Galway West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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	Seán Kyne (FG) Hildegarde Naughton (FG) Noel Grealish (Ind) Catherine Connolly (Ind) Éamon Ó Cuív (FF)
County/City council	Galway County Council Galway City Council
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

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).

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.

In the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 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, Aughrim, Baile Chláir, Baile an Teampaill, Ballynacourty, Bearna, Belleville, Ceathrú an Bhrúnaigh, Cill Aithnín, Clarinbridge, Deerpark, Eanach Dhúin, Galway Rural (part), Kilcummin, Leacach Beag, Liscananaun, Lisín an Bhealaigh, Maigh Cuilinn, Na Forbacha, Oranmore, Sailearna, Sliabh an Aonaigh, Stradbally, 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:

Ballinrobe, Cong, Dalgan, Houndswood, Kilcommon, Kilmaine, Neale, Shrule, in the former Rural District of Ballinrobe;

Garrymore in the former Rural District of Claremorris."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway West 1937–^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party PD = Progressive Democrats Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[3]	3 seats 1937–1977	3 seats 1937–1977		Gerald Bartley (FF)		Seán Tubridy (FF)		Joseph Mongan (FG)
10th	1938^[4]						Seán Tubridy (FF)
10th	1940 by-election^[5]						John J. Keane (FF)
11th	1943^[6]						Eamon Corbett (FF)
12th	1944^[7]						Michael Lydon (FF)
13th	1948^[8]						Michael Lydon (FF)
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]
20th	1975 by-election^[16]						Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (FF)
21st	1977^[17]	4 seats 1977–1981						Bill Loughnane (FF)		John Mannion, Jnr (FG)
22nd	1981^[18]		Michael D. Higgins (Lab)						Mark Killilea, Jnr (FF)		John Donnellan (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)^[19]		Michael D. Higgins (Lab)						Frank Fahey (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)^[20]		Fintan Coogan, Jnr (FG)
25th	1987^[21]		Michael D. Higgins (Lab)		Bobby Molloy (PD)
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]				Noel Grealish (PD)
31st	2011^[27]		Derek Nolan (Lab)		Noel Grealish (Ind)		Brian Walsh (FG)				Seán Kyne (FG)
32nd	2016^[28]		Catherine Connolly (Ind)		Noel Grealish (Ind)		Hildegarde Naughton (FG)				Seán Kyne (FG)

