Longford–Westmeath | |
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Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Location of Longford–Westmeath within Ireland
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Current constituency | |
Created | 2007 |
Seats | 4 |
TDs | |
County council |
Longford County Council Westmeath County Council |
EP constituency | Midlands–North-West |
Longford–Westmeath | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1921 |
Abolished | 1937 |
Seats | 4 (1921–1923) 5 (1923–1937) |
County council |
County Longford County Westmeath |
Longford–Westmeath | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1948 |
Abolished | 1992 |
Seats | 5 (1948–1961) 4 (1961–1992) |
County council |
County Longford County Westmeath |
Longford–Westmeath is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
The constituency previously existed from 1921 to 1937 and from 1948 to 1992, but was abolished for the 1992 general election. It was re-created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies, and was first used in its current form at the 2007 general election. It contains the County Longford portion of the former Longford–Roscommon constituency, and most of the former Westmeath constituency apart from the north-eastern area around Castlepollard and Delvin, which became part of the new Meath West constituency.
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:
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.