Seats 5 Seat 5 | EP constituency South | |
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TDs Bobby Aylward (FF)
Pat Deering (FG)
Kathleen Funchion (SF)
John McGuinness (FF)
John Paul Phelan (FG) County councils Carlow County Council
Kilkenny County Council Abolished Irish general election, 1937 Created Irish general election, 1948, Irish elections, 1921 | ||
Carlow–Kilkenny is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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History and boundaries
The constituency of Carlow–Kilkenny has been used at Irish elections since the election of the Second Dáil at the 1921 general election. Prior to Irish independence, elections to the UK Parliament were held in three single-seat constituencies, known as Carlow, Kilkenny North and Kilkenny South, and it was these three constituencies that elected members of the First Dáil. Carlow–Kilkenny did not exist between 1937 and 1948, when it was replaced by the constituencies of Carlow–Kildare and Kilkenny.
The constituency spans the entire area of County Kilkenny and most of County Carlow (a small part of which is in the Wicklow constituency), taking in Kilkenny city, Carlow town, Urlingford, Tullow and Bagenalstown (Muine Bheag).
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:
"The county of Kilkenny and the county of Carlow, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Wicklow."TDs 1921–1937
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
TDs since 1948
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
2002 general election
In 2002 Séamus Pattison, the outgoing Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, was returned automatically, by virtue of his office.
1960 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Joseph Hughes, a by-election was held on 23 June 1960. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick Teehan.
1956 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Walsh, a by-election was held on 14 November 1956. The seat was won by Fianna Fáil candidate Martin Medlar.
1948 general election
The poll was postponed due to the death of outgoing Fine Gael TD Eamonn Coogan during the campaign.
1927 by-election
W. T. Cosgrave was also elected for the Cork Borough constituency and resigned his seat in Carlow–Kilkenny following the election. A by-election was held on 3 November 1927 and the seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Denis Gorey.
1925 by-election
Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Seán Gibbons, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Bolger.