Donegal (Dáil constituency)
{{short description|Dáil constituency (1921–1937, 1977–1981, 2016–present)}}
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Donegal
| type = Dáil
| year = 2016
| map4 = Donegal (Dáil constituency) 2024.svg
| map_entity = Ireland
| map_size = 200px
| towns = {{ubl|Ballybofey|Buncrana|Donegal|Killybegs|Letterkenny|Lifford|Stranorlar}}
| members_label = TDs
| members = {{ubl
| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Pearse Doherty (SF)
| {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}|border=darkgray}} Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (FF)}}
| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}|border=darkgray}} Charlie McConalogue (FF)
| {{Color box|{{party color|100% Redress}}|border=darkgray}} Charles Ward (100%R)
}}
| seats = 5
| local_council_label = Local government area
| local_council = County Donegal
| blank1_name = EP constituency
| blank1_info = Midlands–North-West
| previous = {{ubl|Donegal North-East|Donegal South-West}}
}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Donegal
| type = Dáil
| year = 1977
| abolished = 1981
| map4 =
| map_entity = Ireland
| map_size = 200px
| seats = 5
| local_council_label = Local government area
| local_council = County Donegal
| previous = {{ubl|Donegal–Leitrim|Donegal North-East}}
| next = {{ubl|Donegal North-East|Donegal South-West}}
}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Donegal
| type = Dáil
| year = 1921
| abolished = 1937
| map4 =
| map_entity = Ireland
| map_size = 200px
| seats = {{ubl|6 (1921–1923)|8 (1923–1937)}}
| local_council_label = Local government area
| local_council = County Donegal
| previous = {{ubl|East Donegal|North Donegal|South Donegal|West Donegal}}
| next = {{ubl|Donegal East|Donegal West}}
}}
Donegal is a parliamentary constituency which has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
It covers County Donegal with the exception of nine southern electoral divisions which are part of the neighbouring Sligo–Leitrim constituency.
History and boundaries
=1921 to 1937=
The constituency was created in 1921 by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as a 6-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a two-seat constituency for the United Kingdom House of Commons at Westminster, taking in the whole of County Donegal in north-west Ireland, succeeding the former Westminster constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.{{cite web |title=Government of Ireland Act 1920: Fifth Schedule |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/10-11/67/schedule/FIFTH/enacted |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=27 May 2022}} At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the six seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil. It was never used as a Westminster constituency; under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".{{cite web |title=Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 4) |url=http://www.historicaldocuments.org.uk/documents/doc00005-001.html |website=Historical Documents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315095335/http://www.historicaldocuments.org.uk/documents/doc00005-001.html |archive-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=dead}} Therefore, no vote was held in County Dublin at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.
Under the Electoral Act 1923, the constituency's boundaries remained unchanged, and were defined as "the administrative county of Donegal". However, its representation was increased from 6 to 8 seats.{{cite ISB|title=Electoral Act 1923|schedno=8|stitle=Constituencies|year=1923|number=12 |access-date=4 October 2021|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603120749/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1923/act/12/schedule/8/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}} It was abolished by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, with effect from the 1937 general election. It was replaced by two new constituencies: the 4-seat Donegal East and the 3-seat Donegal West.{{cite ISB|title=Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935|schedno=1|stitle=Revised constituencies|parl=ifs |year=1935|number=5|access-date=4 October 2021|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901151700/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1935/act/5/schedule/1/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}
=1977 to 1981=
A Donegal constituency was re-established as a 5-seat constituency under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, and used at the 1977 general election only.{{cite ISB|year=1974|number=7|title=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974|date=7 May 1974|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies}} The revived constituency was short-lived, as under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, it was replaced by two new 3-seat constituencies, Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West.{{cite ISB|year=1980|number=17|schedule=y|stitle=Constituencies|title=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980|date=1 July 1980}}
=Since 2016=
In 2012 the Constituency Commission proposed that at the next general election, the constituencies of Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West should be replaced by a new constituency called Donegal.{{cite web|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-5.2.pdf|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Donegal – Sligo – Leitrim – Cavan – Monaghan area|work=Constituency Commission|date=21 June 2012|access-date=7 April 2013|archive-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018091009/http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-5.2.pdf|url-status=live}} The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.{{cite web|url=http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-1.pdf|title=Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation|work=Constituency Commission|date=21 June 2012|access-date=7 April 2013|archive-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119112701/http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constit-Rep-2012-Chap-1.pdf|url-status=live}} The Donegal constituency was re-established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, with effect from the 2016 general election.{{cite web|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/7/schedule/enacted/en/html|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=4 October 2021|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213091602/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/7/schedule/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:{{cite web|title=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=4 October 2021|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718205639/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}