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

2016 general election

2016 general election: Galway West^[28]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	14.84%	9,539	9,574	9,679	9,701	9,763	10,022	10,079	10,175	11,103
	Independent	Noel Grealish	11.18%	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	9.55	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
	Independent	Catherine Connolly	7.59%	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	Hildegarde Naughton	7.11%	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
	Sinn Féin	Trevor Ó Clochartaigh	8.95%	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
	Fine Gael	John O'Mahony	7.37%	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
	Fianna Fáil	John Connolly	6.04%	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	5.38%	3,455	3,488	3,566	3,734	3,803	3,850	4,344	4,674	4,725	5,269	5,278
	Labour Party	Derek Nolan	5.01%	3,220	3,233	3,261	3,300	3,332	3,380	3,624	3,737	3,787
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hoade	3.43%	2,205	2,213	2,248	2,254	2,549	2,636	2,644	2,673
	Independent	Mike Cubbard	3.30%	2,122	2,146	2,166	2,309	2,390	2,436	2,533
	Green Party	Seamus Sheridan	2.47%	1,588	1,617	1,667	1,755	1,779	1,813
	Independent	Fidelma Healy Eames	2.17%	1,394	1,445	1,594	1,620	1,657
	Independent	James Charity	1.82%	1,171	1,181	1,227	1,267
	AAA–PBP	Tommy Holohan	1.58%	1,017	1,047	1,071
	Renua Ireland	Nicola Daveron	1.55%	944	1,025
	Independent	Tommy Roddy	0.39%	251
	Direct Democracy	Ruairí O'Neill	0.24%	152
	Independent	Patrick Feeney	0.03%	22
Electorate: 103,704 Valid: 64,271 Spoilt: 488 (0.75%) Quota: 10,712 Turnout: 64,759 (62.45%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Galway West^[27]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	12.3	7,441	7,486	7,547	7,649	8,198	8,927	9.035	11,138
	Labour Party	Derek Nolan	12.4	7,489	7,672	8,006	8,266	8,463	8,703	9,119	9,308	9,415	10,431
	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
	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	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
	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	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
	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
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	5.7	3,448	3,474	3,489	3,526	3,833	4,017	4,062
	Fine Gael	Hildegarde Naughton	5.9	3,606	3,655	3,745	3,858	3,908	3,993
	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 Party	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	17.5	9,645
	Labour Party	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
	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
	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
	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
	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 Party	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
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Welby	3.4	1,894	1,897	1,986	2,014	2,075	2,119	2,329
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne	3.5	1,912	1,914	1,929	1,939	1,970	2,033
	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14	Count 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
	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
	Labour Party	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
	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
	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
	Green Party	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
	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
	Progressive Democrats	Donal Lyons	3.9	1,935	2,017	2,026	2,058	2,068	2,545	2,713	2,787	2,798
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Callanan	3.0	1,468	1,485	1,498	1,509	2,166	2,200	2,306
	Independent	Dana Rosemary Scallon	3.4	1,677	1,727	1,740	1,812	1,872	1,920
	Progressive Democrats	Declan McDonnell	3.0	1,462	1,479	1,484	1,499	1,506
	Sinn Féin	Seán Coistealbha	2.7	1,311	1,373	1,383	1,397
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Healy Eames	2.7	1,320	1,340	1,347
	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^[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	9,321	19.3	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	8,250	17.1	2	1
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	7,221	15.0	3	7
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	4,856	10.1	4	11
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	5,914	12.3	5	11
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Cox	2,941	6.1
	Fine Gael	Pól Ó Foighil	1,807	3.8
	Green Party	Pat Fitzpatrick	1,660	3.4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Neachtain	1,639	3.4
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Malley	1,682	3.5
	Sinn Féin	Mike Egan	1,209	2.5
	National Party	Liam Downes	959	2.0
	Independent	Luke 'Ming' Flanagan	548	1.1
	Natural Law	Maria Ní Dhomhnaill	205	0.4
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^[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	8,910	17.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	8,430	16.7	2	1
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	5,776	11.5	3	10
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	6,749	13.4	4	10
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	6,844	13.6	5	10
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	6,782	13.5
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Jnr	2,747	5.5
	Independent	Darina Costelloe	1,308	2.6
	Independent	Paddy Lally	1,151	2.3
	Independent	Pól Ó Foighil	750	1.5
	Democratic Left	Jacqueline O'Dowd	392	0.8
	Sinn Féin	Mike Egan	349	0.7
	Independent	John Finnegan	138	0.3
	Independent	Jim Walsh	60	0.1
Electorate: 79,008 Valid: 50,386 Spoilt: 653 (1.3%) Quota: 8,398 Turnout: 51,039 (64.6%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Galway West^[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	8,917	18.2	1
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	7,727	15.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	8,010	16.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	5,902	12.1	4
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack	5,987	12.2	5
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	5,733	11.7
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Jnr	5,297	10.8
	Workers' Party	James Brick	1,155	2.4
	Independent	Dermot Shanley	127	0.3
	Independent	Paul O'Connor	84	0.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 48,939 Quota: 8,157 Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Galway West^[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	9,216	17.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	6,488	12.3	2
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	4,476	8.5	3
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	3,878	7.4	4
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	4,607	8.7	5
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Jnr	5,053	9.6
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Jnr	4,206	8.0
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív	3,831	7.3
	Independent	Michael Fahy	3,139	6.0
	Progressive Democrats	Michael O'Neill	2,144	4.1
	Independent	Peadar Ó Tuathail	1,724	3.3
	Workers' Party	James Brick	1,567	2.97
	Fine Gael	John O'Malley	918	1.74
	Independent	Mary Duffy	862	1.6
	Independent	Margaret Sweeney	511	1.0
	Independent	Brian Mannion	101	0.2
	Independent	Dermot Shanley	41	0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 52,762 Quota: 8,794 Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Galway West^[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	8,234	16.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Jnr	6,521	13.2	2
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	7,020	14.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	5,583	11.3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	5,475	11.1	5
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Jnr	5,509	11.2
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	4,449	9.0
	Fine Gael	Pól Ó Foighil	3,259	6.61
	Workers' Party	James Brick	1,787	3.6
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	1,486	3.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 49,323 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
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	5,718	11.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	6,019	12.4	4
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	4,139	8.5	5
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Jnr	5,624	11.6
	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 (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
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	6,226	12.25	2
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	5,065	10.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	4,549	9.0	4
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Jnr	6,338	12.5	5
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey	5,049	9.9
	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 (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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	17.9	7,575	7,647	7,697	8,755
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy	18.5	7,832	7,902	7,929	8,659
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Loughnane	17.2	7,280	7,397	7,425	7,784	8,051	8,374	8,535
	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
	Labour Party	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	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 (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%)^[29]

