Electoral Act 1923

Electoral Act 1923
Oireachtas
  • AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DÁIL AND SEANAD FRANCHISES IN SAORSTÁT EIREANN; TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE LAW RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS TO DÁIL EIREANN; AND TO REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS TO SEANAD EIREANN AND OF A REFERENDUM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH.
CitationNo. 12 of 123
Territorial extentIrish Free State
(later Ireland)
Assented to17 April 1923
Commenced17 April 1923 & 9 August 1923
Legislative history
Bill citationBill No. 1 of 1923
Introduced byMinister for Local Government (Ernest Blythe)
Introduced18 December 1922
Amended by
Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935
Repealed by
Electoral Act 1992
Status: Repealed

The Electoral Act 1923 was a law in Ireland which established the electoral law of the Irish Free State and provided for parliamentary constituencies in Dáil Éireann.[1]

  1. ^ Electoral Act 1923 (No. 12 of 1923). Enacted on 17 April 1923. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 31 May 2021.