Member state Ireland MEPs 3 (2004–14)
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South is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It elects 4 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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History and boundaries
The constituency was created in 2004 as a successor to the Munster constituency, with County Clare being moved to the North-West constituency. It comprised the counties of Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford.
For the 2014 European Parliament election, the constituency was increased in size by the addition of counties Carlow, Clare, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow; and the number of seats was increased to 4.
MEPs
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.