Louth (Dáil constituency)

Louth 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).

Louth
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Louth within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1923
Seats	3 (1923–1977) 4 (1977–2011) 5 (2011–)
TDs	Fergus O'Dowd (FG)   Peter Fitzpatrick (Ind)   Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF)   Ged Nash (Lab)   Imelda Munster (SF)
County council	Louth County Council Meath County Council
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral Act 1923, and first used at the 1923 general election. It was a 3-seat constituency from 1923 until 1977, when it was increased to 4 seats. The boundaries were last amended in October 2007 to include an area of County Meath known as East Meath adjacent to the town of Drogheda.[1]

The Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007 outlined "by extending the constituency southwards from, and in the environs of, Drogheda and taking in electoral divisions which have extensive linkages with the town. This will allow the inclusion of the town of Drogheda and hinterland areas in a single constituency."

The constituency spans the entire area of County Louth, the smallest county in Ireland, and East Meath, taking in Dundalk, Drogheda, Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington and Ardee.[2]

At the 2011 general election the number of seats was increased to 5.[3][4]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:[5]

"The county of Louth;

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

Julianstown, St. Mary’s (part), in the former Rural District of Meath."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Louth 1923–[6]
Key to parties   AHB = Anti H-Block   CC = Ceann Comhairle   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   NL = National League Party   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[7]	3 seats until 1977		Frank Aiken (Rep)		James Murphy (CnaG)		Peter Hughes (CnaG)	3 seats until 1977
5th	1927 (Jun)[8]			Frank Aiken (FF)				James Coburn (NL)
6th	1927 (Sep)[9]
7th	1932[10]							James Coburn (Ind)
8th	1933[11]
9th	1937[12]					Laurence Walsh (FF)		James Coburn (FG)
10th	1938[13]
11th	1943[14]					Roddy Connolly (Lab)
12th	1944[15]					Laurence Walsh (FF)
13th	1948[16]					Roddy Connolly (Lab)
14th	1951[17]					Laurence Walsh (FF)
	1954 by-election[18]							George Coburn (FG)
15th	1954[19]					Paddy Donegan (FG)
16th	1957[20]					Pádraig Faulkner (FF)
17th	1961[21]							Paddy Donegan (FG)
18th	1965[22]
19th	1969[23]
20th	1973[24]			Joseph Farrell (FF)
21st	1977[25]								Eddie Filgate (FF)	4 seats 1977–2011
22nd	1981[26]			Paddy Agnew (AHB)		Pádraig Faulkner (CC)		Bernard Markey (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[27]			Thomas Bellew (FF)		Pádraig Faulkner (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[28]		Michael Bell (Lab)				Séamus Kirk (FF)		Brendan McGahon (FG)
25th	1987[29]					Dermot Ahern (FF)
26th	1989[30]
27th	1992[31]
28th	1997[32]
29th	2002[33]		Arthur Morgan (SF)						Fergus O'Dowd (FG)
30th	2007[34]
31st	2011[35]		Gerry Adams (SF)		Séamus Kirk (CC)		Ged Nash (Lab)				Peter Fitzpatrick (FG)
32nd	2016[36]				Imelda Munster (SF)		Declan Breathnach (FF)
33rd	2020		Ruairí Ó’Murchú (SF)				Ged Nash (Lab)				Peter Fitzpatrick (Ind)

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.

Electoral Division

Louth population as per Electoral Divisions,[37] for Louth Dáil constituency. This population count relates to the number of people within the Louth county boundary, along with the electoral divisions of Julianstown, and St. Mary's (part) in the county of Meath, as per the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[5]

