Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)

For the 1923–1937 constituency, see Leitrim–Sligo (Dáil constituency).

Sligo–Leitrim is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Another constituency of the same name existed from 1948 to 2007.

Sligo–Leitrim
Dáil constituency
Location of Sligo–Leitrim within Ireland
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Ballyshannon Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon Sligo
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	4
TDs	Frank Feighan (FG)   Marian Harkin (Ind)   Martin Kenny (SF)   Eamon Scanlon (FF)
Local government areas	County Donegal County Leitrim County Sligo
Created from	Roscommon–South Leitrim Sligo–North Leitrim
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Sligo–Leitrim
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	2007
Seats	5 (1948–1961) 4 (1961–1969) 3 (1969–1981) 4 (1981–2007)
Local government areas	County Sligo County Leitrim
Created from	Leitrim Sligo
Replaced by	Roscommon–South Leitrim Sligo–North Leitrim

History and boundaries

1948–2007

The Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947,^[1] and first used at the 1948 general election. It replaced the two previous constituencies of Sligo and Leitrim, which had been created at the 1937 general election to replace the 1923–1937 Leitrim–Sligo constituency.

The constituency was abolished at the 2007 general election,^[2] and replaced by two new constituencies: Roscommon–South Leitrim and Sligo–North Leitrim.

2016 onwards

The constituency was re-created for the 2016 general election. The change was implemented by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013,^[3] following a recommendation of the Constituency Commission its 2012 report.^[4][5] It replaced the constituencies of Roscommon–South Leitrim and Sligo–North Leitrim, and comprises all of County Sligo; all of County Leitrim; nine electoral divisions of southern County Donegal, and thirty-six electoral divisions of western County Cavan.^[4]

This change proved controversial, and created an unusual cross-province constituency, incorporating all or parts of four counties. Some Cavan and Donegal voters felt unrepresented. One man shared a picture online of his spoiled ballot in the 2016 election, which read "I LIVE IN CAVAN!"^[6] Local newspaper The Anglo-Celt reported that several people had similarly spoiled their ballots, using the column of boxes to spell out the same message.^[7]

At the 2020 general election, the electoral divisions in County Cavan were transferred to the Cavan–Monaghan constituency, and parts of County Roscommon were added to Sligo–Leitrim instead.^[8]

In the Constituency Review Report 2023, the Electoral Commission recommended that the electoral divisions of Roscommon in the constituency should be transferred to the Roscommon–Galway constituency, while keeping the nine electoral divisions of southern Donegal.^[9]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[10]

"The county of Sligo;

and the county of Leitrim;

and in the county of Donegal, the electoral divisions of:

Ballintra, Ballyshannon Rural, Ballyshannon Urban, Bundoran Rural, Carrickboy, Cavangarden, Cliff, in the former Rural District of Ballyshannon;

Ballintra in the former Rural District of Donegal;

and Bundoran Urban."

