Kildare South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Kildare South
Entity = Ireland


Year = 2002
TDs = 3
Counties = County Kildare
EP = East

Kildare South is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 58,354 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency was created for the 2002 general election after the breakup of the former 5-seat Kildare constituency, with Kildare North being the other constituency created.

The Kildare South parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the southern half of County Kildare in Leinster, taking in the towns of Newbridge, Kildare, Athy, Caragh and many other areas.

Kildare South was notable at the 2002 general election, when Alan Dukes, the former leader of Fine Gael and Cabinet Minister, lost his Dáil seat. It was just another loss on a day which saw the Fine Gael Party lose many of its brightest and best TDs.

2007 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Kildare SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Seán Ó Fearghail
votes = 8,731
percentage = 25.2
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Seán Power
votes = 8,694
percentage = 25.1
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Jack Wall
votes = 7,154
percentage = 20.7
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Richard Daly
votes = 3,353
percentage = 9.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Alan Gillis
votes = 2,586
percentage = 7.5
seat =
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party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = J.J. Power
votes = 2,136
percentage = 6.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Progressive Democrats
candidate = Jane Mullins
votes = 1,513
percentage = 4.4
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tom Doyle
votes = 424
percentage = 1.2
seat =
count =

2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Kildare SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán Power
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,782
percentage = 23.85
seat = 1
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán Ó Fearghail
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,370
percentage = 22.59
seat = 2
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Jack Wall
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 6,043
percentage = 18.52
seat = 3
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Alan Dukes
party = Fine Gael
votes = 4,967
percentage = 15.22
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Dardis
party = Progressive Democrats
votes = 3,887
percentage = 11.91
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = J.J. Power
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,208
percentage = 3.70
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Rainsford Hendy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 828
percentage = 2.54
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Ger Fitzgibbon
party = Independent
votes = 546
percentage = 1.67
seat =
count =

ee also

* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* List of political parties in Ireland
* List of Irish by-elections
* Elections in Ireland