Galway West (Dáil constituency)

Galway West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Galway West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Galway West within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1937
Seats	3 (1937–1977) 4 (1977–1981) 5 (1981–)
TDs	Catherine Connolly (Ind)   Mairéad Farrell (SF)   Noel Grealish (Ind)   Hildegarde Naughton (FG)   Éamon Ó Cuív (FF)
County/City council	Galway County Council Galway City Council
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

History and boundaries

The constituency was created for 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 spans the entire area of the western half of County Galway in Connacht, in the heart of the Gaeltacht, taking in Galway city, Clifden and part of southern County Mayo.

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[1]

"The city of Galway;

and, in the county of Galway, the electoral divisions of:

Abhainn Ghabhla, An Cnoc Buí, An Uillinn, Ballynakill, Binn an Choire, Bunowen, Cleggan, Clifden, Cloch na Rón, Cushkillary, Derrycunlagh, Derrylea, Doonloughan, Errislannan, Inishbofin, Maíros, Rinvyle, Scainimh, Sillerna, in the former Rural District of Clifden;

An Carn Mór, An Spidéal, Árainn, Baile Chláir, Baile an Teampaill, Ballynacourty, Bearna, Ceathrú an Bhrúnaigh, Cill Aithnín, Clarinbridge, Eanach Dhúin, Galway Rural (part), Kilcummin, Leacach Beag, Liscananaun, Lisín an Bhealaigh, Maigh Cuilinn, Na Forbacha, Oranmore, Sailearna, Sliabh an Aonaigh, Tulaigh Mhic Aodháin, in the former Rural District of Galway;

An Chorr, An Crompán, An Fhairche, An Ros, An Turlach, Camas, Cill Chuimín, Conga, Garmna, Leitir Breacáin, Leitir Móir, Letterfore, Oughterard, Wormhole, in the former Rural District of Oughterard;

and, in the county of Mayo, the electoral divisions of:

Cong, Dalgan, Houndswood, Kilmaine, Neale, Shrule, in the former Rural District of Ballinrobe."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway West 1937–[2]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour   PD = Progressive Democrats   SF = Sinn Féin   Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937[3]		Gerald Bartley (FF)	3 seats 1937–1977		Seán Tubridy (FF)		Joseph Mongan (FG)	3 seats 1937–1977
10th	1938[4]
	1940 by-election[5]					John J. Keane (FF)
11th	1943[6]					Eamon Corbett (FF)
12th	1944[7]					Michael Lydon (FF)
13th	1948[8]
14th	1951[9]					Peadar Duignan (FF)		John Mannion Snr (FG)
15th	1954[10]					Johnny Geoghegan (FF)		Fintan Coogan Snr (FG)
16th	1957[11]
17th	1961[12]
18th	1965[13]		Bobby Molloy (FF)
19th	1969[14]
20th	1973[15]
	1975 by-election[16]					Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (FF)
21st	1977[17]						Bill Loughnane (FF)		John Mannion Jnr (FG)	4 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981[18]						Mark Killilea Jnr (FF)		John Donnellan (FG)		Michael D. Higgins (Lab)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[19]						Frank Fahey (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[20]										Fintan Coogan Jnr (FG)
25th	1987[21]		Bobby Molloy (PD)								Michael D. Higgins (Lab)
26th	1989[22]								Pádraic McCormack (FG)
27th	1992[23]						Éamon Ó Cuív (FF)
28th	1997[24]					Frank Fahey (FF)
29th	2002[25]		Noel Grealish (PD)
30th	2007[26]
31st	2011[27]		Noel Grealish (Ind)			Seán Kyne (FG)			Brian Walsh (FG)		Derek Nolan (Lab)
32nd	2016[28]								Hildegarde Naughton (FG)		Catherine Connolly (Ind)
33rd	2020[29]					Mairéad Farrell (SF)