Changes to the Sligo–Leitrim constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1923–1937	7	The full territory of both counties.[11]	Named Leitrim–Sligo
1937–1948	—	Constituency abolished[12]	Divided into Leitrim (3 seats) and Sligo (3 seats)
1948–1961	5	The full territory of both counties.[1]	Constituency recreated, now called Sligo–Leitrim
1961–1969	4	All of County Sligo, and all of County Leitrim except for those areas in the constituency of Roscommon.[13]	Adjustments to maintain voter-to-seat ratio at near national average. Most of the Carrick-on-Shannon and Mohill areas now in the Roscommon constituency.
1969–1977	3	All of County Sligo; and all of Leitrim, except the parts in the constituencies of Donegal–Leitrim and Roscommon–Leitrim.[14]	Large parts of County Leitrim moved to the two new neighbouring constituencies
1977–1981	3	All of County Sligo; in County Donegal, all of the Bundoran area and part of Ballyshannon; in County Leitrim, parts of the Kinlough and Manorhamilton districts.[15]	Major revision as part of the "Tullymander". Constituency is now effectively Sligo – Southmost Donegal and the small area of North Leitrim which was in the old Donegal–Leitrim constituency
1981–2007	4	The full territory of both counties.[16][17][18][19][20]	District electoral divisions in County Leitrim transferred from Roscommon–Leitrim; district electoral divisions in County Donegal transferred to Donegal South-West
2007–2016	—	Constituency abolished.[2][21]	Divided into Sligo–North Leitrim (3 seats) and Roscommon–South Leitrim (3 seats)
2016–2020	4	All of County Sligo; all of County Leitrim; in County Donegal, the Bundoran and Ballyshannon areas; western parts of County Cavan.[3]	Constituency recreated, with electoral divisions transferred from Cavan–Monaghan and Donegal South-West
2020–	4	All of County Sligo; all of County Leitrim; in County Donegal, the Bundoran and Ballyshannon areas; northern parts of County Roscommon.[8]	Electoral divisions in County Cavan transferred to Cavan–Monaghan; electoral divisions in County Roscommon transferred from Roscommon–Galway

TDs

TDs 1948–2007

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo–Leitrim 1948–2007[22]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[23]		Eugene Gilbride (FF)		Stephen Flynn (FF)		Bernard Maguire (Ind)		Mary Reynolds (FG)		Joseph Roddy (FG)
14th	1951[24]						Patrick Rogers (FG)
15th	1954[25]						Bernard Maguire (Ind)
16th	1957[26]						John Joe McGirl (SF)				Patrick Rogers (FG)
	1961 by-election[27]				Joseph McLoughlin (FG)
17th	1961[28]						James Gallagher (FF)		Eugene Gilhawley (FG)	4 seats 1961–1969
18th	1965[29]
19th	1969[30]		Ray MacSharry (FF)					3 seats 1969–1981
20th	1973[31]						Eugene Gilhawley (FG)
21st	1977[32]				James Gallagher (FF)
22nd	1981[33]				John Ellis (FF)		Joe McCartin (FG)		Ted Nealon (FG)	4 seats 1981–2007
23rd	1982 (Feb)[34]						Matt Brennan (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[35]				Joe McCartin (FG)
25th	1987[36]				John Ellis (FF)
26th	1989[37]		Gerry Reynolds (FG)
27th	1992[38]		Declan Bree (Lab)
28th	1997[39]		Gerry Reynolds (FG)						John Perry (FG)
29th	2002[40]		Marian Harkin (Ind)				Jimmy Devins (FF)
30th	2007	Constituency abolished. See Sligo–North Leitrim and Roscommon–South Leitrim

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 since 2016

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo–Leitrim 2016–
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016[41]		Martin Kenny (SF)		Marc MacSharry (FF)		Eamon Scanlon (FF)		Tony McLoughlin (FG)
33rd	2020[42]						Marian Harkin (Ind)		Frank Feighan (FG)
34th	2024[43]				Eamon Scanlon (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

