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Donegal North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1961 to 1977 and from 1981 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Donegal North-East | |
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Former Dáil constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1981 |
Abolished | 2016 |
Seats | 3 |
Local government area | County Donegal |
Replaced by | Donegal |
Donegal North-East | |
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Former Dáil constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1961 |
Abolished | 1977 |
Seats | 3 |
Local government area | County Donegal |
Replaced by | Donegal |
The constituency was first created for the 1961 general election, taking in parts of the abolished Donegal East constituency. It lasted until 1977, when it was abolished and became part of a new Donegal constituency, and was then recreated for the 1981 general election. It was abolished at the 2016 general election, and again became part of the re-created Donegal constituency.
The constituency was located in the northern part of County Donegal. It encompassed the Letterkenny, Milford and Inishowen electoral areas of Donegal County Council.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:[1]
"In the county of Donegal the electoral divisions of:Ardmalin, Ballyliffin, Birdstown, Buncrana Rural, Burt, Carndonagh, Carthage, Castlecary, Castleforward, Culdaff, Desertegny, Dunaff, Fahan, Glenagannon, Gleneely, Glentogher, Greencastle, Illies, Inch Island, Kilderry, Killea, Malin, Mintiaghs, Moville, Newtown Cunningham, Redcastle, Straid, Three Trees, Turmone, Whitecastle, in the former Rural District of Inishowen;
Ballymacool, Castlewray, Corravaddy, Edenacarnan, Gartán, Gortnavern, Killymasny, Kincraigy, Letterkenny Rural, Magheraboy, Manorcunningham, Mín an Lábáin, Suí Corr, Templedouglas, in the former Rural District of Letterkenny;
An Cheathrú Chaol, An Tearmann, Ballyarr, Carraig Airt, Cnoc Colbha, Creamhghort, Fánaid Thiar, Fánaid Thuaidh, Glen, Glenalla, Grianfort, Killygarvan, Kilmacrenan, Loch Caol, Millford, Rathmelton, Rathmullan, Ros Goill, Rosnakill, in the former Rural District of Millford;
and the towns of Buncrana and Letterkenny.
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal North-East 1961–1977[2] | |||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
17th | 1961[3] | Liam Cunningham (FF) |
Neil Blaney (IFF) |
Paddy Harte (FG) | |||
18th | 1965[4] | ||||||
19th | 1969[5] | ||||||
20th | 1973[6] | ||||||
1976 by-election[7] | Paddy Keaveney (IFF) | ||||||
21st | 1977 | Constituency abolished. See Donegal |
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.
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal North-East 1981–2016[2] | |||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
22nd | 1981[8] | Hugh Conaghan (FF) |
Neil Blaney (IFF) |
Paddy Harte (FG) | |||
23rd | 1982 (Feb)[9] | ||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov)[10] | ||||||
25th | 1987[11] | ||||||
26th | 1989[12] | Jim McDaid (FF) | |||||
27th | 1992[13] | ||||||
1996 by-election[14] | Cecilia Keaveney (FF) | ||||||
28th | 1997[15] | Harry Blaney (IFF) | |||||
29th | 2002[16] | Niall Blaney (IFF) | |||||
30th | 2007[17] | Niall Blaney (FF) |
Joe McHugh (FG) | ||||
31st | 2011[18] | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF) |
Charlie McConalogue (FF) | ||||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Donegal |
