Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005
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The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 16/2005)[1], is a law of the Republic of Ireland which provided for parliamentary constituencies to take effect at the 2007 general election for the 30th Dáil Éireann. The election took place in May 2007.
This Act replaced the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 (No. 19/1998), which defines the constituencies used for the 29th Dáil (elected in 2002).
The Act was challenged in the High Court by Finian McGrath TD and former TD Catherine Murphy on the grounds that it left too many constituencies under or over-represented. However the High Court rejected the challenge. [[2]]
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[edit] Summary of changes
This list, and those below, summarises the changes in representation. It does not address revisions to the boundaries of constituencies.
| Constituency | Created | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cork North-Central | 1981 | 4 | loses 1 seat |
| Dublin Mid-West | 2002 | 4 | gains 1 seat |
| Dublin North-Central | 1948 | 3 | loses 1 seat |
| Kildare North | 1997 | 4 | gains 1 seat |
| Laois-Offaly (a) | 2007 | 5 | renamed from Laoighis-Offaly |
| Longford-Roscommon | 1992 | 4 | abolished |
| Longford-Westmeath | 2007 | 4 | new constituency |
| Meath | 1948 | 5 | abolished |
| Meath East | 2007 | 3 | new constituency |
| Meath West | 2007 | 3 | new constituency |
| Roscommon-South Leitrim | 2007 | 3 | new constituency |
| Sligo-Leitrim | 1948 | 4 | abolished |
| Sligo-North Leitrim | 2007 | 3 | new constituency |
| Westmeath | 1992 | 3 | abolished |
[edit] List of constituencies for the 30th Dáil
Explanation of columns
- Number: The number of the constituency (in alphabetical order).
- Constituency: The name of the constituency. Compass points follow the area name in this list, which is not always the case in the official version of the name.
- Created: The year of the election when a constituency of the same name was last created.
- No.: The number of times a constituency with the same name has been created (if more than one then there was a gap before the current version of the constituency was created).
- Seats: The number of TDs elected from the constituency under the Act.
- Change: Change in the number of seats since the last distribution of seats (which took effect in 1997).
| Number | Constituency | Created | No. | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Carlow-Kilkenny | 1948 | (2) | 5 | none |
| 02 | Cavan-Monaghan | 1977 | (1) | 5 | none |
| 03 | Clare | 1921 | (1) | 4 | none |
| 04 | Cork East | 1981 | (4) | 4 | none |
| 05 | Cork North-Central | 1981 | (1) | 4 | minus 1 |
| 06 | Cork North-West | 1981 | (1) | 3 | none |
| 07 | Cork South-Central | 1981 | (1) | 5 | none |
| 08 | Cork South-West | 1961 | (1) | 3 | none |
| 09 | Donegal North-East | 1981 | (2) | 3 | none |
| 10 | Donegal South-West | 1981 | (2) | 3 | none |
| 11 | Dublin Central | 1981 | (2) | 4 | none |
| 12 | Dublin Mid-West | 2002 | (2) | 4 | plus 1 |
| 13 | Dublin North | 1981 | (2) | 4 | none |
| 14 | Dublin North-Central | 1948 | (1) | 3 | minus 1 |
| 15 | Dublin North-East | 1981 | (2) | 3 | none |
| 16 | Dublin North-West | 1981 | (3) | 3 | none |
| 17 | Dublin South | 1981 | (2) | 5 | none |
| 18 | Dublin South-Central | 1948 | (1) | 5 | none |
| 19 | Dublin South-East | 1948 | (1) | 4 | none |
| 20 | Dublin South-West | 1981 | (2) | 4 | none |
| 21 | Dublin West | 1981 | (1) | 3 | none |
| 22 | Dun Laoghaire | 1977 | (1) | 5 | none |
| 23 | Galway East | 1977 | (4) | 4 | none |
| 24 | Galway West | 1937 | (1) | 5 | none |
| 25 | Kerry North | 1969 | (3) | 3 | none |
| 26 | Kerry South | 1969 | (3) | 3 | none |
| 27 | Kildare North | 1997 | (2) | 4 | plus 1 |
| 28 | Kildare South | 1997 | (2) | 3 | none |
| 29 | Laois-Offaly (a) | 2007 | (1) | 5 | plus 5 |
| 30 | Limerick East | 1948 | (2) | 5 | none |
| 31 | Limerick West | 1948 | (2) | 3 | none |
| 32 | Longford-Westmeath | 2007 | (3) | 4 | plus 4 |
| 33 | Louth | 1923 | (2) | 4 | none |
| 34 | Mayo | 1997 | (1) | 5 | none |
| 35 | Meath East | 2007 | (1) | 3 | plus 3 |
| 36 | Meath West | 2007 | (1) | 3 | plus 3 |
| 37 | Roscommon-South Leitrim | 2007 | (1) | 3 | plus 3 |
| 38 | Sligo-North Leitrim | 2007 | (1) | 3 | plus 3 |
| 39 | Tipperary North | 1948 | (2) | 3 | none |
| 40 | Tipperary South | 1948 | (2) | 3 | none |
| 41 | Waterford | 1923 | (1) | 4 | none |
| 42 | Wexford | 1921 | (1) | 5 | none |
| 43 | Wicklow | 1923 | (1) | 5 | none |
Note (a): Laois-Offaly is the same constituency as Leix-Offaly 1921-1961 and Laoighis-Offaly from 1961. Only the spelling of the first county name, in the legislation providing for parliamentary constituencies, has changed. There is no change in the number of seats from the previous constituency.
[edit] Constituencies for the 29th Dáil to be abolished
| Letter | Constituency | Created | No. | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Laoighis-Offaly | 1961 | (1) | 5 | minus 5 |
| B | Longford-Roscommon | 1992 | (1) | 4 | minus 4 |
| C | Meath | 1948 | (1) | 5 | minus 5 |
| D | Sligo-Leitrim | 1948 | (1) | 4 | minus 4 |
| E | Westmeath | 1992 | (2) | 3 | minus 3 |
[edit] See also
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Irish general election timetable
[edit] External links
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 (Full text of The Act)
- Acts of the Oireachtas
