# Mayo (Dáil constituency)

Mayo is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament). 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 includes the entirety of County Mayo.

## History

At the 2002 general election Fine Gael suffered its worst electoral performance ever, losing 23 seats nationally, a figure larger than expected and with its overall vote down 5%. Enda Kenny came close to losing his seat and even went so far as to prepare a concession speech. In the end, he won the third seat in the five-seat constituency.
At the 2011 general election, this was the constituency of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, who became Taoiseach after the election. Fine Gael won four out of five seats in Mayo at that election. This was the first time any party won four seats in any five-seat Dáíl constituency; the last time any party had won four seats in a Dáil constituency was in the era of six- and seven-seat constituencies.

## Boundaries

Mayo is the largest Dáil constituency in Ireland by area. Its largest towns are Castlebar, Ballina, Westport, Claremorris and Ballinrobe. It is defined by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 as:
The constituency was used for the first time at the 1997 general election and replaced the former constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo 1997– :
| Key to parties  Aon = Aontú  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  SF = Sinn Féin  Ind = Independent ||||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 28th | 1997 | | Beverley Flynn (FF) | | Tom Moffatt (FF) | | Enda Kenny (FG) | | Michael Ring (FG) | | Jim Higgins (FG) |
| 29th | 2002 | | Beverley Flynn (FF) | | John Carty (FF) | | Enda Kenny (FG) | | Michael Ring (FG) | | Jerry Cowley (Ind) |
| 30th | 2007 | | Beverley Flynn (Ind) | | Dara Calleary (FF) | | Enda Kenny (FG) | | Michael Ring (FG) | | John O'Mahony (FG) |
| 31st | 2011 | | Michelle Mulherin (FG) | | Dara Calleary (FF) | | Enda Kenny (FG) | | Michael Ring (FG) | | John O'Mahony (FG) |
| 32nd | 2016 | | Lisa Chambers (FF) | | Dara Calleary (FF) | | Enda Kenny (FG) | | Michael Ring (FG) | 4 seats 2016–2024 | 4 seats 2016–2024 |
| 33rd | 2020 | | Rose Conway-Walsh (SF) | | Dara Calleary (FF) | | Alan Dillon (FG) | | Michael Ring (FG) | 4 seats 2016–2024 | 4 seats 2016–2024 |
| 34th | 2024 | | Rose Conway-Walsh (SF) | | Dara Calleary (FF) | | Alan Dillon (FG) | | Keira Keogh (FG) | | Paul Lawless (Aon) |
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

^ *: Outgoing TD

### 2024 general election

2024 general election: Mayo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Sinn Féin | Rose Conway-Walsh | 14.3 | 10,117 | 10,176 | 10,888 | 11,296 | 11,417 | 11,963 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Dillon | 13.4 | 9,517 | 9,558 | 9,722 | 9,908 | 11,008 | 11,205 | 11,623 | 13,174 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dara Calleary | 12.2 | 8,620 | 8,661 | 8,784 | 8,899 | 9,079 | 9,192 | 9,699 | 13,097 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mark Duffy | 8.5 | 6,009 | 6,044 | 6,159 | 6,207 | 6,458 | 6,584 | 6,906 | 7,109 | 7,446 | 7,735 | |
| | Fine Gael | Keira Keogh | 8.2 | 5,830 | 5,842 | 6,025 | 6,679 | 7,391 | 7,502 | 7,614 | 8,150 | 8,590 | 9,003 | 12,475 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lisa Chambers | 7.9 | 5,584 | 5,605 | 5,774 | 6,011 | 6,316 | 6,412 | 6,709 | | | | |
| | Independent | Patsy O'Brien | 7.4 | 5,229 | 5,268 | 5,325 | 5,556 | 6,131 | 6,654 | 7,094 | 7,506 | 7,653 | 7,963 | 8,258 |
| | Aontú | Paul Lawless | 6.3 | 4,482 | 4,524 | 4,620 | 4,917 | 5,156 | 6,576 | 7,612 | 7,910 | 8,104 | 8,377 | 9,506 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry Murray | 5.1 | 3,600 | 3,616 | 3,798 | 3,887 | 3,942 | 4,091 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Martina Jennings | 4.9 | 3,488 | 3,499 | 3,571 | 3,632 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Kerr | 4.6 | 3,289 | 3,361 | 3,454 | 3,659 | 3,684 | | | | | | |
| | Independent Ireland | Chris Maxwell | 3.5 | 2,488 | 2,555 | 2,616 | | | | | | | | |
| | PBP–Solidarity | Joe Daly | 1.7 | 1,199 | 1,206 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Mícheál Ó Conaill | 1.3 | 925 | 929 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry Loftus | 0.6 | 423 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sean Forkin | 0.1 | 66 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 112,205 Valid: 70,866 Spoilt: 451 Quota: 11,812 Turnout: 63.6% |||||||||||||||
* ↑ Daly is a member of People Before Profit.

