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Leinster (European Parliament constituency)

Leinster was a European Parliament constituency in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. It elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the 1979, 1984 and 1989 elections and 4 MEPs in the elections of 1994 and 1999 using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. It comprised the counties of Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow from the historic province of Leinster excluding the County Dublin area.[1] It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new East constituency.[2]

MEPs

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

  1. ^ Liam Kavanagh resigned on 7 July 1981 on his appointment as Minister for Labour and was substituted by Séamus Pattison (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981.
  2. ^ Séamus Pattison resigned on 15 December 1983 on his appointment as a Minister of State and was substituted by Justin Keating (LAB / PES) on 8 February 1984.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing MEP elected at the previous election.
^ †: Outgoing MEP coopted subsequent to the previous election.

1999 election

1994 election

1989 election

Mark Clinton stepped down and was replaced by his party colleague Patrick Cooney.

1984 election

1979 election

References

  1. ^ "European Assembly Elections Act, 1977: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  2. ^ "European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  3. ^ "1979 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  4. ^ "1984 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  5. ^ "1989 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  6. ^ "1994 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  7. ^ a b "1999 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Leinster: 1994 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
  9. ^ "1994 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
  10. ^ "1989 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Leinster: 1989 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
  12. ^ "1984 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Leinster: 1984 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
  14. ^ "1979 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Leinster: 1979 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".

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