Elections
| General Election 1 December 1885: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Patrick O’Hea | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 7377 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from new seat | Swing | ||||
| General Election 6 July 1886: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Patrick O’Hea | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 7377 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| By-election 30 May 1890: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | James Joseph Dalton | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 5536 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 11 July 1892: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish National Federation | Timothy Daniel Sullivan | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 5279 | ||||
| Irish National Federation hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 18 July 1895: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish National Federation | Timothy Daniel Sullivan | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 6254 | ||||
| Irish National Federation hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 3 October 1900: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | James Boyle | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 9475 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| By-election 25 April 1902: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Hugh Alexander Law | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 7303 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 20 January 1906: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Hugh Alexander Law | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 6958 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 22 January 1910: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Hugh Alexander Law | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 6642 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 10 December 1910: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Hugh Alexander Law | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 6642 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 14 December 1918: Donegal West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Sinn Féin | John Aloysius Sweeney | 6712 | 62.0 | ||
| Irish Nationalist | Daniel McMenamin | 4116 | 38.0 | ||
| Majority | 2596 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 19296 | 56.1 | |||
| Sinn Féin hold | Swing | ||||
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