### 2020 general election

2020 general election: Mayo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring | 23.0 | 14,796 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Rose Conway-Walsh | 22.7 | 14,633 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dara Calleary | 14.2 | 9,163 | 9,377 | 9,671 | 9,874 | 10,429 | 11,130 | 13,636 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lisa Chambers | 9.9 | 6,373 | 6,647 | 6,855 | 7,062 | 7,375 | 8,363 | 8,911 |
| | Fine Gael | Michelle Mulherin | 8.4 | 5,435 | 5,929 | 6,045 | 6,285 | 6,596 | 7,427 | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Dillon | 8.1 | 5,198 | 5,823 | 5,944 | 6,115 | 6,553 | 7,648 | 10,977 |
| | Green | Saoirse McHugh | 6.5 | 4,177 | 4,321 | 4,630 | 5,385 | 6,036 | | |
| | Aontú | Paul Lawless | 4.0 | 2,574 | 2,662 | 2,854 | 3,375 | | | |
| | Solidarity–PBP | Joe Daly | 1.1 | 721 | 751 | 1,072 | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry Loftus | 0.9 | 574 | 595 | 670 | | | | |
| | Labour | Kamal Uddin | 0.4 | 255 | 272 | 308 | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Daithí Ó Fallamháin | 0.4 | 246 | 252 | 279 | | | | |
| | Independent | Gráinne de Barra | 0.1 | 84 | 89 | 119 | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Manning | 0.1 | 65 | 68 | 82 | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Forkin | 0.1 | 59 | 63 | 82 | | | | |
| Electorate: 98,165 Valid: 64,353 Spoilt: 553 Quota: 12,871 Turnout: 64,906 (66.1%) |||||||||||
* ↑ Daly was a member of People Before Profit.

### 2016 general election

2016 general election: Mayo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | Enda Kenny | 20.9 | 13,318 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring | 17.7 | 11,275 | 11,533 | 11,534 | 11,545 | 11,558 | 11,567 | 11,613 | 12,034 | 13,149 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dara Calleary | 14.8 | 9,402 | 9,417 | 9,419 | 9,432 | 9,441 | 9,450 | 9,495 | 9,933 | 10,425 | 12,150 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lisa Chambers | 12.9 | 8,231 | 8,265 | 8,266 | 8,280 | 8,296 | 8,307 | 8,354 | 8,718 | 9,503 | 11,686 |
| | Fine Gael | Michelle Mulherin | 12.3 | 7,841 | 8,084 | 8,088 | 8,094 | 8,123 | 8,131 | 8,182 | 8,496 | 8,900 | 9,593 |
| | Sinn Féin | Rose Conway-Walsh | 10.1 | 6,414 | 6,423 | 6,423 | 6,445 | 6,453 | 6,485 | 6,548 | 7,022 | 7,853 | |
| | Independent | Jerry Cowley | 5.5 | 3,479 | 3,495 | 3,504 | 3,513 | 3,523 | 3,553 | 3,668 | 4,375 | | |
| | Renua | Michael Farrington | 2.5 | 1,574 | 1,579 | 1,582 | 1,590 | 1,600 | 1,608 | 1,659 | | | |
| | Green | Margaret Sheehan | 1.0 | 629 | 631 | 632 | 636 | 651 | 665 | 680 | | | |
| | AAA–PBP | Tom Moran | 0.9 | 576 | 577 | 582 | 587 | 597 | 626 | 664 | | | |
| | Independent | George O'Malley | 0.4 | 262 | 263 | 263 | 276 | 284 | 301 | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Jordan | 0.3 | 176 | 176 | 181 | 189 | 192 | 197 | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Manning | 0.2 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 166 | 174 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mohammad Kamal Uddin | 0.2 | 144 | 146 | 149 | 150 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry O'Boyle | 0.2 | 126 | 127 | 130 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Forkin | 0.1 | 42 | 42 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 92,958 Valid: 63,646 Spoilt: 600 Quota: 12,730 Turnout: 69.1% ||||||||||||||