Electoral Division	Population – 2006	Population – 2011	Population – 2016
Louth	128600	143272	150481
Dundalk (Town + Rural), Co. Louth	51758	56761	59557
Dundalk Town, Co. Louth	29037	31149	32288
004 Dundalk Urban No. 1, Co. Louth	2190	2148	2169
005 Dundalk Urban No. 2, Co. Louth	1211	1169	1140
006 Dundalk Urban No. 3, Co. Louth	1400	1449	1710
007 Dundalk Urban No. 4, Co. Louth	6183	6039	5970
023 Castletown (Part Urban), Co. Louth	2518	2637	2685
027 Dundalk Rural (Part Urban), Co. Louth	15440	17620	18514
030 Haggardstown (Part Urban), Co. Louth	95	87	100
Dundalk rural area, Co. Louth	22721	25612	27269
019 Ballymascanlan, Co. Louth	2016	2213	2206
020 Barronstown, Co. Louth	647	744	746
021 Carlingford, Co. Louth	1384	1801	2201
022 Castlering, Co. Louth	935	1012	1034
023 Castletown (Part Rural), Co. Louth	1421	1573	1622
024 Creggan Upper, Co. Louth	684	787	852
025 Darver, Co. Louth	562	568	678
026 Drummullagh, Co. Louth	1120	1257	1350
027 Dundalk Rural (Part Rural), Co. Louth	535	540	686
028 Faughart, Co. Louth	905	991	958
029 Greenore, Co. Louth	979	1169	1201
030 Haggardstown (Part Rural), Co. Louth	5769	6303	6819
031 Jenkinstown, Co. Louth	948	1173	1277
032 Killanny, Co. Louth	683	799	825
033 Louth, Co. Louth	1308	1505	1575
034 Mansfieldstown, Co. Louth	640	807	855
035 Rathcor, Co. Louth	1203	1352	1374
036 Ravensdale, Co. Louth	982	1018	1010
Drogheda (Town + Rural), Co. Louth & Co. Meath	46306	48951	51577
001 Fair Gate, Co. Louth	9783	9806	10317
002 St. Laurence Gate, Co. Louth	3801	4004	4075
003 West Gate, Co. Louth	5899	6042	6284
041 St. Peter's (Part Urban), Co. Louth	3460	2161	2099
047 St. Mary's (Part Urban), Co. Louth	6030	6563	6696
045 Julianstown, Co. Meath	8289	9606	10139
047 St. Mary's (Part Rural), Co. Meath	9044	10769	11967
Ardee No. 1 rural area, Co. Louth	17976	20262	20924
008 Ardee Rural, Co. Louth	2626	2875	2952
009 Ardee Urban, Co. Louth	4301	4554	4917
010 Castlebellingham, Co. Louth	1371	1617	1688
011 Clonkeen, Co. Louth	545	648	675
012 Collon, Co. Louth	1380	1770	1859
013 Dromin, Co. Louth	535	610	629
014 Dromiskin, Co. Louth	1935	2187	2226
015 Drumcar, Co. Louth	1385	1526	1451
016 Dunleer, Co. Louth	2340	2796	2868
017 Stabannan, Co. Louth	590	620	619
018 Tallanstown, Co. Louth	968	1059	1040
Louth rural area, Co. Louth	12560	17298	18423
037 Clogher, Co. Louth	2494	3031	3237
038 Dysart, Co. Louth	777	918	925
039 Monasterboice, Co. Louth	1164	1342	1365
040 Mullary, Co. Louth	1528	1723	1754
041 St. Peter's (Part Rural), Co. Louth	4022	6990	7605
042 Termonfeckin, Co. Louth	2575	3294	3537

Elections

2020 general election

2020 general election: Louth[38][39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Imelda Munster	24.3	17,203
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí Ó Murchú	17.7	12,491
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	9.0	6,380	6,737	6,746	6,752	6,775	6,936	6,980	7,485	10,159	11,282
	Independent	Peter Fitzpatrick	8.6	6,085	6,515	6,703	6,734	6,956	7,571	8,201	8,379	8,988	10,779
	Labour	Ged Nash	8.2	5,824	6,889	6,918	6,926	6,973	7,190	7,545	8,389	8,638	11,659
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach	8.2	5,781	5,919	5,958	5,975	6,023	6,124	6,178	8,403	8,771	9,625
	Green	Mark Dearey	7.7	5,418	6,113	6,263	6,290	6,436	6,680	7,675	7,917	8,497
	Fine Gael	John McGahon	6.3	4,442	4,516	4,544	4,549	4,560	4,606	4,642	4,738
	Fianna Fáil	James Byrne	5.5	3,911	4,179	4,187	4,198	4,232	4,325	4,355
	Solidarity–PBP	Audrey Fergus[n 1]	1.6	1,120	2,317	2,478	2,501	2,675	3,028
	Renua	Eamon Sweeney	1.1	794	1,067	1,083	1,092	1,163
	Irish Freedom	Cathal Ó Murchú	0.8	574	1,000	1,041	1,053	1,138
	Independent	David Bradley	0.4	256	410	417	465
	Independent	Topanga Bird	0.3	243	474	500	538
	Independent	Albert Byrne	0.2	145	262	273
Electorate: 113,128   Valid: 70,667   Spoilt: 757   Quota: 11,778   Turnout: 71,424 (63.1%)

1. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Fergus was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Louth[40][41][36]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	15.8	10,661	10,774	10,826	10,908	11,096	11,278
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach	13.5	9,099	9,146	9,220	9,609	9,931	12,192
	Sinn Féin	Imelda Munster	13.1	8,829	9,061	9,103	9,224	9,356	9,563	9,712	9,995	10,992	13,029
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	10.1	6,814	6,838	6,943	7,271	7,418	7,586	7,680	8,115	8,827	9,124	9,256
	Fine Gael	Peter Fitzpatrick	9.5	6,408	6,417	6,591	6,693	6,969	7,113	7,206	7,977	8,231	8,931	9,132
	Labour	Ged Nash	7.3	4,945	4,976	5,293	5,472	5,593	5,760	5,895	6,715	7,888	8,454	8,746
	Independent	Kevin Callan	5.2	3,541	3,683	3,701	4,030	4,388	4,592	4,779	5,224
	AAA–PBP	Garrett Weldon	5.1	3,462	3,644	3,690	3,816	4,468	4,586	4,675	5,588	6,290
	Fianna Fáil	Emma Coffey	5.1	3,422	3,442	3,496	3,622	3,819
	Green	Mark Dearey	4.7	3,187	3,225	3,363	3,530	4,099	4,327	4,517
	Independent	Maeve Yore	4.1	2,746	2,814	2,953	3,138
	Renua	Michael O'Dowd	3.1	2,095	2,219	2,242
	Labour	Mary Moran	1.8	1,198	1,211
	Direct Democracy	Anthony Connor	1.0	676
	Independent	David Bradley	0.5	319
	Direct Democracy	Pat Greene	0.2	127
Electorate: 104,696   Valid: 67,529   Spoilt: 749   Quota: 11,255   Turnout: 68,278 (65.22%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Louth[35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Ceann Comhairle	Séamus Kirk	Automatically Returned	N/A
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	21.7	15,072
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	20.2	13,980
	Labour	Ged Nash	12.6	8,718	8,942	8,948	8,984	8,998	9,037	9,098	9,404	9,821	10,480	10,658	14,620
	Fine Gael	Peter Fitzpatrick	11.3	7,845	7,998	8,002	8,052	8,069	8,130	8,177	8,475	8,982	9,930	10,626	11,770	12,323
	Fianna Fáil	James Carroll	8.2	5,681	5,749	5,751	5,759	5,774	5,792	5,803	5,987	6,481	6,769	10,711	11,185	11,388
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach	7.5	5,177	5,245	5,245	5,247	5,263	5,285	5,297	5,373	5,603	6,001
	Labour	Mary Moran	6.6	4,546	4,738	4,742	4,747	4,748	4,808	4,908	5,124	5,436	6,430	6,974
	Green	Mark Dearey	4.7	3,244	3,358	3,362	3,366	3,374	3,421	3,506	3,672	3,939
	New Vision	Thomas Clare	3.2	2,233	2,318	2,324	2,328	2,390	2,456	2,569	3,024
	Independent	Fred Matthews	1.4	957	1,004	1,013	1,015	1,024	1,089	1,207
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	0.8	649	714	727	731	754	781	829
	Independent	Robin Wilson	0.8	536	592	597	598	610	692
	Independent	Luke Martin	0.3	224	289	293	293	300
	Independent	Gerry Crilly	0.3	222	252	254	254	267
	Independent	David Bradley	0.3	174	211	215	215
	Independent	Robert Glynn	0.1	61	65
Electorate: 99,530   Valid: 69,319   Spoilt: 871 (1.2%)   Quota: 13,864   Turnout: 70,190 (70.5%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Louth[34]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	18.5	10,190	10,225	10,400	10,457	11,696
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	18.1	9,982	10,020	10,375	10,500	11,321
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	15.2	8,387	8,421	8,738	10,208	11,036
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	15.0	8,274	8,385	8,596	8,836	8,989	10,556
	Fine Gael	Mairead McGuinness	9.5	5,199	5,228	6,240	6,503	6,550	8,847
	Green	Mark Dearey	7.6	4,172	4,296	4,711	5,118	5,225
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher	5.5	3,009	3,031	3,045	3,287
	Labour	Ged Nash	5.0	2,739	2,786	2,856
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy	4.7	2,573	2,596
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	0.4	193
	Fathers Rights	Luke Martin	0.3	169
	Independent	Dermot Duke	0.2	127
Electorate: 86,007   Valid: 55,014   Spoilt: 592 (1.1%)   Quota: 11,003   Turnout: 55,606 (64.7%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Louth[33]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	20.2	9,603