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 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn | 24.5 | 9,278 | 9,350 | 9,585 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Joe McHugh | 19.3 | 7,330 | 7,368 | 7,513 | 7,524 | 7,662 | 8,147 | 8,731 | 12,049 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Charlie McConalogue | 17.4 | 6,613 | 6,661 | 6,795 | 6,816 | 7,064 | 7,255 | 7,511 | 8,245 | 8,976 | |
Fine Gael | John Ryan | 12.3 | 4,657 | 4,710 | 4,871 | 4,884 | 4,950 | 4,976 | 5,081 | |||
Labour | Jimmy Harte | 10.8 | 4,090 | 4,162 | 4,301 | 4,319 | 4,535 | 4,801 | 5,646 | 6,131 | 7,219 | |
Independent | Dessie Shiels | 4.9 | 1,876 | 1,903 | 2,063 | 2,085 | 2,299 | 2,605 | ||||
Independent | Ian McGarvey | 3.4 | 1,287 | 1,296 | 1,399 | 1,409 | 1,653 | |||||
New Vision | MacDara Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 3.2 | 1,228 | 1,249 | 1,317 | 1,327 | ||||||
Independent | Betty Holmes | 3.0 | 1,150 | 1,197 | ||||||||
Green | Humphrey Murphy | 0.5 | 206 | |||||||||
New Vision | Ryan Stewart[lower-alpha 1] | 0.5 | 203 | |||||||||
Electorate: 59,084 Valid: 37,918 Spoilt: 406 (1.1%) Quota: 9,480 Turnout: 38,324 (64.9%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fine Gael | Joe McHugh | 22.6 | 8,711 | 8,800 | 8,900 | 9,134 | 10,034 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn | 17.5 | 6,733 | 6,789 | 6,896 | 6,997 | 7,315 | 7,410 | 8,821 | 8,876 | |
Fianna Fáil | Jim McDaid | 17.5 | 6,724 | 6,746 | 6,786 | 6,932 | 7,343 | 7,489 | 10,008 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Cecilia Keaveney | 16.5 | 6,362 | 6,441 | 6,471 | 6,481 | 6,674 | 6,744 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Niall Blaney | 16.3 | 6,288 | 6,332 | 6,360 | 6,538 | 6,802 | 6,888 | 9,123 | 9,439 | |
Independent | Jimmy Harte | 3.4 | 1,313 | 1,353 | 1,415 | 1,469 | |||||
Independent | Ian McGarvey | 2.0 | 733 | 795 | 823 | ||||||
Labour | Siobhan McLaughlin | 1.8 | 703 | 723 | 844 | 884 | |||||
Green | Frank Gallagher | 1.4 | 520 | 546 | |||||||
Christian Solidarity | Mary Doherty | 0.9 | 339 | ||||||||
Independent | Arthur McGuinness | 0.1 | 86 | ||||||||
Electorate: 57,244 Valid: 38,545 Spoilt: 386 (1.0%) Quota: 9,637 Turnout: 38,931 (68.0%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Jim McDaid | 26.5 | 9,614 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Cecilia Keaveney | 22.9 | 8,340 | 8,463 | 8,712 | 9,724 | |||||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Niall Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 16.8 | 6,124 | 6,261 | 6,392 | 7,667 | 8,031 | 8,789 | |||
Fine Gael | Bernard McGuinness | 10.8 | 3,914 | 4,101 | 4,111 | 4,376 | 4,551 | ||||
Fine Gael | Seán Maloney | 10.3 | 3,694 | 4,081 | 4,181 | 4,627 | 4,680 | 7,432 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn | 9.9 | 3,611 | 3,714 | 3,751 | ||||||
Labour | Jackie McNair | 2.8 | 1,021 | ||||||||
Electorate: 58,208 Valid: 36,347 Spoilt: 549 (1.5%) Quota: 9,087 Turnout: 36,896 (63.4%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Cecilia Keaveney | 23.4 | 8,317 | 8,450 | 8,860 | 9,712 | ||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Harry Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 21.1 | 7,484 | 7,608 | 7,723 | 9,387 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Jim McDaid | 18.4 | 6,538 | 6,710 | 6,788 | 7,894 | 8,244 | |
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 14.0 | 4,969 | 5,860 | 6,798 | 7,627 | 7,729 | |
Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 8.1 | 2,881 | 2,917 | 2,975 | |||
Labour | Seán Maloney | 5.5 | 1,948 | 2,038 | 2,178 | |||
Fine Gael | Jim Sheridan | 4.9 | 1,735 | 1,793 | ||||
Donegal Progressive Party | Jim Devenney[lower-alpha 2] | 4.7 | 1,657 | |||||