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	Frank Feighan[*]	15.8	8,980	9,004	9,090	9,103	9,213	9,278	9,317	9,743	10,216	11,064	12,241
	Sinn Féin	Martin Kenny[*]	13.6	7,764	7,794	7,839	7,867	8,056	8,173	8,431	8,717	8,927	9,947	10,218	15,433
	Independent Ireland	Michael Clarke	10.5	5,979	6,033	6,039	6,213	6,330	6,697	6,785	6,879	7,297	7,573	7,969	8,318	9,287
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon	10.4	5,913	5,926	5,942	5,952	5,965	6,027	6,059	6,137	6,335	7,312	9,740	9,967	10,285
	Sinn Féin	Chris MacManus	9.1	5,173	5,200	5,225	5,259	5,276	5,387	6,042	6,369	6,647	6,698	6,932
	Fianna Fáil	Edel McSharry	7.8	4,466	4,486	4,521	4,531	4,560	4,602	4,673	4,948	5,390	6,062
	Independent	Marian Harkin[*]	7.6	4,347	4,378	4,457	4,524	4,678	4,950	5,130	5,688	6,791	7,145	8,306	8,829	10,168
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke	7.1	4,066	4,076	4,096	4,101	4,272	4,310	4,329	4,360	4,406
	Independent	Marie Casserly	4.3	2,419	2,494	2,532	2,589	2,631	2,726	2,894	3,480
	Labour	Nessa Cosgrove	3.7	2,086	2,149	2,470	2,481	2,487	2,527	2,846
	PBP–Solidarity	Gino O'Boyle[a]	2.9	1,657	1,722	1,799	1,845	1,862	1,954
	Aontú	Graham Monaghan	2.0	1,112	1,126	1,142	1,347	1,425
	Independent	Des Guckian	1.6	887	909	918	991
	Irish Freedom	Michael Kelly	1.4	770	809	810
	Green	Bláithín Gallagher	1.3	725	782
	Party for Animal Welfare	Molly Candon	0.7	423
	Independent Ireland	Caroline Corcoran	0.1	69
	Independent	Diarmuid MacConville	0.1	64
Electorate: 94,040   Valid: 56,900   Spoilt: 416   Quota: 11,381   Turnout: 60.9%

1. O'Boyle is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[42][45][46]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Sinn Féin	Martin Kenny[*]	24.8	15,035
	Fianna Fáil	Marc MacSharry[*]	11.5	7,004	7,182	7,191	7,238	7,265	7,403	7,483	7,602	7,733	7,917	8,055	9,146	9,300	9,891	10,734
	Independent	Marian Harkin	11.5	6,972	7,464	7,481	7,524	7,570	7,691	7,941	8,135	8,502	8,962	9,679	10,123	10,834	12,995
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon[*]	10.3	6,246	6,355	6,357	6,370	6,387	6,434	6,461	6,859	7,186	7,285	7,371	8,093	8,193	8,409	9,316
	Fine Gael	Frank Feighan	8.8	5,338	5,457	5,464	5,471	5,505	5,536	5,637	5,764	5,823	6,065	6,324	6,851	6,952	7,231	10,690
	Fine Gael	Thomas Walsh	7.8	4,760	4,809	4,811	4,818	4,826	4,856	4,916	5,218	5,342	5,412	5,587	5,649	5,733	5,975
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Ellis	4.5	2,753	2,926	2,929	2,941	2,968	2,985	3,006	3,011	3,065	3,328	3,398
	Inds. 4 Change	Declan Bree	3.7	2,236	2,614	2,619	2,640	2,677	2,701	2,886	2,951	3,104	3,216	3,586	3,661	5,292
	Green	Bláithin Gallagher	3.0	1,791	1,957	1,967	1,995	2,019	2,052	2,403	2,423	2,475	2,575
	Solidarity–PBP	Gino O'Boyle[a]	2.9	1,746	2,383	2,388	2,412	2,456	2,487	2,626	2,668	2,876	2,976	3,478	3,515
	Independent	John Perry	2.3	1,367	1,406	1,406	1,413	1,428	1,453	1,464
	Independent	James Conway	2.2	1,354	1,526	1,535	1,548	1,607	1,635	1,655	1,767
	Independent	Sean Wynne	2.2	1,310	1,457	1,472	1,517	1,598	1,820	1,836	1,864	1,985
	Labour	Nessa Cosgrove	1.9	1,178	1,262	1,264	1,272	1,282	1,305
	Independent	Bernie O'Hara	1.1	650	699	712	799	859
	National Party	Paul McWeeney	0.7	451	499	512	553
	Aontú	Anne McCloskey	0.6	368	408	424
	Renua	Oisín O'Dwyer	0.1	75	86
	Independent	Mary O'Donnell	0.1	46	55
Electorate: 97,170   Valid: 60,680   Spoilt: 489   Quota: 12,137   Turnout: 61,169 (63.0%)

