Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983 | |
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Oireachtas | |
Long title
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Citation | No. 36 of 1983 |
Signed | 14 December 1983 |
Commenced | 14 December 1983 & 20 January 1987 |
Repealed | 5 November 1992 |
Legislative history | |
Bill citation | No. 32 of 1983 |
Bill published on | 15 November 1983 |
Introduced by | Minister for the Environment (Dick Spring) |
Repeals | |
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 | |
Repealed by | |
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 | |
Status: Repealed |
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983 (No. 36) was a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies.[1] It took effect on the dissolution of the 24th Dáil on 21 January 1987 and a general election for the 25th Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 17 February 1987.
It repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, which had defined constituencies since the 1981 general election.[2]
It adopted recommendations from an independent Commission chaired by Brian Walsh, judge of the Supreme Court, and delivered its report on 29 July 1983.[3] The change was minimal, with two transfers affecting four constituencies in the city of Dublin.[4]
The constituencies were also in operation for the duration of the 26th Dáil elected at the 1989 general election on 15 June 1989.
It was repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 1992 general election for the 27th Dáil held on 25 November 1992.[5]
Constituencies[]
Constituency[6] | Seats |
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Carlow–Kilkenny | 5 |
Cavan–Monaghan | 5 |
Clare | 4 |
Cork East | 4 |
Cork North-Central | 5 |
Cork North-West | 3 |
Cork South-Central | 5 |
Cork South-West | 3 |
Donegal North-East | 3 |
Donegal South-West | 3 |
Dublin Central | 5 |
Dublin North | 3 |
Dublin North-Central | 4 |
Dublin North-East | 4 |
Dublin North-West | 4 |
Dublin South | 5 |
Dublin South-Central | 5 |
Dublin South-East | 4 |
Dublin South-West | 4 |
Dublin West | 5 |
Dún Laoghaire | 5 |
Galway East | 3 |
Galway West | 5 |
Kerry North | 3 |
Kerry South | 3 |
Kildare | 5 |
Laoighis–Offaly | 5 |
Limerick East | 5 |
Limerick West | 3 |
Longford–Westmeath | 4 |
Louth | 4 |
Mayo East | 3 |
Mayo West | 3 |
Meath | 5 |
Roscommon | 3 |
Sligo–Leitrim | 4 |
Tipperary North | 3 |
Tipperary South | 4 |
Waterford | 4 |
Wexford | 5 |
Wicklow | 4 |
Total | 166 |
References[]
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act (No. 36 of 1983). 14 December 1983. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 10 November 2021, Irish Statute Book.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act, s. 6: Repeal (No. 36 of 1983, s. 6). 14 December 1983. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 10 November 2021, Irish Statute Book.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 1983: Second Stage – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 December 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 1983 – Explanatory Memorandum" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. 15 November 1983.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act, s. 7: Repeal (No. 36 of 1990, s. 7). 26 December 1990. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 10 November 2021, Irish Statute Book.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 36 of 1983, Schedule). 14 December 1983. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 8 November 2021, Irish Statute Book.
- Electoral Acts (Ireland)
- 1983 in Irish law
- Acts of the Oireachtas of the 1980s