Meath (Dáil constituency)

For the 1801–1885 constituency, see Meath (UK Parliament constituency).

Meath was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1937 and from 1948 to 2007. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Meath
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1937
Seats	3
Local government areas	County Meath County Kildare
Created from	Louth–Meath
Replaced by	Meath–Westmeath

Meath
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	2007
Seats	3 (1948–1977) 4 (1977–1981) 5 (1981–2007)
Local government areas	County Meath County Kildare
Created from	Meath–Westmeath
Replaced by	Meath East Meath West

History and boundaries

The constituency was first created under the Electoral Act 1923 for the 1923 general election, electing 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). It was abolished in 1937. It was recreated under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election, again electing 3 deputies. It gained a fourth seat in 1977 and a fifth seat in 1981.

It was abolished for the 2007 general election, being divided into the two new 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West.

The constituency spanned the entire area of County Meath in Leinster, taking in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. It also included small parts of County Kildare.^[1]

TDs

TDs 1923–1937

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath 1923–1937[2]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[3]		Patrick Mulvany (FP)		David Hall (Lab)		Eamonn Duggan (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[4]		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)
6th	1927 (Sep)[5]				Arthur Matthews (CnaG)
7th	1932[6]		James Kelly (FF)
8th	1933[7]				Robert Davitt (CnaG)		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)
9th	1937	Constituency abolished. See Meath–Westmeath

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.

TDs 1948–2007

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath 1948–2007[2]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[8]		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)		Michael Hilliard (FF)	3 seats until 1977			Patrick Giles (FG)	3 seats until 1977
14th	1951[9]
15th	1954[10]		James Tully (Lab)
16th	1957[11]		James Griffin (FF)
	1959 by-election[12]		Henry Johnston (FF)
17th	1961[13]		James Tully (Lab)						Denis Farrelly (FG)
18th	1965[14]
19th	1969[15]								John Bruton (FG)
20th	1973[16]				Brendan Crinion (FF)
21st	1977[17]						Jim Fitzsimons (FF)			4 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981[18]										John V. Farrelly (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[19]		Michael Lynch (FF)		Colm Hilliard (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[20]		Frank McLoughlin (Lab)
25th	1987[21]		Michael Lynch (FF)				Noel Dempsey (FF)
26th	1989[22]		Mary Wallace (FF)
27th	1992[23]										Brian Fitzgerald (Lab)
28th	1997[24]				Johnny Brady (FF)						John V. Farrelly (FG)
29th	2002[25]										Damien English (FG)
	2005 by-election[26]								Shane McEntee (FG)
30th	2007	Constituency abolished. See Meath East and Meath West