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^[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	12,627	45.3	1
	Fine Gael	John Mannion, Jnr	7,234	26.0
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	5,269	18.9
	Independent	Pól Ó Foighil	2,096	7.5
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Renee Prendergast	656	2.4
Electorate: 44,350 Valid: 27,882 Quota: 13,942 Turnout: 62.9%

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 Party	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	Fintan Coogan, Snr	2,942	12.4	3
	Fine Gael	John Mannion, Snr	3,001	12.7
	Independent	Peadar Mac an Iomaire	1,522	6.4
	Labour Party	Thomas Tierney	1,519	6.4
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Byrne	1,185	5.0
	Labour Party	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 Party	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
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Snr	4,854	23.5	1
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	4,917	23.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	4,557	22.1	3
	Fine Gael	Thomas Connolly	1,948	9.4
	Labour Party	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
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	3,789	19.0	2
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Snr	4,282	21.5	3
	Fine Gael	John Mannion, Snr	3,853	19.3
	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
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	3,945	18.9	1
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Geoghegan	3,939	18.8	2
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Snr	3,066	14.7	3
	Fine Gael	John Mannion, Snr	4,206	20.1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lydon	3,299	15.8
	Clann na Poblachta	Fursa Walsh	1,813	8.7
	Labour Party	John O'Connell	650	3.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 20,918 Quota: 5,230 Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Galway West^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	John Mannion, Snr	2,832	13.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Duignan	4,481	21.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	3,793	17.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lydon	3,066	14.4
	Fine Gael	Martin Mylotte	2,238	10.5
	Labour Party	John McElhinney	1,885	8.8
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan, Snr	1,572	7.4
	Clann na Poblachta	Fursa Walsh	1,457	6.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 21,324 Quota: 5,332 Turnout:

1948 general election

1948 general election: Galway West^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	4,600	21.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lydon	3,787	17.9	2
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	4,635	21.7	3
	Independent	John McElhinney	3,205	15.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Margaret Ashe	2,273	10.7
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	2,146	10.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Pádraig Ó Cosgarda	560	2.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 21,206 Quota: 5,302 Turnout:

1944 general election

1944 general election: Galway West^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	5,122	20.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	6,078	24.2	2
	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
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	5,344	19.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley	5,968	21.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Corbett	3,693	13.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	3,204	11.6
	Labour Party	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 Party	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	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	14,836	72.1	1	1
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	5,735	27.9
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
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	4,172	14.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Tubridy	6,346	22.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Louis O'Dea	5,204	18.2
	Fine Gael	Peter Kelly	2,803	9.8
	Labour Party	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
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mongan	3,909	15.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Corbett	5,109	19.8
	Fine Gael	Peter Kelly	3,337	12.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,808 Quota: 6,453 Turnout:

References

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