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	14.9	7,121	7,275	7,488	7,495	7,805	8,474	8,992	9,477
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	13.6	6,495	6,561	6,768	6,811	6,993	7,644	7,960	9,987
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	11.6	5,505	5,540	5,686	5,688	6,098	6,346	7,740	10,175
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher	9.8	4,653	4,668	4,807	4,811	4,946	5,018	5,643
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan	8.7	4,130	4,207	4,442	4,449	4,670	5,394	6,046	6,133
	Labour	Michael Bell	6.7	3,185	3,237	3,388	3,391	3,732	4,117
	Independent	Mary Grehan	5.0	2,384	2,496	3,021	3,030	3,521
	Green	Bernadette Martin	4.2	1,979	2,109	2,306	2,309
	Independent	Martin Bellew	2.7	1,307	1,410
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	1.0	473	502
	Independent	Aidan Mahon	0.6	294
	Independent	Liam Ó Gogain	0.5	239
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	0.4	176
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Maguire	0.2	79
Electorate: 81,952   Valid: 47,623   Spoilt: 651 (1.4%)   Quota: 9,525   Turnout: 48,274 (58.9%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Louth[42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	22.6	10,192
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	12.6	5,667	6,334	6,381	6,544	6,594	6,697	6,881	8,160	9,399
	Labour	Michael Bell	10.5	4,725	4,771	4,829	4,851	4,958	5,236	5,518	5,905	6,230	6,755	7,316	7,430
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	10.0	4,486	4,499	4,506	4,538	4,598	4,867	5,066	5,437	5,704	5,871	6,953	7,049
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahon	9.7	4,346	4,429	4,504	4,584	4,597	4,638	4,859	4,867	5,356	5,868	8,075	8,262
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan	8.3	3,723	3,776	3,807	3,840	3,851	3,875	4,035	4,050	4,307	4,588
	Sinn Féin	Owen Hanratty	6.1	2,760	2,816	2,890	2,934	3,426	3,465	3,602	3,658	3,813
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Grehan	5.3	2,395	2,536	2,592	2,681	2,694	2,760	3,041	3,256
	Fianna Fáil	Maria O'Brien Campbell	4.8	2,151	2,215	2,221	2,245	2,295	2,474	2,533
	Green	Neil McCann	3.1	1,403	1,428	1,531	1,636	1,685	1,762
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	2.3	1,037	1,045	1,067	1,118	1,167
	Sinn Féin	Maeve Healy	2.0	891	899	916	929
	Independent	Michael G. Salter	1.5	686	695	725
	Independent	Brian Doyle	1.1	475	491
	Independent	Dessie Taaffe	0.2	71	72
Electorate: 71,086   Valid: 45,008   Spoilt: 603 (1.3%)   Quota: 9,002   Turnout: 45,611 (64.2%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Louth[43]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Michael Bell	22.1	9,608
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	17.7	7,704	7,766	7,788	7,810	7,826	8,003	8,271	8,707
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahon	15.3	6,672	6,825	6,887	6,942	6,950	7,092	7,211	7,916	8,087
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	15.2	6,602	6,654	6,666	6,710	6,721	6,948	7,086	7,285	9,835
	Fine Gael	Henry Mount Charles	9.6	4,161	4,344	4,382	4,438	4,470	4,541	4,598	4,750	5,304
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Murphy	8.9	3,853	4,108	4,117	4,127	4,188	4,306	4,468	4,553
	Independent	Tom Bellew	3.7	1,603	1,663	1,711	1,754	1,768	1,903	2,060
	Sinn Féin	Seán Kenna	3.0	1,289	1,306	1,317	1,328	1,584	1,616
	Independent	Maimie Ahern	2.3	1,017	1,045	1,065	1,100	1,112
	Sinn Féin	Tommy Murtagh	1.0	416	440	453	472
	Independent	Dessie Taaffe	0.7	296	314	354
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	0.6	249	310
Electorate: 65,896   Valid: 43,470   Spoilt: 928 (2.1%)   Quota: 8,695   Turnout: 44,398 (67.4%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Louth[30]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Michael Bell	8,375	19.2	1
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahon	7,812	17.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	6,892	15.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mulroy	6,052	13.9
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	5,924	13.6	4