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

2005 by-election

2005 by-election: Meath^[26]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Shane McEntee	34.1	16,964	17,083	18,214	24,047
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Cassells	32.4	16,117	16,230	17,480	21,178
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	12.3	6,087	6,183	6,514
	Labour	Dominic Hannigan	11.2	5,567	5,672	7,061
	Progressive Democrats	Sirena Campbell	5.4	2,679	2,746
	Green	Fergal O'Byrne	3.2	1,590	1,744
	Independent	Liam Ó Gogáin	1.4	702
Electorate: 121,041   Valid: 49,706   Spoilt: 477 (0.9%)   Quota: 24,854   Turnout: 50,183 (41.5%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Meath^[25]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey	18.0	11,534
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	13.7	8,759	9,072	9,104	9,284	9,645	10,007	10,261	10,374	11,635
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady	13.3	8,493	8,751	8,787	8,833	8,879	8,987	9,110	9,577	9,876
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	11.9	7,617	7,693	7,725	7,880	8,121	8,454	9,148	10,881
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	9.4	6,042	6,093	6,144	6,267	6,385	6,710	7,122	7,348	8,080
	Fine Gael	Damien English	9.3	5,958	6,019	6,071	6,139	6,265	6,639	7,376	8,725	10,154
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	6.1	3,877	3,892	3,903	3,937	3,978	4,052	4,273
	Independent	Brian Fitzgerald	5.8	3,722	3,751	3,807	3,920	4,105	4,464	5,139	5,258
	Labour	Peter Ward	4.3	2,727	2,748	2,769	2,844	2,964	3,595
	Green	Fergal O'Byrne	3.7	2,337	2,353	2,406	2,630	2,830
	Independent	Tom Kelly	2.1	1,373	1,380	1,403	1,566
	Independent	Pat O'Brien	1.9	1,199	1,202	1,244
	Independent	Jane Colwell	0.4	263	265
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Redmond	0.3	180	181
Electorate: 108,717   Valid: 64,081   Spoilt: N/A[27]   Quota: 10,681   Turnout: 64,081 (58.9%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Meath^[28]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	23.0	13,037
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey	15.4	8,701	8,970	9,009	9,105	9,253	9,377	9,518
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	13.5	7,669	7,850	8,017	8,052	8,201	8,387	8,774	9,452
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady	13.0	7,372	7,423	7,478	7,506	7,654	7,711	7,751	8,152	8,946	9,179
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	9.4	5,348	7,167	7,290	7,385	7,519	7,654	7,930	8,122	8,339	10,892
	Labour	Brian Fitzgerald	6.5	3,695	4,148	4,208	4,408	4,461	4,694	4,923	4,983	5,267	5,870
	Fine Gael	James Holloway	4.5	2,548	3,102	3,206	3,359	3,461	3,575	3,663	3,801	4,092
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	3.5	2,000	2,020	2,041	2,166	2,228	2,344	2,424	2,485
	Progressive Democrats	Ronnie Owens	2.4	1,344	1,379	1,417	1,441	1,493	1,610	1,700
	Independent	Tom Kelly	2.3	1,305	1,346	1,375	1,391	1,443	1,548
	Green	Anne Kelly McCormack	1.9	1,103	1,145	1,221	1,272	1,352
	Christian Solidarity	Brian Curran	1.8	1,031	1,055	1,070	1,089
	Democratic Left	Christy Gorman	1.4	798	848	871
	Independent	Pauline Farrelly	1.0	564	607
	Independent	Jackie O'Connell	0.3	152	157
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.1	24	25
Electorate: 90,125   Valid: 56,691   Spoilt: 574 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,449   Turnout: 57,265 (63.5%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Meath^[29]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey	18.0	9,196
	Labour	Brian Fitzgerald	17.6	8,967
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	16.5	8,402	8,455	8,584
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	12.0	6,132	6,284	6,328	6,336	6,412	6,494	6,636	6,727	6,884	7,746	8,126
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Michael Hilliard	11.4	5,813	6,160	6,189	6,192	6,305	6,347	6,531	6,676	6,786	7,638	8,101