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 West[30] [31]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív[n 1]	14.1	8,522	8,534	8,566	8,825	8,893	9,017	9,200	11,910
	Sinn Féin	Mairéad Farrell	14.0	8,464	8,486	8,744	8,814	8,904	9,633	10,013	10,340
	Independent	Noel Grealish	13.3	8,043	8,159	8,196	8,541	8,616	9,168	9,302	10,393
	Fine Gael	Hildegarde Naughton	9.3	5,609	5,617	5,645	5,667	5,885	6,027	6,630	7,009	7,366	7,473	7,509	8,536	9,519
	Independent	Catherine Connolly	9.0	5,439	5,478	5,693	5,775	6,028	6,661	7,625	8,089	8,722	8,831	8,906	12,486
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne	8.8	5,284	5,292	5,314	5,345	5,477	5,559	5,829	6,049	6,399	6,461	6,493	7,037	7,574
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Crowe	8.6	5,175	5,180	5,207	5,310	5,384	5,555	5,671
	Green	Pauline O'Reilly	6.0	3,650	3,655	3,766	3,811	4,098	4,230
	Social Democrats	Niall Ó Tuathail	6.0	3,623	3,630	3,761	3,793	4,057	4,313	5,750	5,979	6,281	6,339	6,403
	Independent	Mike Cubbard	4.4	2,676	2,697	2,740	2,802	2,907
	Labour	Níall McNelis	2.6	1,548	1,554	1,577	1,593
	Aontú	Cormac Ó Corcoráin[n 2]	1.8	1,058	1,097	1,118
	Solidarity–PBP	Conor Burke[n 3]	0.8	495	512
	Solidarity–PBP	Joe Loughnane[n 4]	0.7	437	445
	Independent	Daragh O'Flaherty[n 5]	0.5	318
Electorate: 100,695   Valid: 60,341   Spoilt: 423   Quota: 10,057   Turnout: 60.3%

1. Listed surname on ballot paper as Cuív as opposed to Ó Cuív to appear higher on ballot paper. Appeared as Cuív, Éamon Ó
2. Listed surname on ballot paper as Corcorán as opposed to Ó Corcorán to appear higher on ballot paper. Appeared as Corcorán, Cormac Ó
3. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Burke was a member of Solidarity.
4. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Loughnane was a member of People Before Profit.
5. Listed surname on ballot paper as Flaherty as opposed to O'Flaherty to appear higher on ballot paper. Appeared as Flaherty, Daragh O

2020 Galway West opinion poll

Last date of polling	Polling firm / Commissioner	Sample size	FF	FG	SF	Grealish	Connolly	GP	O'Tuathail	Lab	Cubbard	S-PBP	Aon	Lead
26 January 2020	TG4/Ipsos MRBI[32]	525	20	23	7	7	9	10	12	5	3	2	1	3

2016 general election

2016 general election: Galway West[33][34][28]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	14.8	9,539	9,574	9,679	9,701	9,763	10,022	10,079	10,175	11,103
	Independent	Noel Grealish	11.2	7,187	7,208	7,308	7,359	7,522	7,945	8,020	8,461	8,830	9,136	9,186	9,711	11,073
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne	9.5	6,136	6,148	6,232	6,245	6,292	6,355	6,444	6,506	6,587	7,201	7,209	7,656	8,171	10,590
	Sinn Féin	Trevor Ó Clochartaigh	8.9	5,755	5,788	5,815	6,017	6,108	6,162	6,261	6,661	6,721	6,833	6,846	7,468	7,911	8,077
	Independent	Catherine Connolly	7.6	4,877	4,909	4,982	5,178	5,325	5,450	5,818	6,330	6,461	7,123	7,138	8,877	9,824	10,239
	Fine Gael	John O'Mahony	7.4	4,734	4,744	4,788	4,795	4,859	4,915	4,965	4,996	5,222	5,551	5,591	5,852	6,122
	Fine Gael	Hildegarde Naughton	7.1	4,567	4,582	4,676	4,691	4,759	4,964	5,097	5,175	5,298	6,083	6,094	6,626	7,024	9,129
	Fianna Fáil	John Connolly	6.0	3,885	3,901	3,951	3,973	4,019	4,160	4,203	4,351	4,873	5,059	5,304	5,614
	Social Democrats	Niall Ó Tuathail	5.4	3,455	3,488	3,566	3,734	3,803	3,850	4,344	4,674	4,725	5,269	5,278
	Labour	Derek Nolan	5.0	3,220	3,233	3,261	3,300	3,332	3,380	3,624	3,737	3,787
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hoade	3.4	2,205	2,213	2,248	2,254	2,549	2,636	2,644	2,673
	Independent	Mike Cubbard	3.3	2,122	2,146	2,166	2,309	2,390	2,436	2,533
	Green	Seamus Sheridan	2.5	1,588	1,617	1,667	1,755	1,779	1,813
	Independent	Fidelma Healy Eames	2.2	1,394	1,445	1,594	1,620	1,657
	Independent	James Charity	1.8	1,171	1,181	1,227	1,267
	AAA–PBP	Tommy Holohan	1.6	1,017	1,047	1,071
	Renua	Nicola Daveron	1.5	994	1,025
	Independent	Tommy Roddy	0.4	251
	Direct Democracy	Ruairí O'Neill	0.2	152
	Independent	Patrick Feeney	0.1	22
Electorate: 103,704   Valid: 64,271   Spoilt: 488 (0.75%)   Quota: 10,712   Turnout: 64,759 (62.45%)

