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Template:Dáil Éireann constituency infobox Longford-Westmeath is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas since the 2007 general election. The constituency returns 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), elected by the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

The constituency previously existed from 1921 to 1937 and from 1948 to 1992, but was abolished for the 1992 general election. It was re-created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies, and was first used in its current form in the 2007 general election. It succeeded the County Longford part of the Longford-Roscommon constituency and most of the Westmeath constituency apart from the north-eastern area around Castlepollard and Delvin which became part of the new Meath West constituency.

2007 Election result

2007 General Election: Longford-Westmeath
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Labour	Willie Penrose	9,692	17.6	1	5
Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke	8,215	15.0	2	7
Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly	7,720	14.1	3	7
Fine Gael	James Bannon	7,652	13.9	4	7
Fianna Fáil	Donie Cassidy	6,664	12.1
Fine Gael	Nicky McFadden	5,359	9.8
Fine Gael	Peter Burke	3,988	7.3
Progressive Democrats	Mae Sexton	2,298	4.2
Sinn Féin	Paul Hogan	2,136	3.9
Green	Betty Doran	960	1.7
Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	124	0.2
Independent	Noel O'Gara	84	0.2
Independent	Seamus Cunningham	24	0.0

November 1982 - 1989 full election results

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1977 full election result

Electorate=56,421, Valid votes =45,950, spoiled votes=262, quota=9,191

	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
Joe Sheridan, (Independent)	7461	7601	8023	8283	8601	8694	8913
Albert Reynolds, (Fianna Fáil)	7064	7187	7219	7536	8802	10491
Gerry L'Estrange, (Fine Gael)	6873	7349	8457	8652	8769	8798	8816
Patrick Cooney, (Fine Gael)	6590	7002	7507	7663	8397	8450	8524
Sean Keegan, (Fianna Fáil)	5493	5502	5760	7236	11015
Sean Fallon, (Fianna Fáil)	5189	5201	5289	6392
Henry Abbott, (Fianna Fáil)	3366	3382	3576
James Bennett, (Labour)	2687	2716
Philomena Kelly, (Fine Gael)	1227

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References

Irish Times, 20-6-1977, p7-10

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