{{quote frame|"The county of Donegal, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim."}}
The area of the county of Donegal within the Sligo–Leitrim constituency is:
{{quote frame|"the electoral divisions of:
:Ballintra, Ballyshannon Rural, Ballyshannon Urban, Bundoran Rural, Carrickboy, Cavangarden, Cliff, in the former Rural District of Ballyshannon;
:Ballintra in the former Rural District of Donegal;
:and Bundoran Urban"}}
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that no change be made at the next general election.{{cite web |title=Constituency Review Report 2023 |url=https://ec-report.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/constituency-review-report-2023.pdf#page=7 |website=Electoral Commission |page=7 |access-date=30 August 2023 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830102132/https://ec-report.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/constituency-review-report-2023.pdf#page=7 |url-status=live }}
TDs
=TDs 1921–1937=
{{Irish TD table begin
|constituency = Donegal
|maxTDs = 8
|start = 1921
|end = 1937
|Cumann na nGaedheal
|Fianna Fáil
|Fine Gael
|Farmers' Party (Ireland)
|Independent politician
|Labour Party (Ireland)
|National League Party
|National Centre Party (Ireland)
|Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|Sinn Féin
|Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 2
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph O'Doherty
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Samuel O'Flaherty
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Patrick McGoldrick
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph McGinley
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph Sweeney
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Peter Ward
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table seats dropped
|seats = 2
|elections = 2
|comment = 6 seats
1921–1923
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 3
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph O'Doherty
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Samuel O'Flaherty
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Patrick McGoldrick
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph McGinley
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph Sweeney
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Peter Ward
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 4
|byelections = 1
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph O'Doherty
|elections = 2
|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Peadar O'Donnell
|elections = 2
|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Patrick McGoldrick
|elections = 2
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Eugene Doherty
|elections = 5
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Patrick McFadden
|elections = 2
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Peter Ward
|elections = 1
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = James Myles
|elections = 6
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = John White
|elections = 4
|party = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table by-election
|constituency = Donegal
|year = 1924
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Denis McCullough
|elections = 1
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 5
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Frank Carney
|elections = 3
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Neal Blaney
|elections = 4
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Daniel McMenamin
|elections = 1
|party = National League Party
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Michael Óg McFadden
|elections = 2
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Hugh Law
|elections = 2
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 6
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Archie Cassidy
|elections = 1
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 7
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Brian Brady
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Daniel McMenamin
|elections = 2
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = James Dillon
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = John White
|elections = 1
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 8
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph O'Doherty
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Hugh Doherty
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = James Dillon
|elections = 1
|party = National Centre Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Michael Óg McFadden
|elections = 1
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}}
{{Irish TD table end
|dailnum = 9
|maxTDs = 8
|comment = Constituency abolished. See Donegal East and Donegal West
}}
=TDs 1977–1981=
{{Irish TD table begin
|constituency = Donegal
|maxTDs = 5
|start = 1977
|end = 1981
|Fianna Fáil
|Fine Gael
|Independent Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 21
|byelections = 1
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Hugh Conaghan
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joseph Brennan
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Neil Blaney
|elections = 2
|party = Independent Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = James White
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Paddy Harte
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish TD table by-election
|constituency = Donegal
|year = 1980
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Clement Coughlan
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table end
|dailnum = 22
|maxTDs = 5
|comment = Constituency abolished. See Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West
}}
=TDs since 2016=
{{Irish TD table begin
|constituency = Donegal
|maxTDs = 5
|start = 2016
|end =
|refs =
|100% Redress
|Fianna Fáil
|Fine Gael
|Independent politician
|Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 32
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Pearse Doherty
|elections = 3
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Thomas Pringle
|elections = 2
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Charlie McConalogue
|elections = 3
