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Galway North East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Seats
  
3

Seat
  
3

Founded
  
1969

County/City council
  
County Galway County Roscommon

Created
  
Irish general election, 1969

Abolished
  
Irish general election, 1977

Galway North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

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History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, with effect from the 1977 general election.

Its boundaries were defined by the 1969 Act as comprising:

  • the administrative county of Galway, except the parts thereof which were comprised in the constituencies of Clare–Galway South and Galway West;
  • part of County Roscommon, comprising all or part of the former rural districts of Athlone No. 2, Castlereagh and Roscommon.
  • TDs

    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.

    1975 by-election

    Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Michael F. Kitt, a by-election was held on 4 March 1975. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Michael P. Kitt, son of the deceased TD.

    References

    Galway North-East (Dáil Éireann constituency) Wikipedia


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