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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)
Local government areas	County Roscommon County Galway
Created from	Roscommon–South Leitrim Galway East
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 proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (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 previous Roscommon–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

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

1. 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

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

References

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

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of County Roscommon
• Politics of County Galway
• 2016 establishments in Ireland
• Constituencies established in 2016