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Joe McHugh
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 33
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
|elections = 2
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 34
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Charles Ward
|elections = 1
|party = 100% Redress
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table end}}
Elections
{{cnote|*|Outgoing TD}}
=2024 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 2024 general election: Donegal{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/results/#/donegal|title=General Election 2024 Results – Donegal|work=RTÉ News|date=December 2024|access-date=4 December 2024}}
|numcounts = 16
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pearse Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 24.7
|count1 = 18,898
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.1
|count1 = 10,024
|count2 = 10,504
|count3 = 10,517
|count4 = 10,528
|count5 = 10,604
|count6 = 10,636
|count7 = 10,667
|count8 = 10,675
|count9 = 10,680
|count10 = 10,798
|count11 = 10,922
|count12 = 11,294
|count13 = 11,751
|count14 = 12,310
|count15 = 13,660
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pádraig Mac Lochlainn{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 12.8
|count1 = 9,799
|count2 = 13,095
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Charlie McConalogue{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.5
|count1 = 8,019
|count2 = 8,127
|count3 = 8,137
|count4 = 8,149
|count5 = 8,233
|count6 = 8,261
|count7 = 8,310
|count8 = 8,315
|count9 = 8,338
|count10 = 8,470
|count11 = 8,531
|count12 = 8,771
|count13 = 9,029
|count14 = 9,172
|count15 = 11,019
|count16 = 11,683
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Charles Ward
|party = 100% Redress
|percentage = 9.0
|count1 = 6,862
|count2 = 7,236
|count3 = 7,268
|count4 = 7,283
|count5 = 7,300
|count6 = 7,378
|count7 = 7,469
|count8 = 7,522
|count9 = 7,632
|count10 = 7,868
|count11 = 8,466
|count12 = 9,784
|count13 = 9,909
|count14 = 10,855
|count15 = 11,629
|count16 = 11,714
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas Pringle{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.9
|count1 = 5,289
|count2 = 5,664
|count3 = 5,691
|count4 = 5,693
|count5 = 5,708
|count6 = 5,740
|count7 = 5,776
|count8 = 5,798
|count9 = 5,825
|count10 = 6,179
|count11 = 6,457
|count12 = 6,795
|count13 = 7,366
|count14 = 9,513
|count15 = 10,255
|count16 = 10,395
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Nikki Bradley
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 4.8
|count1 = 3,658
|count2 = 3,719
|count3 = 3,722
|count4 = 3,729
|count5 = 3,761
|count6 = 3,782
|count7 = 3,818
|count8 = 3,823
|count9 = 3,830
|count10 = 4,080
|count11 = 4,134
|count12 = 4,280
|count13 = 6,001
|count14 = 6,176
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Noel Jordan
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 4.3
|count1 = 3,321
|count2 = 4,405
|count3 = 4,620
|count4 = 4,623
|count5 = 4,638
|count6 = 4,673
|count7 = 4,695
|count8 = 4,709
|count9 = 4,733
|count10 = 5,013
|count11 = 5,155
|count12 = 5,339
|count13 = 5,513
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John McNulty
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 4.2
|count1 = 3,247
|count2 = 3,276
|count3 = 3,277
|count4 = 3,283
|count5 = 3,293
|count6 = 3,293
|count7 = 3,297
|count8 = 3,302
|count9 = 3,306
|count10 = 3,349
|count11 = 3,379
|count12 = 3,434
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary T. Sweeney
|party = Aontú
|percentage = 3.2
|count1 = 2,469
|count2 = 2,530
|count3 = 2,534
|count4 = 2,550
|count5 = 2,561
|count6 = 2,589
|count7 = 2,637
|count8 = 2,685
|count9 = 2,808
|count10 = 2,883
|count11 = 3,376
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Niall McConnell
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.0
|count1 = 1,565
|count2 = 1,661
|count3 = 1,667
|count4 = 1,705
|count5 = 1,708
|count6 = 1,728
|count7 = 1,751
|count8 = 1,910
|count9 = 2,156
|count10 = 2,185
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Nuala Carr
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.1
|count1 = 880
|count2 = 903
|count3 = 904
|count4 = 905
|count5 = 913
|count6 = 917
|count7 = 930
|count8 = 930
|count9 = 931
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Carol Gallagher{{efn|group=ge24|name=PBP|Gallagher is a member of People Before Profit.}}
|party = People Before Profit–Solidarity
|percentage = 0.8
|count1 = 606
|count2 = 669
|count3 = 674
|count4 = 684
|count5 = 688
|count6 = 691
|count7 = 692
|count8 = 699
|count9 = 707
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Kim McMenamin
|party = The Irish People (party)
|percentage = 0.7
|count1 = 531
|count2 = 542
|count3 = 544
|count4 = 545
|count5 = 547
|count6 = 550
|count7 = 554
|count8 = 621
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eamon McGee
|party = Irish Freedom Party
|percentage = 0.5
|count1 = 383
|count2 = 399
|count3 = 400
|count4 = 408
|count5 = 409
|count6 = 417
|count7 = 422
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gerry McKeever
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.4
|count1 = 342
|count2 = 354
|count3 = 355
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=2020 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 2020 general election: Donegal{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/results/#/national/donegal|title=General Election 2020 Results – Donegal|work=RTÉ News|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213130309/https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/results/#/national/donegal|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Donegal Results 2020 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/donegal |access-date=10 February 2020 |work=Irish Times |archive-date=9 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209144833/https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/donegal |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Donegal: 2020 General Election |url=http://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=238&constitid=52&electype=1 |publisher=Irelandelection.com |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523171607/http://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=238&constitid=52&electype=1 |url-status=live }}
|numcounts = 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Charlie McConalogue{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.8
|count1 = 8,347
|count2 = 8,871
|count3 = 9,022
|count4 = 9,078
|count5 = 9,425
|count6 = 9,633
