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The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 is a law of Ireland to revise Dáil constituencies and European Parliament constituencies. The revised Dáil constituencies will come into effect on the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil, which must take place before March 2025, with the next general election for the 34th Dáil on the revised constituencies. The next European Parliament election is in June 2024.

The Electoral Commission was established on 9 February 2023. Under the Electoral Reform Act 2022, it was required to consider a revision of constituencies in light of the 2022 census. On 30 August 2023, the commission delivered a report in which it proposed several changes to Dáil constituencies, increasing the number of seats in the Dáil from 160 to 174, while increasing the number of constituencies from 39 to 43.[1]

In June 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to add an additional 11 MEPs. Ireland would gain one MEP under this arrangement, increasing from 13 to 14.[2][3] This was adopted by the European Council in September 2023.[4] The Electoral Commission has recommended the additional seat be given to the constituency of Midlands–North-West, with the transfer of County Laois and County Offaly from South.[5][6]

The Act implements the recommendations of both these reports and would repeal the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, which has defined the constituencies in use since the 2020 general election.

Revised Dáil constituencies

Constituency Created Seats ± Seats
Carlow–Kilkenny 1948 5
Cavan–Monaghan 1977 5
Clare 1921 4
Cork East 1981 4
Cork North-Central 1981 5 +1
Cork North-West 1981 3
Cork South-Central 1981 5 +1
Cork South-West 1961 3
Donegal 2016 5
Dublin Bay North 2016 5
Dublin Bay South 2016 4
Dublin Central 1981 4
Dublin Fingal East Next 3 New
Dublin Fingal West Next 3 New
Dublin Mid-West 2002 5 +1
Dublin North-West 1981 3
Dublin Rathdown 2016 4 +1
Dublin South-Central 1948 4
Dublin South-West 1981 5
Dublin West 1981 5 +1
Dún Laoghaire 1977 4
Galway East 1977 4 +1
Galway West 1937 5
Kerry 2016 5
Kildare North 1997 5 +1
Kildare South 1997 4
Laois Next 3 New
Limerick City 2011 4
Limerick County 2016 3
Longford–Westmeath 2007 5 +1
Louth 1923 5
Mayo 1997 5 +1
Meath East 2007 4 +1
Meath West 2007 3
Offaly Next 3 New
Roscommon–Galway 2016 3
Sligo–Leitrim 2016 4
Tipperary North Next 3 New
Tipperary South Next 3 New
Waterford 1923 4
Wexford 1921 4 -1
Wicklow 1923 4 -1
Wicklow–Wexford Next 3 New

European Parliament constituencies

Constituency Area Seats
Dublin The counties of: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin. 4
Шаблон:Nowrap The counties of: Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway. 5
South The counties of: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow; the cities and counties of Limerick and Waterford; and the city of Cork. 5

References

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