LIMERICK WEST (DáIL ÉIREANN CONSTITUENCY)

'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.

Contents

2007 Election result

2002 Election result

November 1982 - 1997 full election results

1981 full result

1977 full election result

See also

2007 Election result

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

2002 Election result

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

November 1982 - 1997 full election results

Online at [1]

1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – 11th June, 1981
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2
	'Gerard Collins'	Fianna Fáil	'14776'
	'William O'Brien'	Fine Gael	'8676'	'8676'
	Michael Noonan	Fianna Fáil	6579	'12731'
	Donal Sheehan	Fine Gael	3158	3484
Electorate=41097, valid=33189, spoiled=387, quota=8298

1977 full election result

Electorate=42037, Valid votes =33414, spoiled votes=266, quota=8354 ^[1]

	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
'Gerard Collins', (Fianna Fáil)	'10081'
'Michael Noonan', (Fianna Fáil)	'9749'	'9749'
'William O'Brien', (Fine Gael)	7596	8153	'8887'
Ailish Jones-Cassidy, (Fine Gael)	3165	3526	3775
Edward Dwyer, (Labour)	1444	1950	2299
Sean Broderick, (Fine Gael)	1379	1682	1745

See also

★ Parliamentary Constituencies in the Republic of Ireland.

★ Politics of the Republic of Ireland.

★ List of political parties in Ireland.

★ Elections in Ireland.