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==2007 Election== ==2007 Election==

Revision as of 17:08, 30 May 2007

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 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 the 2007 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

2007 General Election: Longford-Westmeath
Party 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

See also


Dáil constituencies
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