Longford-Roscommon (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Longford-Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency from 1992–2007, represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The method of election was the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency had an electorate of 70,650 (in 2002) and was served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The constituency spanned the entire area of County Longford in Leinster and County Roscommon in Connacht, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas.

The Longford-Roscommon constituency 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 division was replaced by the new constituencies of Longford-Westmeath and Roscommon-South Leitrim.

Recent results

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candidate = Denis Naughten
party = Fine Gael
votes = 6,660
percentage = 13.40
seat = 1
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candidate = Peter Kelly
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,319
percentage = 14.73
seat = 2
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candidate = Mae Sexton
party = Progressive Democrats
votes = 4,679
percentage = 9.42
seat = 3
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candidate = Michael Finneran
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 6,502
percentage = 13.09
seat = 4
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candidate = Greg Kelly
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 6,430
percentage = 12.94
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candidate = Louis Belton
party = Fine Gael
votes = 4,762
percentage = 9.58
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candidate = John Connor
party = Fine Gael
votes = 3,829
percentage = 7.71
seat =
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candidate = Úna Quinn
party = Independent
votes = 3,598
percentage = 7.24
seat =
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candidate = Tom Crosby
party = Independent
votes = 2,123
percentage = 4.27
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candidate = Paul Whelan
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 1,673
percentage = 3.37
seat =
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candidate = Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
party = Independent
votes = 779
percentage = 1.57
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candidate = Hughie Baxter
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 638
percentage = 1.28
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candidate = Catherine Ansboro
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 426
percentage = 0.86
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candidate = Vincent Killalea
party = Independent
votes = 191
percentage = 0.38
seat =
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candidate = Brian Lenehan
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 80
percentage = 0.16
seat =
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Former TDs

* Albert Reynolds

ee also

* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* List of political parties in Ireland
* Elections in Ireland