Limerick West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Limerick West
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1948
TDs = 3
Counties = County Limerick
EP = South

Limerick West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 53,879 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

It is located in the western part of the County Limerick. It is a very rural, conservative constituency, with few large towns. In some elections, such as in 1982, only Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael candidates appeared on the ballot. In 1987, a Progressive Democrats candidate was elected. This was the first, and so far only, time a candidate from a party other than Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael was elected in that constituency since it came into being in 1948. No candidate from a left-wing party has ever been elected in this constituency. At the next election the constituency will be renamed Limerick. [ [http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs%5Ccon2007.pdf Constituency commission report, p5] ]

2007 Election result

Minor boundary changes see the towns of Bruff, Knocklong, Knockainey and Uregare arriving from Limerick East.

Irish Election box begin
|title=2007 General Election: Limerick WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Niall Collins
votes = 10,396
percentage = 25.7
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = John Cregan
votes = 8,701
percentage = 21.5
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Dan Neville
votes = 8,314
percentage = 20.6
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Michael Finucane
votes = 7,839
percentage = 19.4
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = James Heffernan
votes = 2,277
percentage = 5.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Progressive Democrats
candidate = Michael Brennan
votes = 1,935
percentage = 4.8
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = James Nix
votes = 969
percentage = 2.4
seat =
count =

2002 Election result

In the final count Dan Neville beat Michael Finucane by one vote to claim the last seat.

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Limerick WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Cregan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 10,823
percentage = 30.34
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael J. Collins
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,236
percentage = 23.09
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dan Neville
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,446
percentage = 20.88
seat = 3
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Finucane
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,410
percentage = 20.77
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Marcus Briody
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 948
percentage = 2.66
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Mike MacDomhnaill
votes = 662
percentage = 1.86
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Patrick O'Riordan
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 144
percentage = 0.4
seat =
count =

November 1982 - 1997 full election results

Online at [http://www.election.polarbears.com/online/da2002.htm]

1981 full result

1977 full election result

Electorate=42037, Valid votes =33414, spoiled votes=266, quota=8354 [Irish Times, 20-6-1977, p7-10]

ee also

* Parliamentary Constituencies in the Republic of Ireland.
* Politics of the Republic of Ireland.
* List of political parties in Ireland.
* Elections in Ireland.

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