2016 Galway West opinion poll

Last date of polling	Polling firm / Commissioner	Sample size	FF	FG	SF	Grealish	Connolly	GP	O'Tuathail	Lab	Cubbard	S-PBP	Aon	Lead
23 February 2016	TG4/Ipsos MRBI[35][36]	~500	21	30	11	7	8	2	6	6	2	2	DNR	7

2011 general election

2011 general election: Galway West[37][27]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Derek Nolan	12.4	7,489	7,672	8,006	8,266	8,463	8,703	9,119	9,308	9,415	10,431
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	12.3	7,441	7,486	7,547	7,649	8,198	8,927	9.035	11,138
	Independent	Noel Grealish	10.3	6,229	6,346	6,396	6,589	6,810	7,116	7,324	7,916	8,312	8,682	8,736	9,811	9,829
	Fine Gael	Brian Walsh	8.9	5,425	5,473	5,515	5,644	5,869	5,964	7,008	7,242	7,343	7,491	7,520	10,227
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Healy Eames	8.3	5,046	5,080	5,173	5,290	5,347	5,487	6,542	6,712	6,801	6,990	7,020
	Independent	Catherine Connolly	7.9	4,766	4,973	5,214	5,499	5,603	5,888	6,148	6,390	6,551	8,207	8,375	9,083	9,095
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne	7.5	4,550	4,581	4,630	4,704	4,729	5,741	6,470	6,621	6,705	7,029	7,074	9,020	9,112
	Sinn Féin	Trevor Ó Clochartaigh	6.3	3,808	3,927	3,999	4,096	4,141	4,407	4,447	4,588	4,683
	Fine Gael	Hildegarde Naughton	5.9	3,606	3,655	3,745	3,858	3,908	3,993
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	5.7	3,448	3,474	3,489	3,526	3,833	4,017	4,062
	Independent	Tom Welby	5.4	3,298	3,325	3,345	3,484	3,504
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Crowe	3.0	1,814	1,855	1,870	1,895
	Independent	Eamon Walsh	2.4	1,481	1,581	1,624
	Green	Niall Ó Brolcháin	1.8	1,120	1,153
	Independent	Mike Cubbard	1.4	853
	Independent	Uinseann Holmes	0.3	186
	Independent	Thomas King	0.1	65
Electorate: 88,840   Valid: 60,625   Spoilt: 643 (1.1%)   Quota: 10,105   Turnout: 61,268 (69.0%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Galway West[26]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	17.5	9,645
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	11.1	6,086	6,090	6,262	6,296	6,609	6,947	7,189	7,447	8,384	10,916
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	10.6	5,854	5,855	5,965	6,150	6,300	6,481	6,549	7,036	7,234	7,421	7,536	7,914	8,139
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Grealish	10.5	5,806	5,812	6,122	6,141	6,196	6,313	6,366	6,940	7,065	7,241	7,377	8,116	9,034
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	9.8	5,419	5,425	5,497	5,513	5,581	5,719	6,474	6,834	7,068	7,370	7,859	11,592
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Crowe	9.0	4,969	4,976	5,115	5,233	5,364	5,652	5,708	5,863	6,117	6,338	6,507	6,842	7,159
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Healy Eames	7.1	3,904	3,904	3,960	3,966	4,022	4,249	4,705	4,831	5,051	5,496	6,170
	Green	Niall Ó Brolcháin	5.5	3,026	3,032	3,113	3,124	3,457	3,658	3,754	3,834	4,332
	Independent	Catherine Connolly	3.7	2,006	2,014	2,055	2,066	2,307	2,580	2,631	2,684
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne	3.5	1,912	1,914	1,929	1,939	1,970	2,033
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Welby	3.4	1,894	1,897	1,986	2,014	2,075	2,119	2,329
	Independent	Margaret Cox	3.1	1,718	1,723	1,795	1,808	1,932
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Carroll	3.0	1,629	1,637	1,641	1,652
	Progressive Democrats	Donal Lyons	2.1	1,168	1,169
	Independent	Thomas King	0.1	60
Electorate: 86,602   Valid: 55,096   Spoilt: 533 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,183   Turnout: 55,629 (64.2%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Galway West[25]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	20.1	9,947
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	14.6	7,226	7,902	7,904	7,993	8,120	8,318
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	10.6	5,213	5,315	5,343	5,510	5,646	5,772	6,095	6,664	6,682	7,171	7,498	8,151	8,244	10,580
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	9.6	4,760	4,850	4,859	5,260	5,318	5,502	5,865	6,001	6,012	6,285	7,623	8,420
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Cox	6.6	3,269	3,697	3,704	3,752	3,801	3,870	4,082	4,297	4,314	4,623	4,782	5,244	5,273	5,585	5,906
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Grealish	5.5	2,735	2,787	2,791	2,858	2,876	3,121	3,233	3,315	3,323	4,544	5,098	5,325	5,352	5,684	6,215
	Independent	Séamus Walsh	4.9	2,439	2,559	2,588	2,626	2,742	2,774	2,944	3,154	3,155	3,234	3,328
