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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 28 Jun 1961

Vol. 190 No. 8

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Electorate Statistics.

28.

Mr. Ryan

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of each Dáil constituency set out in the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1961 the electorate in each year from 1947 to date.

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. Details of the electorate of each Dáil Constituency as set out in the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1961, for the years 1946 to 1960 are not available in my Department.

Following is the statement:—

ESTIMATED number of Dáil electors in each constituency set out in the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1961, according to the Register of Electors which came into force on 15th April, 1961.

Constituency

Number of Dáil Electors

Carlow-Kilkenny

55,163

Cavan

35,933

Clare

47,259

Cork Borough

55,022

Mid-Cork

51,155

North-East Cork

56,929

South-West Cork

36,332

South-West Donegal

36,231

North-East Donegal

34,844

Dublin North-Central

43,742

Dublin North-East

65,429

Dublin North-West

35,763

Dublin South-Central

57,390

Dublin South-East

40,081

Dublin South-West

54,819

Dublin County

57,318 approx.

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown

50,875

East Galway

54,788

West Galway

32,011

North Kerry

35,955

South Kerry

36,779

Kildare

44,108

Laoighis-Offaly

56,568

East Limerick

43,927

West Limerick

33,253

Longford-Westmeath

44,439

Louth

36,850

North Mayo

33,914

South Mayo

44,826

Meath

33,536

Monaghan

32,967

Roscommon

46,663

Sligo-Leitrim

46,492

North Tipperary

33,892

South Tipperary

46,863

Waterford

35,794

Wexford

46,696

Wicklow

35,394

TOTAL

1,670,000

29.

Mr. Ryan

asked the Minister for Local Government the total Dáil electorate in each year from 1947 to date.

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

Following is the statement:

Year commencing on 15th April

Total number of Dáil electors

1947

1,800,210

1948

1,804,068

1949

1,798,073

1950

1,787,228

1951

1,785,144

1952

1,792,542

1953

1,776,644

1954

1,763,209

1955

1,763,251

1956

1,738,278

1957

1,718,828

1958

1,695,808

1959

1,677,249

1960

1,669,408

1961

1,670,000 (Estimated)

We can hardly hear the Minister.

The Deputy is missing nothing.

30.

Mr. Ryan

asked the Minister for Local Government the total number of people on the Register of Electors from 1925 to 1961, inclusive.

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:

Year

Total number of people on the Register of Electors

1925

Not available

1926

1,745,770

1927

1,740,581

1928

1,721,791

1929

1,713,376

1930

1,701,771

1931

1,705,118

1932

1,737,820

1933

1,773,929

1934

1,784,693

1935

1,791,183

1936

1,791,561

1937

1,793,217

1938

1,788,959

1939

1,784,352

1940

1,797,007

1941

1,809,176

1942

1,824,278

1943

1,834,698

1944

1,825,831

1945

1,823,191

1946

1,823,922

1947

1,818,815

1948

1,822,867

1949

1,817,979

1950

1,807,651

1951

1,805,773

1952

1,813,757

1953

1,798,194

1954

1,785,777

1955

1,784,599

1956

1,762,129

1957

1,745,046

1958

1,720,059

1959

1,701,801

1960

1,694,789

1961

1,682,267 (Estimated)

31.

Mr. Ryan

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of each existing Dáil constituency for the years 1947 to 1961, inclusive, the total number of registered (a) Dáil electors and (b) local government electors.

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. (Statistics of local government electors are not compiled by reference to Dáil constituencies and are not available in my Department.)

Following is the statement:—

TOTAL number of Dáil Electors in the years 1947-1961 inclusive.

