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There are 43 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, to elect 174 TDs to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, Ireland's parliament, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV), to a maximum term of five years.
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election. [1] It largely replaced the old constituency of Dublin South, with the electoral divisions in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown being transferred to the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and the ...
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 (and later 4) deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was created in 1977, succeeding the earlier Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency which had been created in 1948. The constituency is in the eastern coastal area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county (part of Dublin County Council till 1994), including the town of Dún Laoghaire and the villages of Ballybrack, Blackrock, Booterstown, Cabinteely (east of the N11 road), Dalkey ...
The largest employers in the area are the Guinness Brewery and St. James's Hospital.Dubbed the "People's republic of Dublin South-Central, [1] [2] the constituency is one of the country's most left-wing, [3] [2] with all of the TDs elected in 2020 being from centre-left or left-wing parties. [4]
Under the Electoral Act 1923, which took effect at the 1923 general election, the area was divided between the constituencies of Dublin North and Dublin South. A second constituency with this name was created by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 , dividing the old Dublin North constituency into Dublin North-West and Dublin ...
A second constituency of this name was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, and has been in use since the 1981 general election.It was in a different area to the 1948–1977 constituency, being based in County Dublin (South Dublin, after the division of County Dublin in 1994), in the areas of Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght, Templeogue, and parts of Terenure. [7]
Tipperary North is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, ... the district electoral divisions of: Ballysheehan, Clonoulty East, Gaile, ...