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	10.0	5,124	5,143	5,204	5,245	5,272	5,358	5,499	5,637	6,233	6,413	7,163
	Fianna Fáil	Frances Monaghan	3.7	1,885	1,952	1,959	1,960	1,985	2,006	2,059	2,095	2,185
	Independent	Jack Fitzsimons	2.9	1,477	1,493	1,536	1,538	1,645	1,832	2,014	2,299	2,492	2,672
	Progressive Democrats	Caroline Mhic Daeid	2.2	1,135	1,141	1,168	1,172	1,184	1,259	1,284	1,372
	Independent	Brendan Cleary	1.7	852	856	866	866	887	937
	Democratic Left	Christy Gorman	1.6	809	816	874	881	959	1,058	1,086
	Green	Anne McCormack	1.3	650	657	692	695	773
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	1.3	641	645	655	656
Electorate: 78,083   Valid: 51,083   Spoilt: 698 (1.4%)   Quota: 8,514   Turnout: 51,781 (66.3%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Meath^[30][31]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	18.5	9,371
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Hilliard	13.8	6,980	7,012	7,020	7,082	7,095	7,148	7,211	7,343	7,386	7,841	7,985
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	13.3	6,726	6,757	6,766	6,777	6,800	6,828	6,870	6,969	7,409	8,195	8,374
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch	12.8	6,461	6,476	6,481	6,534	6,543	6,558	6,578	6,684	6,702	6,928	7,013
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey	12.3	6,237	6,270	6,275	6,314	6,325	6,355	6,445	6,536	6,580	7,003	7,180
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	11.3	5,730	6,451	6,458	6,541	6,682	6,729	7,228	7,296	7,564	9,222
	Labour	Brian Fitzgerald	9.2	4,625	4,669	4,701	4,732	4,767	5,043	5,136	5,345	5,558
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	2.0	1,002	1,005	1,022	1,032	1,039	1,148	1,161
	Independent	Ailish Sherrard	1.9	973	980	1,015	1,036	1,062	1,129	1,166	1,252
	Workers' Party	Christy Gorman	1.2	628	634	764	784	801
	Progressive Democrats	John Bird	1.2	609	638	640	691	944	977
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Fernandez	1.0	519	540	543	557
	Independent	William Battersby	0.8	412	416	417
	Workers' Party	John King	0.5	262	264
Electorate: 77,127   Valid: 50,535   Quota: 8,423   Turnout: 65.5%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Meath^[21][32][33]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch	15.8	8,712	8,716	8,718	8,743	8,746	8,776	8,981	9,001	9,130	9,349
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	14.7	8,084	8,086	8,126	8,176	8,411	8,449	8,490	8,691	9,124	9,846
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Hilliard	12.3	6,763	6,765	6,775	6,817	6,832	6,911	7,098	7,133	7,497	7,922	7,966	8,019	8,635
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey	11.9	6,538	6,542	6,556	6,594	6,601	6,636	6,749	6,785	7,017	7,513	7,558	7,595	8,256
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	10.3	5,681	5,684	5,707	5,742	5,759	5,831	5,953	6,010	6,542	6,831	6,855	6,868	7,305
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	9.7	5,345	5,347	5,365	5,395	5,740	5,772	5,795	5,866	6,009	6,472	6,805	6,828	9,165
	Labour	Frank McLoughlin	5.9	3,237	3,239	3,445	3,532	3,560	3,804	3,927	3,995	4,223
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick Andrews	5.9	3,227	3,227	3,246	3,322	3,352	3,402	3,456	4,628	4,892	5,528	5,643	5,659
	Independent	Gerard Marry	4.3	2,393	2,393	2,403	2,450	2,466	2,545	2,645	2,681
	Progressive Democrats	Bryan Maher	2.9	1,604	1,606	1,616	1,657	1,690	1,717	1,734
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	1.8	1,012	1,012	1,014	1,033	1,044	1,198
	Workers' Party	Séamus McDonagh	1.4	790	794	812	921	938
	Fine Gael	Bernadette McMahon	1.4	743	743	747	767
	Independent	Camella Cummins	1.2	636	643	654
	Labour	Peter Archer	0.7	394	395
	Independent	Seán Gormley	0.1	36
Electorate: 73,904   Valid: 55,195   Quota: 9,200   Turnout: 55,597 (75.2%)