|count7 = 10,054
|count8 = 10,270
|count9 = 11,432
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joe McHugh{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 9.8
|count1 = 7,621
|count2 = 8,093
|count3 = 8,129
|count4 = 8,170
|count5 = 8,309
|count6 = 8,740
|count7 = 8,988
|count8 = 10,920
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pat "the Cope" Gallagher{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.6
|count1 = 7,469
|count2 = 8,661
|count3 = 8,688
|count4 = 8,729
|count5 = 8,905
|count6 = 9,035
|count7 = 9,518
|count8 = 10,146
|count9 = 11,074
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas Pringle{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.1
|count1 = 5,472
|count2 = 8,270
|count3 = 8,521
|count4 = 8,621
|count5 = 8,947
|count6 = 9,637
|count7 = 10,241
|count8 = 10,755
|count9 = 12,245
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John O'Donnell
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.1
|count1 = 4,735
|count2 = 5,620
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|count5 = 6,168
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Martin Harley
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.9
|count1 = 3,056
|count2 = 3,491
|count3 = 3,502
|count4 = 3,526
|count5 = 3,650
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary T. Sweeney
|party = Aontú
|percentage = 3.1
|count1 = 2,382
|count2 = 2,827
|count3 = 2,907
|count4 = 3,128
|count5 = 3,349
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael White
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.1
|count1 = 1,656
|count2 = 2,113
|count3 = 2,194
|count4 = 2,220
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Peter Casey
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.5
|count1 = 1,143
|count2 = 1,804
|count3 = 1,950
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Niall McConnell
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|spoilt = 647
|quota = 12,909
|turnout = 78,099 (62.0%)
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=2016 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 2016 general election: Donegal {{cite web |title=Donegal Results 2016 |url=http://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=231&constitid=52&electype=1 |work=Irelandelections.com |access-date=20 January 2020 |archive-date=20 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120101307/http://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=231&constitid=52&electype=1 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Donegal Results 2016 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/constituencies/donegal/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607232425/https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/constituencies/donegal/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2019|work=RTÉ News}}
|numcounts = 13
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|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 14.1
|count1 = 10,300
|count2 = 10,305
|count3 = 10,330
|count4 = 10,524
|count5 = 10,870
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.9
|count1 = 10,198
|count2 = 10,203
|count3 = 10,362
|count4 = 10,504
|count5 = 10,694
|count6 = 10,941
|count7 = 11,160
|count8 = 11,267
|count9 = 11,398
|count10 = 11,832
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joe McHugh{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 11.5
|count1 = 8,412
|count2 = 8,414
|count3 = 8,443
|count4 = 8,704
|count5 = 8,795
|count6 = 8,965
|count7 = 11,016
|count8 = 11,040
|count9 = 11,061
|count10 = 11,784
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas Pringle{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 8.5
|count1 = 6,220
|count2 = 6,239
|count3 = 6,247
|count4 = 6,498
|count5 = 6,689
|count6 = 7,389
|count7 = 7,522
|count8 = 7,617
|count9 = 7,722
|count10 = 8,491
|count11 = 9,462
|count12 = 9,888
|count13 = 10,082
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pádraig Mac Lochlainn{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 7.8
|count1 = 5,742
|count2 = 5,743
|count3 = 5,773
|count4 = 5,893
|count5 = 5,961
|count6 = 6,008
|count7 = 6,032
|count8 = 6,567
|count9 = 8,509
|count10 = 9,143
|count11 = 9,716
|count12 = 9,852
|count13 = 9,898
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gary Doherty
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 5.6
|count1 = 4,136
|count2 = 4,138
|count3 = 4,142
|count4 = 4,183
|count5 = 4,377
|count6 = 4,420
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Dessie Shiels
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 5.1
|count1 = 3,724
|count2 = 3,724
|count3 = 3,739
|count4 = 3,986
|count5 = 4,166
|count6 = 4,288
|count7 = 4,463
|count8 = 4,497
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Tim Jackson
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.9
|count1 = 3,580
|count2 = 3,585
|count3 = 3,601
|count4 = 3,752
|count5 = 4,034
|count6 = 4,319
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|count8 = 4,650
|count9 = 4,790
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Paddy Harte Jnr
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.9
|count1 = 2,831
|count2 = 2,832
|count3 = 2,838
|count4 = 2,934
|count5 = 3,133
|count6 = 3,244
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank McBrearty Jnr
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.6
|count1 = 1,914
|count2 = 1,917
|count3 = 1,921
|count4 = 1,981
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Niamh Kennedy
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.5
|count1 = 1,836
|count2 = 1,842
|count3 = 1,848
|count4 = 1,983
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ian McGarvey
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.3
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Paula Flanagan
|party = Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party
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|count2 = 442
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|count2 = 402
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Fís Nua
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|electorate = 117,675
|valid = 73,303
|spoilt = 654
|quota = 12,218
|turnout = 73,957 (62.9%)
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=1980 by-election=
A by-election was held on 6 November 1980 to fill the vacancy caused by the death on 13 July 1980 of the Fianna Fáil TD Joseph Brennan. It was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Clement Coughlan, who died in a road accident in early 1983, triggering a by-election in the Donegal South-West constituency.
