The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 (No. 3) was a
law of Ireland which revised
Dáil constituencies
There are 39 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, that elect 160 TDs (members of parliament), to Dáil Éireann, Ireland's lower house of the Oireachtas, or parliament, by means of the single transferable vote, ...
. It took effect on the dissolution of the
18th Dáil on 22 May 1969 and a
general election for the 19th Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 18 June 1969.
This Act repealed the
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961 (No. 19) was a law in Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies. The new constituencies were first used at the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil held on 4 October 1961.
This Act replaced the Electora ...
, which had defined constituencies since the
1961 general election. It ended the distinction between borough constituencies in the cities of Cork and Dublin and county constituencies elsewhere.
The constituencies were also used at the
general election for the
20th Dáil held on 28 February 1973.
It was itself repealed by the
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 (No. 7) was a law in Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies. It was a review of parliamentary constituencies passed in Ireland by the governing Fine Gael– Labour Party National Coalition. It was intended ...
, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the
1977 general election for the
21st Dáil held on 16 June 1977.
Constituencies
See also
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Elections in the Republic of Ireland
In Ireland, direct elections by universal suffrage are used for the President, the ceremonial head of state; for Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas or parliament; for the European Parliament; and for local government. ...
References
{{Constituency Law Ireland
Electoral 1969
1969 in Irish law
Acts of the Oireachtas of the 1960s