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Longford–Roscommon
Longford–Roscommon
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1992
Abolished	2007
Seats	4
Local government areas	County Longford; County Roscommon;
Created from	Longford–Westmeath; Roscommon;
Replaced by	Longford–Westmeath; Roscommon–South Leitrim;

Longford–Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1992 to 2007. The constituency was served by 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The Longford–Roscommon constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 and first used at the 1992 general election.^[1] The constituency was previously represented through the constituencies of Roscommon and Longford-Westmeath, both of which were abolished in 1992.

The constituency spanned the entire area of County Longford and County Roscommon, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas.^[1]

It was one of a number of constituencies which were altered by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005; with effect from the 2007 general election, the Longford–Roscommon constituency was abolished. Longford joined the recreated constituency of Longford–Westmeath, while Roscommon became part of Roscommon–South Leitrim.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Roscommon 1992–2007
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent PDs = Progressive Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
27th	1992^[2]		Albert Reynolds (FF)		Seán Doherty (FF)		Tom Foxe (Ind)		John Connor (FG)
28th	1997^[3]		Albert Reynolds (FF)		Seán Doherty (FF)		Louis Belton (FG)		Denis Naughten (FG)
29th	2002^[4]		Peter Kelly (FF)		Michael Finneran (FF)		Mae Sexton (PDs)		Denis Naughten (FG)
30th	2007	Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath and Roscommon–South Leitrim

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

2002 general election

2002 general election: Longford–Roscommon^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly	14.7	7,319	7,323	7,334	7,407	7,634	7,872	7,905	7,980	8,005	9,318
	Fine Gael	Denis Naughten	13.4	6,660	6,686	6,722	6,921	7,076	7,431	9,506	11,614
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran	13.1	6,502	6,521	6,537	6,612	6,730	7,158	7,294	8,181	8,725	8,916
	Fianna Fáil	Greg Kelly	12.9	6,430	6,471	6,490	6,670	6,897	7,014	7,740	8,459	8,687	8,862
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton	9.6	4,762	4,767	4,788	4,921	5,037	5,193	5,705	5,832	6,215
	Progressive Democrats	Mae Sexton	9.4	4,679	4,699	4,751	4,905	5,198	5,497	5,558	6,071	6,301	8,917
	Fine Gael	John Connor	7.7	3,829	3,880	3,899	4,042	4,150	4,289
	Independent	Úna Quinn	7.2	3,598	3,650	3,738	4,000	4,331	4,859	5,365
	Independent	Tom Crosby	4.3	2,123	2,133	2,144	2,251	2,422
	Sinn Féin	Paul Whelan	3.4	1,673	1,686	1,702	1,872
	Independent	Luke 'Ming' Flanagan	1.6	779	790	840
	Labour	Hughie Baxter	1.3	638	640	724
	Green	Catherine Ansboro	0.9	426	435
	Independent	Vincent Killalea	0.4	191
	Christian Solidarity	Brian Lenehan	0.2	80
Electorate: 70,650 Valid: 49,689 Spoilt: 621 (1.2%) Quota: 9,938 Turnout: 50,310 (71.2%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Longford–Roscommon^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	18.5	8,742	8,793	9,847
	Fine Gael	Denis Naughten	14.1	6,652	6,801	6,917	7,291	9,040	9,058	12,868
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Doherty	12.2	5,768	6,050	6,191	7,446	8,526	8,643	9,693
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton	12.1	5,696	5,800	6,299	6,356	6,514	6,699	7,315	9,632
	Fine Gael	John Connor	10.8	5,104	5,342	5,388	5,559	6,210	6,213
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran	9.3	4,414	4,457	4,545	5,523	6,360	6,427	6,654	6,988
	Independent	Tom Foxe	8.6	4,082	4,280	4,465	5,000
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Leyden	7.0	3,308	3,382	3,513
	Progressive Democrats	Mae Sexton	4.8	2,289	2,346
	Labour	Marian Gaffney	1.5	699
	Independent	Brian Sheerin	1.1	526
Electorate: 63,942 Valid: 47,280 Spoilt: 563 (1.2%) Quota: 9,457 Turnout: 47,843 (74.8%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Longford–Roscommon^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	22.8	10,307
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	12.8	5,788	6,124	6,147	6,247	6,335	7,130	7,510	7,799	7,994
	Independent	Tom Foxe	12.3	5,585	5,621	5,657	5,951	6,365	6,765	7,869	8,609	9,730
	Fine Gael	John Connor	11.4	5,154	5,160	5,173	5,316	5,343	5,383	6,995	10,809
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton	10.5	4,769	4,974	4,992	5,091	5,667	5,691	6,396
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Leyden	9.6	4,331	4,732	4,752	4,838	4,962	6,016	6,578	6,931	7,132
	Fine Gael	Liam Naughten	8.0	3,633	3,642	3,651	3,759	3,784	4,815
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran	7.2	3,261	3,378	3,385	3,421	3,464
	Independent	Mae Sexton	2.6	1,160	1,279	1,325	1,500
	Labour	Jim Nolan	1.3	595	600	655
	Independent	Martin Hogan	1.0	459	462	473
	Sinn Féin	Tena O'Leary	0.4	160	165
	Green	Peter Sweetman	0.2	103	106
Electorate: 60,709 Valid: 45,305 Spoilt: 501 (1.1%) Quota: 9,062 Turnout: 45,806 (75.5%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1990: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election 1992: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
^ "General election 1997: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2002: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
^ Government of Ireland (1998). 28th Dáil General Election June, 1997 Election Results and Transfer of Votes. Stationery Office, Government of Ireland.
^ Government of Ireland (1993). Dáil General Election November, 1992 Election Results and Transfer of Votes in the General Election for the Twenty-Seventh Dáil. Stationery Office, Government of Ireland.