Galway East (Dáil constituency)

Galway East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Galway East
Dáil constituency
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Major settlements	Athenry Gort Loughrea Portumna Tuam
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	4 (1977–1981) 3 (1981–1997) 4 (1997–2016) 3 (2016–)
TDs	Seán Canney (Ind)   Ciarán Cannon (FG)   Anne Rabbitte (FF)
Local government area	County Galway
Created from	Galway North-East Clare–South Galway
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Galway East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1961
Abolished	1969
Seats	5
Local government area	County Galway
Created from	Galway North Galway South
Replaced by	Galway North-East Clare–South Galway

Galway East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	4
Local government area	County Galway
Created from	Galway
Replaced by	Galway North Galway South

History and boundaries

The constituency was first used at the 1937 general election, under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, when the former Galway constituency was split into Galway East and Galway West. It was abolished in 1948 and recreated in 1961. It was abolished again in 1969 and recreated in 1977.

It spans much of the eastern half of County Galway, taking in the towns of Tuam, Portumna, Athenry and Loughrea among other areas.^[1]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:^[2]

"In the county of Galway the electoral divisions of:

Abbeygormacan, Clonfert, Killoran, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Laurencetown, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1;

Aughrim, Belleville, Deerpark, Stradbally, in the former Rural District of Galway;

Ardamullivan, Ardrahan, Ballycahalan, Beagh, Cahermore, Cappard, Castletaylor, Doorus, Drumacoo, Gort, Kilbeacanty, Killeely, Killeenavarra, Killinny, Kiltartan, Kilthomas, Kinvarra, Rahasane, Skehanagh, in the former Rural District of Gort;

Aille, Athenry, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Cappalusk, Castleboy, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Craughwell, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey, Grange, Greethill, Kilchreest, Kilconickny, Kilconierin, Killimor, Killogilleen, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Kiltullagh, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Movode, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea;

Cooloo, Derryglassaun, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew;

Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tiranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna;

Abbey East, Abbey West, Annaghdown, Ballinderry, Ballinduff, Ballynapark, Beaghmore, Belclare, Carrowrevagh, Claretuam, Cummer, Donaghpatrick, Doonbally, Foxhall, Headford, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Kilcoona, Killeany, Killeen, Killererin, Killower, Killursa, Kilmoylan, Kilshanvy, Levally, Milltown, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Tuam Rural, Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam."