1. O'Boyle was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Sligo–Leitrim ^[47][48][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fianna Fáil	Marc MacSharry	14.2	8,856	8,874	8,893	9,036	9,122	9,447	9,549	9,705	10,322	10,672	11,520	13,227
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds	10.7	6,672	6,702	6,742	6,797	6,944	7,027	7,054	7,314	7,532	8,715	8,921	10,092	10,177	10,316	10,417
	Sinn Féin	Martin Kenny	10.2	6,356	6,419	6,439	6,473	6,687	6,781	6,988	7,028	7,270	7,305	7,971	9,294	14,066
	Fine Gael	Tony McLoughlin[*]	9.9	6,172	6,204	6,237	6,338	6,371	6,440	6,485	7,013	7,628	9,465	10,055	10,167	10,529	10,910	10,931
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon	9.4	5,874	5,899	5,907	5,961	5,994	6,126	6,179	6,267	6,522	7,553	7,822	9,145	9,554	10,185	10,822
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke	8.7	5,447	5,474	5,486	5,511	5,658	5,799	5,819	5,863	5,949	6,001	6,083
	Sinn Féin	Chris MacManus	7.6	4,747	4,786	4,809	4,837	4,865	4,909	5,194	5,257	5,547	5,637	7,045	7,093
	Fine Gael	John Perry[*]	7.1	4,403	4,413	4,431	4,466	4,487	4,533	4,566	4,773	4,935
	Independent	Declan Bree	5.2	3,250	3,282	3,347	3,399	3,454	3,547	4,165	4,402	5,361	5,512
	Independent	Marie Casserly	4.4	2,726	2,763	2,823	2,945	3,067	3,254	3,697	4,138
	Labour	Susan O'Keeffe	2.9	1,829	1,843	1,986	2,036	2,060	2,096	2,192
	AAA–PBP	Nigel Gallagher	2.8	1,768	1,803	1,890	1,950	2,014	2,074
	Independent	Bernie O'Hara	1.9	1,206	1,242	1,265	1,344	1,470
	Independent	Des Guckian	1.7	1,060	1,098	1,118	1,154
	Renua	Finbarr Filan	1.4	881	887	913
	Green	Leslie O'Hora	1.0	603	619
	Independent	Eamon Murray	0.6	356
	Independent	Bernard Sweeney	0.2	129
Electorate: 95,911   Valid: 62,335 (65.0%)   Spoilt: 560 (0.9%)   Quota: 12,468   Turnout: 62,895 (65.6%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Marian Harkin	17.6	8,610	8,796	9,624	11,397
	Fine Gael	John Perry[*]	14.1	6,897	6,983	7,291	7,699	7,923	10,439
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis[*]	13.1	6,434	6,465	6,506	7,282	7,503	8,499	9,271
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon	13.0	6,345	6,381	6,463	6,856	6,981
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Devins	12.9	6,307	6,427	6,824	7,591	7,894	10,621
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds[*]	12.6	6,162	6,236	6,438	6,939	7,151	7,303	7,357
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	10.2	5,001	5,100	5,616
	Labour	Declan Bree	5.0	2,429	2,530
	Independent	Andy McSharry	0.6	303
	Independent	Martin Forde	0.4	203
	Christian Solidarity	John Lacken	0.3	166
	Independent	John McCrea	0.2	114
Electorate: 70,460   Valid: 48,971   Spoilt: 523 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,795   Turnout: 49,494 (70.2%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[39][49]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis[*]	15.6	7,051	7,295	7,921	7,989	9,071
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds	14.9	6,743	6,980	7,227	8,164	8,465	8,688
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan[*]	14.3	6,461	6,763	7,053	7,332	10,513
	Fine Gael	John Perry	12.8	5,786	5,997	6,140	8,038	8,440	8,874
	Labour	Declan Bree[*]	10.9	4,905	5,088	6,106	6,714	7,447	7,969
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Gertrude Forde	10.4	4,738	5,305	5,718	6,120
	Fine Gael	Joe Leonard	8.9	4,016	4,233	4,353
	Sinn Féin	Sean MacManus	7.1	3,208	3,356
	Christian Solidarity	John Lacken	3.0	1,359
	Progressive Democrats	Jim Lawlor	1.6	745
	Natural Law	Simeon Gillan	0.3	154
Electorate: 64,770   Valid: 45,166   Spoilt: 452 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,034   Turnout: 45,618 (70.4%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[38][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis[*]	17.4	7,430	7,712	7,740	8,460	10,025