	Fine Gael	Michael McDonagh	4.6	2,279	2,300	2,306	2,619	2,632	2,670	2,748	2,808	2,812	2,888
	Green	Niall Ó Brolcháin	4.4	2,193	2,216	2,241	2,308	2,416	2,450	2,651	3,108	3,111	3,267	3,391	3,749	3,775
	Progressive Democrats	Donal Lyons	3.9	1,935	2,017	2,026	2,058	2,068	2,545	2,713	2,787	2,798
	Independent	Dana Rosemary Scallon	3.4	1,677	1,727	1,740	1,812	1,872	1,920
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Callanan	3.0	1,468	1,485	1,498	1,509	2,166	2,200	2,306
	Progressive Democrats	Declan McDonnell	3.0	1,462	1,479	1,484	1,499	1,506
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Healy Eames	2.7	1,320	1,340	1,347
	Sinn Féin	Seán Coistealbha	2.7	1,311	1,373	1,383	1,397
	Independent	Eileen Manning	0.2	96	97
	Independent	Joseph Nulty	0.2	76	77
Electorate: 82,213   Valid: 49,466   Spoilt: 680 (1.4%)   Quota: 8,245   Turnout: 50,146 (61.0%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Galway West[38]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	19.3	9,321
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	17.3	8,250
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	15.0	7,221	7,335	7,351	7,392	7,520	7,601	8,495
	Progressive Democrats	Robert Molloy	12.3	5,914	6,216	6,257	6,330	6,576	6,703	6,840	6,867	7,386	7,672	8,217
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	10.1	4,856	4,942	4,952	5,076	5,145	5,379	5,654	5,759	5,908	7,138	8,456
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Cox	6.1	2,941	3,383	3,450	3,497	3,660	3,905	3,969	3,978	4,939	5,257	5,505
	Fine Gael	Pól Báinín O'Foighil	3.8	1,807	1,826	1,836	1,913	1,961	2,009	2,285	2,586	2,822	3,050
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Malley	3.5	1,682	1,699	1,701	1,729	1,762	1,778
	Green	Pat Fitzpatrick	3.4	1,660	1,675	1,677	1,867	1,977	2,295	2,364	2,376	2,434
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Neachtain	3.4	1,639	1,888	1,945	1,997	2,064	2,203	2,230	2,235
	Sinn Féin	Mike Egan	2.5	1,209	1,235	1,240	1,321	1,373
	National Party	Liam Downes	2.0	959	967	969	993
	Independent	Ming A	1.1	548	553	554
	Natural Law	Maria Ní Dhomhnaill	0.4	205	207	208
Electorate: 78,064   Valid: 48,212   Spoilt: 400 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,036   Turnout: 48,612 (62.3%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Galway West[39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	17.7	8,910
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	16.7	8,430
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	13.6	6,844	6,899	6,904	6,916	6,963	7,020	7,165	7,306	7,531	7,728
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	13.5	6,782	6,809	6,811	6,819	6,872	6,896	6,953	7,060	7,299	7,493
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	13.4	6,749	6,886	6,890	6,913	6,927	7,015	7,131	7,467	7,733	8,276
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	11.5	5,776	5,837	5,841	5,850	5,871	5,923	6,016	6,163	6,406	8,508
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Jnr	5.5	2,747	2,807	2,810	2,826	2,837	2,876	2,994	3,224	3,432
	Independent	Darina Costelloe	2.6	1,308	1,327	1,344	1,354	1,392	1,417	1,503	1,683
	Independent	Paddy Lally	2.3	1,151	1,210	1,220	1,249	1,299	1,387	1,456
	Independent	Pól Báinín Ó Foighil	1.5	750	762	762	764	784	816
	Democratic Left	Jacqueline O'Dowd	0.8	392	457	464	483	518
	Sinn Féin	Mike Egan	0.7	349	357	357	360
	Independent	John Barry Finnegan	0.3	138	143	144
	Independent	Jim Walsh	0.1	60	63
Electorate: 79,008   Valid: 50,386   Spoilt: 653 (1.3%)   Quota: 8,399   Turnout: 51,039 (64.6%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Galway West[22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	18.2	8,917
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	16.4	8,010	8,054	8,061	8,129	8,177	10,329
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	15.8	7,727	7,908	7,975	9,130
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	12.2	5,987	6,118	6,130	6,179	6,331	6,711	6,922
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	12.1	5,902	5,941	5,949	5,996	6,043	8,315
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	11.7	5,733	5,792	5,807	5,853	5,916
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Jnr	10.8	5,297	5,501	5,519	5,723	6,075	6,328	6,557
	Workers' Party	James Brick	2.4	1,155	1,585	1,623
	Independent	Dermot Shanley	0.3	127	129
	Independent	Paul O'Connor	0.2	84	87
Electorate: 77,178   Valid: 49,339   Spoilt: 787   Quota: 8,224   Turnout: 50,126 (64.9%)

