Donegal East (Dáil constituency)
former Dáil Éireann constituency (1937-1961)
Donegal East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1961. The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, for the 1937 general election to Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the constituency of Donegal. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it and Donegal West were replaced by the new constituencies of Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West.
Boundaries
It consisted of the administrative county of Donegal except the portion thereof which was comprised in the county constituency of Donegal West.
TDs
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
^ *: Outgoing TD
1957 general election
1954 general election
1951 general election
1948 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Neal Blaney, a by-election was held on 7 December 1948.
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