	Labour	Declan Bree	17.2	7,328	7,842	8,068	9,107
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan[*]	15.9	6,791	6,868	7,370	10,332
	Fine Gael	Ted Nealon[*]	15.5	6,622	6,678	7,200	7,644	7,810	8,144
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds[*]	14.9	6,348	6,456	6,627	6,772	6,826	6,910
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Healy	12.3	5,270	5,362	5,441
	Independent	John McGettrick	3.7	1,560	1,617
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	3.1	1,311
	Ind. Unionist	Patrick Denis Melly	0.2	73
Electorate: 60,764   Valid: 42,733   Spoilt: 553 (1.3%)   Quota: 8,547   Turnout: 43,286 (71.2%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[37][51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds	19.8	8,487	8,927
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan[*]	18.7	7,982	8,052	8,159	8,171	12,110
	Fine Gael	Ted Nealon[*]	16.1	6,881	7,728	7,312	7,593	7,972	8,375
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis[*]	14.7	6,295	6,339	6,666	6,690	7,359	10,030
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Glynn	12.7	5,450	5,555	5,633	5,647
	Independent Socialist	Declan Bree	11.6	4,947	5,136	5,652	5,691	6,182	6,615
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	3.5	1,482	1,503
	Progressive Democrats	Hugh Slevin	2.9	1,255
Electorate: 58,358   Valid: 42,779   Quota: 8,556   Turnout: 73.3%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[36][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry[*]	20.8	9,521
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis	15.6	7,140	7,198	7,203	7,364	8,461	8,492	8,840
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan[*]	15.1	6,913	7,154	7,174	7,404	7,663	8,135	8,854
	Fine Gael	Ted Nealon[*]	14.2	6,483	6,512	6,534	7,458	7,561	8,975	10,208
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin[*]	11.1	5,071	5,078	5,090	5,581	5,988	6,854	7,145
	Sinn Féin	John Joe McGirl	5.7	2,627	2,634	2,651	2,722
	Fine Gael	Tommy Lavin	5.7	2,606	2,609	2,615	2,877	2,906
	Independent	Declan Bree	5.7	2,584	2,608	2,708	3,023	3,442	3,495
	Progressive Democrats	Frank Dobbs	5.5	2,521	2,530	2,570
	Independent	Noel Gorman	0.5	240	241
Electorate: 59,740   Valid: 45,706   Quota: 9,142   Turnout: 76.5%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[35][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis[*]	18.4	8,552	8,712	8,746	8,753	8,791
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	17.8	8,242	8,519	10,732
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan[*]	17.6	8,167	8,512	8,968	9,004	9,282
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry[*]	17.0	7,897	8,573	8,703	8,752	8,878
	Fine Gael	Ted Nealon[*]	14.4	6,682	7,226	8,888	10,241
	Fine Gael	Tommy Lavin	9.3	4,317	4,558
	Independent	Declan Bree	3.9	1,832
	Labour	James Finan	1.2	562
	Independent	Noel Gorman	0.4	180
Electorate: 59,268   Valid: 46,431   Quota: 9,287   Turnout: 78.3%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[34][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry[*]	20.2	9,214
	Fine Gael	Ted Nealon[*]	19.9	9,082	9,504
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis[*]	16.8	7,654	7,745	7,807	8,877	8,893
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan	16.4	7,500	7,716	8,131	8,589	8,634
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin[*]	13.7	6,261	6,393	7,621	8,290	8,523
	Sinn Féin	John Joe McGirl	6.1	2,772	3,092	3,177
	Fine Gael	Joe Cawley	3.9	1,783	1,910
	Independent	Declan Bree	2.3	1,035
	Labour	Séamus Kennelly	0.9	399
Electorate: 58,464   Valid: 45,700   Quota: 9,141   Turnout: 78.2%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[33][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry[*]	22.7	10,818
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis	14.9	7,121	7,188	7,356	7,519	9,253
