Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974

Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974
Oireachtas
  • AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN AND FOR THE REVISION OF CONSTITUENCIES AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF SUCH MEMBERS.
CitationNo. 7 of 1974
Signed7 May 1974
Commenced7 May 1974 & 25 May 1977
Repealed21 May 1981
Legislative history
Bill citationNo. 3 of 1973
Introduced byMinister for Local Government (James Tully)
Introduced28 March 1973
Repeals
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969
Repealed by
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980
Status: Repealed

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 (No. 7) was a law in Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies.[1] It was a review of parliamentary constituencies passed in Ireland by the governing Fine Gael–Labour Party National Coalition. It was intended to secure their re-election, but instead backfired disastrously resulting in a landslide victory for their main opponents in Fianna Fáil. Consequently, the word Tullymander – combining the name of the minister James Tully with the word "gerrymander" – was coined.

It repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, which had defined constituencies since the 1969 general election.[2]

  1. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 (No. 7 of 1974). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, s. 8: Repeal (No. 7 of 1974, s. 8). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 November 2021.