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Louth is a parliamentary constituency represented in
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, the lower house of the Irish parliament or
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. The constituency elects five deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of
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by means of the
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(PR-STV). It covers the entirety of
County Louth County Louth ( ; ) is a coastal Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of County Meath, Meath to the ...
and a small area of
County Meath County Meath ( ; or simply , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is bordered by County Dublin to the southeast, County ...
.


Boundaries

The constituency was created by the
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, and first used at the 1923 general election. It currently spans the entire area of
County Louth County Louth ( ; ) is a coastal Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of County Meath, Meath to the ...
(which includes the towns of Ardee,
Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the bor ...
,
Drogheda Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth ...
), the smallest county in Ireland, and a part of
County Meath County Meath ( ; or simply , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is bordered by County Dublin to the southeast, County ...
including the suburbs of Drogheda. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:


TDs


Electoral division

Louth population as per
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, for the Dáil constituency of Louth. This population count includes those within the county of Louth, as well as the electoral divisions of Julianstown, and St. Mary's (part) in the county of Meath, as per the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017.


Elections


2024 general election


2020 general election


2016 general election


2011 general election

Séamus Kirk was
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at the dissolution of the 30th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.


2007 general election


2002 general election


1997 general election


1992 general election


1989 general election


1987 general election


November 1982 general election


February 1982 general election


1981 general election

Pádraig Faulkner was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 21st Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.


1977 general election


1973 general election


1969 general election


1965 general election


1961 general election


1957 general election


1954 general election


1954 by-election

Fine Gael TD
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died on 5 December 1963. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 3 March 1954. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate George Coburn, son of the deceased TD.


1951 general election


1948 general election


1944 general election


1943 general election


1938 general election


1937 general election


1933 general election


1932 general election


September 1927 general election


June 1927 general election


1923 general election


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 ...
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Politics of the Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland, Ireland is a parliamentary system, parliamentary, representative democracy, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union. While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Irelan ...
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List of Dáil by-elections This is a list of by-elections to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. By-elections in Republic of Ireland, Ireland occur to fill vacant seats which can be caused by the death, resignation, disqu ...
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List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland There are a number of political party, political parties in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and coalition governments are common. The two historically largest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, arose from a split in the original History of Sinn ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Louth (Dail constituency) Dáil constituencies Politics of County Louth 1923 establishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1923