Louth (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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The Louth parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the smallest county in Ireland, taking in Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee. The constituency has an electorate of 81,952 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
Louth was a constituency in the first Dáil election in December 1918 when Sinn Féin won by 255 votes, it's narrowest margin of victory in that election. John J. O'Kelly, a native of Kerry resident in Glasnevin in Dublin, was Louth's first TD. The constituency was merged with Meath to form the 5 seat Louth-Meath constituency for the 2nd and 3rd Dáils. In 1923 Louth became a 3 seat constituency.
Presently, the Foreign Minister, Dermot Ahern is one of the most high profile TD from the constituency. He follows in the footsteps of the former Foreign Minister and founder-member of Fianna Fáil Frank Aiken.
[edit] Irish General Election, 2002
The first four candidates in bold type indicate the current representatives in Dáil Éireann for Louth. The full results are as follows:
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | Count |
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| Dermot Ahern | Fianna Fáil | 9,603 | 1 |
| Arthur Morgan | Sinn Féin | 7,121 | 4 |
| Séamus Kirk | Fianna Fáil | 6,495 | 3 |
| Fergus O'Dowd | Fine Gael | 5,505 | 2 |
| Frank Maher | Fianna Fáil | 4,653 | - |
| Terry Brennan | Fine Gael | 4,130 | - |
| Michael Bell | Labour Party | 3,185 | - |
| Mary Grehan | Independent | 2,384 | - |
| Bernadette Martin | Green Party/Comhaontas Glas | 1,979 | - |
| Martin Bellew | Independent | 1,307 | - |
| Frank Godfrey | Independent | 473 | - |
| Aidan Mahon | Independent | 294 | - |
| Liam Ó Gogain | Independent | 239 | - |
| Peter Short | The Workers' Party | 176 | - |
| Michael Maguire | Christian Solidarity | 79 | - |
[edit] Former TDs
- Frank Aiken
- Paddy Donegan
- Pádraig Faulkner
- John J. O'Kelly (An Sceilg)
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
- O. S. Kelly, 'County Louth: the Irish revolution and the 1918 general election' (MA thesis, UCD, 2006)
