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Donegal North-East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Donegal North-East
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Outline map
Location of Donegal North-East within Ireland
Former constituency
Created 1981
Abolished 2016
Seats 3
County council County Donegal
Donegal North-East
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created 1961
Abolished 1977
Seats 3
County council County Donegal

Donegal North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1961 to 1977 and from 1981 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

The constituency was first created for the 1961 general election taking in parts of the abolished Donegal East constituency, it lasted until 1977 when it was abolished and became part of a new Donegal constituency. It was recreated for the 1981 general election. It was abolished at the 2016 general election, and again became part of the re-created Donegal constituency.

The constituency was located in the northern part of County Donegal. It encompassed the Letterkenny, Milford and Inishowen electoral areas of Donegal County Council.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:

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.


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