1983 Donegal South-West by-election

1983 Donegal South-West by-election
13 May 1983
Turnout(69.3%)
 
Coughlan
Reid
Rodgers
Nominee Cathal Coughlan J. J. Reid Séamus Rodgers
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party
First preferences 17,960 9,870 2,992
Percentage 56.6% 31.1% 9.4%
TD before election

Clement Coughlan
Fianna Fáil

Elected TD

Cathal Coughlan
Fianna Fáil

A by-election was held in the Dáil constituency of Donegal South-West in Ireland on Friday, 13 May 1983. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil TD Clement Coughlan on 1 February 1983.

On 19 April 1983, the writ of election to fill the vacancy was issued. The by-election was held on 13 May 1983., and the by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Cathal Coughlan, brother of the deceased TD.

Cathal Coughlan died on 21 June 1986. On 22 October 1986, a Fianna Fáil motion to issue the writ, opposed by the Fine Gael–Labour government, was rejected by a vote of 81 to 82.

No by-election was held to fill the vacancy, but Cathal Coughlan's daughter, Mary Coughlan, was elected for the constituency at the 1987 general election.

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