# Athlone–Longford (Dáil constituency)

Athlone–Longford was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, replacing the old Longford–Westmeath constituency.
Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the constituency was abolished, and the Longford–Westmeath constituency was re-created for the 1948 general election.

## Boundaries

The constituency consisted of all of County Longford and parts of counties Roscommon and Westmeath. In the 1935 Act, its boundaries were defined as:
   The district electoral divisions of:
       Athlone West Rural, Ballydangan, Ballynamona, Caltragh, Carnagh, Carrowreagh, Castlesampson, Cloonburren, Cloonown, Crannagh, Creagh, Culliagh, Drumlosh, Dysart, Kilcar, Kiltoom, Lecarrow, Moore, Rockhill, Taghboy, Taghmaconnell, Thomastown and Turrock in the administrative County of Roscommon; and
   The district electoral divisions of:
       Ardnagragh, Athlone East Rural, Auburn, Carn, Castledaly, Doonis, Glassan, Killinure, Mount Temple, Moydrum, Muckanagh, Noughaval and Tubbrit and the Urban District of Athlone in the administrative County of Westmeath."

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Athlone–Longford 1937–1948 :
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 9th | 1937 | | Matthew Davis (FF) | | James Victory (FF) | | Seán Mac Eoin (FG) |
| 10th | 1938 | | Erskine H. Childers (FF) | | James Victory (FF) | | Seán Mac Eoin (FG) |
| 11th | 1943 | | Erskine H. Childers (FF) | | Thomas Carter (FF) | | Seán Mac Eoin (FG) |
| 12th | 1944 | | Erskine H. Childers (FF) | | Thomas Carter (FF) | | Seán Mac Eoin (FG) |
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath |
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
### 1944 general election

1944 general election: Athlone–Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Carter | 24.6 | 6,501 | 6,564 | 6,638 | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Mac Eoin | 23.6 | 6,235 | 8,090 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Erskine H. Childers | 17.8 | 4,716 | 4,857 | 5,003 | 7,484 |
| | Labour | Martin Timlin | 12.3 | 3,266 | 3,701 | 4,537 | 4,923 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 11.7 | 3,110 | 3,198 | 3,273 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Meara | 10.0 | 2,646 | | | |
| Electorate: 38,932 Valid: 26,474 Quota: 6,619 Turnout: 68.0% ||||||||

### 1943 general election

1943 general election: Athlone–Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Mac Eoin | 24.4 | 6,979 | 7,183 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Erskine H. Childers | 14.6 | 4,180 | 4,251 | 4,253 | 4,564 | 4,851 | 7,063 | 7,831 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Carter | 14.1 | 4,041 | 4,407 | 4,417 | 4,640 | 4,794 | 6,245 | 7,122 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 14.0 | 4,010 | 4,121 | 4,121 | 4,237 | 4,421 | | |
| | Labour | Martin Timlin | 10.9 | 3,119 | 3,380 | 3,386 | 4,512 | 5,347 | 5,671 | |
| | Fine Gael | William Finnerty | 10.5 | 3,012 | 3,055 | 3,065 | 3,281 | | | |
| | Labour | Henry Broderick | 7.2 | 2,055 | 2,100 | 2,101 | | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas Murray | 4.2 | 1,216 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 38,932 Valid: 28,612 Quota: 7,154 Turnout: 73.5% |||||||||||

### 1938 general election

1938 general election: Athlone–Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Mac Eoin | 23.8 | 6,936 | 7,963 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 21.0 | 6,107 | 6,527 | 6,620 | 8,891 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Erskine H. Childers | 16.8 | 4,885 | 5,321 | 5,420 | 7,308 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matthew Davis | 15.2 | 4,418 | 4,700 | 4,741 | |
| | Fine Gael | William Finnerty | 14.4 | 4,183 | 4,382 | 4,837 | 5,144 |
| | Labour | Martin Timlin | 8.8 | 2,570 | | | |
| Electorate: 38,108 Valid: 29,099 Quota: 7,275 Turnout: 76.4% ||||||||

### 1937 general election

1937 general election: Athlone–Longford :
| 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 | Seán Mac Eoin | 25.8 | 7,587 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 15.5 | 4,565 | 4,573 | 4,682 | 4,908 | 5,176 | 6,224 | 7,116 | 7,966 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matthew Davis | 14.0 | 4,132 | 4,135 | 4,197 | 4,302 | 4,562 | 5,077 | 5,356 | 6,428 |
| | Fine Gael | William Finnerty | 12.1 | 3,556 | 3,717 | 3,795 | 3,840 | 4,006 | 4,093 | 4,289 | 4,973 |
| | Labour | Henry Broderick | 10.2 | 3,018 | 3,025 | 3,064 | 3,361 | 3,476 | 3,594 | 3,828 | |
| | Independent | Seán Lynch | 6.6 | 1,929 | 1,945 | 2,074 | 2,206 | 2,424 | 2,491 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Killion | 6.1 | 1,808 | 1,810 | 1,853 | 1,909 | 1,966 | | | |
| | Independent | Joseph Burke | 3.9 | 1,159 | 1,167 | 1,239 | 1,382 | | | | |
| | Independent | Hubert Wilson | 3.5 | 1,031 | 1,039 | 1,106 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Duffy | 2.2 | 662 | 674 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 38,295 Valid: 29,447 Quota: 7,362 Turnout: 76.9% ||||||||||||