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Roscommon–Galway
Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency
Future constituency
Created2016
Seats3
County councilCounty Roscommon
County Galway
EP constituencyMidlands–North-West

Roscommon–Galway is a parliamentary constituency which will be represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election. The constituency will elect 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). 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 next 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 new constituency will incorporate all of County Roscommon from the existing Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency, and thirty three electoral divisions from the Galway East constituency.

The 2013 Act defines the constituency as:

"The county of Roscommon;
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
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
32nd 2016 Denis Naughten
(Ind)
Michael Fitzmaurice
(Ind)
Eugene Murphy
(FF)

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

2016 general election

2016 general election: Roscommon–Galway
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Denis Naughten 30.5 13936              
Independent Alliance Michael Fitzmaurice 21.3 9750 10964 10996 11073 11275 11630    
Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy 14.9 6813 7157 7162 7192 7260 7368 7565 10104
Fine Gael Maura Hopkins 14.9 6812 7317 7324 7428 7555 7698 8388 9313
Sinn Féin Claire Kerrane 6.7 3075 3196 3207 3256 3301 3591 3826  
Fianna Fáil Shane Curran 4.4 2006 2164 2168 2198 2240 2294 2389  
Labour John Kelly 2.7 1211 1254 1258 1320 1373 1442    
AAA–PBP Eddie Conroy 2.1 982 1008 1015 1146 1172      
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: 64235   Valid: 45680   Spoilt: 315   Quota: 11421   Turnout: 71.6%  

See also

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. ^ "General election 2016: Roscommon–Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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