# Roscommon–South Leitrim (Dáil constituency)

Roscommon–South Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2007 to 2016. The constituency elected 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 for the 2007 general election by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies. It included all of County Roscommon and the southern portion of County Leitrim (the area to the east and south of Lough Allen). This territory was previously represented through the constituencies of Longford–Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim, both of which were abolished in 2007.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:
   and, in the county of Leitrim, the electoral divisions of:
   Ballinamore, Cloverhill, Corralla, Drumreilly North, Drumreilly South, Garradice, Greaghglass, Killygar, Newtowngore, Oughteragh, in the former Rural District of Ballinamore;
   Annaduff, Carrick-on-Shannon, Drumsna, Gortnagullion, Gowel, in the former Rural District of Carrick-on-Shannon No. 1;
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the Roscommon–Galway and Sligo–Leitrim constituencies.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–South Leitrim 2007–2016 :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  Ind = Independent ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 30th | 2007 | | Michael Finneran (FF) | | Frank Feighan (FG) | | Denis Naughten (FG) |
| 31st | 2011 | | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan (Ind) | | Frank Feighan (FG) | | Denis Naughten (FG) |
| 31st | 2014 by-election | | Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind) | | Frank Feighan (FG) | | Denis Naughten (FG) |
| 32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Galway and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Galway and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Galway and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Galway and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Galway and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Galway and Sligo–Leitrim |
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
### 2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Roscommon–South Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ivan Connaughton | 22.0 | 7,334 | 7,502 | 7,652 | 7,846 | 8,863 | 10,083 | 12,050 |
| | Independent | Michael Fitzmaurice | 18.7 | 6,220 | 6,371 | 6,625 | 7,075 | 9,211 | 11,722 | 14,881 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Kenny | 17.7 | 5,906 | 6,184 | 6,283 | 6,447 | 7,022 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Hopkins | 16.8 | 5,593 | 5,742 | 5,864 | 6,075 | 7,312 | 8,476 | |
| | Independent | John McDermott | 8.8 | 2,944 | 3,018 | 3,187 | 3,468 | | | |
| | Labour | John Kelly | 6.1 | 2,037 | 2,060 | 2,090 | 2,144 | | | |
| | Independent | Emmett Corcoran | 3.8 | 1,262 | 1,305 | 1,483 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Crosby | 3.1 | 1,030 | 1,063 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Des Guckian | 2.7 | 902 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry O'Boyle | 0.2 | 82 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 64,873 Valid: 33,310 Spoilt: 262 (0.8%) Quota: 16,656 Turnout: 33,572 (51.8%) |||||||||||

### 2011 general election

2011 general election: Roscommon–South Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 19.6 | 9,320 | 9,429 | 10,618 | 11,349 | 11,415 | 12,122 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Feighan | 18.9 | 8,983 | 9,457 | 9,902 | 11,130 | 11,239 | 13,266 |
| | Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan | 18.8 | 8,925 | 9,251 | 10,448 | 12,149 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Kenny | 9.8 | 4,637 | 5,369 | 5,526 | 6,042 | 6,108 | |
| | Labour | John Kelly | 9.4 | 4,455 | 4,617 | 4,894 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ivan Connaughton | 8.6 | 4,070 | 5,379 | 5,856 | 6,254 | 6,285 | 7,034 |
| | Independent | John McDermott | 7.9 | 3,770 | 3,882 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Kilrane | 6.4 | 3,033 | | | | | |
| | Green | Garreth McDaid | 0.5 | 220 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Kearns | 0.2 | 91 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 60,235 Valid: 47,504 Spoilt: 531 (1.1%) Quota: 11,877 Turnout: 48,035 (79.7%) ||||||||||
* ↑ Flanagan campaigned as a member of the New Vision alliance.

### 2007 general election

2007 general election: Roscommon–South Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran | 21.7 | 9,982 | 10,135 | 10,529 | 12,017 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Feighan | 19.8 | 9,103 | 9,507 | 10,421 | 12,065 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Naughten | 19.4 | 8,928 | 9,354 | 9,670 | 11,048 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Ellis | 17.2 | 7,915 | 8,060 | 9,347 | 9,650 |
| | Independent | John Kelly | 9.9 | 4,539 | 4,839 | 5,522 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Kenny | 8.4 | 3,876 | 4,118 | | |
| | Green | Garreth McDaid | 1.8 | 836 | | | |
| | Labour | Hughie Baxter | 1.8 | 832 | | | |
| | Independent | Noel O'Gara | 0.1 | 66 | | | |
| Electorate: 62,437 Valid: 46,077 Spoilt: ? Quota: 11,520 Turnout: 73.8% ||||||||

## 2015 Marriage Equality referendum

On 22 May 2015, Roscommon–South Leitrim was the only constituency to vote against the proposition in what is sometimes described as the marriage equality referendum, with 51.42% voting No.