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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.
The following list identifies every constituency used in Parliamentary etc. elections in Ireland (including Northern Ireland). The list consists of 'index names' for the seat and to identify what is potentially to be covered in a single constituency article.
Titles of the government and its head Dates Abbr Title of government Head of government 1919–22: DM: Dáil Ministry: President of Dáil Éireann: 1922: PG: Provisional Government: Chairman of the Provisional Government: 1922–37: EC: Executive Council of the Irish Free State: President of the Executive Council: 1937– GI: Government of ...
The number of TDs and constituencies will both increase for the 2024 election after a 2023 review. There are now 43 Dáil constituencies (up from 39 in 2020) which will elect between three and ...
In August 2023, the Electoral Commission proposed a Dáil size of 174 TDs to be elected in 43 Dáil constituencies – an increase of 14 TDs and four constituencies. [26] This was the first review of constituencies carried out by the Commission established under the Electoral Reform Act 2022 , where previously they had been carried out by a ...
This will be the last general election from these constituencies. Under the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024, at the next Seanad general election held after 21 March 2025, they will be substituted by a new six-seat Higher Education constituency. [4]
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 (No. 39) is a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies.It took effect on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil on 14 January 2020 and a general election for the 33rd Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 8 February 2020.
It was recreated under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 as a 3-seat constituency and used for the 1948 general election until it was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961. It was recreated under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 as a 4-seat constituency for the 1981 general election, and has been used at all elections since then.