Electorate: 52,576 Valid: 35,529 Spoilt: 422 (1.2%) Quota: 8,883 Turnout: 35,951 (68.4%) |
Following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil TD Neil Blaney, a by-election was held on 2 April 1996.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Cecilia Keaveney | 32.2 | 9,872 | 10,351 | 11,454 | 14,115 | |
Independent Fianna Fáil | Harry Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 29.2 | 8,943 | 10,208 | 11,444 | 13,077 | |
Fine Gael | Jim Sheridan | 18.5 | 5,679 | 5,813 | 6,861 | ||
Labour | Seán Maloney | 12.4 | 3,791 | 4,003 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pat Doherty | 7.6 | 2,340 | ||||
Electorate: 50,443 Valid: 30,625 Quota: 15,313 Turnout: 60.7% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Jim McDaid | 22.2 | 6,927 | 6,952 | 7,036 | 7,119 | 7,347 | 7,531 | 8,834 | ||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 16.8 | 5,248 | 5,345 | 5,403 | 5,722 | 5,819 | 6,125 | 6,734 | 7,061 | |
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan | 14.5 | 4,538 | 4,638 | 4,679 | 4,770 | 4,883 | 5,137 | 5,477 | 5,722 | |
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 13.8 | 4,292 | 4,330 | 4,387 | 4,424 | 5,487 | 7,036 | 8,055 | ||
Labour | Seán Maloney | 11.3 | 3,538 | 3,590 | 3,794 | 3,888 | 4,093 | 4,379 | |||
Fine Gael | Bernard McGuinness | 8.6 | 2,667 | 2,707 | 2,790 | 2,817 | 2,907 | ||||
Donegal Progressive Party | Jim Devenney[lower-alpha 2] | 6.7 | 2,082 | 2,096 | 2,121 | 2,135 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Jim Ferry | 2.6 | 819 | 844 | 876 | ||||||
Green | Brigid McGonagle | 2.0 | 611 | 657 | |||||||
Christian Centrist | Patrick Doherty | 1.6 | 487 | ||||||||
Electorate: 46,978 Valid: 31,209 Spoilt: 560 (1.8%) Quota: 7,803 Turnout: 31,769 (67.6%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 27.0 | 7,506 | |||||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 25.1 | 6,961 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Jim McDaid | 20.0 | 5,553 | 5,623 | 5,717 | 5,951 | 6,254 | |
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan | 19.3 | 5,363 | 5,399 | 5,447 | 5,576 | 5,730 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Doherty | 3.9 | 1,091 | 1,102 | 1,164 | |||
Fine Gael | Joachim Loughrey | 3.2 | 891 | 1,320 | 1,405 | 1,474 | ||
Independent | Anne Wilkinson | 1.5 | 428 | 440 | ||||
Electorate: 44,450 Valid: 27,793 Quota: 6,949 Turnout: 62.5% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 26.2 | 7,720 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan | 24.9 | 7,324 | 7,455 | |||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 23.8 | 6,997 | 7,041 | 7,481 | ||
Sinn Féin | Eddie Fullerton | 8.0 | 2,365 | 2,438 | 2,536 | 2,663 | |
Fianna Fáil | Ronan Sweeney | 7.4 | 2,188 | 2,269 | 2,390 | 2,471 | |
Fine Gael | Joachim Loughrey | 5.9 | 1,737 | 1,757 | 1,870 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Michael Brooks | 2.4 | 696 | 705 | |||
Labour | Kevin Monaghan | 1.3 | 393 | 399 | |||
Electorate: 44,853 Valid: 29,420 Quota: 7,356 Turnout: 65.6% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 31.4 | 9,486 | |||||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 26.5 | 7,997 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan | 21.8 | 6,599 | 6,698 | 6,795 | 7,033 | 7,529 | |
Fianna Fáil | Bernard McGlinchey | 12.9 | 3,889 | 3,975 | 4,056 | 4,219 | 4,615 | |
Fine Gael | Joachim Loughrey | 5.6 | 1,697 | 3,389 | 3,654 | 3,692 | ||
Labour | Anne Wilkinson | 1.9 | 562 | 613 | ||||
Electorate: 41,462 Valid: 30,230 Quota: 7,558 Turnout: 72.9% |
