# Mayo East (Dáil constituency)

Mayo East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1997. The constituency was served by 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, taking in parts of the former Mayo North and Mayo South constituencies. It was abolished for the 1997 general election when it was combined with Mayo West to form the new 5 seat Mayo constituency.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo East 1969–1997 :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 19th | 1969 | | Seán Flanagan (FF) | | Thomas O'Hara (FG) | | Martin Finn (FG) |
| 20th | 1973 | | Seán Flanagan (FF) | | Seán Calleary (FF) | | Martin Finn (FG) |
| 21st | 1977 | | P. J. Morley (FF) | | Seán Calleary (FF) | | Paddy O'Toole (FG) |
| 22nd | 1981 | | P. J. Morley (FF) | | Seán Calleary (FF) | | Paddy O'Toole (FG) |
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | | P. J. Morley (FF) | | Seán Calleary (FF) | | Paddy O'Toole (FG) |
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | | P. J. Morley (FF) | | Seán Calleary (FF) | | Paddy O'Toole (FG) |
| 25th | 1987 | | P. J. Morley (FF) | | Seán Calleary (FF) | | Jim Higgins (FG) |
| 26th | 1989 | | P. J. Morley (FF) | | Seán Calleary (FF) | | Jim Higgins (FG) |
| 27th | 1992 | | P. J. Morley (FF) | | Tom Moffatt (FF) | | Jim Higgins (FG) |
| 28th | 1997 | Constituency abolished. See Mayo | Constituency abolished. See Mayo | Constituency abolished. See Mayo | Constituency abolished. See Mayo | Constituency abolished. See Mayo | Constituency abolished. See Mayo |
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
### 1992 general election

1992 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 26.1 | 7,631 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Moffatt | 22.7 | 6,639 | 6,870 | 7,709 |
| | Fine Gael | Ernie Caffrey | 19.6 | 5,733 | 6,209 | 6,457 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 19.4 | 5,693 | 5,806 | 7,158 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Oliver | 8.6 | 2,514 | 2,612 | |
| | Independent | Mary Reilly | 3.7 | 1,089 | | |
| Electorate: 43,449 Valid: 29,299 Spoilt: 421 (1.4%) Quota: 7,325 Turnout: 29,720 (68.4%) |||||||

### 1989 general election

1989 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 31.2 | 8,463 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Calleary | 27.0 | 7,313 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 24.3 | 6,579 | 6,967 |
| | Fine Gael | Ernie Caffrey | 17.6 | 4,758 | 6,054 |
| Electorate: 39,470 Valid: 27,113 Quota: 6,779 Turnout: 68.7% ||||||

### 1987 general election

1987 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 23.5 | 7,263 | 7,328 | 7,829 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Calleary | 21.9 | 6,779 | 6,955 | 8,560 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 20.6 | 6,382 | 6,497 | 8,295 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Toole | 18.6 | 5,765 | 5,833 | 6,058 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraic Gavin | 13.1 | 4,063 | 4,203 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joseph McHale | 2.2 | 668 | | |
| Electorate: 41,247 Valid: 30,920 Quota: 7,731 Turnout: 75.0% |||||||

### November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Calleary | 21.7 | 6,834 | 6,944 | 8,815 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 20.7 | 6,507 | 6,717 | 8,091 | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Toole | 20.4 | 6,427 | 7,594 | 7,777 | 7,997 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 16.3 | 5,120 | 6,539 | 6,695 | 6,969 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Bolingbrook | 10.9 | 3,418 | 3,659 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán McEvoy | 8.7 | 2,745 | | | |
| | Independent | John Regan | 1.4 | 451 | | | |
| Electorate: 41,818 Valid: 31,502 Quota: 7,876 Turnout: 75.3% ||||||||

### February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Toole | 22.9 | 7,140 | 7,512 | 7,770 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 22.8 | 7,096 | 7,194 | 8,504 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Calleary | 22.1 | 6,876 | 6,927 | 8,672 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 16.5 | 5,134 | 5,937 | 5,937 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Bolingbrook | 11.1 | 3,439 | 3,509 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Flannery | 4.1 | 1,274 | | |
| | Independent | Peter Keane | 0.4 | 134 | | |
| Electorate: 41,811 Valid: 31,093 Spoilt: 208 (0.7%) Quota: 7,774 Turnout: 31,509 (75.4%) |||||||

### 1981 general election

1981 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Calleary | 22.4 | 7,248 | 8,916 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 21.1 | 6,829 | 7,896 | 8,592 | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Toole | 20.3 | 6,569 | 6,695 | 6,719 | 8,022 |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Finn | 13.9 | 4,509 | 4,798 | 4,873 | 7,371 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 11.8 | 3,829 | 3,987 | 4,020 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Bolingbrook | 10.4 | 3,367 | | | |
| Electorate: 41,811 Valid: 32,351 Spoilt: 260 (0.8%) Quota: 8,088 Turnout: 32,611 (78.0%) ||||||||

### 1977 general election

1977 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Calleary | 23.9 | 7,858 | 8,074 | 9,749 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Toole | 19.3 | 6,338 | 7,921 | 8,015 | 8,053 | 8,096 |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Finn | 18.8 | 6,203 | 7,694 | 7,932 | 7,969 | 8,033 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 15.6 | 5,115 | 5,251 | 7,007 | 8,460 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Flanagan | 11.3 | 3,722 | 3,859 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán McEvoy | 11.1 | 3,646 | | | | |
| Electorate: 44,214 Valid: 32,882 Spoilt: 267 (0.8%) Quota: 8,221 Turnout: 33,149 (75.5%) |||||||||

### 1973 general election

1973 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Calleary | 26.0 | 6,725 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Finn | 22.6 | 5,842 | 6,453 | 6,463 | 6,785 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas O'Hara | 13.6 | 3,507 | 3,828 | 3,854 | 5,471 | 5,718 | 6,080 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Flanagan | 12.7 | 3,290 | 3,396 | 3,568 | 3,600 | 3,611 | 6,172 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 12.4 | 3,218 | 3,348 | 3,384 | 3,407 | 3,413 | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Toole | 7.2 | 1,850 | 2,057 | 2,071 | | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Dillon-Leetch | 5.5 | 1,432 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 34,810 Valid: 25,864 Quota: 6,467 Turnout: 74.3% ||||||||||

### 1969 general election

1969 general election: Mayo East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Flanagan | 23.6 | 6,165 | 6,239 | 6,979 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Finn | 18.6 | 4,852 | 5,078 | 5,111 | 5,116 | 5,913 | 6,442 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Garrett | 15.6 | 4,087 | 4,145 | 5,138 | 5,538 | 6,061 | 6,115 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas O'Hara | 15.6 | 4,080 | 4,225 | 4,523 | 4,554 | 7,115 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Browne | 14.5 | 3,780 | 4,013 | 4,132 | 4,143 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin McLoughlin | 8.8 | 2,292 | 2,331 | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerald Boyle | 3.3 | 869 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 35,508 Valid: 26,125 Quota: 6,532 Turnout: 73.6% ||||||||||