### 2011 general election

2011 general election: Mayo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | Enda Kenny | 23.6 | 17,472 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring | 17.8 | 13,180 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michelle Mulherin | 11.9 | 8,851 | 10,814 | 11,110 | 11,434 | 11,577 | 11,672 | 12,162 | 13,303 |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Mahony | 11.7 | 8,667 | 10,290 | 10,511 | 10,688 | 10,864 | 11,004 | 11,340 | 12,111 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dara Calleary | 11.6 | 8,577 | 8,745 | 8,775 | 8,969 | 9,063 | 11,602 | 12,222 | 12,997 |
| | Independent | Michael Kilcoyne | 5.4 | 3,996 | 4,641 | 4,715 | 4,947 | 5,128 | 5,462 | 6,137 | 7,379 |
| | Labour | Jerry Cowley | 4.9 | 3,644 | 3,955 | 4,037 | 4,294 | 4,529 | 4,714 | 5,899 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lisa Chambers | 4.5 | 3,343 | 3,464 | 3,491 | 3,552 | 3,619 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Rose Conway-Walsh | 3.6 | 2,660 | 2,752 | 2,813 | 2,939 | 4,367 | 4,527 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thérèse Ruane | 2.9 | 2,142 | 2,260 | 2,277 | 2,438 | | | | |
| | New Vision | Martin Daly | 1.2 | 893 | 919 | 926 | | | | | |
| | Green | John Carey | 0.4 | 266 | 280 | 282 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dermot McDonnell | 0.3 | 216 | 237 | 238 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Loretta Clarke | 0.3 | 218 | 226 | 228 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Forkin | 0.0 | 29 | 31 | 31 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 99,504 Valid: 74,154 Spoilt: 641 (0.9%) Quota: 12,360 Turnout: 74,795 (75.2%) ||||||||||||

### 2007 general election

2007 general election: Mayo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | Enda Kenny | 20.6 | 14,717 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring | 16.0 | 11,412 | 12,441 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dara Calleary | 10.1 | 7,225 | 7,248 | 7,251 | 7,438 | 7,699 | 8,803 | 9,345 | 11,269 |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Mahony | 9.6 | 6,869 | 7,544 | 7,759 | 8,003 | 8,717 | 8,855 | 9,587 | 13,736 |
| | Independent | Beverley Flynn | 9.5 | 6,779 | 7,131 | 7,212 | 7,387 | 8,043 | 9,322 | 10,684 | 11,250 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Carty | 8.2 | 5,889 | 5,926 | 5,937 | 5,991 | 6,519 | 7,825 | 8,214 | 8,303 |
| | Fine Gael | Michelle Mulherin | 7.6 | 5,428 | 5,877 | 6,016 | 6,416 | 6,681 | 6,763 | 7,644 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Chambers | 6.1 | 4,345 | 4,386 | 4,406 | 4,499 | 4,705 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry Murray | 5.1 | 3,608 | 3,660 | 3,668 | 3,845 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jerry Cowley | 4.8 | 3,407 | 3,487 | 3,529 | 3,910 | 4,784 | 5,342 | | |
| | Labour | Harry Barrett | 1.2 | 831 | 896 | 917 | | | | | |
| | Green | Peter Enright | 0.8 | 580 | 594 | 597 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tommy Cooke | 0.4 | 296 | 298 | 298 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 98,696 Valid: 71,386 Spoilt: 700 (1.0%) Quota: 11,898 Turnout: 72,086 (73.0%) ||||||||||||