Changes to the constituency of Galway East, 1937 to present

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1937–1948	4	County Galway, except the parts in the constituencies of Clare and Galway West^[3]	Created from Galway
1948–1961	—	Constituency abolished
1961–1969	5	County Galway, except the parts in the constituencies of Galway West^[4]
1969–1977	—	Constituency abolished^[5]
1977–1981	4	County Galway, except the parts in the constituency of Galway West^[6]
1981–1992	3	In County Galway, the urban district of Ballinasloe^[7]^[8] and the district electoral divisions of Abbeygormacan, Ahascragh, Aughrim, Ballinasloe Rural, Ballymacward, Clonfert, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Killoran, Killure, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Kylemore, Laurencetown, Lismanny, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Scregg, Shankill, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Aille, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Cappalusk, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey, Grange, Killimor, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea; Annagh, Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Cooloo, Derryglassaun, Killeroran, Killian, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, Taghboy, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tieranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna; Abbey East, Abbey West, Addergoole, Ballynapark, Belclare, Carrownagur, Carrowrevagh, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Doonbally, Dunmore North, Dunmore South, Foxhall, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Killeen, Killererin, Kilshanvy, Levally, Milltown, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Toberadosh, Tuam Rural, Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam.
1992–1997	3	In County Galway, the urban district of Ballinasloe^[9] and the district electoral divisions of Abbeygormacan, Ahascragh, Aughrim, Ballinasloe Rural, Ballymacward, Clonfert, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Killoran, Killure, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Kylemore, Laurencetown, Lismanny, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Island, Kilcroan, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Scregg, Shankill, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Aille, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Cappalusk, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey Grange, Killimor, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea; Annagh, Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Cooloo, Derryglassaun, Killeroran, Killian, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, Taghboy, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tiranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna; Abbey East, Abbey West, Ballynapark, Carrownagur, Carrowrevagh, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Dunmore North, Dunmore South, Hillsbrook, Killererin, Levally, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Toberadosh, Tuam Rural, Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam.	Transfer to Mayo East of^[10] Addergoole, Belclare, Doonbally, Foxhall, Kilbennan, Killeen, Kilshanvy, Milltown, in the former Rural District of Tuam and transfer from Roscommon of Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Island, Kilcroan, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy.
1997–2002	4	In County Galway, the urban district of Ballinasloe and the district electoral divisions of^[11] Abbeygormacan, Ahascragh, Aughrim, Ballinasloe Rural, Ballymacward, Clonfert, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Killoran, Killure, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Kylemore, Laurencetown, Lismanny, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Island, Kilcroan, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Scregg, Shankill, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Ardamullivan, Ardrahan, Ballycahalan, Beagh, Cahermore, Cappard, Castletaylor, Doorus, Drumacoo, Gort, Kilbeacanty, Killeely, Killeenavarra, Killinny, Kiltartan, Kilthomas, Kinvarra, Rahasane, Skehanagh, in the former Rural District of Gort; Aille, Athenry, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Castleboy, Cappalusk, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Craughwell, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey, Grange, Greethill, Kilchreest, Kilconickny, Kilconierin, Killimor, Killogilleen, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Kiltullagh, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Movode, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea; Annagh, Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Cooloo, Derryglassaun, Killeroran, Killian, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, Taghboy, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tiranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna; Abbey East, Abbey West, Addergoole, Belclare, Ballinderry, Ballynapark, Claretuam, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Carrownagur, Carrowrevagh, Cummer, Doonbally, Dunmore North, Dunmore South, Foxhall, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Killeen, Killererin, Kilmoylan, Kilshanvy, Levally, Milltown, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Toberadosh, Tuam Rural and Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam.	Transfer from Mayo East of^[12] Addergoole, Belclare, Doonbally, Foxhall, Kilbennan, Killeen, Kilshanvy, Milltown, in the former Rural District of Tuam; and transfer from Galway West of areas in the former rural districts of Gort, Loughrea and Tuam.
