Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 6 Dec 1960

Vol. 185 No. 5

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Registered Dáil Electors.

21.

Mr. Corish

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of each Dáil Constituency for the years 1957 to 1960 the total number of registered electors.

Mr. Blaney

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

NUMBER of registered Dáil electors in each Dáil Constituency in the years 1957-1960.

	Register which came into force on 15th April
	1957	1958	1959	1960
County Constituencies:
Carlow/Kilkenny	57,662	56,759	56,217	55,856
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown	61,130	61,338	61,703	62,109
Dublin	68,898	71,525	74,066	75,774
Kildare	37,349	36,802	36,552	36,459
Laois/Offaly	58,109	57,224	56,584	56,489
Longford/Westmeath	51,175	50,089	49,243	48,697
Louth	41,051	40,521	40,209	40,493
Meath	38,743	38,035	37,686	37,392
Wexford	51,195	50,507	49,827	49,574
Wicklow	35,699	35,541	35,497	35,196
Clare	48,521	47,755	47,227	46,945
Cork West	33,368	32,840	32,290	31,961
Cork East	35,974	35,518	35,193	35,046
Cork North	34,509	34,166	33,805	33,768
Cork South	36,011	35,548	35,238	35,250
Kerry North	45,027	44,243	43,718	43,159
Kerry South	31,711	30,945	30,631	30,184
Limerick West	32,692	32,161	31,702	31,444
Limerick East	46,493	45,986	45,566	45,354
Tipperary North	33,209	32,834	32,467	32,277
Tipperary South	42,506	41,991	41,196	40,988
Waterford	43,449	43,344	42,725	42,657
Galway West	30,642	30,050	29,882	29,873
Galway South	28,888	28,546	28,318	28,226
Galway North	29,312	28,888	28,588	28,360
Mayo South	48,054	47,186	46,460	45,901
Mayo North	33,801	33,005	32,358	31,873
Roscommon	38,468	39,448	38,602	38,125
Sligo/Leitrim	59,806	58,440	57,271	56,714
Cavan	38,327	37,554	36,762	36,374
Donegal West	32,173	31,571	30,850	30,308
Donegal East	42,185	41,580	40,863	40,587
Monaghan	30,870	30,023	29,370	29,062
Borough Constituencies:
Cork	63,565	63,116	62,647	63,109
Dublin North (East)	64,440	62,865	62,134	62,451
Dublin North (Central)	26,903	25,874	24,938	24,233
Dublin North (West)	32,911	32,009	31,437	31,117
Dublin South (East)	37,098	35,962	35,745	35,516
Dublin South (Central)	53,571	51,567	50,050	48,767
Dublin South (West)	63,333	62,452	61,632	61,740
Totals	1,718,828	1,695,808	1,677,249	1,669,408

22.

Mr. Corish

asked the Minister for Local Government the total number of people on the Register of Electors for each of the years from 1957 to 1960.

Mr. Blaney

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

TOTAL Number of People on the Register of Electors for the Years 1957-60.

Register which came into force on 15th April	Total number of people on Register
1957	1,745,046
1958	1,720,059
1959	1,701,801
1960	1,694,789

Note: The above figures include both Dáil and local electors. The figures given in reply to Question No. 21 are for Dáil electors only.