Louth (Dáil constituency)
Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox constituency Louth is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It covers the entirety of County Louth and a small area of County Meath.
Boundaries
The constituency was created by the Electoral Act 1923, and first used at the 1923 general election.[1] It currently spans the entire area of County Louth (which includes the towns of Ardee, Dundalk, Drogheda), the smallest county in Ireland, and a part of County Meath including the suburbs of Drogheda.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[2]
"The county of Louth;and, in the county of Meath, the electoral division of:
- St. Mary's (part), in the former Rural District of Meath."
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–1961 | 3 | County Louth.[1][3][4] | Created from Louth–Meath |
| 1961–1977 | 3 | County Louth, except the part in the constituency of Monaghan.[5][6] | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer to Monaghan of the DEDs of Barronstown, Castlering, Creggan Upper, Killanny, in the former Rural District of Dundalk; Ardee Urban, Clonkeen, Tallanstown, and the townlands of: Artnalevery, Ballybailie, Ballygowan, Bogtown, Boharnamoe, Cappocksgreen, Charlestown, Cookstown, Coole, Dowds-town, Glebe, Greenlane, Gudderstown, Harristown (part of, north of the river Dee), Irishtown, Knockcurlan, Knock-lore, Lambtown, Lisrenny, Manistown, Mapastown, Mullacloe, Mullanstown, Pepperstown, Philbenstown, Rahanna, Riverstown, Rock, Scogganstown, Streamstown and Townparks in the district electoral division of Ardee Rural in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 1. |
| 1977–1981 | 4 | County Louth; and in County Monaghan, the district electoral divisions of Drumboory, Inishkeen, Kiltybegs, in the former Rural District of Carrickmacross.[7] |
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| 1981–2011 | 4 | County Louth.[8][9][10][11][12][13] | |
| 2011–2024 | 5 | County Louth; and in County Meath, the electoral divisions of Julianstown, St. Mary's (part), in the former Rural District of Meath.[14][15][16] |
Transfer of territory from Meath East[17][18] |
| 2024– | 5 | County Louth; and in County Meath, the electoral division of St. Mary’s (part), in the former Rural District of Meath.[2] |
Transfer of Julianstown to Meath East[19] |
TDs
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Electoral division
Louth population as per electoral division,[20] for the Dáil constituency of Louth. This population count includes those within the county of Louth, as well as the electoral divisions of Julianstown, and St. Mary's (part) in the county of Meath, as per the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017.[16]
| Electoral Division | Population – 2006 | Population – 2011 | Population – 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louth | 128600 | 143272 | 150481 |
| Dundalk (Town + Rural), County Louth | 51758 | 56761 | 59557 |
| Dundalk Town, County Louth | 29037 | 31149 | 32288 |
| 004 Dundalk Urban No. 1, County Louth | 2190 | 2148 | 2169 |
| 005 Dundalk Urban No. 2, County Louth | 1211 | 1169 | 1140 |
| 006 Dundalk Urban No. 3, County Louth | 1400 | 1449 | 1710 |
| 007 Dundalk Urban No. 4, County Louth | 6183 | 6039 | 5970 |
| 023 Castletown (Part Urban), County Louth | 2518 | 2637 | 2685 |
| 027 Dundalk Rural (Part Urban), County Louth | 15440 | 17620 | 18514 |
| 030 Haggardstown (Part Urban), County Louth | 95 | 87 | 100 |
| Dundalk rural area, County Louth | 22721 | 25612 | 27269 |
| 019 Ballymascanlan, County Louth | 2016 | 2213 | 2206 |
| 020 Barronstown, County Louth | 647 | 744 | 746 |
| 021 Carlingford, County Louth | 1384 | 1801 | 2201 |
| 022 Castlering, County Louth | 935 | 1012 | 1034 |
| 023 Castletown (Part Rural), County Louth | 1421 | 1573 | 1622 |
| 024 Creggan Upper, County Louth | 684 | 787 | 852 |
| 025 Darver, County Louth | 562 | 568 | 678 |
| 026 Drummullagh, County Louth | 1120 | 1257 | 1350 |
| 027 Dundalk Rural (Part Rural), County Louth | 535 | 540 | 686 |
| 028 Faughart, County Louth | 905 | 991 | 958 |
| 029 Greenore, County Louth | 979 | 1169 | 1201 |
| 030 Haggardstown (Part Rural), County Louth | 5769 | 6303 | 6819 |
| 031 Jenkinstown, County Louth | 948 | 1173 | 1277 |
| 032 Killanny, County Louth | 683 | 799 | 825 |
| 033 Louth, County Louth | 1308 | 1505 | 1575 |
| 034 Mansfieldstown, County Louth | 640 | 807 | 855 |
| 035 Rathcor, County Louth | 1203 | 1352 | 1374 |
| 036 Ravensdale, County Louth | 982 | 1018 | 1010 |
| Drogheda (Town + Rural), County Louth & County Meath | 46306 | 48951 | 51577 |
| 001 Fair Gate, County Louth | 9783 | 9806 | 10317 |
| 002 St. Laurence Gate, County Louth | 3801 | 4004 | 4075 |
| 003 West Gate, County Louth | 5899 | 6042 | 6284 |
| 041 St. Peter's (Part Urban), County Louth | 3460 | 2161 | 2099 |
| 047 St. Mary's (Part Urban), County Louth | 6030 | 6563 | 6696 |
| 045 Julianstown, County Meath | 8289 | 9606 | 10139 |
| 047 St. Mary's (Part Rural), County Meath | 9044 | 10769 | 11967 |
| Ardee No. 1 rural area, County Louth | 17976 | 20262 | 20924 |
| 008 Ardee Rural, County Louth | 2626 | 2875 | 2952 |
| 009 Ardee Urban, County Louth | 4301 | 4554 | 4917 |
| 010 Castlebellingham, County Louth | 1371 | 1617 | 1688 |
| 011 Clonkeen, County Louth | 545 | 648 | 675 |
| 012 Collon, County Louth | 1380 | 1770 | 1859 |
| 013 Dromin, County Louth | 535 | 610 | 629 |
| 014 Dromiskin, County Louth | 1935 | 2187 | 2226 |
| 015 Drumcar, County Louth | 1385 | 1526 | 1451 |
| 016 Dunleer, County Louth | 2340 | 2796 | 2868 |
| 017 Stabannan, County Louth | 590 | 620 | 619 |
| 018 Tallanstown, County Louth | 968 | 1059 | 1040 |
| Louth rural area, County Louth | 12560 | 17298 | 18423 |
| 037 Clogher, County Louth | 2494 | 3031 | 3237 |
| 038 Dysart, County Louth | 777 | 918 | 925 |
| 039 Monasterboice, County Louth | 1164 | 1342 | 1365 |
| 040 Mullary, County Louth | 1528 | 1723 | 1754 |
| 041 St. Peter's (Part Rural), County Louth | 4022 | 6990 | 7605 |
| 042 Termonfeckin, County Louth | 2575 | 3294 | 3537 |
Elections
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2024 general election
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2020 general election
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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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1992 general election
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1989 general election
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1987 general election
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November 1982 general election
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February 1982 general election
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1981 general election
Pádraig Faulkner was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 21st 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 candidate2 Template:STV Election box end2
1977 general election
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1973 general election
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1969 general election
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1965 general election
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1961 general election
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1957 general election
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1954 general election
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1954 by-election
Fine Gael TD James Coburn died on 5 December 1963. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 3 March 1954. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate George Coburn, son of the deceased TD. Template:STV Election box begin2 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
1951 general election
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1948 general election
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1944 general election
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1943 general election
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1938 general election
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1937 general election
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1933 general election
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1932 general election
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September 1927 general election
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June 1927 general election
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1923 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
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