Wondering what the Donegal Irish General Election odds are? Well then wonder no longer as we have you covered with all the latest odds for this constituency.
We also break down everything you need to know about the constituency including the number of seats available, previous election results and candidate track records.
Donegal General Election Odds
Candidate | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Féin) | 1/500 | 99.8% |
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Féin) | 1/20 | 95.2% |
Pat “The Cope” Gallagher (Fianna Fáil) | 1/4 | 80% |
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fáil) | 4/11 | 73.3% |
Thomas Pringle (Independent) | 2/5 | 71.4% |
Charlie Ward (100% Redress Party) | 1/2 | 66.7% |
Noel Jordan (Sinn Féin) | 7/2 | 22.2% |
Nikki Bradley (Fine Gael) | 9/2 | 18.2% |
John McNulty (Fine Gael) | 7/1 | 12.5% |
Claudia Kennedy (Fianna Fáil) | 20/1 | 4.8% |
Eamon McGee (Irish Freedom Party) | 25/1 | 3.8% |
Donegal's Favourites For Election
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Féin) – Donegal Favourite For Election
The favourite to be elected in Donegal is Pearse Doherty (Sinn Féin) at odds of 1/500. Those odds imply that he has a 99.8% chance of being elected in this constituency.
Pearse was first elected to this constituency in 2016 having previously been a TD for Donegal South West from 2010 to 2016. He also previously served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2007 to 2010. He is the deputy leader of Sinn Féin.
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Féin)
According to the latest betting odds, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Féin) is the next most likely candidate to earn a seat in Donegal at odds of 1/12. These odds suggest that she has a 92.3% chance of winning a seat in this constituency.
He has been a TD since her election in 2020 and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He previously served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2016 to 2020.
Pat “The Cope” Gallagher (Fianna Fáil)
Next up in the Donegal 2024 Irish Election odds is Hildegarde Naughten (Fine Gael) who has been given odds of 1/4 to win a Dáil seat. Those odds imply he has an 80% chance of election.
Pat previously served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2016 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 1987 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2008. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1981 to 1997, 2002 to 2009 and 2016 to 2020, and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2002 and from 2009 to 2014.
Donegal Breakdown
Number of seats
There are 5 seats up for grabs in Donegal
2020 Donegal General Election Results
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Féin) – 27.2% FPV,
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Féin) – 17.9% FPV
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fáil) – 10.8% FPV, elected on 9th count
Joe McHugh (Fine Gael) – 9.8% FPV, elected on 9th count
Thomas Pringle (Independent) –9.6% FPV, elected on 9th count
Donegal Projected Results
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Féin) is projected to be the first candidate elected in Donegal according to the latest Politics betting odds at BoyleSports.
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Féin) and Pat “The Cope” Gallagher (Fianna Fáil) are expected to land the next seats.
The final two seats are harder to predict but Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fáil) and Thomas Pringle (Independent) are the most likely to finish the tally on top.
Donegal Irish Election Tips
With 5 seats up for grabs in Donegal and six candidates' money on this is an area with little value in the odds marker
Outside the above-mentioned names, Charles Ward of the 100% Redress Party is in with a shout.
In 2020 Pearse Doherty topped the poll with 22.6% of the first preference vote with the other seats taken by Heather Humphreys, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Brendan Smith and Niamh Smyth.
Nikki Bradley of Fine Gael could profit from a previous Joe McHugh vote.
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