	Fine Gael	Ted Nealon	13.2	6,292	6,462	6,551	8,948	9,748
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	12.4	5,927	6,022	6,051	7,655	8,914
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan	12.3	5,848	5,979	6,697	6,995	8,161
	Anti H-Block	Joe McDonnell	11.8	5,639	6,127	6,236	6,680
	Fine Gael	Tony McLoughlin	10.0	4,749	5,005	5,172
	Independent	Declan Bree	2.0	934
	Labour	Richard Lacy	0.8	361
Electorate: 58,464   Valid: 47,689   Quota: 9,538   Turnout: 81.6%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[32][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry[*]	30.9	10,970
	Fine Gael	Eugene Gilhawley[*]	22.4	7,988	8,106	8,379	8,544	9,024
	Fianna Fáil	James Gallagher	17.3	6,152	7,638	7,710	8,005	9,060
	Fine Gael	Joseph McLoughlin[*]	16.2	5,786	5,920	6,231	6,457	7,489
	Independent	Seán McManus	6.7	2,399	2,614	2,877	3,426
	Independent	Declan Bree	3.6	1,282	1,341	1,505
	Labour	Thomas Higgins	3.0	1,074	1,119
Electorate: 45,418   Valid: 35,651   Quota: 8,913   Turnout: 78.5%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[31][57]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry[*]	25.8	7,535
	Fine Gael	Eugene Gilhawley	22.3	6,520	6,533	7,182	7,225
	Fine Gael	Joseph McLoughlin[*]	19.7	5,743	5,765	6,973	7,716
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Brennan	16.9	4,922	5,066	5,228	6,666
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Mooney	8.0	2,325	2,365	2,421
	Labour	Thomas Higgins	7.4	2,158	2,173
Electorate: 38,049   Valid: 29,203   Quota: 7,301   Turnout: 76.0%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[30][58]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	James Gallagher[*]	20.4	6,124	6,135	6,205	6,340	6,436	7,081	7,213
	Fine Gael	Joseph McLoughlin[*]	20.2	6,053	6,211	6,311	6,838	7,293	8,011
	Fine Gael	Eugene Gilhawley[*]	19.5	5,858	5,866	5,977	6,350	6,560	6,608	6,677
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry	18.7	5,616	5,634	5,823	5,985	6,409	7,321	7,432
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Mooney	7.6	2,267	2,470	2,510	2,521	2,562
	Fine Gael	John Fallon	4.5	1,332	1,335	1,379
	Labour	Thomas Higgins	4.2	1,251	1,280	1,690	1,812
	Labour	Joan Gallagher	3.2	967	1,018
	Labour	Patrick O'Rourke	1.7	506
Electorate: 38,198   Valid: 29,974   Quota: 7,494   Turnout: 78.5%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[29][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Joseph McLoughlin[*]	19.1	6,379	6,492	7,279
	Fianna Fáil	James Gallagher[*]	18.7	6,250	6,385	6,421	7,735
	Fine Gael	Eugene Gilhawley[*]	18.1	6,052	6,112	6,529	6,703
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Gilbride[*]	14.3	4,782	4,881	4,969	6,342	7,290
	Labour	Daniel Shaw	11.7	3,903	4,180	4,399	4,930	5,020
	Fianna Fáil	Harry O'Carroll	11.2	3,736	3,752	3,782
	Fine Gael	Thomas McGoldrick	4.6	1,528	1,629
	Independent	Gerald Foley	2.5	850
Electorate: 44,276   Valid: 33,480   Quota: 6,697   Turnout: 75.6%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[28][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Joseph McLoughlin[*]	18.3	6,240	6,382	7,015
	Fianna Fáil	James Gallagher	14.7	5,032	5,100	5,234	6,002	6,013	6,951
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Gilbride[*]	13.0	4,429	4,541	4,705	4,923	4,933	5,962	6,063	6,541
	Fine Gael	Eugene Gilhawley	12.5	4,268	4,539	4,594	5,383	5,398	5,502	5,504	7,106
	Fine Gael	Gerald Foley	8.6	2,949	3,148	3,230	3,536	3,551	3,596	3,599
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Mooney	7.8	2,668	2,676	3,137	3,173	3,257
	Labour	Daniel Shaw	7.6	2,600	2,644	2,974	3,232	3,274	3,624	3,631	4,457
	Independent	James Flanagan	7.3	2,512	2,587	2,706
	Sinn Féin	John Joe McGirl[*]	7.3	2,487	2,512
	Clann na Talmhan	Francis Higgins	2.9	1,000
Electorate: 46,492   Valid: 34,185   Quota: 6,838   Turnout: 73.5%