2002–2016	4	In County Galway, the urban district of Ballinasloe^[13]^[14]^[15] and the district electoral divisions of Abbeygormacan, Ahascragh, Aughnim, Ballinasloe Rural, Ballymacward, Clonfert, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Killoran, Killure, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Kylemore, Laurencetown, Lismanny, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Island, Kilcroan, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Scregg, Shankill, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Ardamullivan, Ardrahan, Ballycahalan, Beagh, Cahermore, Cappard, Castletaylor, Doorus, Drumacoo, Gort, Kilbeacanty, Killeely, Killeenavarra, Killinny, Kiltartan, Kilthomas, Kinvarra, Rahasane, Skehanagh, in the former Rural District of Gort; Aille, Athenry, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Castleboy, Cappalusk, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Craughwell, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey, Grange, Greethill, Kilchreest, Kilconickny, Kilconierin, Killimor, Killogilleen, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Kiltullagh, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Movode, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea; Annagh, Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Cooloo, Derryglassaun, Killeroran, Killian, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, Taghboy, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tiranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna; Abbey East, Abbey West, Addergoole, Annaghdown, Ballinderry, Ballinduff, Ballynapark, Beaghmore, Belclare, Carrownagur, Carrowrevagh, Claretuam, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Cummer, Donaghpatrick, Doonbally, Dunmore North, Dunmore South, Foxhall, Headford, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Kilcoona, Killeany, Killeen, Killererin, Killower, Killursa, Kilmoylan, Kilshanvy, Levally, Milltown, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Toberadosh, Tuam Rural, Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam.	Transfer from Galway West of territory in the former Rural District of Tuam.^[16] ^[17]^[18]
2016–2020	3	In County Galway, the electoral divisions of^[19] Abbeygormacan, Aughrim, Ballymacward, Clonfert, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Killoran, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Laurencetown, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Scregg, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Ardamullivan, Ardrahan, Ballycahalan, Beagh, Cahermore, Cappard, Castletaylor, Doorus, Drumacoo, Gort, Kilbeacanty, Killeely, Killeenavarra, Killinny, Kiltartan, Kilthomas, Kinvarra, Rahasane, Skehanagh, in the former Rural District of Gort; Aille, Athenry, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Cappalusk, Castleboy, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Craughwell, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey, Grange, Greethill, Kilchreest, Kilconickny, Kilconierin, Killimor, Killogilleen, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Kiltullagh, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Movode, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea; Annagh, Cooloo, Derryglassaun, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tiranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna; Abbey East, Abbey West, Addergoole, Annaghdown, Ballinderry, Ballinduff, Ballynapark, Beaghmore, Belclare, Carrownagur, Carrowrevagh, Claretuam, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Cummer, Donaghpatrick, Doonbally, Dunmore South, Foxhall, Headford, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Kilcoona, Killeany, Killeen, Killererin, Killower, Killursa, Kilmoylan, Kilshanvy, Levally, Milltown, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Tuam Rural, Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam.	Transfer to Roscommon Galway of^[20] Ballinasloe Urban; Ahascragh, Ballinasloe Rural, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Killure, Kylemore, Lismanny, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Island, Kilcroan, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Shankill, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Killeroran, Killian, Taghboy, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Dunmore North, Toberadosh, in the former Rural District of Tuam.
2020–	3	In County Galway, the electoral divisions of^[2] Abbeygormacan, Clonfert, Killoran, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Laurencetown, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Aughrim, Belleville, Deerpark, Stradbally, in the former Rural District of Galway; Ardamullivan, Ardrahan, Ballycahalan, Beagh, Cahermore, Cappard, Castletaylor, Doorus, Drumacoo, Gort, Kilbeacanty, Killeely, Killeenavarra, Killinny, Kiltartan, Kilthomas, Kinvarra, Rahasane, Skehanagh, in the former Rural District of Gort; Aille, Athenry, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Cappalusk, Castleboy, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Craughwell, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey, Grange, Greethill, Kilchreest, Kilconickny, Kilconierin, Killimor, Killogilleen, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Kiltullagh, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Movode, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea; Cooloo, Derryglassaun, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew; Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tiranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna; Abbey East, Abbey West, Annaghdown, Ballinderry, Ballinduff, Ballynapark, Beaghmore, Belclare, Carrowrevagh, Claretuam, Cummer, Donaghpatrick, Doonbally, Foxhall, Headford, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Kilcoona, Killeany, Killeen, Killererin, Killower, Killursa, Kilmoylan, Kilshanvy, Levally, Milltown, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Tuam Rural, Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam.	Transfer from Galway West of^[21] Aughrim, Belleville, Deerpark, Stradbally, in the former Rural District of Galway and transfer to Roscommon–Galway of Aughrim, Ballymacward, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1; Scregg, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy; Annagh, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew;; Addergoole, Carrownagur, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Dunmore South, in the former Rural District of Tuam.

