Mayo East (Dáil constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see East Mayo (UK Parliament constituency).

Mayo East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1969
Abolished1997
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Mayo
Created from
Replaced byMayo

Mayo East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1997. The constituency was served by 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, taking in parts of the former Mayo North and Mayo South constituencies.[1] It was abolished for the 1997 general election when it was combined with Mayo West to form the new 5 seat Mayo constituency.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo East 1969–1997[2]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
19th 1969[3] Seán Flanagan
(FF) 		Thomas O'Hara
(FG) 		Martin Finn
(FG)
20th 1973[4] Seán Calleary
(FF)
21st 1977[5] P. J. Morley
(FF) 		Paddy O'Toole
(FG)
22nd 1981[6]
23rd 1982 (Feb)[7]
24th 1982 (Nov)[8]
25th 1987[9] Jim Higgins
(FG)
26th 1989[10]
27th 1992[11] Tom Moffatt
(FF)
28th 1997 Constituency abolished. See Mayo

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

1992 general election

1992 general election: Mayo East[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 26.1 7,631    
Fianna Fáil Tom Moffatt 22.7 6,639 6,870 7,709
Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 19.6 5,733 6,209 6,457
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 19.4 5,693 5,806 7,158
Fianna Fáil Paddy Oliver 8.6 2,514 2,612  
Independent Mary Reilly 3.7 1,089    
Electorate: 43,449   Valid: 29,299   Spoilt: 421 (1.4%)   Quota: 7,325   Turnout: 29,720 (68.4%)  

1989 general election

1989 general election: Mayo East[10][13][14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 31.2 8,463  
Fianna Fáil Seán Calleary 27.0 7,313  
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 24.3 6,579 6,967
Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 17.6 4,758 6,054
Electorate: 39,470   Valid: 27,113   Quota: 6,779   Turnout: 68.7%  

1987 general election

1987 general election: Mayo East[9][15][16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 23.5 7,263 7,328 7,829
Fianna Fáil Seán Calleary 21.9 6,779 6,955 8,560
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 20.6 6,382 6,497 8,295
Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole 18.6 5,765 5,833 6,058
Fianna Fáil Padraic Gavin 13.1 4,063 4,203  
Sinn Féin Joseph McHale 2.2 668    
Electorate: 41,247   Valid: 30,920   Quota: 7,731   Turnout: 75.0%  

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Mayo East[8][17][18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Seán Calleary 21.7 6,834 6,944 8,815  
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 20.7 6,507 6,717 8,091  
Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole 20.4 6,427 7,594 7,777 7,997
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 16.3 5,120 6,539 6,695 6,969
Fianna Fáil John Bolingbrook 10.9 3,418 3,659    
Fine Gael Seán McEvoy 8.7 2,745      
Independent John Regan 1.4 451      
Electorate: 41,818   Valid: 31,502   Quota: 7,876   Turnout: 75.3%  

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Mayo East[7][19][20]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole 22.9 7,140 7,512 7,770
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 22.8 7,096 7,194 8,504
Fianna Fáil Seán Calleary 22.1 6,876 6,927 8,672
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 16.5 5,134 5,937 5,937
Fianna Fáil John Bolingbrook 11.1 3,439 3,509  
Fine Gael John Flannery 4.1 1,274    
Independent Peter Keane 0.4 134    
Electorate: 41,811   Valid: 31,093   Spoilt: 208 (0.7%)   Quota: 7,774   Turnout: 31,509 (75.4%)  

1981 general election

1981 general election: Mayo East[6][21]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Seán Calleary 22.4 7,248 8,916    
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 21.1 6,829 7,896 8,592  
Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole 20.3 6,569 6,695 6,719 8,022
Fine Gael Martin Finn 13.9 4,509 4,798 4,873 7,371
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 11.8 3,829 3,987 4,020  
Fianna Fáil John Bolingbrook 10.4 3,367      
Electorate: 41,811   Valid: 32,351   Spoilt: 260 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,088   Turnout: 32,611 (78.0%)  

1977 general election

1977 general election: Mayo East[5][22]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Seán Calleary 23.9 7,858 8,074 9,749    
Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole 19.3 6,338 7,921 8,015 8,053 8,096
Fine Gael Martin Finn 18.8 6,203 7,694 7,932 7,969 8,033
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 15.6 5,115 5,251 7,007 8,460  
Fianna Fáil Seán Flanagan 11.3 3,722 3,859      
Fine Gael Seán McEvoy 11.1 3,646        
Electorate: 44,214   Valid: 32,882   Spoilt: 267 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,221   Turnout: 33,149 (75.5%)  

1973 general election

1973 general election: Mayo East[4][23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Seán Calleary 26.0 6,725          
Fine Gael Martin Finn 22.6 5,842 6,453 6,463 6,785    
Fine Gael Thomas O'Hara 13.6 3,507 3,828 3,854 5,471 5,718 6,080
Fianna Fáil Seán Flanagan 12.7 3,290 3,396 3,568 3,600 3,611 6,172
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 12.4 3,218 3,348 3,384 3,407 3,413  
Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole 7.2 1,850 2,057 2,071      
Labour Thomas Dillon-Leetch 5.5 1,432          
Electorate: 34,810   Valid: 25,864   Quota: 6,467   Turnout: 74.3%  

1969 general election

1969 general election: Mayo East[3][24]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Seán Flanagan 23.6 6,165 6,239 6,979      
Fine Gael Martin Finn 18.6 4,852 5,078 5,111 5,116 5,913 6,442
Fianna Fáil John Garrett 15.6 4,087 4,145 5,138 5,538 6,061 6,115
Fine Gael Thomas O'Hara 15.6 4,080 4,225 4,523 4,554 7,115  
Fine Gael Michael Browne 14.5 3,780 4,013 4,132 4,143    
Fianna Fáil Kevin McLoughlin 8.8 2,292 2,331        
Labour Gerald Boyle 3.3 869          
Electorate: 35,508   Valid: 26,125   Quota: 6,532   Turnout: 73.6%  

See also

References

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  21. ^ "22nd Dáil 1981 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. September 1981. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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