1987 general election

1987 general election: Galway West[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	17.5	9,216
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	12.3	6,488	6,501	6,515	6,556	6,575	6,683	6,715	6,875	7,924	8,952
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Jnr	9.6	5,053	5,065	5,071	5,106	5,116	5,172	5,200	5,331	5,900	6,976	7,044	7,179	7,282
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	8.7	4,607	4,622	4,650	4,705	4,722	4,792	5,068	5,156	5,419	7,134	7,212	7,365	7,514
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	8.5	4,476	4,495	4,551	4,602	4,916	4,973	5,035	5,502	5,977	6,113	6,116	10,376
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Jnr	8.0	4,206	4,239	4,286	4,395	4,746	4,972	5,084	5,662	5,872	5,986	5,989
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	7.4	3,878	3,912	4,137	4,375	4,395	5,272	5,632	6,178	6,438	6,747	6,753	7,609	8,939
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	7.3	3,831	3,848	3,878	3,920	3,943	3,971	4,405	4,628	4,808
	Independent	Michael Fahy	6.0	3,139	3,148	3,158	3,189	3,197	3,257	3,302	3,440
	Progressive Democrats	Michael O'Neill	4.1	2,144	2,387	2,427	2,567	2,638	2,732	2,885
	Independent	Peadar Ó Tuathail	3.3	1,724	1,730	1,783	1,816	1,899	1,926
	Workers' Party	James Brick	3.0	1,567	1,577	1,635	1,731	1,741
	Fine Gael	John O'Malley	1.7	918	924	932	940
	Independent	Mary Duffy	1.6	862	865	925
	Independent	Margaret Sweeney	1.0	511	512
	Independent	Brian Mannion	0.2	101	102
	Independent	Dermot Shanley	0.1	41	41
Electorate: ?   Valid: 52,762   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 8,794   Turnout: ?