TDs

TDs 1937–1948

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway East 1937–1948^[22]
Key to parties   Ceann Comhairle = Ceann Comhairle   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[23]		Frank Fahy^[a] (FF)		Mark Killilea Snr (FF)		Patrick Beegan (FF)		Seán Broderick (FG)
10th	1938^[24]
11th	1943^[25]								Michael Donnellan (CnaT)
12th	1944^[26]
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Galway North and Galway South

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.

1. As Ceann Comhairle, Frank Fahy was returned automatically in each of the four elections held in Galway East from 1937 to 1944 and did not form part of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.

TDs 1961–1969

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway East 1961–1969^[22]
Key to parties   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961^[27]		Michael F. Kitt (FF)		Anthony Millar (FF)		Michael Carty (FF)		Michael Donnellan (CnaT)		Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins (FG)
	1964 by-election^[28]								John Donnellan (FG)
18th	1965^[29]
19th	1969	Constituency abolished. See Galway North-East and Clare–South Galway

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.

TDs since 1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway East 1977–^[22]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour   Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977^[30]		Johnny Callanan (FF)		Thomas Hussey (FF)		Mark Killilea Jnr (FF)		John Donnellan (FG)
22nd	1981^[31]				Michael P. Kitt (FF)		Paul Connaughton Snr (FG)	3 seats 1981–1997
23rd	1982 (Feb)^[32]
	1982 by-election^[33]		Noel Treacy (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)^[34]
25th	1987^[35]
26th	1989^[36]
27th	1992^[37]
28th	1997^[38]								Ulick Burke (FG)
29th	2002^[39]				Joe Callanan (FF)				Paddy McHugh (Ind)
30th	2007^[40]				Michael P. Kitt (FF)				Ulick Burke (FG)
31st	2011^[41]		Colm Keaveney (Lab)				Ciarán Cannon (FG)		Paul Connaughton Jnr (FG)
32nd	2016^[42]		Seán Canney (Ind)		Anne Rabbitte (FF)			3 seats since 2016
33rd	2020

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

2020 general election

2020 general election: Galway East^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Seán Canney	18.4	7,815	7,894	8,142	8,331	8,785	9,896	12,292
	Sinn Féin	Louis O'Hara	16.7	7,108	7,177	7,294	7,649	8,441	8,799	9,411	9,685
	Fine Gael	Ciarán Cannon	14.8	6,298	6,307	6,326	6,536	7,114	7,425	9,990	10,890
	Fine Gael	Pete Roche	14.2	6,034	6,040	6,090	6,180	6,392	6,973
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Rabbitte	13.5	5,762	5,776	5,820	5,943	6,121	8,676	9,535	10,022
	Fianna Fáil	Donagh Killilea	11.6	4,932	4,946	5,004	5,066	5,171
	Green	Eoin Madden	4.5	1,924	1,942	1,977	2,647
	Social Democrats	Peter Reid	2.0	848	867	892
	Labour	Marian Spelman	2.0	845	863	890
	Aontú	Martin Ward	1.4	582	670
	Independent	David O'Reilly	0.6	246
	Renua	Deaglán Mac Canna	0.3	126
Electorate: 69,233   Valid: 42,520   Spoilt: 338 (0.8%)   Quota: 10,631   Turnout: 42,858 (61.9%)