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|numcounts = 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Clement Coughlan
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 39.0
|count1 = 23,456
|count2 = 24,000
|count3 = 29,219
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Dinny McGinley
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 33.3
|count1 = 20,022
|count2 = 20,793
|count3 = 24,085
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|candidate = Paddy Kelly
|party = Independent Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 23.6
|count1 = 14,198
|count2 = 14,992
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Séamus Rodgers
|party = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
|percentage = 4.0
|count1 = 2,401
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|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 81,340
|valid = 60,077
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|turnout = 73.9%
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=1977 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1977 general election: Donegal{{cite web|url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/21stDail_June1977_ByeElections20th_1973_1977.pdf|title=21st Dáil 1977 general election results|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=February 1978|access-date=12 November 2023}}
|numcounts = 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James White{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 17.6
|count1 = 10,672
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|candidate = Neil Blaney{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 17.3
|count1 = 10,499
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Paddy Harte{{cref|*}}
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 13.9
|count1 = 8,483
|count2 = 8,554
|count3 = 8,990
|count4 = 9,001
|count5 = 9,412
|count6 = 11,900
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph Brennan{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.6
|count1 = 6,448
|count2 = 6,465
|count3 = 6,477
|count4 = 6,502
|count5 = 6,701
|count6 = 6,714
|count7 = 6,788
|count8 = 6,935
|count9 = 8,499
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Bernard McGlinchey
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.4
|count1 = 5,693
|count2 = 5,715
|count3 = 5,724
|count4 = 5,789
|count5 = 5,892
|count6 = 5,941
|count7 = 5,984
|count8 = 6,260
|count9 = 7,309
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh Conaghan
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.9
|count1 = 5,413
|count2 = 5,423
|count3 = 5,425
|count4 = 5,435
|count5 = 5,474
|count6 = 5,609
|count7 = 5,690
|count8 = 6,340
|count9 = 7,597
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Delap
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 7.5
|count1 = 4,583
|count2 = 4,597
|count3 = 4,605
|count4 = 4,614
|count5 = 5,150
|count6 = 5,170
|count7 = 5,195
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Paddy Keaveney{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 5.5
|count1 = 3,325
|count2 = 3,353
|count3 = 3,362
|count4 = 3,645
|count5 = 4,110
|count6 = 4,283
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Séamus Gill
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 4.8
|count1 = 2,946
|count2 = 2,959
|count3 = 2,996
|count4 = 2,998
|count5 = 3,057
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Séamus Rodgers
|party = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
|percentage = 4.1
|count1 = 2,505
|count2 = 2,548
|count3 = 2,569
|count4 = 2,575
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Charles Long
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{STV Election box end2
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|electorate = 77,813
|valid = 60,823
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 78.2%
}}
=1933 general election=
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|title = 1933 general election: Donegal
|numcounts = 8
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Myles{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 15.5
|count1 = 10,784
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Brian Brady{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.9
|count1 = 7,615
|count2 = 7,616
|count3 = 7,632
|count4 = 7,633
|count5 = 7,640
|count6 = 7,643
|count7 = 7,651
|count8 = 10,298
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph O'Doherty
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.6
|count1 = 7,384
|count2 = 7,389
|count3 = 7,435
|count4 = 7,436
|count5 = 7,512
|count6 = 7,619
|count7 = 7,633
|count8 = 8,555
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Neal Blaney{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.5
|count1 = 7,310
|count2 = 7,317
|count3 = 7,350
|count4 = 7,350
|count5 = 7,371
|count6 = 7,380
|count7 = 7,393
|count8 = 8,764
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 10.1
|count1 = 7,055
|count2 = 7,068
|count3 = 7,243
|count4 = 7,245
|count5 = 7,280
|count6 = 7,474
|count7 = 7,485
|count8 = 8,469
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Archie Cassidy
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.7
|count1 = 6,036
|count2 = 6,045
|count3 = 6,109
|count4 = 6,110
|count5 = 6,124
|count6 = 6,147
|count7 = 6,157
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Dillon{{cref|*}}
|party = National Centre Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.6
|count1 = 5,319
|count2 = 5,484
|count3 = 5,976
|count4 = 5,998
|count5 = 6,348
|count6 = 8,753
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Daniel McMenamin{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 7.6
|count1 = 5,261
|count2 = 5,910
|count3 = 6,375
|count4 = 6,484
|count5 = 11,410
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|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 6.8
|count1 = 4,725
|count2 = 5,941
|count3 = 8,316
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael McGilligan
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 6.2
|count1 = 4,306
|count2 = 4,992
|count3 = 5,303
|count4 = 5,752
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eugene Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 5.4
|count1 = 3,779
|count2 = 4,081
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|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 88,666
|quota = 7,731
|valid = 69,574
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|turnout = 78.5%
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=1932 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = 1932 general election: Donegal
|numcounts = 12
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Myles{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 15.5
|count1 = 10,077
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Dillon
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 11.8
|count1 = 7,645
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Neal Blaney{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.4
|count1 = 7,416
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Brian Brady
