Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)

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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 has an electorate of x and returns 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency previously existed for many decades, but was dismantled in advance of 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
	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
Fine Gael	Nicky McFadden	5,359	9.8
Fianna Fáil	Donie Cassidy	6,664	12.1
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