Connacht-Ulster (European Parliament constituency)

Connacht-Ulster European Parliament constituency

Shown within Ireland
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEP(s)	3
Member State	Ireland
Source(s)	[1]

Connacht-Ulster was a European Parliament constituency in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. Comprising the historic province of Connacht together with the Ulster counties of Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan, it returned three MEPs. For the 2004 election County Clare, in Munster, was added to the constituency and it was renamed North-West.

[edit] 1999 Election result

1999 European Election: Connacht-Ulster^[1]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	*Pat "the Cope" Gallagher^†	66,055	20.63	1	5
	Fine Gael	*Joe McCartin	63,632	19.88	2	6
	Independent	Dana Rosemary Scallon	51,086	15.96	3	6
	Independent	Marian Harkin	47,372	14.80	Not elected	6
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	47,933	14.97	Excluded	4
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	20,457	6.39	Excluded	3
	Labour Party	Gerard Gibbons	10,522	3.29	Excluded	3
	Independent	Luke Flanagan	5,000	1.56	Excluded	3
	Independent	Liam Sharkey	5,334	1.67	Excluded	2
	Independent	Paul Campbell	1,920	0.60	Excluded	1
	Independent	Paul Raymond	840	0.26	Excluded	1
Electorate: 541,552 Valid: 320,151 Spoilt: 12,085 Quota: 80,038 Turnout: 61.35%

^†Pat "the Cope" Gallagher was substituted by Seán Ó Neachtain following the 2002 general election.

Mark Killilea retired and his seat was gained by Independent Dana Rosemary Scallon.

1994 European Election: Connacht-Ulster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	53,171	22.86	1	4
	Fianna Fáil	*Mark Killilea	45,638	19.62	2	5
	Fine Gael	*Joe McCartin	38,039	16.35	3	5
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	30,947	13.30	Not elected	5
	Labour Party	Ann Gallagher	19,826	8.52	Excluded	4
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	21,219	9.12	Excluded	3
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	13,939	5.99	Excluded	2
	Green Party	Richard Douthwaite	8,628	3.71	Excluded	1
	Independent	Mary Louise Lacey	1,223	0.53	Excluded	1
Electorate: 496,352 Valid: 232,630 Spoilt: 4,971 Quota: 58,158 Turnout: 47.87%

Pat "the Cope" Gallagher of Fianna Fáil gained the seat vacated by Neil Blaney.

1989 European Election: Connacht-Ulster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	*Joe McCartin	46,523	14.90	1	9
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	52,852	16.92	2	9
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea	53,842	17.24	3	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	48,288	15.46	Not elected	9
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	40,476	12.96	Excluded	8
	Fine Gael	Paddy Harte	30,745	9.84	Excluded	7
	Fine Gael	Angela Lupton	10,165	3.25	Excluded	6
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	7,716	2.47	Excluded	6
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Brick	6,173	1.98	Excluded	5
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	4,969	1.59	Excluded	4
	Labour Party	Ivan McPhilips	4,759	1.52	Excluded	3
	Workers' Party	Seamus Rodgers	4,097	1.31	Excluded	2
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Guy	1,697	0.54	Excluded	1
Electorate: 464,661 Valid: 312,302 Spoilt: 10,362 Quota: 78,076 Turnout: 69.44%

Neil Blaney regained his seat at the expense of Fianna Fáil.

1984 European Election: Connacht-Ulster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry	56,803	24.12	1	7
	Fine Gael	*Joe McCartin	51,164	21.73	2	8
	Fianna Fáil	*Seán Flanagan	40,760	17.31	3	9
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	32,504	13.80	Not elected	9
	Fine Gael	Joseph Murrin	20,107	8.54	Excluded	7
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	6,103	2.59	Excluded	6
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	8,337	3.54	Excluded	5
	Fine Gael	Pól O'Foighil	7,144	3.03	Excluded	4
	Sinn Féin	Edward Fullerton	5,771	2.45	Excluded	3
	Sinn Féin	Mary McGing	4,176	1.77	Excluded	2
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Brick	2,612	1.11	Excluded	1
Electorate: 471,577 Valid: 235,481 Spoilt: 5,763 Quota: 58,871 Turnout: 51.16%

Neil Blaney lost his seat to Ray MacSharry of Fianna Fáil.

1979 European Election: Connacht-Ulster
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	81,522	26.63	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	38,233	12.49	2	7
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	47,519	15.52	3	7
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	33,360	10.90	Not elected	7
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Doolan	27,739	9.06	Excluded	6
	Fine Gael	Myles Staunton	32,485	10.61	Excluded	5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McEniff	25,774	8.42	Excluded	4
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	13,062	4.27	Excluded	2
	Sinn Féin (Workers Party)	Tony Coffey	3,329	1.09	Excluded	1
	Sinn Féin (Workers Party)	Séamus Rodgers	2,696	0.88	Excluded	1
	Independent	Christopher Morris	447	0.15	Excluded	1
Electorate: 442,471 Valid: 306,166 Spoilt: 14,547 Quota: 76,542 Turnout: 72.48%

*Denotes outgoing MEP