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	2,291	5.3
	Independent	Bernard Markey	2,217	5.1
	Progressive Democrats	Frank Aiken	2,146	4.9
	Fine Gael	Richard Brannigan	1,744	4.0
	Independent	Ronald Smith	159	0.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 43,612   Quota: 8,723   Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Louth[29]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	7,156	15.3	2
	Labour	Michael Bell	6,205	13.3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern	5,822	12.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mulroy	5,492	11.7
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahon	5,319	11.4	1
	Progressive Democrats	Frank Aiken	5,219	11.2
	Fine Gael	Joseph Lennon	3,560	7.6
	Independent	Thomas Bellew	2,709	5.8
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	2,599	5.6
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd	1,941	4.2
	Workers' Party	Donnchadha MacRaghnaill	570	1.2
	Independent	Ronald Smith	86	0.2
	Independent	Charles Ross	66	0.2
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	65	0.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 46,809   Quota: 9,362   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Louth[28]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	6,793	15.6	1
	Labour	Michael Bell	6,435	14.7	4
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	6,066	13.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bellew	5,966	13.7
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahon	5,269	12.1	3
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey	4,745	10.9
	Fine Gael	Thomas Donegan	4,737	10.9
	Independent	Micheal O'Donnell	1,915	4.4
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	951	2.2
	Workers' Party	Donnchadha MacRaghnaill	671	1.5
	Independent	Aíne Ní Ghidhir	129	0.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 43,677   Quota: 8,736   Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Louth[27]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	18.6	8,083	8,492	9,016
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey	18.2	7,928	8,237	8,543	8,562	10,197
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bellew	14.5	6,305	6,427	7,143	7,219	7,961	8,050
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Filgate	14.1	6,109	6,204	6,862	7,055	7,391	7,428
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahon	12.2	5,311	5,406	5,629	5,635	6,001	7,177
	Sinn Féin	Francis Browne	8.5	3,714	4,117
	Labour	Michael Bell	8.0	3,474	4,422	4,928	4,947
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	3.8	1,662
	Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party	Donnchadha Mac Raghnaill	1.7	742
	Independent	Helen Corcoran	0.4	183
Electorate: 57,075   Valid: 43,511   Spoilt: 451 (1.0%)   Quota: 8,703   Turnout: 43,962 (77.0%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Louth[26]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ceann Comhairle	Pádraig Faulkner	Automatically Returned	N/A
	Anti H-Block	Paddy Agnew	18.3	8,368	8,846	8,998	9,525	9,841	10,409	10,814
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Filgate	12.7	5,823	5,914	7,235	7,308	7,553	11,076	11,325
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bellew	11.6	5,314	5,413	5,672	5,794	6,059
	Fianna Fáil	John Connor	10.7	4,920	5,276	6,047	6,791	6,812	8,190	8,829
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey	10.3	4,694	4,810	5,007	5,258	8,316	8,513	13,315
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahon	10.1	4,612	4,723	4,770	4,932
	Fine Gael	Dick Branigan	9.6	4,372	4,624	4,687	5,548	6,463	6,651
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas McCabe	6.1	2,804	2,887
	Labour	Michael Bell	5.5	2,515	3,128	3,147
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	2.6	1,210
	Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party	Donnchadha Mac Raghnaill	1.7	785
	Labour	James McArdle	0.8	346
Electorate: 57,075   Valid: 45,763   Spoilt: 514 (1.1%)   Quota: 11,441   Turnout: 46,277 (81.1%)