1961 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Stephen Flynn died on 24 November 1960. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 1 March 1961.

1961 by-election: Sligo–Leitrim^[27][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fine Gael	Joseph McLoughlin	52.0	17,126
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Farrell	48.0	15,807
Electorate: 56,714   Valid: 32,933   Quota: 16,467   Turnout: 58.1%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[26][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	John Joe McGirl	15.7	7,007	7,206	7,313	7,795
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds[*]	13.4	5,962	6,010	6,167	6,485	6,578	7,802
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Gilbride[*]	11.9	5,303	5,607	5,711	5,866	5,883	6,112	6,130	9,250
	Fine Gael	Joseph Roddy[*]	9.9	4,429	4,904	5,565	5,586	5,593	5,683	5,795	6,002	6,050	6,142
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McDonagh	9.9	4,422	4,486	4,736	4,903	4,912	5,160	5,172
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers	9.0	4,001	4,059	5,221	5,235	5,238	5,308	5,331	6,001	6,128	6,236
	Independent	Bernard Maguire	8.1	3,601	3,680	3,702	4,114	4,228
	Fianna Fáil	Leo McAlinden	6.5	2,912	2,932	2,952
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn[*]	6.5	2,879	2,926	3,065	4,349	4,466	6,107	6,309	6,871	8,511
	Fine Gael	Luke Colleran	6.0	2,696	2,732
	Independent	Gerald Foley	3.1	1,392
Electorate: 60,767   Valid: 44,604   Quota: 7,435   Turnout: 73.4%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[25][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fine Gael	Joseph Roddy[*]	12.2	5,865	5,878	5,897	6,232	7,151	7,164	8,216
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Gilbride[*]	11.7	5,633	5,635	5,647	5,721	6,292	6,391	6,735	10,677
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds[*]	11.7	5,628	5,869	6,537	7,449	7,582	8,086
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers[*]	11.5	5,505	5,518	5,543	5,834	6,003	6,013	6,235	6,691	6,898	7,036	7,085	7,100
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kirrane	10.4	4,968	4,973	4,985	5,019	5,152	5,349	5,457
	Independent	Bernard Maguire	8.7	4,169	4,289	4,460	4,682	4,800	5,347	5,941	6,166	6,175	6,398	7,035	7,111
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn	6.8	3,282	3,292	3,410	3,785	3,853	5,584	5,923	6,355	6,360	8,681
	Fianna Fáil	Leo McAlinden	6.3	3,022	3,091	3,296	3,307	3,329
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGowan	5.7	2,742	2,775	2,835	2,956	3,409	3,476
	Independent	Joseph Pilkington	5.6	2,710	2,718	2,735	2,786
	Fine Gael	Thomas Fallon	5.1	2,453	2,470	2,513
	Independent	Joseph Mary Mooney	2.9	1,406	1,432
	Clann na Talmhan	Alphonso Quinn	1.2	586
