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| Roscommon–Galway | |
|---|---|
| Dáil constituency | |
 Location of Roscommon–Galway within Ireland | |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2016 |
| Seats | 3 |
| TDs | |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | |
| 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 was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election. 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."
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2020 | 3 | County Roscommon,
and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West. |
County Roscommon, from Roscommon–South Leitrim, and transfer from Galway East of
Ballinasloe Urban; Ahascragh, Ballinasloe Rural, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Killure, Kylemore, Lismanny, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Island, Kilcroan, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Shankill, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Killeroran, Killian, Taghboy, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Dunmore North, Toberadosh, in the former Rural District of Tuam. |
| 2020– | 3 | County Roscommon, except for the part in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim;
and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West. |
Transfer from Galway East of
Aughrim, Ballymacward, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Scregg, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Annagh, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Addergoole, Carrownagur, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Dunmore South, in the former Rural District of Tuam. and transfer to Sligo–Leitrim of Aghafin, Altagowlan, Ballyfarnan, Ballyformoyle, Boyle Rural, Boyle Urban, Crossna, Danesfort, Keadew, Kilbryan, Killukin, Lough Allen, Oakport, Rockingham, Rushfield, Tivannagh, Tumna North, Tumna South, in the former Rural District of Boyle No. 1. |
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Galway 2016– | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 32nd | 2016 | Eugene Murphy (FF) |
Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind) |
Denis Naughten (Ind) | |||
| 33rd | 2020 | Claire Kerrane (SF) | |||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Michael Fitzmaurice | 28.7 | 13,077 | ||||||
| Independent | 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 | Thomas Fallon | 0.2 | 88 | 109 | |||||
| Electorate: 69,598 Valid: 45,612 Spoilt: 330 Quota: 11,404 Turnout: 45,942 (66.0%) | |||||||||
- Tynan was a member of People Before Profit.
2016 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Denis Naughten | 30.5 | 13,936 | ||||||||
| Independent | 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 | Anthony Coleman | 0.5 | 214 | 229 | 237 | ||||||
| Independent | Thomas Fallon | 0.2 | 75 | 88 | |||||||
| Electorate: 64,235 Valid: 45,680 Spoilt: 315 Quota: 11,421 Turnout: 71.6% | |||||||||||
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
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 28 September 2022.
- Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Enacted on 20 MArch 2013. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 28 September 2022.
- "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- "Constituency Commission Report 2017: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 27 June 2017. p. 71. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "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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