2016 general election

2016 general election: Galway East^[45][46][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Seán Canney	18.7	8,447	8,713	9,072	10,196	10,969	12,707
	Fine Gael	Ciarán Cannon	15.7	7,123	7,220	7,650	7,812	9,519	9,920	10,157
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Rabbitte	15.3	6,928	6,995	7,566	7,966	8,791	12,255
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Jnr	14.3	6,474	6,536	6,689	6,812	7,866	8,361	8,853
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Keaveney	12.0	5,436	5,511	5,823	6,127	6,700
	Labour	Lorraine Higgins	10.0	4,531	4,792	5,080	5,470
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Roche	5.9	2,683	2,968	3,159
	Independent	Michael Fahy	5.2	2,358	2,418
	Green	Mairead Ni Chroinin	1.7	769
	Direct Democracy	Aengus Melia	1.1	489
Electorate: 68,432   Valid: 45,238   Spoilt: 379 (0.8%)   Quota: 11,310   Turnout: 45,617 (66.7%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Galway East^[47][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Jnr	12.2	7,255	7,310	7,552	7,802	8,091	9,824	10,877	12,610
	Fine Gael	Ciarán Cannon	11.7	6,927	7,061	7,268	7,565	8,125	9,962	10,279	11,861
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	11.1	6,585	6,632	6,860	9,526	9,793	10,223	11,115	12,850
	Fine Gael	Tom McHugh	9.8	5,832	5,868	5,950	6,034	6,125	6,736	8,371	8,665	8,848
	Independent	Seán Canney	9.4	5,567	5,645	5,940	6,127	6,341	6,431
	Fine Gael	Jimmy McClearn	9.1	5,395	5,440	5,634	5,778	5,987
	Independent	Tim Broderick	8.7	5,137	5,242	6,278	6,516	6,846	7,641	8,365
	Labour	Colm Keaveney	7.2	4,254	4,344	4,693	4,785	7,236	7,469	8,636	9,806	10,126
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Dolan	6.9	4,109	4,155	4,290
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Connolly	6.1	3,635	3,723
	Labour	Lorraine Higgins	6.0	3,577	3,813	4,423	4,651
	Independent	Emer O'Donnell	1.0	601
	Green	Ciarán Kennedy	0.7	402
Electorate: 83,651   Valid: 59,276   Spoilt: 560 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,856   Turnout: 59,836 (71.5%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Galway East^[40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	15.8	8,796	8,911	9,121	9,327	9,720	10,637	11,077	12,225
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	13.5	7,524	7,668	7,817	7,943	8,895	9,399	9,805	10,316	10,591
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	12.3	6,886	6,989	7,113	7,398	7,698	8,315	9,927	13,058
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Callanan	10.4	5,817	5,922	6,135	6,184	6,802	6,950	7,709	7,850	7,932
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	9.2	5,149	5,318	5,443	5,645	6,194	6,316	8,612	9,641	11,183
	Fine Gael	John Barton	8.8	4,916	5,079	5,435	5,663	6,050	6,218
	Fine Gael	Tom McHugh	8.8	4,881	4,958	5,019	5,529	5,584	6,710	6,936
	Progressive Democrats	Ciarán Cannon	6.0	3,321	3,447	3,507	3,599
	Independent	Paddy McHugh	5.8	3,224	3,382	3,602	4,051	4,212
	Sinn Féin	Jason Devlin	3.2	1,789	1,953
	Labour	Colm Keaveney	3.1	1,747	2,120	2,371
	Green	Maíread Ní Chroínín	1.9	1,057
	Independent	Adrian Feeney	0.7	397
	Independent	Clare Flynn	0.5	290
Electorate: 81,684   Valid: 55,794   Spoilt: 480 (0.8%)   Quota: 11,159   Turnout: 56,274 (68.9%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Galway East^[39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	17.5	8,635	8,766	8,984	13,971
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Callanan	15.9	7,898	7,963	8,315	9,414	10,366
	Independent	Paddy McHugh	15.8	7,786	8,042	8,581	8,825	9,881
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	15.7	7,765	7,847	8,091	8,726	9,253
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	15.1	7,454	7,513	7,711	7,950	8,243
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	14.0	6,941	7,152	7,445
	Sinn Féin	Daithí Mac an Bháird	3.7	1,828	2,068
	Green	Úna Ní Bhroin	2.1	1,022
	Christian Solidarity	Manus Mac Meanamáin	0.2	93
Electorate: 73,659   Valid: 49,422   Spoilt: 452 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,885   Turnout: 49,874 (67.7%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Galway East^[48]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	16.2	6,931	7,436	7,491	7,744	8,570
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	15.2	6,531	6,854	7,149	7,524	7,970
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	15.0	6,445	6,620	6,809	7,330	8,826
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Callanan	14.5	6,221	6,603	6,929	7,421	7,632
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	12.7	5,436	5,634	6,762	7,523	8,455
	Labour	Colm Keaveney	7.9	3,400	3,604	3,908	4,949
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Burke	7.4	3,182	3,303	3,655
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick J. Finnegan	6.2	2,670	2,710
	Independent	Pat Hynes	3.0	1,298
	Independent	Sheila Mary Ganly	1.6	705
	Natural Law	Paul Campbell	0.2	98
Electorate: 61,075   Valid: 42,917   Spoilt: 451 (1.0%)   Quota: 8,584   Turnout: 43,368 (71.0%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Galway East^[49]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	21.8	6,339	6,358	6,714	6,894	9,064
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	20.9	6,062	6,122	6,324	7,571
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacey	20.1	5,834	5,882	6,175	6,544	6,931	7,224
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Burke	13.4	3,882	3,911	4,299	4,640	5,054	6,087
	Fine Gael	Michael Mullins	9.9	2,864	2,903	3,121	3,157
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick J. Finnegan	7.6	2,198	2,220	2,259
	Labour	Pat Hynes	5.5	1,586	1,641
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Connolly	1.1	306
Electorate: 42,672   Valid: 29,071   Spoilt: 463 (1.6%)   Quota: 7,268   Turnout: 29,534 (69.2%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Galway East^[36]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	8,593	29.5	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	7,573	26.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	7,030	24.1	3
	Fine Gael	Michael Finnerty	2,800	9.6
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Finnegan	2,721	9.3
	Independent	Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh	412	1.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 29,129   Quota: 7,283   Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Galway East^[35]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	6,831	20.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	6,762	20.5	3
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	6,719	20.4	2
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Burke	5,463	16.6
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	3,700	11.2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	3,463	10.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,938   Quota: 8,235   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Galway East^[34]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	6,563	20.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	6,208	18.9	1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	5,785	17.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	4,909	14.9
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	5,220	11.2
	Fine Gael	Joe Burke	3,040	9.3
	Labour	Kevin Dwyer	926	2.8
	Independent	Brian Parker	164	0.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,815   Quota: 8,204   Turnout:

July 1982 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Johnny Callanan, a by-election was held on 20 July 1982. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Noel Treacy.

1982 by-election: Galway East^[33]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	50.2	16,337
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	41.8	13,610
	Labour	Kevin Dwyer	5.4	1,741
	Independent	Norman Morgan	2.1	675
	Independent	Brian Parker	0.5	177
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,540   Quota: 16,271   Turnout: ?

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Galway East^[32]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	21.9	7,014	7,303	8,250
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	19.3	6,182	6,305	6,386	6,786	11,167
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Callanan	18.7	6,015	6,042	6,257	7,466	8,788
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	17.1	5,500	5,689	5,743	6,212
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	12.6	4,037	4,150	5,383
	Fine Gael	Joseph Brennan	7.5	2,403	2,566
	Labour	Kevin Dwyer	2.9	946
Electorate: 41,655   Valid: 32,097   Spoilt: 250 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,025   Turnout: 32,347 (77.7%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Galway East^[31]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	22.6	7,487	9,287
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Callanan	19.1	6,326	6,441	6,457	7,582	9,370
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	17.2	5,681	5,890	5,951	10,185
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	16.6	5,502	5,850	5,929
	Fine Gael	Ulick Burke	13.0	4,301	5,559	6,420	6,709	6,833
	Fine Gael	Joe Burke	11.5	3,793
Electorate: 41,666   Valid: 33,090   Spoilt: 272 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,273   Turnout: 33,362 (80.1%)^[50]

1977 general election

1977 general election: Galway East^[30]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Callanan	19.8	8,835	8,849	9,487
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	14.2	6,345	6,398	6,641	6,737	6,959	9,881
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	13.4	5,985	6,156	6,415	8,855	8,911	9,082
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	13.3	5,914	6,241	6,499	7,477	7,534	7,960	8,010
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Jnr	12.8	5,714	5,855	5,928	5,962	6,021	7,963	8,872
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	12.0	5,361	5,389	5,571	5,640	5,780
	Fine Gael	Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins	7.5	3,353	3,401	3,867
	Independent	Norman Morgan	5.0	2,225	2,281
	Labour	Harold Campbell	2.0	876
Electorate: 56,064   Valid: 44,608   Spoilt: 304 (0.7%)   Quota: 8,922   Turnout: 44,912 (80.1%)^[51]

