Kildare South (Dáil constituency)
Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox constituency Kildare South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was first used at the 1997 general election, when the former 5-seat Kildare constituency was divided into Kildare South and Kildare North.
The Kildare South constituency spans the more rural southern and western areas of County Kildare, taking in the towns of Newbridge, Kildare, Athy, Caragh and many other areas. At the 2020 general election, it gained an extra seat to become a 4-seat constituency.[1]
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, the boundary of Kildare South be altered with the transfer of territory to Kildare North, Laois and Offaly.[2]
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[3]
"The county of Kildare, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Kildare North."
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–2016 | 3 | County Kildare, except the part in the constituency of Kildare North[4][5] | Created from Kildare,[6] <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> with transfer from Wicklow of the electoral divisions of Ballitore, Belan, Carrigeen, Castledermot, Graney, Inchaquire, Moone, Narraghmore, in the former Rural District of Athy No. 1; Ballymore Eustace, Carnalway, Gilitown, Kilcullen, Kilashee, Newtown, Usk, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1. |
| 2002–2007 | 3 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer from Kildare North of[7]
Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2. | |
| 2007–2011 | 3 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer to Kildare North of[8]
Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2, and Downings, Robertstown, and Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1. | |
| 2011–2016 | 3 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer to Kildare North of[9]
Kilpatrick, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2, and Newtown, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1. | |
| 2016–2020 | 3 | County Kildare,
except the parts in the constituencies of Kildare North and Laois[10] |
<templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer from Kildare North of[11]
Kilpatrick and Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2, and Robertstown and Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1, Transfer to new constituency of Laois of
Ballybrackan, Churchtown, Harristown, Kilberry, Kildangan and Monasterevin, in the former Rural District of Athy No. 1. |
| 2020– | 4 | County Kildare,
except the parts in the constituencies of Kildare North,[1] <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>and in County Laois, the electoral divisions of
Ballybrittas, Jamestown, Kilmullen, Portarlington South, in the former Rural District of Mountmellick; and in County Offaly, the electoral division of
Portarlington North, in the former Rural District of Tullamore. |
<templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer from Kildare North of[12]
the electoral division of Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Kilrainy in the former Edenderry No. 2 Rural District, transfer from the former constituency of Laois of Ballybrackan, Churchtown, Harristown, Kilberry, Kildangan and Monasterevin, in the former Rural District of Athy No. 1, in County Kildare, and of Ballybrittas, Jamestown, Kilmullen, Portarlington South, in the former Rural District of Mountmellick, in County Laoistransfer from the former constituency of Offaly of
Portarlington North, in the former Rural District of Tullamore. |
TDs
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Elections
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2024 general election
Seán Ó Fearghaíl was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil and will be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota. Template:STV Election box begin2 Template:STV Election box CC Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box end2 Template:Notelist
2020 general election
Seán Ó Fearghaíl was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota. Template:STV Election box begin2 Template:STV Election box CC Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box candidate2 Template:STV Election box end2 Template:Notelist
2016 general election
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2011 general election
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2007 general election
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2002 general election
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1997 general election
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See also
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of Dáil by-elections
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
References
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