Map by Conal Kelly

This constituency takes in the largely rural south-western corner of Northern Ireland, including Fermanagh District Council and most of Dungannon District Council. The local MP is Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew; previously the MP had been Ken Maginnis (UUP) since he defeated Owen Carron (SF) in 1983, but he retired (and received a life peerage) before the 2001 election. The constituency lost the Coalisland area to Mid Ulster in the 1995 revision; this has converted it from a Nationalist majority seat (often won by Unionists if the Nationalist votes were divided) to a much more even split.

See also results of all Fermanagh/South Tyrone elections 1993-2003.
 

			Exclude Cleland, McNulty		Exclude Mulligan		Surplus Elliott		Exclude Britton
Tom Elliott	UUP	6181	103	6284	1088	7372	-777	6595	0	6595
Tommy Gallagher	SDLP	4735	249	4984	19	5003	31.95	5034.95	2325	7359.95
Michelle Gildernew	SF	6489	73	6562	3	6565	0	6565	154	6719
Arlene Foster	UUP	4938	66	5004	864	5868	696.51	6564.51	35	6599.51
Maurice Morrow	DUP	5536	10	5546	124	5670	14.2	5684.2	5.71	5689.91
Tom O'Reilly	SF	5019	30	5049	2	5051	0	5051	92	5143
Gerry McHugh	SF	4393	39	4432	4	4436	0	4436	158	4594
Bert Johnston	DUP	3094	19	3113	20	3133	6.39	3139.39	23.42	3162.81
Frank Britton	SDLP	2772	206	2978	16	2994	17.75	3011.75	-3011.75	-
Robert Mulligan	SDLP	2110	39	2149	-2149	-		-		-
Eithne McNulty	NIWC	650	-650	-		-		-		-
Linda Cleland	Alliance	243	-243	-		-		-		-
Non-transferable			59	59	9	68	10.2	78.2	218.62	296.82

Stage 4: Of the 1088 votes transferred to Elliott from Mulligan, 981 (90.2%) went to their UUP running-mate Foster, 45 to Gallagher and 25 to Britton, thus 70 (6.4%) to the SDLP, 20 went to Morrow and 9 to Johnston, thus 29 (2.7%) to the DUP, and none went to any of the three SF candidate. 8 votes (0.7%) were non-transferable.
 

			Exclude Johnston		Surplus Morrow		Surplus Gallagher
Tom Elliott	UUP	6595	0	6595	0	6595	0	6595
Tommy Gallagher	SDLP	7359.95	0	7359.95	0	7359.95	-764.95	6595
Michelle Gildernew	SF	6719	0	6719	0	6719	0	6719
Arlene Foster	UUP	6599.51	0	6599.51	0	6599.51	0	6599.51
Maurice Morrow	DUP	5689.91	2980	8669.91	-2074.91	6595	0	6595
Tom O'Reilly	SF	5143	9	5152	88	5240	233.64	5473.64
Gerry McHugh	SF	4594	8.71	4602.71	89	4691.71	519.79	5211.5
Bert Johnston	DUP	3162.81	-3162.81	-		-		-
Non-transferable		296.82	165.1	461.92	1897.91	2359.83	11.52	2371.35

See also: Jim Riley's analysis of votes and seats in the 1998 Assembly election | The constituencies | Single Transferable Vote | The political parties | Useful books and links

Full 2003 results for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley |

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 23 December 2003.