asked the Taoiseach if he will state separately in respect of the population of each constituency for elections to Dáil Éireann under the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947, details of the number of Dáil members assigned to each constituency and the population per member in each case on the basis of the Census of Population published prior to 1947.
Written Answers. - Dáil Constituencies: Population and Members.
60.
The following statement shows the number of Dáil Members assigned to each constituency under the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947, and the provisional figures for the population of each such constituency made available from the records of the 1946 Census of Population at the time of the drafting of the Bill, together with the population per member.
CONSTITUENCIES as constituted under the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947, number of members, provisional 1946 population and population per member in each constituency.
|
Name of constituency |
Number of Dáil Members |
Provisional Population compiled from 1946 Census of Population |
Population per member |
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Borough constituencies: |
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|
Cork |
5 |
107,035 |
21,407 |
|
Dublin North (East) |
5 |
98,371 |
19,674 |
|
Dublin North (Central) |
3 |
63,789 |
21,263 |
|
Dublin North (West) |
3 |
60,759 |
20,253 |
|
Dublin South (East) |
3 |
60,889 |
20,296 |
|
Dublin South (West) |
5 |
101,657 |
20,331 |
|
Dublin South (Central) |
5 |
115,799 |
23,160 |
|
County constituencies: |
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|
Carlow—Kilkenny |
5 |
100,731 |
20,146 |
|
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown |
3 |
67,814 |
22,605 |
|
Dublin |
3 |
66,798 |
22,266 |
|
Kildare |
3 |
64,834 |
21,611 |
|
Leix—Offaly |
5 |
103,278 |
20,656 |
|
Longford—Westmeath |
5 |
91,101 |
18,220 |
|
Louth |
3 |
66,135 |
22,045 |
|
Meath |
3 |
66,220 |
22,073 |
|
Wexford |
5 |
91,704 |
18,341 |
|
Wicklow |
3 |
60,340 |
20,113 |
|
Clare |
4 |
85,071 |
21,268 |
|
Cork, West |
3 |
58,620 |
19,540 |
|
Cork, East |
3 |
59,809 |
19,936 |
|
Cork, North |
3 |
59,270 |
19,757 |
|
Cork, South |
3 |
58,509 |
19,503 |
|
Kerry, North |
4 |
79,601 |
19,900 |
|
Kerry, South |
3 |
54,217 |
18,072 |
|
Limerick, West |
3 |
58,033 |
19,344 |
|
Limerick, East |
4 |
84,447 |
21,112 |
|
Tipperary, North |
3 |
58,099 |
19,366 |
|
Tipperary, South |
4 |
77,882 |
19,471 |
|
Waterford |
4 |
76,157 |
19,039 |
|
Galway, West |
3 |
56,985 |
18,995 |
|
Galway, South |
3 |
52,896 |
17,632 |
|
Galway, North |
3 |
55,315 |
18,438 |
|
Mayo, South |
4 |
88,579 |
22,145 |
|
Mayo, North |
3 |
59,621 |
19,874 |
|
Roscommon |
4 |
72,511 |
18,128 |
|
Sligo-Leitrim |
5 |
106,909 |
21,382 |
|
Cavan |
4 |
70,323 |
17,581 |
|
Donegal, West |
3 |
57,035 |
19,012 |
|
Donegal, East |
4 |
79,101 |
19,775 |
|
Monaghan |
3 |
57,208 |
19,069 |