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Meath^[20][34][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	19.6	9,990
	Labour	Frank McLoughlin	14.1	7,179	7,293	8,026	8,317	8,561
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Hilliard	14.0	7,133	7,168	7,230	7,312	7,369	8,617
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch	13.7	6,991	7,008	7,034	7,055	7,132	7,606
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Fitzsimons	12.0	6,133	6,158	6,209	6,292	6,347	8,652
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	8.6	4,380	4,917	4,974	5,820	8,687
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Conway	7.8	3,966	4,004	4,065	4,118	4,217
	Fine Gael	Laurence Clarke	4.1	2,107	2,673	2,753	3,500
	Fine Gael	Tom Kelly	4.0	2,013	2,121	2,180
	Labour	Brian Fitzgerald	2.2	1,105	1,155
Electorate: 67,214   Valid: 50,997   Quota: 8,500   Turnout: 75.9%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Meath^[19][36]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	25.0	12,272
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch	16.4	8,033	8,099	8,106	8,225
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Fitzsimons	12.2	5,994	6,095	6,101	6,383	6,440	6,452	6,505	6,542	6,932
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Hilliard	11.8	5,778	5,880	5,884	6,189	6,269	6,285	6,404	6,515	7,126
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Conway	10.5	5,165	5,338	5,349	5,438	5,479	5,489	5,532	5,604	6,120
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	8.2	4,023	6,570	6,579	6,708	6,870	6,871	10,025
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott	5.7	2,770	3,472	3,476	3,537	3,660	3,665
	Labour	James Cudden	4.1	1,999	2,235	2,251	2,359	3,666	3,669	3,805	5,432
	Labour	Seán O'Brien	3.1	1,541	1,637	1,646	1,884
	Independent	Dermot Forde	2.8	1,385	1,450	1,485
	Independent	John Gormley	0.2	103	109
Electorate: 65,220   Valid: 49,063   Quota: 8,178   Turnout: 75.2%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Meath^[18][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	22.9	11,574
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Crinion	13.1	6,623	6,731	7,016	7,073	9,549
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch	12.2	6,164	6,200	6,458	6,660	7,180	7,383	7,709
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Fitzsimons	10.9	5,535	5,610	6,163	6,196	7,113	7,915	8,389	14,340
	Labour	Frank McLoughlin	8.6	4,328	4,477	4,795	4,938	5,043	5,060
	Labour	James Tully	8.5	4,313	4,565	4,962	5,100	5,265	5,287	8,474
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Conway	8.0	4,042	4,171	4,379	4,410
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	6.6	3,331	5,127	5,277	7,435	7,566	7,630	8,217	8,798
	Independent	Dermot Forde	4.9	2,481	2,555
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott	4.4	2,249	2,763	2,830
Electorate: 65,220   Valid: 50,640   Quota: 8,441   Turnout: 77.6%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Meath^[17][38]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Crinion	24.8	11,398
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	17.6	8,091	8,145	8,146	8,166	8,193	8,722	9,014	10,492
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Fitzsimons	16.9	7,795	9,322
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch	12.8	5,891	6,339	6,446	6,466	6,513	6,553	7,192	7,290	7,343	7,642
	Labour	James Tully	11.6	5,347	5,385	5,386	5,392	5,427	5,511	5,909	6,236	6,934	9,218
	Labour	Frank McLoughlin	5.3	2,444	2,500	2,501	2,519	2,530	2,549	2,682	2,921	3,207
	Fine Gael	Michael Regan	4.2	1,938	1,956	1,956	1,988	1,997	2,157	2,279
	Independent	Dermot Forde	4.2	1,911	1,934	1,935	1,963	2,006	2,055
	Fine Gael	Jim Dorgan	1.9	880	893	894	904	913
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	0.4	187	195	196	207
	Independent	Edward McKeever	0.3	158	162	162
Electorate: 58,569   Valid: 46,040   Quota: 9,209   Turnout: 78.6%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Meath^[16][39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Crinion	28.0	8,555
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	26.5	8,099
	Labour	James Tully	19.1	5,824	5,883	5,977	6,946	7,729
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	18.6	5,695	6,493	6,511	6,585	6,891
	Independent	Desmond Ferguson	4.7	1,427	1,458	1,473	1,577
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrelly	3.2	974	997	1,325
Electorate: 36,214   Valid: 30,574   Quota: 7,644   Turnout: 84.4%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Meath^[15][40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	21.3	6,143	6,242	6,272	8,257
	Labour	James Tully	18.5	5,357	6,338	6,407	6,864	6,929	7,253
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Crinion	16.0	4,637	4,719	4,889	5,631	6,581	6,683
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Marry	11.7	3,392	3,441	3,458
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	10.5	3,042	3,149	4,079	4,152	4,153	7,281
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrelly	10.4	2,992	3,017	3,723	3,786	3,802
	Fine Gael	Willie Carey	6.7	1,926	1,958
	Labour	John Fitzgerald	4.9	1,408
Electorate: 36,621   Valid: 28,897   Quota: 7,225   Turnout: 79.6%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Meath^[14][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	James Tully	28.8	7,752
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	28.0	7,544
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrelly	19.6	5,271	5,638	6,664	6,710
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Marry	10.0	2,706	2,981	3,070	3,309
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McKenna	9.6	2,577	2,814	2,854	3,381
	Fine Gael	Patrick Fullam	4.0	1,077	1,218
Electorate: 34,245   Valid: 26,927   Quota: 6,732   Turnout: 78.6%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Meath^[13][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	James Tully	26.7	6,721
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	26.1	6,563
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrelly	12.0	3,008	3,062	3,073	3,323	3,569	5,917
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Brien	10.7	2,687	2,838	2,854	3,280	3,402
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Johnston	9.4	2,375	2,467	2,631	2,849	4,738	4,996
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Daly	9.2	2,314	2,347	2,421	2,596
	Independent	James Finn	5.9	1,473	1,578	1,590
Electorate: 33,536   Valid: 25,141   Quota: 6,286   Turnout: 75.0%