1965 general election

1965 general election: Galway East^[29]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	11,109	26.6	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Millar	5,790	13.9	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	5,458	13.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Carty	4,656	11.2	5
	Fine Gael	Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins	4,309	10.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	4,276	10.3
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Fahey	2,468	5.9
	Independent	Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh	1,607	3.9
	Fine Gael	Sean Purcell	1,381	3.3
	Fine Gael	Gus Hynes	650	1.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 41,704   Quota: 6,951   Turnout:

1964 by-election

1964 by-election: Galway East^[52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	49.8	20,920	21,706
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	46.6	19,612	19,977
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh	3.6	1,497
Electorate: 53,823   Valid: 42,029   Quota: 21,015   Turnout: 78.09%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Galway East^[27]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Millar	6,325	15.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Carty	6,266	15.7	4
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	5,903	14.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	5,750	14.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	5,714	12.8
	Fine Gael	Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins	4,988	12.5	5
	Fine Gael	Sean Purcell	3,729	9.3
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh	3,478	8.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 39,986   Quota: 6,665   Turnout:

1944 general election

Michael Gallagher notes^[53] the motive of the returning officer to conduct a second count was presumably to enable Stankard to keep his deposit.

1944 general election: Galway East^[26][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahy^[a]	Automatically Returned	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Beegan	35.2	11,475
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	31.4	10,235
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	25.9	8,449
	Clann na Talmhan	Edward Stankard	7.6	2,484	4,160
Electorate: 49,866   Valid: 32,643   Quota: 8,161   Turnout: 65.5%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Fahy was returned automatically under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937.^[54] He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 9 June 1944, leaving the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.^[55]

1943 general election

1943 general election: Galway East^[25][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahy^[a]	Automatically Returned	N/A
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	25.6	9,226
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Beegan	24.0	8,638	8,645	8,725	8,870	9,818
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	20.6	7,424	7,435	7,459	7,487	8,064	8,723
	Labour	Robert Burke	13.9	5,029	5,059	5,184	5,604	5,723	5,756
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Jordan	4.8	1,745	1,748	1,780	1,799
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick	4.8	1,729	1,740	2,416	2,657	2,740	2,760
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cawley	3.1	1,127	1,132
	Clann na Talmhan	Seán O'Kelly	3.1	1,101	1,255	1,396
Electorate: 49,866   Valid: 36,019   Quota: 9,005   Turnout: 72.2%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Fahy was returned automatically under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937. He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 1 July 1943, leaving the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.^[56]

1938 general election

1938 general election: Galway East^[24][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahy^[a]	Automatically Returned	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	27.2	9,526
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Beegan	25.1	8,804
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick	18.1	6,339	6,367	7,171	11,079
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cawley	11.8	4,140	4,158	4,559
	Fianna Fáil	Martin O'Regan	9.9	3,468	4,153	4,666	4,876
	Labour	Robert Burke	7.9	2,753	2,790
Electorate: 48,530   Valid: 35,030   Quota: 8,758   Turnout: 72.2%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Fahy was returned automatically under Art. 16.6 of the Constitution and the Electoral (Chairman of Dáil Éireann) Act 1937. He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 30 June 1938, leaving the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.^[57]

1937 general election

1937 general election: Galway East^[23][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahy^[a]	Automatically Returned	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	23.8	8,067	8,447	8,537
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Beegan	23.5	7,978	8,744
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick	17.3	5,867	6,571	6,594	6,594	10,567
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cawley	12.6	4,275	4,713	4,720	4,720
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Jordan	11.9	4,033	4,538	4,688	4,750	4,977
	Labour	Robert Burke	10.8	3,672
Electorate: 49,476   Valid: 33,892   Quota: 8,474   Turnout: 68.5%

1. As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Fahy was returned automatically under s. 2 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1927, as adapted by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935.^[58][59][60] He was elected again as Ceann Comhairle on 21 July 1937, leaving the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.^[61]

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

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