1977 general election

1977 general election: Louth[25]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	10,244	24.0	1	1
	Fine Gael	Paddy Donegan	9,455	22.2	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Filgate	5,954	14.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Farrell	5,402	12.7	4
	Independent	James Bellew	2,523	5.9
	Official Sinn Féin	Donnchadha MacRaghnaill	1,894	4.4
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey	1,718	4.0
	Labour	Fergus O'Dowd	1,289	3.0
	Fine Gael	Hugh McGahon	1,252	2.9
	Fine Gael	Joseph Lennon	1,241	2.9
	Labour	Frank Carney	908	2.1
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	751	1.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 42,631   Quota: 8,527   Turnout:

1973 general election

1973 general election: Louth[24]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	9,256	29.6	1	1
	Fine Gael	Paddy Donegan	6,787	21.7	3
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Farrell	6,767	21.6	2
	Fine Gael	Brid O'Rourke	3,532	11.3
	Labour	Paul Callan	2,577	8.2
	Official Sinn Féin	Donnchadha MacRaghnaill	1,450	4.6
	Independent	Micheal O'Donnell	472	1.5
	Independent	James Sarsfield	263	0.8
	Independent	Geoffrey Eager	210	0.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,314   Quota: 7,829   Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Louth[23]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Paddy Donegan	8,618	28.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	7,312	24.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	6,883	22.7	2
	Labour	Paul Callan	2,800	9.3
	Fine Gael	Thomas Elmore	2,073	6.9
	Fine Gael	Francis Johnston	1,513	5.0
	Labour	Patrick Mulholland	1,077	3.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,276   Quota: 7,570   Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Louth[22]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Paddy Donegan	6,897	24.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	6,679	23.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	6,617	23.4	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Hare	4,605	16.3
	Labour	Proinsias Mac Aonghusa	3,461	12.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,259   Quota: 7,065   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Louth[21]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	6,869	26.9	1	1
	Fine Gael	Paddy Donegan	6,518	25.5	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	4,288	16.8	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Hare	4,003	15.7
	Independent	Peter Moore	2,749	10.8
	Sinn Féin	Larry Grogan	1,130	4.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,557   Quota: 6,390   Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Louth[20]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	7,972	25.2	1	1
	Fine Gael	George Coburn	6,745	21.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	6,672	21.1	2
	Fine Gael	Paddy Donegan	5,855	18.5
	Sinn Féin	Larry Grogan	2,991	9.5
	Labour	James Murphy	1,424	4.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,659   Quota: 7,915   Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Louth[19]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	George Coburn	10,778	31.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	8,769	26.0	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Walsh	5,945	17.6
	Fine Gael	Paddy Donegan	4,665	13.8	3
	Labour	Roddy Connolly	2,576	7.6
	Sinn Féin	Joseph Campbell	1,011	3.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,744   Quota: 8,437   Turnout:

1954 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD James Coburn, a by-election was held on 3 March 1954. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate George Coburn, son of the deceased TD.