Unusually, all seats were filled on the first count. A further two counts were then held to give lower-placed candidates a chance to save their deposits.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 31.3 | 9,362 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan | 27.1 | 8,116 | |||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 26.3 | 7,864 | |||
Fine Gael | Joachim Loughrey | 7.1 | 2,112 | 3,823 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Ian McGarvey | 6.6 | 1,959 | 2,046 | 2,670 | |
Labour | Anne Wilkinson | 1.6 | 493 | 580 | 595 | |
Electorate: 40,811 Valid: 29,906 Spoilt: 410 (1.4%) Quota: 7,477 Turnout: 30,316 (74.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 24.5 | 7,920 | 7,999 | 8,228 | ||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 24.3 | 7,853 | 7,967 | 10,995 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan | 22.6 | 7,283 | 7,319 | 7,536 | 7,814 | |
Fianna Fáil | Bernard McGlinchey | 15.8 | 5,111 | 5,191 | 5,324 | 5,500 | |
Fine Gael | Bernard McGuinness | 11.3 | 3,650 | 3,753 | |||
Labour | Anne Wilkinson | 1.5 | 470 | ||||
Electorate: 40,807 Valid: 32,287 Spoilt: 405 (1.2%) Quota: 8,072 Turnout: 32,992 (80.8%) |
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Cunningham, a by-election was held on 10 June 1976.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Fine Gael | Joachim Loughrey | 31.8 | 10,188 | 10,777 | 11,957 | |
Independent Fianna Fáil | Paddy Keaveney[lower-alpha 1] | 31.1 | 9,986 | 10,525 | 13,579 | |
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan | 30.7 | 9,865 | 10,323 | ||
Independent | Tony Gill | 6.4 | 2,053 | |||
Electorate: 42,390 Valid: 32,092 Quota: 16,047 Turnout: 75.71% |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Independent Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney[lower-alpha 1] | 8,368 | 29.3 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Cunningham | 6,704 | 23.5 | 2 | ||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 5,480 | 19.2 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Bertie Boggs | 4,056 | 14.2 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Bernard McGlinchey | 2,537 | 8.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | John Harkin | 1,191 | 4.2 | |||
Independent | Daniel MacCarron | 205 | 0.7 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,541 Quota: 7,136 Turnout: |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney | 8,706 | 30.4 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Cunningham | 6,903 | 24.1 | 2 | ||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 6,057 | 21.1 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Bertie Boggs | 5,962 | 20.8 | |||
Labour | Colum O'Donnell | 1,037 | 3.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,665 Quota: 7,167 Turnout: |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney | 35.5 | 9,003 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Cunningham | 23.8 | 6,039 | 8,501 | ||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 23.7 | 6,016 | 6,142 | 6,328 | |
Fine Gael | Seán McLaughlin | 12.5 | 3,170 | 3,185 | 3,279 | |
Labour | Dominick McCauley | 4.5 | 1,147 | 1,203 | 1,374 | |
Electorate: 35,152 Valid: 25,375 Quota: 6,344 Turnout: 72.2% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney | 37.2 | 8,738 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Cunningham | 24.2 | 5,686 | 8,349 | ||
Fine Gael | Paddy Harte | 23.1 | 5,427 | 5,568 | 5,888 | |
Fine Gael | Seán McLaughlin | 15.5 | 3,650 | 3,708 | 3,789 | |
Electorate: 34,844 Valid: 23,501 Quota: 5,876 Turnout: 67.5% |
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