Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998

The Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 (No. 19/1998) is a law of the Republic of Ireland which provided for parliamentary constituencies for the 29th Dáil Éireann. The 29th Dáil was elected at the 2002 general election on 17 May 2002 and was dissolved on 29 April 2007.

This Act replaced the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995 (No. 21/1995), which defines the constituencies used for the 28th Dáil (1997–2002). It was itself replaced by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 16/2005), which created a new pattern of constituencies when the 29th Dáil was dissolved.

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
Dublin Mid West	2002	3	new constituency
Dublin North East	1981	3	loses one seat
Dublin North West	1981	3	loses one seat
Dublin South Central	1948	5	gains one seat
Dublin South West	1981	4	loses one seat
Dublin West	1981	3	loses 1 seat

List of constituencies for the 29th Dáil

Explanation of columns

• Number: 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.
• No.: The number of times a constituency with the same name has been created (if more than one then there was a gap before the current version of the constituency was 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 1997).

Number	Constituency	Created	No.	Seats	Change
01	Carlow–Kilkenny	1948	(2)	5	none
02	Cavan–Monaghan	1977	(1)	5	none
03	Clare	1921	(1)	4	none
04	Cork East	1981	(4)	4	none
05	Cork North Central	1981	(1)	5	none
06	Cork North West	1981	(1)	3	none
07	Cork South Central	1981	(1)	5	none
08	Cork South West	1961	(1)	3	none
09	Donegal North East	1981	(2)	3	none
10	Donegal South West	1981	(2)	3	none
11	Dublin Central	1981	(2)	4	none
12	Dublin Mid West	2002	(2)	3	plus 3
13	Dublin North	1981	(2)	4	none
14	Dublin North Central	1948	(1)	4	none
15	Dublin North East	1981	(2)	3	minus 1
16	Dublin North West	1981	(3)	3	minus 1
17	Dublin South	1981	(2)	5	none
18	Dublin South Central	1948	(1)	5	plus 1
19	Dublin South East	1948	(1)	4	none
20	Dublin South West	1981	(2)	4	minus 1
21	Dublin West	1981	(1)	3	minus 1
22	Dún Laoghaire	1977	(1)	5	none
23	Galway East	1977	(4)	4	none
24	Galway West	1937	(1)	5	none
25	Kerry North	1969	(3)	3	none
26	Kerry South	1937	(2)	3	none
27	Kildare North	1997	(2)	3	none
28	Kildare South	1997	(2)	3	none
29	Laoighis–Offaly	1961	(1)	5	none
30	Limerick East	1948	(2)	5	none
31	Limerick West	1948	(2)	3	none
32	Longford–Roscommon	1992	(1)	4	none
33	Louth	1923	(2)	4	none
34	Mayo	1997	(1)	5	none
35	Meath	1948	(1)	5	none
36	Sligo–Leitrim	1948	(1)	4	none
37	Tipperary North	1948	(2)	3	none
38	Tipperary South	1948	(2)	3	none
39	Waterford	1923	(1)	4	none
40	Westmeath	1992	(2)	3	none
41	Wexford	1921	(1)	5	none
42	Wicklow	1923	(1)	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

• None

See also

• List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Irish general election timetable

External links

• Acts of the Oireachtas