Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995

The Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1995 (No. 21/1995) was a law of Ireland which provided for parliamentary constituencies in the 28th Dáil Éireann. The 28th Dáil was elected at the 1997 general election on 6 June 1997 and dissolved on 25 April 2002.

This Act replaced the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990, which defined the constituencies used for the 27th Dáil (1992–97). It was itself replaced by the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998, which created a new pattern of constituencies for the 29th Dáil (elected in 2002).

Summary of changes

This list, and those below, summarises the changes in representation. It does not address revisions to the boundaries of constituencies.

Constituency	Created	Seats	Change
Galway East	1977	4	gains 1 seat
Kildare	1948	5	abolished
Kildare North	1997	3	new constituency
Kildare South	1997	3	new constituency
Mayo	1997	5	new constituency
Mayo East	1969	3	abolished
Mayo West	1969	3	abolished
Tipperary South	1948	3	loses 1 seat

List of constituencies for the 28th Dáil

Explanation of columns

• No.: The number of the constituency (in alphabetical order).
• Constituency: The name of the constituency. Compass points follow the area name in this list, which is not always the case in the official version of the name.
• Created: The year of the election when a constituency of the same name was last created.
• Seats: The number of TDs elected from the constituency under the Act.
• Change: Change in the number of seats since the last distribution of seats (which took effect in 1992).

No.	Constituency	Created	Seats	Change
01	Carlow–Kilkenny	1948	5	none
02	Cavan–Monaghan	1977	5	none
03	Clare	1921	4	none
04	Cork East	1981	4	none
05	Cork North–Central	1981	5	none
06	Cork North–West	1981	3	none
07	Cork South–Central	1981	5	none
08	Cork South–West	1961	3	none
09	Donegal North–East	1981	3	none
10	Donegal South–West	1981	3	none
11	Dublin Central	1981	4	none
12	Dublin North	1981	4	none
13	Dublin North–Central	1948	4	none
14	Dublin North–East	1981	4	none
15	Dublin North–West	1981	4	none
16	Dublin South	1981	5	none
17	Dublin South–Central	1948	4	none
18	Dublin South–East	1948	4	none
19	Dublin South–West	1981	5	none
20	Dublin West	1981	4	none
21	Dún Laoghaire	1977	5	none
22	Galway East	1977	4	plus 1
23	Galway West	1937	5	none
24	Kerry North	1969	3	none
25	Kerry South	1937	3	none
26	Kildare North	1997	3	plus 3
27	Kildare South	1997	3	plus 3
28	Laoighis–Offaly	1961	5	none
29	Limerick East	1948	5	none
30	Limerick West	1948	3	none
31	Longford–Roscommon	1992	4	none
32	Louth	1923	4	none
33	Mayo	1997	5	plus 5
34	Meath	1948	5	none
35	Sligo–Leitrim	1948	4	none
36	Tipperary North	1948	3	none
37	Tipperary South	1948	3	minus 1
38	Waterford	1923	4	none
39	Westmeath	1992	3	none
40	Wexford	1921	5	none
41	Wicklow	1923	5	none

Note ^A : Laoighis–Offaly is the same constituency as Leix–Offaly 1921–1961. Only the spelling of the first county name, in the legislation providing for parliamentary constituencies, changed.

Constituencies abolished

Constituency	Created	Seats	Change
Kildare	1948	5	minus 5
Mayo East	1969	3	minus 3
Mayo West	1969	3	minus 3

See also

• List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

External links

• Irish Statute Book – Acts of the Oireachtas