Former constituency of the European Parliament
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.
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
- ^ "European Assembly Elections Act, 1977: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ "European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ "1979 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ "1984 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ "1989 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ "1994 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ a b "1999 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ "Leinster: 1994 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
- ^ "1994 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
- ^ "1989 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Leinster: 1989 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
- ^ "1984 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Leinster: 1984 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
- ^ "1979 European Elections Results". 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Leinster: 1979 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
External links
- European Parliament elections 1999 – Leinster