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Galway West[20]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	16.7	8,234
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	14.2	7,020	7,085	7,208	7,923	8,275
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Jnr	13.2	6,521	6,592	6,922	8,634
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	11.3	5,583	6,051	6,119	6,364	6,371	8,644
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Jnr	11.2	5,509	5,762	5,844	5,908	5,913	6,566
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	11.1	5,475	5,830	5,927	5,994	6,000	8,625
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	9.0	4,449	4,553	5,556	6,036	6,079
	Fine Gael	Pól Ó Foighil	6.6	3,259	3,279	3,366
	Workers' Party	James Brick	3.6	1,787	1,884
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	3.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 49,323   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 8,221   Turnout: ?

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Galway West[19]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	9,545	19.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	6,105	12.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	6,019	12.4	4
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	5,718	11.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Jnr	5,624	11.6
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	4,139	8.5	5
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	3,952	8.1
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Jnr	3,746	7.7
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas O'Connor	2,513	5.2
	Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party	James Brick	1,211	2.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 48,572   Quota: 8,096   Turnout:

1981 general election

1981 general election: Galway West[18]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	9,592	18.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Jnr	6,338	12.5	5
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	6,226	12.3	2
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	5,065	10.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	5,049	9.9
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	4,549	9.0	4
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	3,859	7.6
	Fine Gael	Henry Comerford	3,477	6.8
	Fine Gael	Pól Ó Foighil	2,849	5.6
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas O'Connor	2,471	4.9
	Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party	James Brick	1,081	2.1
	Independent	Anthony Coffey	284	0.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 50,840   Quota: 8,474   Turnout:

1977 general election

1977 general election: Galway West[17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	18.5	7,832	7,902	7,929	8,659
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	17.9	7,575	7,647	7,697	8,755
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Loughnane	17.2	7,280	7,397	7,425	7,784	8,051	8,374	8,535
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	11.7	4,952	5,355	5,453	5,503	5,511	5,848	5,854	5,858	7,397
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Jnr	10.2	4,331	4,363	4,756	4,859	4,865	5,360	5,380	5,388	8,520
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	7.4	3,136	3,191	3,510	3,547	3,557	5,332	5,334	5,335
	Fine Gael	Toddie Byrne	6.7	2,854	2,889	3,072	3,082	3,082
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Ó Móráin	5.5	2,333	2,364	2,369
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	2.7	1,126	1,138
	Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party	Anthony Coffey	2.2	926
Electorate: 61,582   Valid: 42,345   Spoilt: 284 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,470   Turnout: 42,629 (69.2%)[40]

1975 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Johnny Geoghegan, a by-election was held on 4 March 1975. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, daughter of the deceased TD.