1954 by-election: Louth[44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	George Coburn	43.4	13,360	13,817	16,459
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Faulkner	40.7	12,531	12,801	13,432
	Labour	Roderick J. Connolly	11.2	3,452	3,952
	Sinn Féin	Joseph Campbell	4.7	1,446
Electorate: 41,975   Valid: 30,789   Quota: 15,395   Turnout: 73.35%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Louth[44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	24.9	7,927	7,981
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence J. Walsh	24.5	7,792	8,009
	Fine Gael	James Coburn	21.3	6,779	9,984
	Labour	Roderick Connolly	15.2	4,856	5,845
	Fine Gael	Thomas Francis Roe	14.1	4,505
Electorate: 41,646   Valid: 31,859   Quota: 7,965   Turnout: 76.50%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Louth[44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	28.0	8,589
	Fine Gael	James Coburn	23.6	7,251	7,342	7,368	7,716
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence J. Walsh	16.6	5,107	5,867	5,912	6,012	6,724
	Fine Gael	Thomas F. Roe	12.5	3,854	3,862	3,955	4,198
	Labour	Roderick J. Connolly	12.3	3,767	3,802	3,912	4,818	6,879
	Clann na Poblachta	Aodh De Blacam	4.4	1,348	1,356	1,886
	Clann na Poblachta	George Owens	2.7	814	818
Electorate: 40,740   Valid: 30,730   Quota: 7,683   Turnout: 75.43%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Louth[15]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	7,493	25.6	1	1
	Fine Gael	James Coburn	6,672	22.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Walsh	5,996	20.5	3
	Independent	Frank Jeffers	5,000	17.1
	Labour	Roddy Connolly	3,287	11.2
	Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	Eoin Ó Coigligh	795	2.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 29,243   Quota: 7,311   Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Louth[14]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	8,723	28.2	1	1
	Fine Gael	James Coburn	7,005	22.7	2
	Labour	Roddy Connolly	4,880	15.8	3
	Independent	Frank Jeffers	3,698	12.0
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Walsh	3,318	10.7
	Fine Gael	John Callan	2,698	8.7
	Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	Eoin Ó Coigligh	585	1.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,907   Quota: 7,727   Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Louth[13]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	9,787	31.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	James Coburn	8,375	27.2	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Walsh	6,200	20.1	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Roe	4,353	14.1
	Labour	Michael O'Connor	1,351	4.4
	Labour	Anthony Flynn	740	2.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,806   Quota: 7,702   Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Louth[12]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	9,215	31.0	1	1
	Fine Gael	James Coburn	8,364	28.2	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Walsh	6,768	22.8	3
	Fine Gael	James Murphy	5,341	18.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 29,688   Quota: 7,423   Turnout:

1933 general election

1933 general election: Louth[11]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	10,235	34.9	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Murphy	7,632	26.0	2	1
	Independent	James Coburn	7,282	24.8	3	2
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Dowd	4,175	14.2
Electorate: 36,803   Valid: 29,324   Quota: 7,332   Turnout:

1932 general election

1932 general election: Louth[10]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	7,267	26.3	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Murphy	6,094	22.0	2
	Independent	James Coburn	5,594	20.2	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Peter Hughes	4,512	16.3
	Labour	David Blood	2,192	7.9
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Reilly	2,019	7.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,678   Quota: 6,920   Turnout:

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Louth[9]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	7,881	29.6	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Murphy	6,425	24.2	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Peter Hughes	5,886	22.1
	National League Party	James Coburn	5,666	21.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence McKenna	733	2.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,591   Quota: 6,648   Turnout:

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Louth[8]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	James Coburn	7,093	26.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Aiken	6,851	25.5	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Peter Hughes	3,886	14.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Murphy	3,787	14.1	3
	Labour	Michael Connor	1,867	6.9
	Independent	Matthew Campbell	1,738	6.5
	Labour	Thomas O'Hanlon	930	3.5
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence McKenna	748	2.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,900   Quota: 6,726   Turnout:

1923 general election

1923 general election: Louth[7]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Republican	Frank Aiken	6,651	27.1	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Peter Hughes	5,798	23.7	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Murphy	5,663	23.1	2
	Farmers' Party	Patrick McGee	3,877	15.8
	Labour	Cathal O'Shannon	2,517	10.3
Electorate: 38,548   Valid: 24,506   Quota: 6,127   Turnout: 63.6%

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