,565	10,104
	Fine Gael	Maura Hopkins	14.9	6,812	7,317	7,324	7,428	7,555	7,698	8,388	9,313
	Sinn Féin	Claire Kerrane	6.7	3,075	3,196	3,207	3,256	3,301	3,591	3,826
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Curran	4.4	2,006	2,164	2,168	2,198	2,240	2,294	2,389
	Labour	John Kelly	2.7	1,211	1,254	1,258	1,320	1,373	1,442
	AAA–PBP	Eddie Conroy	2.1	982	1,008	1,015	1,146	1,172
	Renua	Anne Farrell	1.1	520	577	580	616
	Green	Miriam Hennesy	0.6	286	305	307
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Anthony Coleman	0.5	214	229	237
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Thomas Fallon	0.2	75	88
Electorate: 64,235 Valid: 45,680 Spoilt: 315 Quota: 11,421 Turnout: 71.6%

References

"Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
"Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
"Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
"Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "General election 2016: Roscommon–Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
"General election 2020: Roscommon–Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
"General Election 2020 Results – Roscommon–Galway". RTÉ News. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
"Roscommon–Galway: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
"Roscommon Galway Results 2016". Irelandelection.com.
"Roscommon Galway Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.

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Dáil constituencies

Parliamentary constituencies in County Roscommon

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Roscommon (????–1800)
Athlone (1607–1800)
Boyle (1614–1800)
Tulsk (1643–1800)
Roscommon (1611–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Athlone (1801–1885)
North Roscommon (1885–1922)
South Roscommon (1885–1922)
Roscommon (1801–1885)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–1923) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–1923) Roscommon (1923–1969, 1981–1992) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–1981) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–2016)
Current	Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–2014)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Parliamentary constituencies in County Galway and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Galway (1560–1801)
Athenry (1378–1800)
Galway Town (1378–1800)
Tuam (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

County Galway (1801–1885)
Galway Town (1801–1918)
Galway Connemara (1885–1922)
East Galway (1885–1922)
North Galway (1885–1922)
South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Galway (1921–1937) Galway North (1948–1961) Galway North-East (1969–1977) Galway South (1948–1961) Clare–South Galway (1969–1977)
Current	Galway East (1937–1948, 1961–1969, 1977–) Galway West (1937–) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–2014)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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	The ] proposed in its 2012 report that at the following general election a new constituency called Roscommon–Galway be created.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-5.4.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-1.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>		The ] proposed in its 2012 report that at the following general election a new constituency called Roscommon–Galway be created.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-5.4.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-1.pdf\|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation\|work=]\|date=21 June 2012\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>

	It was established by the ].<ref name=ea_2013>{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2013/en/act/pub/0007/sched.html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The constituency ~~incorporates all of~~ ] from the ~~existing~~ ] constituency, and thirty three electoral divisions from the ] constituency.		It was established by the ].<ref name=ea_2013>{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2013/en/act/pub/0007/sched.html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The constituency incorporated ] from the p revioys] constituency, and thirty three electoral divisions from the ] constituency.

	The ] defines the constituency as:<ref name="ea-2017">{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>		The ] defines the constituency as:<ref name="ea-2017">{{cite web\|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule\|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html#sched\|work=Irish Statute Book database\|access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>

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