Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935

Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935
Oireachtas
  • AN ACT TO REVISE, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE 26 OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUENCIES (OTHER THAN UNIVERSITY CONSTITUENCIES) BY WHICH THE MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN ARE ELECTED AND, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SUCH REVISION, TO ALTER THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN, AND FOR THOSE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN.
CitationNo. 5 of 1935
Territorial extentIreland
Assented to27 February 1935
Commenced14 June 1937
Repealed12 January 1948
Legislative history
Bill citationNo. 11 of 1934
Introduced byMinister for Local Government and Public Health (Seán T. O'Kelly)
Introduced15 February 1934
Amends
Electoral Act 1923
Repealed by
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947
Status: Repealed

The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 (No. 5) was a law in Ireland which replaced the Dáil constituencies which had been defined in the Electoral Act 1923.

Unlike the constituencies in the 1923 Act, it included many instances of crossing county boundaries to form constituencies.[1] It reduced the number of seats in the Dáil by 15 from 153 to 138.[2] This was in combination with the abolition of the two university constituencies, which was effected by the Constitution (Amendment No. 23) Act 1936 and the Electoral (University Constituencies) Act 1936, transferring all those on the register for university constituencies to the register for geographical constituencies.[3]

It came into effect on the dissolution of the 8th Dáil and would be first used at the 1937 general election held on 21 July for the 9th Dáil. The constituencies would remain in operation at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections.

The constituencies were revised again by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, which created a scheme of constituencies which came into effect at the dissolution of the 12th Dáil and was first used at 1948 general election.[4]

  1. ^ Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, 1st Sch.: Revised Constituencies (No. 5 of 1935, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 February 1935. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, s. 3: Number of members of Dáil Eireann (No. 5 of 1935, s. 3). Enacted on 27 February 1935. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 October 2021.
  3. ^ Electoral (University Constituencies) Act 1936 (No. 22 of 1936). Enacted on 29 June 1936. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 April 2020.
  4. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, 2nd Sch.: Enactments Repealed (No. 31 of 1947, 2nd Sch.). Enacted on 27 November 1947. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 23 December 2021.