1975 by-election: Galway West[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	45.3	12,627	12,737	13,466	14,345
	Fine Gael	John M. Mannion Jnr.	26.0	7,234	7,291	7,777	12,080
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	18.9	5,269	5,522	6,129
	Independent	Pól Ó Foighíl	7.5	2,096	2,231
	Official Sinn Féin	Renée Prendergast	2.4	656
Electorate: 44,350   Valid: 27,882   Quota: 13,942   Turnout: 62.87%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Galway West[15]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	7,028	28.3	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	4,782	19.3	2
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	3,410	13.7	3
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	3,346	13.5
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Jnr	3,156	12.7
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kyne	1,573	6.3
	Independent	Seosamh Ó Tuairisg	703	2.8
	Aontacht Éireann	Irene King	416	1.7
	Independent	Pádraic Joyce	411	1.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 24,825   Quota: 6,207   Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Galway West[14]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	6,709	28.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	4,923	20.8	2
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Snr	3,001	12.7
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	2,942	12.4	3
	Independent	Peadar Mac an Iomaire	1,522	6.4
	Labour	Thomas Tierney	1,519	6.4
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Byrne	1,185	5.0
	Labour	Michael D. Higgins	1,174	5.0
	Fine Gael	William Cahill	738	3.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 23,713   Quota: 5,929   Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Galway West[13]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	6,982	30.9	1	1
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	5,081	22.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	3,167	14.0	3
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Snr	2,813	12.4
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraic Joyce	1,891	8.4
	Labour	Michael Smyth	1,653	7.3
	Fine Gael	Michael Walsh	1,022	4.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 22,609   Quota: 5,653   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Galway West[12]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	4,917	23.8	2
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	4,854	23.5	1
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	4,557	22.1	3
	Fine Gael	Thomas Connolly	1,948	9.4
	Labour	James Cox	1,693	8.2
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Ridge	1,640	7.9
	Independent	Thomas Powell	1,053	5.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 20,662   Quota: 5,166   Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Galway West[11]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	4,966	24.9	1
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	4,282	21.5	3
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Snr	3,853	19.3
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	3,789	19.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lydon	3,028	15.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 19,918   Quota: 4,980   Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Galway West[10]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Snr	4,206	20.1
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	3,945	18.9	1
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	3,939	18.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lydon	3,299	15.8
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	3,066	14.7	3
	Clann na Poblachta	Fursa Walsh	1,813	8.7
	Labour	John O'Connell	650	3.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 20,918   Quota: 5,230   Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Galway West[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Duignan	21.0	4,481	4,622	4,732	5,130	5,259	5,407
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	17.8	3,793	3,837	3,885	4,058	4,256	4,351
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lydon	14.4	3,066	3,177	3,311	3,754	3,898	4,083
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Snr	13.3	2,832	2,959	3,671	4,079	6,331
	Fine Gael	Martin Mylotte	10.5	2,238	2,468	2,848	3,254
	Labour	John McElhinney	8.8	1,885	2,357	2,701
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan Snr	7.4	1,572	1,821
	Clann na Poblachta	Fursa Walsh	6.8	1,457
Electorate: 33,229   Valid: 21,324   Quota: 5,332   Turnout: 64.17%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Galway West[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Joseph William Mongan	21.7	4,635	4,713	4,784	4,791	5,421
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	21.7	4,600	4,636	6,023
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Lydon	17.9	3,787	3,807	4,424	5,127	5,443
	National Labour Party	John McElhinney	15.1	3,205	3,243	3,273	3,280	4,313
	Clann na Poblachta	Margaret A. Ashe	10.7	2,273	2,642	2,668	2,672
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	10.1	2,146	2,152
	Clann na Poblachta	Pádraig Ó Cosgarda	2.6	560
Electorate: 32,767   Valid: 21,206   Quota: 5,302   Turnout: 64.72%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Galway West[7]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	6,078	24.2	2
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	5,122	20.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lydon	4,790	19.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	4,267	17.0
	Independent	Margaret Ashe	3,054	12.2
	Fine Gael	Brendan Allen	1,813	7.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,124   Quota: 6,282   Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Galway West[6]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	5,968	21.6	2
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	5,344	19.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Corbett	3,693	13.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	3,204	11.6
	Labour	Bartley Keane	2,287	8.3
	Independent	Margaret Ashe	2,186	7.9
	Independent	Patrick Morris	2,019	7.3
	Independent	Joseph Ridge	1,733	6.3
	Fine Gael	William Higgins	810	2.9
	Labour	Michael Ó Maoláin	442	1.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,686   Quota: 6,922   Turnout:

1940 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Seán Tubridy, a by-election was held on 30 May 1940. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate John J. Keane.

1940 by-election: Galway West[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	72.1	14,836
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	27.9	5,735
Electorate: 43,091   Valid: 20,571   Quota: 10,286   Turnout: 47.7%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Galway West[4]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	8,044	28.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Tubridy	6,346	22.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Louis O'Dea	5,204	18.2
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	4,172	14.6	2
	Fine Gael	Peter Kelly	2,803	9.8
	Labour	Michael O'Sullivan	2,046	7.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,615   Quota: 7,154   Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Galway West[3]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Tubridy	7,274	28.2	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	6,179	23.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Corbett	5,109	19.8
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	3,909	15.2	3
	Fine Gael	Peter Kelly	3,337	12.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,808   Quota: 6,453   Turnout:

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• 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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External links

• Oireachtas Members Database