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 7.6
|count1 = 4,955
|count2 = 4,970
|count3 = 5,001
|count4 = 5,149
|count5 = 5,179
|count6 = 5,563
|count7 = 5,582
|count8 = 6,138
|count9 = 6,388
|count10 = 6,409
|count11 = 6,436
|count12 = 8,482
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh Doherty
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 7.2
|count1 = 4,691
|count2 = 4,702
|count3 = 4,719
|count4 = 4,728
|count5 = 4,762
|count6 = 5,006
|count7 = 5,068
|count8 = 5,904
|count9 = 5,958
|count10 = 6,014
|count11 = 6,024
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John White{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 7.2
|count1 = 4,654
|count2 = 5,870
|count3 = 5,892
|count4 = 5,892
|count5 = 5,970
|count6 = 6,111
|count7 = 6,572
|count8 = 6,676
|count9 = 7,221
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eugene Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 6.7
|count1 = 4,313
|count2 = 4,549
|count3 = 4,640
|count4 = 4,642
|count5 = 4,679
|count6 = 5,082
|count7 = 5,911
|count8 = 5,978
|count9 = 7,116
|count10 = 8,121
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Daniel McMenamin{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 6.2
|count1 = 4,050
|count2 = 4,425
|count3 = 4,464
|count4 = 4,467
|count5 = 4,531
|count6 = 4,801
|count7 = 5,495
|count8 = 5,521
|count9 = 8,300
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Carney{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 6.0
|count1 = 3,874
|count2 = 3,888
|count3 = 3,915
|count4 = 3,950
|count5 = 3,984
|count6 = 4,621
|count7 = 4,641
|count8 = 6,245
|count9 = 6,295
|count10 = 6,311
|count11 = 6,323
|count12 = 9,139
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Óg McFadden{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 5.8
|count1 = 3,737
|count2 = 4,144
|count3 = 4,187
|count4 = 4,188
|count5 = 4,232
|count6 = 4,353
|count7 = 5,384
|count8 = 5,455
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Doherty
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 5.2
|count1 = 3,370
|count2 = 3,383
|count3 = 3,392
|count4 = 3,395
|count5 = 3,432
|count6 = 3,559
|count7 = 3,596
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh Law{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 4.3
|count1 = 2,795
|count2 = 3,249
|count3 = 3,280
|count4 = 3,282
|count5 = 3,304
|count6 = 3,428
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Archie Cassidy{{cref|*}}
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.9
|count1 = 2,506
|count2 = 2,610
|count3 = 2,732
|count4 = 2,742
|count5 = 3,107
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Charles Sweeney
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.1
|count1 = 733
|count2 = 763
|count3 = 774
|count4 = 775
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 12
|electorate = 87,413
|quota = 7,202
|valid = 64,816
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=September 1927 general election=
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = September 1927 general election: Donegal
|numcounts = 10
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Myles{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 14.5
|count1 = 7,934
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Neal Blaney{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 12.6
|count1 = 6,877
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eugene Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 11.2
|count1 = 6,108
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh Law{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 9.6
|count1 = 5,224
|count2 = 5,647
|count3 = 5,657
|count4 = 5,679
|count5 = 5,690
|count6 = 5,703
|count7 = 6,877
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Carney{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.8
|count1 = 4,811
|count2 = 4,824
|count3 = 5,503
|count4 = 5,503
|count5 = 5,526
|count6 = 6,392
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Óg McFadden{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 8.7
|count1 = 4,740
|count2 = 4,883
|count3 = 4,885
|count4 = 4,891
|count5 = 4,915
|count6 = 4,949
|count7 = 5,455
|count8 = 6,001
|count9 = 6,004
|count10 = 6,107
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John White{{cref|*}}
|party = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 8.5
|count1 = 4,627
|count2 = 5,520
|count3 = 5,527
|count4 = 5,528
|count5 = 5,537
|count6 = 5,579
|count7 = 5,685
|count8 = 5,751
|count9 = 5,753
|count10 = 5,807
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick McGoldrick
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 7.1
|count1 = 3,889
|count2 = 3,944
|count3 = 3,948
|count4 = 3,949
|count5 = 3,961
|count6 = 4,035
|count7 = 4,249
|count8 = 4,374
|count9 = 4,375
|count10 = 4,425
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Archie Cassidy
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.7
|count1 = 3,675
|count2 = 3,756
|count3 = 3,810
|count4 = 3,812
|count5 = 3,832
|count6 = 4,037
|count7 = 4,201
|count8 = 4,229
|count9 = 4,309
|count10 = 6,527
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick McGinley
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 4.5
|count1 = 2,463
|count2 = 2,480
|count3 = 2,512
|count4 = 2,512
|count5 = 2,530
|count6 = 3,165
|count7 = 3,193
|count8 = 3,243
|count9 = 3,487
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Edward Kelly
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 3.8
|count1 = 2,067
|count2 = 2,291
|count3 = 2,298
|count4 = 2,312
|count5 = 2,325
|count6 = 2,348
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John O'Flaherty
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 3.6
|count1 = 1,973
|count2 = 1,987
|count3 = 2,004
|count4 = 2,004
|count5 = 2,016
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Kate McCarry
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.3
|count1 = 164
|count2 = 173
|count3 = 176
|count4 = 176
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|numcounts = 10
|electorate = 90,224
|valid = 54,552
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|turnout = 60.5%
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=June 1927 general election=
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|title = June 1927 general election: Donegal
|numcounts = 11
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Myles{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 14.6
|count1 = 7,557
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Daniel McMenamin
|party = National League Party
|percentage = 11.3
|count1 = 5,828
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Neal Blaney
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 11.0
|count1 = 5,681
|count2 = 5,693
|count3 = 5,696
|count4 = 5,700
|count5 = 6,533
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John White{{cref|*}}
|party = Farmers' Party (Ireland)|Farmers' Party
|percentage = 9.7
|count1 = 5,031
|count2 = 5,903
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eugene Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 7.8
|count1 = 4,005
|count2 = 4,354
|count3 = 4,412
|count4 = 4,417
|count5 = 4,458
