A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Donegal–Leitrim in Ireland on Wednesday, 2 December 1970, to fill a vacancy in the 19th Dáil. It followed the death of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Patrick O'Donnell on 4 October 1970.
The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 3 November 1970.
The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick Delap. It was held on the same day as the 1970 Dublin County South by-election.
Delap lost his seat at the 1973 general election, and was never subsequently re-elected to the Dáil.
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