asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state in respect of each Dáil constituency (a) the number of voters on the current register; (b) the percentage of such voters who recorded their votes in the recent general election, and (c) the number of spoiled ballot papers.
Written Answers. - General Election Figures.
The information is set out in the following table:—
Constituency |
Total number of voters on the Register |
Percentage of votes cast |
Number of spoiled ballot papers and percentage of total poll |
Athlone-Longford |
38,932 |
78.4 |
323 (1.1) |
Carlow-Kildare |
51,949 |
72.5 |
578 (1.5) |
Cavan |
46,501 |
78.6 |
623 (1.7) |
Clare |
61,803 |
79.1 |
529 (1.1) |
Cork, North |
49,205 |
80.9 |
382 (0.96) |
Cork, South-East |
44,356 |
75.0 |
391 (1.2) |
Cork, West |
66,863 |
77.9 |
480 (0.92) |
Donegal, East |
49,410 |
71.2 |
686 (1.9) |
Donegal, West |
39,192 |
67.7 |
492 (1.9) |
Dublin |
99,754 |
68.2 |
706 (1.04) |
Galway, East |
49,874 |
73.3 |
559 (1.5) |
Galway, West |
43,373 |
64.8 |
424 (1.5) |
Kerry, North |
51,367 |
74.8 |
419 (1.1) |
Kerry, South |
36,504 |
74.0 |
406 (1.5) |
Kilkenny |
41,160 |
77.0 |
484 (1.5) |
Leitrim |
35,677 |
77.2 |
238 (0.86) |
Leix-Offaly |
62,694 |
76.9 |
587 (1.2) |
Limerick |
84,036 |
77.8 |
607 (0.93) |
Louth |
39,506 |
79.0 |
303 (0.97) |
Mayo, North |
39,368 |
63.4 |
318 (1.3) |
Mayo, South |
59,780 |
71.0 |
594 (1.4) |
Meath-Westmeath |
64,104 |
75.9 |
439 (0.90) |
Monaghan |
35,476 |
84.1 |
330 (1.1) |
Roscommon |
41,518 |
78.1 |
476 (1.5) |
Sligo |
36,777 |
77.1 |
299 (1.1) |
Tipperary |
82,815 |
79.8 |
655 (1.0) |
Waterford |
52,163 |
76.8 |
441 (1.1) |
Wexford |
60,627 |
77.2 |
911 (1.9) |
Wicklow |
38,937 |
72.7 |
389 (1.4) |
Borough Constituencies: |
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Cork |
53,477 |
74.1 |
410 (1.0) |
Dublin, North-East |
54,377 |
72.3 |
289 (0.73) |
Dublin, North-West |
68,667 |
68.8 |
465 (0.98) |
Dublin, South |
81,004 |
66.2 |
517 (0.96) |
Dublin Townships |
54,479 |
71.7 |
448 (1.1) |
TOTALS |
1,815,725 |
74.2 |
16,198 (1.2) |