East (European Parliament constituency)

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East is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It has a population of 0.8 million and currently elects 3 MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote system.

The constituency was created in 2004 and is a successor to the old Leinster constituency. It comprises the Leinster counties less Dublin.

For the 2004-2009 Parliament these are:

• Liam Aylward (Fianna Fáil)
• Mairead McGuinness (Fine Gael)
• Avril Doyle (Fine Gael)

[edit] See also

• European Parliament election results for Ireland in 2004

[edit] External links

• Ireland East election results 2004 (The Irish Times)
• Irish EU constituencies (The Irish Times)

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