|count6 = 4,459
|count7 = 4,625
|count8 = 4,683
|count9 = 4,730
|count10 = 4,812
|count11 = 5,427
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh Law
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 7.0
|count1 = 3,596
|count2 = 3,791
|count3 = 3,839
|count4 = 3,857
|count5 = 3,932
|count6 = 3,934
|count7 = 4,584
|count8 = 4,699
|count9 = 4,735
|count10 = 4,750
|count11 = 5,220
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Óg McFadden
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 6.0
|count1 = 3,105
|count2 = 3,220
|count3 = 3,231
|count4 = 3,244
|count5 = 3,268
|count6 = 3,269
|count7 = 3,628
|count8 = 3,694
|count9 = 3,736
|count10 = 3,745
|count11 = 4,941
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank Carney
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 5.8
|count1 = 3,002
|count2 = 3,012
|count3 = 3,012
|count4 = 3,013
|count5 = 3,258
|count6 = 3,872
|count7 = 3,885
|count8 = 3,963
|count9 = 6,664
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seamus Monaghan
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 5.6
|count1 = 2,899
|count2 = 2,902
|count3 = 2,903
|count4 = 2,904
|count5 = 3,083
|count6 = 3,217
|count7 = 3,226
|count8 = 3,285
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick McGoldrick{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 5.3
|count1 = 2,750
|count2 = 2,795
|count3 = 2,812
|count4 = 2,819
|count5 = 2,845
|count6 = 2,847
|count7 = 3,272
|count8 = 3,318
|count9 = 3,335
|count10 = 3,341
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Archie Cassidy
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.8
|count1 = 2,491
|count2 = 2,559
|count3 = 2,564
|count4 = 2,573
|count5 = 2,650
|count6 = 2,676
|count7 = 2,719
|count8 = 4,264
|count9 = 4,365
|count10 = 4,524
|count11 = 4,761
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Denis Houston
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.9
|count1 = 2,005
|count2 = 2,086
|count3 = 2,096
|count4 = 2,120
|count5 = 2,205
|count6 = 2,212
|count7 = 2,303
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick McFadden{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 3.8
|count1 = 1,975
|count2 = 2,023
|count3 = 2,029
|count4 = 2,035
|count5 = 2,050
|count6 = 2,053
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph O'Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 3.3
|count1 = 1,714
|count2 = 1,735
|count3 = 1,741
|count4 = 1,743
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|electorate = 90,224
|valid = 51,639
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 57.2%
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=1924 by-election=
A by-election was held on 20 November 1924 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation on 1 August 1924 of the Cumann na nGaedheal TD Peter Ward. There were only two candidates, and the winner was the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Denis McCullough.
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|numcounts = 1
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Denis McCullough
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 57.6
|count1 = 24,919
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas Daly
|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|percentage = 42.4
|count1 = 18,371
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 1
|electorate = 96,777
|valid = 43,290
|spoilt =
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|turnout = 44.7%
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=1923 general election=
The 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil was the first in the Donegal constituency where the number of candidates exceeded the number of seats. Under the Electoral Act 1923, Donegal's representation had been increased from six to eight seats, and these were contested by no less than 19 candidates.
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|title = 1923 general election: Donegal
|numcounts = 16
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = James Myles
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 13.2
|count1 = 6,954
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Peter Ward{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 10.5
|count1 = 5,513
|count2 = 5,544
|count3 = 5,667
|count4 = 5,676
|count5 = 5,829
|count6 = 5,848
|count7 = 6,048
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Eugene Doherty
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 10.0
|count1 = 5,261
|count2 = 5,271
|count3 = 5,316
|count4 = 5,333
|count5 = 5,385
|count6 = 5,412
|count7 = 5,635
|count8 = 5,670
|count9 = 6,409
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick McGoldrick{{cref|*}}
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 7.1
|count1 = 3,743
|count2 = 3,754
|count3 = 3,809
|count4 = 3,816
|count5 = 3,874
|count6 = 3,910
|count7 = 3,955
|count8 = 3,982
|count9 = 4,263
|count10 = 4,597
|count11 = 4,624
|count12 = 4,689
|count13 = 5,330
|count14 = 5,683
|count15 = 5,853
|count16 = 5,942
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Brian Monaghan
|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|percentage = 7.0
|count1 = 3,678
|count2 = 3,683
|count3 = 3,696
|count4 = 3,819
|count5 = 3,838
|count6 = 3,841
|count7 = 3,899
|count8 = 3,899
|count9 = 3,909
|count10 = 3,910
|count11 = 4,112
|count12 = 4,124
|count13 = 4,218
|count14 = 4,251
|count15 = 4,262
|count16 = 4,263
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John White
|party = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.0
|count1 = 3,673
|count2 = 3,743
|count3 = 3,751
|count4 = 3,753
|count5 = 3,767
|count6 = 4,225
|count7 = 4,263
|count8 = 4,276
|count9 = 4,287
|count10 = 4,293
|count11 = 4,317
|count12 = 5,210
|count13 = 5,351
|count14 = 6,664
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Peadar O'Donnell
|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|percentage = 6.9
|count1 = 3,621
|count2 = 3,627
|count3 = 3,643
|count4 = 3,778
|count5 = 3,796
|count6 = 3,808
|count7 = 3,865
|count8 = 3,867
|count9 = 3,882
|count10 = 3,882
|count11 = 4,867
|count12 = 4,878
|count13 = 5,120
|count14 = 5,205
|count15 = 5,234
|count16 = 5,234
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick McFadden
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 6.6
|count1 = 3,492
|count2 = 3,500
|count3 = 3,521
|count4 = 3,531
|count5 = 3,587
|count6 = 3,604
|count7 = 3,737
|count8 = 3,761
|count9 = 4,017
|count10 = 4,200
|count11 = 4,222
|count12 = 4,311
|count13 = 4,888
|count14 = 5,747
|count15 = 5,980
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Joseph O'Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|percentage = 6.1
|count1 = 3,213
|count2 = 3,216
|count3 = 3,225
|count4 = 3,407
|count5 = 3,420
|count6 = 3,452
|count7 = 3,477
|count8 = 3,480
|count9 = 3,545
|count10 = 3,551
|count11 = 4,055
|count12 = 4,076
|count13 = 4,324
|count14 = 4,385
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|candidate = Denis Houston
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 4.7
|count1 = 2,456
|count2 = 2,476
|count3 = 2,630
|count4 = 2,678
