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Roscommon–Galway (Dáil constituency)

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Dáil constituency (2016–present)

Roscommon–Galway
Dáil constituency
Location of Roscommon–Galway within Ireland
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the2024 general election
Major settlements	Ballaghaderreen Ballinasloe Castlerea Roscommon Strokestown
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	3
TDs	Martin Daly (FF) Michael Fitzmaurice (II) Claire Kerrane (SF)
Local government areas	County Roscommon County Galway
Created from	Roscommon–South Leitrim Galway East
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Roscommon–Galway is aparliamentary constituency that has been represented inDáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament orOireachtas, from the2016 general election. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system ofproportional representation by means of thesingle transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

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The constituency was established by theElectoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the2016 election.^[1]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of theElectoral Commission recommended that at thenext general election, the boundary of Roscommon–Galway be altered with the transfer of territory fromSligo–Leitrim and the transfer of territory toGalway East.^[2]

TheElectoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[3]

"The county of Roscommon;and the county of Galway except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West."

Changes to the Roscommon–Galway constituency
Years	No. of TDs	Area	Formed by
2016–2020	3	County Roscommon, and the parts ofCounty Galway not in the constituencies ofGalway East andGalway West.^[4]	County Roscommon, fromRoscommon–South Leitrim,^[5] Transfer from Galway East of: Ballinasloe Urban Ahascragh, Ballinasloe Rural, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Killure, Kylemore, Lismanny, in the formerRural District of Ballinasloe No. 1 Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Island, Kilcroan, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Shankill, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the formerRural District of Glennamaddy Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Killeroran, Killian, Taghboy, in the formerRural District of Mount Bellew Dunmore North, Toberadosh, in the formerRural District of Tuam.
2020–	3	County Roscommon, except for the part in the constituency ofSligo–Leitrim, and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.^[1]	Transfer from Galway East of:^[6] Aughrim, Ballymacward, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Oatfield, in the formerRural District of Ballinasloe No. 1 Scregg, in the formerRural District of Glennamaddy Annagh, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, in the formerRural District of Mount Bellew Addergoole, Carrownagur, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Dunmore South, in the formerRural District of Tuam Transfer to Sligo–Leitrim of: Aghafin, Altagowlan, Ballyfarnan, Ballyformoyle, Boyle Rural, Boyle Urban, Crossna, Danesfort, Keadew, Kilbryan, Killukin, Lough Allen, Oakport, Rockingham, Rushfield, Tivannagh, Tumna North, Tumna South, in the formerRural District of Boyle No. 1

TDs

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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Galway 2016–
Key to parties FF =Fianna Fáil Ind =Independent II =Independent Ireland SF =Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016^[7]		Eugene Murphy (FF)		Denis Naughten (Ind)		Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind)
33rd	2020^[8]		Claire Kerrane (SF)		Denis Naughten (Ind)		Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind)
34th	2024^[9]		Claire Kerrane (SF)		Martin Daly (FF)		Michael Fitzmaurice (II)

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

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^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

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2024 general election: Roscommon–Galway^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent Ireland	*Michael Fitzmaurice^[]**	29.2	12,002
	Sinn Féin	*Claire Kerrane^[]**	19.5	8,039	8,449	8,469	8,540	9,331	9,551	11,087
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Daly	17.7	7,283	7,705	7,715	7,811	8,010	8,372	10,234
	Fine Gael	Aisling Dolan	11.8	4,843	5,012	5,017	5,097	5,228	6,625	7,593
	Independent	Eugene Murphy	10.5	4,327	4,782	4,848	4,954	5,441	5,779
	Fine Gael	Dympna Daly Finn	5.3	2,164	2,252	2,262	2,325	2,425
	PBP–Solidarity	Andrew Mannion^[a]	2.0	814	848	862	1,006
	Aontú	Cormac Ó Corcoráin	1.9	789	868	909	1,031
	Green	Martina O'Connor	1.1	441	449	449
	The Irish People	Alan Sweeney	0.5	224	246	306
	Independent	Vincent Beirne	0.5	202	234
Electorate: 62,727 Valid: 41,128 Spoilt: 204 Quota: 10,283 Turnout: 65.9%

^Mannion is a member ofPeople Before Profit.

