The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 (No. 3) was a

law of Ireland Law of Ireland or Irish law may refer to: * Early Irish law (Brehon law) of medieval Gaelic Ireland * March Law of British rule in Ireland and before 1707 English rule * Alternative law in Ireland prior to 1921 * Law of the Republic of Ireland ...

which revised

Dáil constituencies There are 43 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, to elect 174 Teachta Dála, TDs to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, Republic of Ireland, Ireland's parliament, on the system of propor ...

. It took effect on the dissolution of the 18th Dáil on 22 May 1969 and a

general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...

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 This Act repealed the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

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 It was itself repealed by the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

References

{{Constituency Law Ireland Electoral 1969 1969 in Irish law Acts of the Oireachtas of the 1960s

Constituencies

See also

References