Louth (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Louth Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
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Louth shown within Ireland
Created:	1923
TDs:	4
Counties:	County Louth
EP constituency:	East

Louth is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 81,952 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency spans the entire area of the smallest county in Ireland, taking in Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee.

Louth was a constituency in the first Dáil election in December 1918 when Sinn Féin won by 255 votes, it's narrowest margin of victory in that election. John J. O'Kelly, a native of Kerry, resident in Glasnevin (Dublin), was Louth's first TD. The constituency was merged with Meath to form the 5 seat Louth-Meath constituency for the 2nd and 3rd Dála. In 1923 Louth became a 3 seat constituency.

Presently, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern is one of the most high profile TD from the constituency.

1 2007 Election result
2 2002 Election result
3 November 1982 - 2002 full election results
4 February 1982 full result
5 1981 full result
6 Former TDs
7 See also

[edit] 2007 Election result

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2007 General Election: Louth
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	10,190	18.5	1	5
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	9,982	18.1	2	5
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	8,387	15.2	3	5
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	8,274	15.0	4	6
	Fine Gael	Mairead McGuinness	5,199	9.5
	Green Party	Mark Dearey	4,172	7.6
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher	3,009	5.5
	Labour Party	Gerald Nash	2,739	5.0
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy	2,573	4.7
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	193	0.4
	Fathers Rights	Luke Martin	169	0.3

[edit] 2002 Election result

2002 General Election: Louth
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	9,603	20.16	1	1
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	5,505	11.56	2	8
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	6,495	13.64	3	8
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	7,121	14.95	4	8
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher	4,653	9.77
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan	4,130	8.67
	Labour Party	Michael Bell	3,185	6.69
	Independent	Mary Grehan	2,384	5.01
	Green Party	Bernadette Martin	1,979	4.16
	Independent	Martin Bellew	1,307	2.74
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	473	0.99
	Independent	Aidan Mahon	294	0.62
	Independent	Liam Ó Gogain	239	0.50
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	176	0.37
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Maguire	79	0.17

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [1]

[edit] February 1982 full result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Padraig Faulkner	Fianna Fáil	8083	8492	9016
	Bernard Markey	Fine Gael	7928	8237	8543	8562	10197
	Thomas Bellew	Fianna Fáil	6305	6427	7143	7219	7961	8050
	Edward Filgate	Fianna Fáil	6109	6204	6862	7055	7391	7428
	Brendan McGahon	Fine Gael	5311	5406	5629	5635	6001	7177
	Francis Browne	Sinn Féin	3714	4117
	Michael Bell	Labour Party	3474	4422	4928	4947
	Frank Godfrey	Independent	1662
	Donnchadha Mac Raghnaill	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	742
	Helen Corcoran	Republican Labour	183
Electorate=57075, valid=43511, spoiled=451, quota=8703

[edit] 1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – 11th June, 1981
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Padraig Faulkner	Ceann Comhairle
	Paddy Agnew	Anti H-Block	8368	8846	8998	9525	9841	10409	10814
	Edward Filgate	Fianna Fáil	5823	5914	7235	7308	7553	11076	11325
	Thomas Bellew	Fianna Fáil	5314	5413	5672	5794	6059
	John Connor	Fianna Fáil	4920	5276	6047	6791	6812	8190	8829
	Bernard Markey	Fine Gael	4694	4810	5007	5258	8316	8513	13315
	Brendan McGahon	Fine Gael	4612	4723	4770	4932
	Dick Branigan	Fine Gael	4372	4624	4687	5548	6463	6651
	Nicholas McCabe	Fianna Fáil	2804	2887
	Michael Bell	Labour Party	2515	3128	3147
	Frank Godfrey	Independent	1210
	Donnchadha Mac Raghnaill	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	785
	James McArdle	Labour Party	346
Electorate=57075, valid=45763, spoiled=514, quota=11441