Donegal North-East | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Location of Donegal North-East within Ireland
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1981 |
Abolished | 2016 |
Seats | 3 |
County council | County Donegal |
Donegal North-East | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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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.