Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969

Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969
Oireachtas
Long title AN ACT TO FIX THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN AND TO REVISE THEIR CONSTITUENCIES AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF SUCH MEMBERS.
Citation	No. 3 of 1969
Signed	26 March 1969
Commenced	26 March 1969 & 22 May 1969
Repealed	25 May 1977
Legislative history
Bill citation	No. 35 of 1968
Introduced by	Minister for Local Government (Kevin Boland)
Introduced	23 October 1968
Repeals
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961
Repealed by
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974
Status: Repealed

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 (No. 3) was a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies.^[1] 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This Act repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, which had defined constituencies since the 1961 general election.^[2] It ended the distinction between borough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It was itself repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 1977 general election for the 21st Dáil held on 16 June 1977.^[3]

Constituencies

Constituency[4]	Seats
Carlow–Kilkenny	5
Cavan	3
Clare	3
Clare–South Galway	3
Cork City (North-West)	3
Cork City (South-East)	3
Cork Mid	4
Cork North-East	4
Cork South-West	3
Donegal North-East	3
Donegal–Leitrim	3
Dublin Central	4
Dublin County North	4
Dublin County South	3
Dublin North-Central	4
Dublin North-East	4
Dublin North-West	4
Dublin South-Central	4
Dublin South-East	3
Dublin South-West	4
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown	4
Galway North-East	3
Galway West	3
Kerry North	3
Kerry South	3
Kildare	3
Laoighis–Offaly	5
Limerick East	4
Limerick West	3
Longford–Westmeath	4
Louth	3
Mayo East	3
Mayo West	3
Meath	3
Monaghan	3
Roscommon–Leitrim	3
Sligo–Leitrim	3
Tipperary North	3
Tipperary South	4
Waterford	3
Wexford	4
Wicklow	3
Total	144

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 (No. 3 of 1969). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 November 2021.
2. Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, s. 8: Repeals (No. 3 of 1969, s. 8). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 November 2021.
3. Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, s. 8: Repeals (No. 7 of 1974, s. 8). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 November 2021.
4. Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 3 of 1969, Schedule). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 November 2021.