2020 general election

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2020 general election: Roscommon–Galway^[8]^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Michael Fitzmaurice^[*]	28.7	13,077
	Independent	Denis Naughten^[*]	18.5	8,422	9,057	9,419	10,866	14,683
	Sinn Féin	Claire Kerrane	17.5	8,003	8,322	8,690	9,402	10,082	10,545
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy^[*]	10.8	4,945	5,201	5,381	7,242	8,058	9,204
	Fine Gael	Aisling Dolan	12.0	5,466	5,635	5,710	6,162
	Fianna Fáil	Orla Leyden	6.5	2,953	3,124	3,197
	Green	Julie O'Donoghue	3.1	1,413	1,445	1,610
	Aontú	James Hope	1.1	504	542
	Solidarity–PBP	Kenny Tynan^[a]	0.9	422	442
	National Party	Paul Hanley	0.7	319	331
	Independent	Thomas Fallon	0.2	88	109
Electorate: 69,598 Valid: 45,612 Spoilt: 330 Quota: 11,404 Turnout: 45,942 (66.0%)

^Tynan was a member ofPeople Before Profit.

2016 general election

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2016 general election: Roscommon–Galway^[13]^[14]^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Denis Naughten^[*]	30.5	13,936
	Independent	Michael Fitzmaurice^[*]	21.3	9,750	10,964	10,996	11,073	11,275	11,630
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy	14.9	6,813	7,157	7,162	7,192	7,260	7,368	7,565	10,104
	Fine Gael	Maura Hopkins	14.9	6,812	7,317	7,324	7,428	7,555	7,698	8,388	9,313
	Sinn Féin	Claire Kerrane	6.7	3,075	3,196	3,207	3,256	3,301	3,591	3,826
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Curran	4.4	2,006	2,164	2,168	2,198	2,240	2,294	2,389
	Labour	John Kelly	2.7	1,211	1,254	1,258	1,320	1,373	1,442
	AAA–PBP	Eddie Conroy	2.1	982	1,008	1,015	1,146	1,172
	Renua	Anne Farrell	1.1	520	577	580	616
	Green	Miriam Hennesy	0.6	286	305	307
	Independent	Anthony Coleman	0.5	214	229	237
	Independent	Thomas Fallon	0.2	75	88
Electorate: 64,235 Valid: 45,680 Spoilt: 315 Quota: 11,421 Turnout: 71.6%

References

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^^a ^bElectoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of theOireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book on 28 September 2022.
^"Constituency Review Report 2023"(PDF).Electoral Commission. pp. 48–49, 132.Archived(PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved9 September 2023.
^Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of theOireachtas. Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
^Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Enacted on 20 March 2013. Act of theOireachtas. Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book on 28 September 2022.
^"Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area"(PDF).Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012.Archived(PDF) from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved7 April 2013.
^"Constituency Commission Report 2017: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies"(PDF). Constituency Commission. 27 June 2017. p. 71.Archived(PDF) from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved19 May 2022.
^^a ^b"General election 2016: Roscommon–Galway".ElectionsIreland.org.Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved23 February 2016.
^^a ^b"General election 2020: Roscommon–Galway".ElectionsIreland.org.Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved9 February 2020.
^^a ^b"General election 2024: Roscommon–Galway".ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved2 December 2024.
^"General Election 2024 Results – Roscommon–Galway".RTÉ News. December 2024. Retrieved7 December 2024.
^"General Election 2020 Results – Roscommon–Galway".RTÉ News.Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved23 May 2020.
^"Roscommon–Galway: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com.Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved23 May 2020.
^"Roscommon Galway Results 2016".Irelandelection.com.Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved20 January 2020.
^"Roscommon Galway Results 2016".RTÉ. Archived fromthe original on 7 June 2019.

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to 1800

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