Donegal (Dáil constituency)

Donegal
Donegal
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1937
Seats	6 (1921–1923); 8 (1923–1937);
Local government area	County Donegal
Created from	East Donegal; North Donegal; South Donegal; West Donegal;
Replaced by	Donegal East; Donegal West;

Donegal
Donegal
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1977
Abolished	1981
Seats	5
Local government area	County Donegal
Created from	Donegal–Leitrim; Donegal North-East;
Replaced by	Donegal North-East; Donegal South-West;

Donegal
Donegal
Dáil constituency
Major settlements	Ballybofey; Buncrana; Letterkenny; Lifford; Stranorlar;
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	5
TDs	Pearse Doherty (SF); Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF); Charlie McConalogue (FF); Joe McHugh (Ind); Thomas Pringle (Ind);
Local government area	County Donegal
Created from	Donegal North-East; Donegal South-West;
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Donegal is a parliamentary constituency which has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

It covers County Donegal with the exception of nine southern electoral divisions which are part of the neighbouring Sligo–Leitrim constituency.

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