1959 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD James Griffin, a by-election was held on 22 July 1959. The seat was won by Fianna Fáil candidate Henry Johnston.

1959 by-election: Meath^[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Johnston	43.2	11,063	11,338	12,475
	Labour	James Tully	27.0	6,918	7,593	10,926
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrelly	22.5	5,751	6,100
	Sinn Féin	Leo Collins	7.4	1,889
Electorate: 37,686   Valid: 25,621   Quota: 12,811   Turnout: 68.0%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Meath^[11][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	25.7	7,600
	Fianna Fáil	James Griffin	17.4	5,154	5,251	5,321	7,388	7,935
	Fine Gael	Patrick Giles	16.9	5,006	5,014	6,648	6,776	7,199
	Labour	James Tully	16.0	4,751	4,761	4,869	5,110	5,934
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacCormac	9.0	2,658	2,664	2,692	2,790
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Johnston	8.5	2,521	2,589	2,650
	Fine Gael	Patrick Fullam	6.5	1,938	1,941
Electorate: 39,108   Valid: 29,628   Quota: 7,408   Turnout: 75.8%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Meath^[10][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	27.1	8,246
	Labour	James Tully	23.0	7,009	7,018	7,051	7,146	7,319	8,026
	Fine Gael	Patrick Giles	21.0	6,373	6,388	6,409	7,177	8,844
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew O'Reilly	18.7	5,691	5,697	6,278	6,328	6,438	6,648
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrelly	5.1	1,547	1,571	1,574	2,108
	Fine Gael	Patrick Dillon	4.6	1,392	1,485	1,489
	Independent	Matthew Cullen	0.5	155
Electorate: 39,598   Valid: 30,413   Quota: 7,604   Turnout: 76.8%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Meath^[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	29.9	9,018
	Fine Gael	Patrick Giles	22.7	6,838	6,878	9,717
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew O'Reilly	22.5	6,796	8,131
	Labour	James Tully	13.6	4,113	4,148	4,569
	Fine Gael	Patrick Oliver Meegan	11.3	3,412	3,475
Electorate: 39,694   Valid: 30,177   Quota: 7,545   Turnout: 76.0%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Meath^[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hilliard	29.7	8,929
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew O'Reilly	21.6	6,501	7,781
	Fine Gael	Patrick Giles	19.2	5,774	5,812	6,298	6,403	6,614	7,322
	Labour	John Fitzgerald	6.5	1,943	1,969	1,998	2,060	3,048	3,480
	Independent	Seán Doyle	6.4	1,907	1,935	2,031	2,072	2,122
	Clann na Poblachta	James Hilliard	5.4	1,620	1,644	1,660	2,529	2,724	3,022
	Labour	Bernard Henry	5.1	1,534	1,549	1,561	1,630
	Clann na Poblachta	Eamon Ginnell	3.9	1,164	1,170	1,179
	Fine Gael	George Ahern	2.2	665	667
Electorate: 39,935   Valid: 30,037   Quota: 7,510   Turnout: 75.2%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Meath^[7][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	James Kelly	29.0	9,044
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew O'Reilly	26.9	8,399
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Robert Davitt	23.3	7,289	7,474	7,550	8,095
	National Centre Party	Duc George De Stacpoole	18.8	5,873	6,444	6,801	7,016
	Independent	Thomas Bowers	2.0	615	1,097	1,257
Electorate: 37,120   Valid: 31,220   Quota: 7,806   Turnout: 84.1%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Meath^[6][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	James Kelly	33.7	9,283
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eamonn Duggan	30.6	8,428
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew O'Reilly	22.2	6,110	8,436
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Arthur Matthews	13.4	3,690	3,769
Electorate: 36,706   Valid: 27,511   Quota: 6,878   Turnout: 75.0%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Meath^[5][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eamonn Duggan	34.3	8,971
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew O'Reilly	25.5	6,661
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Arthur Matthews	12.0	3,146	5,301	5,304	5,463	5,772	6,464
	Fianna Fáil	James Kelly	11.7	3,053	3,144	3,251	3,378	3,697	5,349
	Labour	Cathal O'Shannon	10.5	2,735	2,827	2,840	2,874	3,222
	National League	Richard McDonnell	4.4	1,142	1,195	1,201	1,235
	Independent	Christopher Black	1.6	415	464	465
Electorate: 37,709   Valid: 26,123   Quota: 6,531   Turnout: 69.3%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Meath^[4][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eamonn Duggan	24.9	6,371	6,481
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew O'Reilly	17.3	4,416	4,544	6,502
	Labour	David Hall	15.0	3,828	4,813	5,198	5,247	5,305	5,983
	Farmers' Party	John Quinn	13.5	3,452	3,501	3,599	3,617	3,643
	National League	William Fallon	13.4	3,420	3,519	3,625	3,639	3,665	5,844
	Fianna Fáil	James Kelly	10.0	2,556	2,667
	Labour	Christopher Matthews	5.9	1,521
Electorate: 37,709   Valid: 25,564   Quota: 6,392   Turnout: 67.8%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Meath^[3][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eamonn Duggan	35.6	8,262
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Mulvany	17.1	3,974	4,642	4,688	4,933	6,393
	Republican	John J. O'Kelly	16.9	3,926	3,948	3,988	4,218	4,271
	Labour	David Hall	14.2	3,288	3,588	3,621	4,936	5,571
	Labour	Christopher Matthews	8.4	1,952	2,192	2,210
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas Clinton	7.0	1,633	2,832	2,862	3,004
	Independent	Patrick White	0.8	183	211
Electorate: 37,300   Valid: 23,218   Quota: 5,805   Turnout: 62.3%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland