Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935

The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935 (No. 5/1935) is a law of Ireland which provided for parliamentary constituencies in the 9th Dáil Éireann. The 9th Dáil was elected at the 1937 general election on 1 July 1937 and dissolved on 27 May 1938.

This Act replaced the Electoral Act 1923, which defined the constituencies used for the 4th Dáil (1923–27), 5th Dáil (1927), 6th Dáil (1927–32), 7th Dáil (1932–33) and 8th Dáil (1933–37). It was itself replaced by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, which created a new pattern of constituencies for the 13th Dáil (elected in 1948).

It also reduced the number of seats in the Dáil by 15 from 153 to 138.

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
Athlone–Longford	1937	3	new constituency
Carlow–Kildare	1937	4	new constituency
Carlow–Kilkenny	1921	5	abolished
Cork Borough	1921	4	loses 1 seat
Cork East	1923	5	abolished
Cork North	1923	4	gains 1 seat
Cork South–East	1937	3	new constituency
Donegal	1921	8	abolished
Donegal East	1937	4	new constituency
Donegal West	1937	3	new constituency
Dublin County	1921	5	loses 3 seats
Dublin North	1923	8	abolished
Dublin North–East	1937	3	new constituency
Dublin North–West	1937	5	new constituency
Dublin Townships	1937	3	new constituency
Galway	1921	9	abolished
Galway East	1937	4	new constituency
Galway West	1937	3	new constituency
Kerry	1923	7	abolished
Kerry North	1937	4	new constituency
Kerry South	1937	3	new constituency
Kildare	1923	3	abolished
Kilkenny	1937	3	new constituency
Leitrim–Sligo	1923	7	abolished
Leitrim	1937	3	new constituency
Longford–Westmeath	1921	5	abolished
Mayo North	1923	3	loses 1 seat
Meath	1923	3	abolished
Meath–Westmeath	1937	5	new constituency
Roscommon	1923	3	loses 1 seat
Sligo	1937	3	new constituency

List of constituencies for the 9th 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 1923).

No.	Constituency	Created	Seats	Change
01	Athlone–Longford	1937	3	plus 3
02	Carlow–Kildare	1937	4	plus 4
03	Cavan	1921	4	none
04	Clare	1921	5	none
05	Cork Borough	1921	4	plus 1
06	Cork North	1923	4	plus 1
07	Cork South–East	1937	3	plus 3
08	Cork West	1923	5	none
09	Donegal East	1937	4	plus 4
10	Donegal West	1937	3	plus 3
11	Dublin County	1921	5	minus 3
12	Dublin North–East	1937	3	plus 3
13	Dublin North–West	1937	5	plus 5
14	Dublin South	1921	7	none
15	Dublin Townships	1937	3	plus 3
16	Galway East	1937	4	plus 4
17	Galway West	1937	3	plus 3
18	Kerry North	1937	4	plus 4
19	Kerry South	1937	3	plus 3
20	Kilkenny	1937	3	plus 3
21	Leitrim	1937	3	plus 3
22	Leix–Offaly	1921	5	none
23	Limerick	1923	7	none
24	Louth	1923	3	none
25	Mayo North	1923	3	minus 1
26	Mayo South	1923	5	none
27	Meath–Westmeath	1937	5	plus 5
28	Monaghan	1921	3	none
29	Roscommon	1923	3	minus 1
30	Sligo	1937	3	plus 3
31	Tipperary	1923	7	none
32	Waterford	1923	4	none
33	Wexford	1921	5	none
34	Wicklow	1923	3	none

Constituencies abolished

Constituency	Created	Seats	Change
Carlow–Kilkenny	1921	5	minus 5
Cork East	1923	5	minus 5
Donegal	1921	8	minus 8
Dublin North	1923	8	minus 8
Galway	1921	9	minus 9
Kerry	1923	7	minus 7
Kildare	1923	3	minus 3
Leitrim–Sligo	1923	7	minus 7
Longford–Westmeath	1921	5	minus 5
Meath	1923	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