### 2002 general election

2002 general election: Mayo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring | 15.6 | 9,880 | 10,045 | 10,384 | 10,576 | 10,907 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jerry Cowley | 13.7 | 8,709 | 9,213 | 9,808 | 10,573 | 11,128 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Beverley Flynn | 10.5 | 6,661 | 6,741 | 6,886 | 7,123 | 7,167 | 7,178 | 7,187 | 9,517 | 9,749 | 9,910 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Moffatt | 10.3 | 6,536 | 6,749 | 6,892 | 7,084 | 7,521 | 7,661 | 7,697 | 8,625 | 8,878 | 9,187 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Carty | 10.2 | 6,457 | 6,512 | 6,555 | 6,756 | 6,817 | 6,822 | 6,824 | 8,284 | 9,531 | 10,157 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 9.2 | 5,858 | 5,971 | 6,035 | 6,155 | 6,833 | 6,998 | 7,100 | 7,220 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Enda Kenny | 9.2 | 5,834 | 5,954 | 6,045 | 6,142 | 6,478 | 6,576 | 6,707 | 7,307 | 11,922 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Chambers | 9.0 | 5,726 | 5,792 | 6,045 | 6,266 | 6,307 | 6,315 | 6,319 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ernie Caffrey | 3.6 | 2,290 | 2,419 | 2,486 | 2,558 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent Wood | 3.3 | 2,085 | 2,181 | 2,274 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Holmes | 2.8 | 1,754 | 1,873 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Billy Heffron | 1.5 | 919 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Ann Crowley | 1.1 | 669 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas King | 0.2 | 102 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 94,854 Valid: 63,480 Spoilt: 790 (1.2%) Quota: 10,581 Turnout: 64,270 (67.8%) ||||||||||||||

### 1997 general election

1997 general election: Mayo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring | 16.3 | 10,066 | 10,143 | 10,350 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Enda Kenny | 13.9 | 8,568 | 8,626 | 8,797 | 8,989 | 9,083 | 10,210 | 10,428 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Beverley Cooper-Flynn | 13.5 | 8,353 | 8,418 | 8,511 | 8,653 | 8,766 | 8,944 | 11,087 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 11.2 | 6,945 | 7,006 | 7,069 | 7,671 | 7,801 | 9,974 | 11,163 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Séamus Hughes | 11.0 | 6,791 | 6,859 | 6,953 | 7,008 | 7,092 | 7,151 | 8,169 | 8,395 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Moffatt | 9.3 | 5,735 | 5,765 | 5,801 | 5,820 | 6,384 | 7,861 | 9,453 | 9,676 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Morley | 9.2 | 5,692 | 5,795 | 5,847 | 6,378 | 6,458 | 6,497 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ernie Caffrey | 7.4 | 4,579 | 4,608 | 4,673 | 4,701 | 5,407 | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry Ginty | 2.7 | 1,656 | 1,842 | 1,941 | 2,079 | | | | |
| | Independent | Richard Finn | 2.7 | 1,683 | 1,729 | 1,800 | | | | | |
| | Green | Ann Crowley | 1.5 | 938 | 1,022 | | | | | | |
| | National Party | Ciarán Sherry | 1.2 | 733 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Cormac Connie Cullen | 0.2 | 119 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 87,719 Valid: 61,858 Spoilt: 614 (1.0%) Quota: 10,310 Turnout: 62,472 (71.2%) ||||||||||||