Electorate: 62,702   Valid: 47,969   Quota: 7,995   Turnout: 76.5%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[24][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds[*]	15.2	7,357	7,584	8,678
	Fine Gael	Joseph Roddy[*]	12.6	6,087	7,113	7,177	7,309	8,728
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers	12.4	5,996	6,202	6,265	6,294	6,619	6,680	6,698	7,324
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Gilbride[*]	11.6	5,629	6,096	6,208	6,218	6,674	6,908	8,161
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McDonagh Jnr	11.2	5,429	5,590	5,721	5,735	5,874	6,013	6,474	6,495
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn[*]	8.6	4,188	4,239	5,297	5,462	6,083	9,813
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Farrell	8.2	3,966	4,016	4,606	4,736	4,870
	Independent	Bernard Maguire[*]	7.5	3,637	3,712
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGowan	6.6	3,197	3,802	4,191	4,308
	Labour	Michael Nevin	6.2	2,999
Electorate: 65,697   Valid: 48,485   Quota: 8,081   Turnout: 73.8%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Sligo–Leitrim^[23][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Gilbride	11.4	5,688	5,726	5,764	5,780	5,802	6,156	6,203	6,364	6,545	6,581	6,873	10,094
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds[*]	10.3	5,141	5,152	5,161	5,309	5,454	5,501	6,075	6,368	6,419	7,551	7,871	7,959	7,967
	Fine Gael	Joseph Roddy	10.1	5,054	5,081	5,143	5,154	5,215	5,638	5,715	6,467	6,734	6,776	7,271	7,401	7,442
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn[*]	9.8	4,910	4,926	4,942	4,990	5,174	5,296	5,526	5,597	5,671	5,835	6,131	6,495	7,911
	Independent	Bernard Maguire[*]	9.5	4,757	4,774	4,800	4,944	5,064	5,204	5,764	5,870	5,924	6,521	6,979	7,182	7,317
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McDonagh Jnr	9.1	4,582	4,600	4,700	4,722	4,734	4,783	4,799	4,850	5,127	5,181	5,248
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers[*]	8.6	4,324	4,331	4,445	4,459	4,480	4,531	4,544	4,978	5,690	5,750	5,926	6,524	6,664
	Clann na Talmhan	Laurence Harte	4.4	2,227	2,237	2,248	2,368	2,622	2,639	2,688	2,747	3,024
	Independent	Francis W. Higgins	4.2	2,088	2,101	2,119	2,136	2,172	2,235	2,323
	Clann na Poblachta	Robert P. Flanagan	3.9	1,952	1,987	2,383	3,017	3,169	3,492	3,585	3,651	3,829	3,961
	Clann na Talmhan	Francis Gannon	3.7	1,840	1,860	2,030	2,044	2,156	2,334	2,381	2,522
	National Labour Party	James Flynn	3.6	1,785	1,826	1,838	1,857	1,921
	Independent	Michael McGowan	3.5	1,776	1,786	1,799	1,822	1,967	2,003
	Clann na Talmhan	Owen Dolan	2.7	1,338	1,347	1,350	1,371
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick G. Kiernan	2.4	1,177	1,196	1,329
	Clann na Poblachta	John Leonard	2.3	1,158	1,166
	Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	William Hargadon	0.6	323
Electorate: 68,912   Valid: 50,120   Quota: 8,354   Turnout: 72.7%

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