|count5 = 2,818
|count6 = 2,892
|count7 = 2,965
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh Law
|party = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 3.3
|count1 = 1,718
|count2 = 1,762
|count3 = 1,771
|count4 = 1,780
|count5 = 1,949
|count6 = 2,278
|count7 = 2,634
|count8 = 2,665
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|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|percentage = 3.1
|count1 = 1,647
|count2 = 1,651
|count3 = 1,678
|count4 = 1,950
|count5 = 1,963
|count6 = 1,976
|count7 = 1,981
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hugh J. O'Kelly
|party = Cumann na nGaedheal
|percentage = 2.8
|count1 = 1,489
|count2 = 1,498
|count3 = 1,521
|count4 = 1,550
|count5 = 1,574
|count6 = 1,656
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Ratepayers' Association
|percentage = 2.7
|count1 = 1,432
|count2 = 1,449
|count3 = 1,457
|count4 = 1,462
|count5 = 1,609
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Neil Faulkner
|party = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.3
|count1 = 1,209
|count2 = 1,215
|count3 = 1,239
|count4 = 1,252
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Andrew Lowry
|party = Farmers' Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 2.1
|count1 = 1,127
|count2 = 1,960
|count3 = 1,968
|count4 = 1,976
|count5 = 1,995
|count6 = 2,081
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Daniel McMenamin
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.8
|count1 = 927
|count2 = 939
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{{STV Election box candidate2
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|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|percentage = 1.7
|count1 = 908
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|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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|valid = 52,730
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|turnout = 54.4%
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=1922 general election=
As at the 1921 general election, Sinn Féin stood one candidate for every seat (except for two Dublin constituencies); the Treaty had divided the party between 65 pro-treaty candidates, 57 anti-treaty and 1 nominally on both sides. Unlike the elections a year earlier, other parties stood in most constituencies forcing single transferable vote elections, with Sinn Féin losing 30 seats.
In Donegal, Sinn Féin's six outgoing TDs from the 2nd Dáil were elected unopposed, Socialist Republican, Jack White having withdrawn his candidacy.Arthur Mitchell, ‘White, James Robert (1879–1946)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Two had opposed the treaty, and four supported it; they are listed here in alphabetical order
{{STV Election box begin
|title = 1922 general election: Donegal
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Joseph McGinley{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 1
|count =
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Patrick McGoldrick{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 2
|count =
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Joseph O'Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 3
|count =
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Samuel O'Flaherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 4
|count =
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Joseph Sweeney{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 5
|count =
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Peter Ward{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 6
|count =
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=1921 general election=
At the 1921 general election to the 2nd Dáil, no seats were contested in the 26 counties which became the Irish Free State. In Donegal, six Sinn Féin candidates were nominated for the constituency's six seats. Major Robert L Moore, who had contested East Donegal in 1918, was selected as the Unionist candidate by 22 April 1921{{Cite web |url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/Corning%20NY%20Evening%20%20Leader/Corning%20NY%20Evening%20%20Leader%201921%20Feb-Oct%201921%20%20Grayscale/Corning%20NY%20Evening%20%20Leader%201921%20Feb-Oct%201921%20%20Grayscale%20-%200515.pdf |title=The Evening Leader, Corning, NY, 22 April 1921, P2 |access-date=12 December 2014 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104092944/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/Corning%20NY%20Evening%20%20Leader/Corning%20NY%20Evening%20%20Leader%201921%20Feb-Oct%201921%20%20Grayscale/Corning%20NY%20Evening%20%20Leader%201921%20Feb-Oct%201921%20%20Grayscale%20-%200515.pdf |url-status=live }} but was described on 15 May 1921 as 'having at the last moment withdrawn'.{{Cite web |url=http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1921-05-15/ed-1/seq-3/ |title=The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) May 15, 1921, Section One, Image 3 |access-date=12 December 2014 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213023341/http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1921-05-15/ed-1/seq-3/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-05-14/ed-1/seq-2/ |title=New-York tribune., May 14, 1921, Page 2, Image 2, citing Associated Press |page=2 |access-date=12 December 2014 |archive-date=15 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215075008/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-05-14/ed-1/seq-2/ |url-status=live }} No ballot was needed, and all six candidates were elected unopposed after the close of nominations on 24 May 1921. The 6 TDs elected are listed here in alphabetical order:{{cite book|title=Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92|editor=Walker, Brian M|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|year=1992|isbn=0-901714-96-8|issn=0332-0286}}
{{STV Election box begin
|title = 1921 general election: Donegal
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Joseph McGinley
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 1
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Patrick McGoldrick
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 2
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Joseph O'Doherty{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 3
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Samuel O'Flaherty
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 4
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Joseph Sweeney{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 5
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{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Peter Ward{{cref|*}}
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = N/A
|votes = Unopposed
|seat = 6
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See also
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- [http://dashboards.oireachtas.ie/ Oireachtas Constituency Dashboards]
- [https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/ Oireachtas Members Database]
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