Connacht–Ulster (European Parliament constituency)
Former European Parliament constituency
Connacht–Ulster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. Throughout its history, it elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote (STV) system.
History and boundaries
The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament . It comprised the counties of Galway , Leitrim , Mayo , Roscommon and Sligo from the historic province of Connacht together with the Ulster counties of Cavan , Donegal , and Monaghan .[ 2] It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new North-West constituency.[ 3]
MEPs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
1999 election
1999 European Parliament election : Connacht–Ulster[ 9]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fianna Fáil
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher [ 10]
20.6
66,055
66,381
66,902
72,673
98,258
Fine Gael
Joe McCartin
19.9
63,632
63,811
64,506
68,388
72,764
75,275
Independent
Dana Rosemary Scallon
16.0
51,086
51,366
52,802
59,444
67,887
72,855
Fianna Fáil
Noel Treacy
15.0
47,933
48,060
48,470
51,544
Independent
Marian Harkin
14.8
47,372
47,712
48,632
56,141
60,316
64,152
Sinn Féin
Seán MacManus
6.4
20,457
20,571
20,801
Labour
Gerard Gibbons
3.3
10,522
10,827
10,972
Independent
Liam Sharkey
1.7
5,334
5,404
Independent
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
1.6
5,000
5,539
5,650
Natural Law
Paul Campbell
0.6
1,920
Independent
Paul Raymond
0.3
840
Electorate: 541,552 Valid: 320,151 Spoilt: 12,085 (3.6%) Quota: 80,038 Turnout: 332,236 (61.4%)
Mark Killilea retired and his seat was gained by Independent Dana Rosemary Scallon.
1994 election
1994 European Parliament election : Connacht–Ulster[ 11]
[ 12]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
22.9
53,171
54,122
57,657
59,372
Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea
19.6
45,638
46,445
47,500
53,030
59,773
Fine Gael
Joe McCartin
16.4
38,039
38,861
39,461
43,896
49,371
Fine Gael
Jim Higgins
13.3
30,947
32,100
32,768
37,135
42,153
Progressive Democrats
Bobby Molloy
9.1
21,219
22,784
23,538
Labour
Ann Gallagher
8.5
19,826
22,195
25,303
27,875
Sinn Féin
Pat Doherty
6.0
13,939
14,665
Green
Richard Douthwaite
3.7
8,628
Natural Law
Mary Louise Lacey
0.5
1,223
Electorate: 496,352 Valid: 232,630 Spoilt: 4,971 (2.1%) Quota: 58,158 Turnout: 237,601 (47.9%)
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher of Fianna Fáil gained the seat vacated by Neil Blaney.
1989 election
1989 European Parliament election : Connacht–Ulster[ 13] [ 14]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea
17.2
53,842
53,950
54,122
54,395
54,668
55,095
57,686
58,795
67,246
Independent Fianna Fáil
Neil Blaney
16.9
52,852
53,075
53,922
54,425
55,981
56,940
59,954
63,193
69,857
Fianna Fáil
Seán Doherty
15.5
48,288
48,367
48,569
48,725
49,186
49,474
50,694
51,562
53,641
Fine Gael
Joe McCartin
14.9
46,523
46,579
46,694
47,045
47,328
47,589
52,737
71,091
84,697
Progressive Democrats
Bobby Molloy
13.0
40,476
40,564
40,754
41,613
41,804
43,254
45,621
48,227
Fine Gael
Paddy Harte
9.8
30,745
30,798
31,225
31,559
31,715
32,137
34,663
Fine Gael
Angela Lupton
3.3
10,165
10,212
10,254
10,553
10,615
11,154
Sinn Féin
Pat Doherty
2.5
7,716
8,119
8,237
8,315
10,668
11,094
Sinn Féin
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
2.0
6,173
6,441
6,553
6,656
Labour
Ivan McPhillips
1.6
4,969
5,012
5,306
Workers' Party
Jimmy Brick
1.5
4,759
4,840
5,333
6,710
6,841
Workers' Party
Seamus Rodgers
1.3
4,097
4,112
Sinn Féin
Dermot Guy
0.5
1,697
Electorate: 464,661 Valid: 312,302 Spoilt: 10,362 (3.2%) Quota: 78,076 Turnout: 322,664 (69.4%)
Neil Blaney regained his seat at the expense of Fianna Fáil.
1984 election
1984 European Parliament election : Connacht–Ulster[ 15] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fianna Fáil
Ray MacSharry [ 6]
24.1
56,803
56,955
57,252
57,718
57,896
58,740
59,448
Fine Gael
Joe McCartin
21.7
51,164
51,293
51,545
51,752
54,991
57,247
57,761
76,674
Fianna Fáil
Seán Flanagan
17.3
40,760
41,017
41,424
41,615
41,788
42,657
43,021
43,915
46,010
Independent Fianna Fáil
Neil Blaney
13.8
32,504
32,875
33,622
35,379
35,610
37,340
40,415
42,324
44,430
Fine Gael
Joseph Murrin
8.5
20,107
20,204
20,415
20,568
23,190
25,154
25,459
Labour
Michael D. Higgins
3.5
8,337
9,205
9,401
9,587
9,988
Fine Gael
Pól Ó Foighil
3.0
7,144
7,214
7,282
7,323
Sinn Féin
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
2.6
6,103
6,158
7,167
10,043
10,159
10,417
Sinn Féin
Eddie Fullerton
2.5
5,771
5,896
6,706
Sinn Féin
Mary McGing
1.8
4,176
4,294
Workers' Party
Jimmy Brick
1.1
2,612
Electorate: 471,577 Valid: 235,481 Spoilt: 5,763 (2.4%) Quota: 58,871 Turnout: 241,244 (51.2%)
Neil Blaney lost his seat to Ray MacSharry of Fianna Fáil.
1979 election
1979 European Parliament election [ 17]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Independent Fianna Fáil
Neil Blaney
26.6
81,522
Fine Gael
Joe McCartin
15.5
47,519
47,989
49,697
50,474
51,696
65,471
66,901
Fianna Fáil
Seán Flanagan
12.5
38,233
38,653
39,478
40,732
52,409
54,826
82,209
Fine Gael
Patrick Cooney
10.9
33,360
34,142
36,596
37,281
38,006
50,025
51,267
Fine Gael
Myles Staunton
10.6
32,485
32,773
35,343
35,746
36,189
Fianna Fáil
Jim Doolan
9.1
27,739
28,263
29,781
30,606
37,781
38,576
Fianna Fáil
Sean McEniff
8.4
25,774
26,267
26,782
27,818
Labour
Michael D. Higgins
4.3
13,062
14,013
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Tony Coffey
1.1
3,329
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Séamus Rodgers
0.9
2,696
Community Democrats
Christopher Morris
0.2
447
Electorate: 442,471 Valid: 306,166 Spoilt: 14,547 (4.5%) Quota: 76,542 Turnout: 320,713 (72.5%)
See also
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