Constituency

Year commencing 15th April

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

County Constituencies:

Carlow-Kilkenny

61,031

61,327

61,185

60,660

60,522

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown

44,212

45,202

46,209

47,334

49,403

Dublin

35,549

36,749

38,144

40,255

43,934

Kildare

37,737

37,991

37,857

37,641

38,147

Laoighis-Offaly

62,687

62,694

61,545

61,321

60,759

Longford-Westmeath

54,709

54,877

54,501

54,007

53,822

Louth

40,740

41,243

41,488

41,522

41,646

Meath

39,935

40,170

40,040

39,867

39,694

Wexford

55,282

55,143

54,987

54,434

54,180

Wicklow

37,311

37,325

37,494

37,498

37,772

Clare

54,379

54,026

53,335

52,501

52,074

Cork West

38,455

37,227

36,699

36,369

35,960

Cork East

39,226

38,602

38,251

37,730

37,561

Cork North

37,288

36,852

36,677

36,339

36,120

Cork South

38,522

37,981

37,796

37,633

37,398

Kerry North

48,998

48,907

47,771

47,098

46,519

Kerry South

35,580

35,594

34,614

33,999

33,680

Limerick West

35,766

35,929

36,100

35,782

35,887

Limerick East

49,565

49,910

50,102

50,120

50,132

Tipperary North

35,315

35,522

35,493

34,997

34,957

Tipperary South

45,797

45,967

45,587

45,104

44,749

Waterford

45,795

45,019

44,950

44,689

44,713

Galway West

32,767

32,588

32,371

32,870

33,229

Galway South

30,852

30,993

31,187

30,697

30,369

Galway North

32,389

32,272

31,861

31,297

31,373

Mayo South

55,555

54,791

53,932

52,714

52,366

Mayo North

37,602

37,345

37,061

36,377

36,316

Roscommon

46,197

45,501

45,217

44,374

44,017

Sligo-Leitrim

68,912

67,951

67,078

66,083

65,697

Cavan

44,068

43,445

43,241

42,561

42,098

Donegal West

37,662

37,646

37,541

37,427

36,665

Donegal East

48,184

48,204

47,493

46,219

45,742

Monaghan

34,581

34,338

34,515

34,035

33,647

Borough Constituencies:

Cork

62,626

61,963

61,925

62,029

62,336

Dublin

North

(East)

61,484

63,894

65,053

65,980

66,470

,,

,,

(Central)

35,989

36,682

36,525

35,773

34,456

,,

,,

(West)

32,779

33,860

34,228

34,103

34,246

Dublin

South

(East)

41,127

41,946

41,824

41,440

40,534

,,

,,

(Central)

67,633

68,356

67,801

66,914

60,934

,,

,,

(West)

55,924

58,036

58,395

59,435

65,020

TOTALS

1,800,210

1,804,068

1,798,073

1,787,228

1,785,144

TOTAL number of Dáil Electors in the years 1947-1961 inclusive.

Constituency

Year commencing 15th April

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

County Constituencies:

Carlow-Kilkenny

60,561

59,497

58,947

58,441

58,216

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown

53,121

55,343

56,943

58,864

60,016

Dublin

50,337

53,698

57,619

62,522

65,305

Kildare

38,568

38,105

38,011

38,081

37,422

Laoighis-Offaly

61,189

60,468

59,950

59,855

58,833

Longford-Westmeath

53,823

53,336

52,876

52,717

51,757

Louth

41,991

41,975

41,906

42,060

41,814

Meath

40,010

39,558

39,598

39,525

39,108

Wexford

53,955

53,211

52,651

52,760

51,893

Wicklow

37,986

37,470

37,088

36,809

35,765

Clare

51,683

50,739

50,142

50,159

49,180

Cork West

35,740

35,297

34,791

34,442

33,789

Cork East

37,478

37,057

36,804

36,723

36,474

Cork North

36,032

35,654

35,577

35,659

35,117

Cork South

37,335

37,014

36,935

36,715

36,421

Kerry North

47,608

46,967

46,390

45,841

45,349

Kerry South

34,328

33,678

33,411

32,747

32,279

Limerick West

34,237

33,580

33,318

47,528

33,014

Limerick East

48,730

47,966

47,468

33,267

46,854

Tipperary North

34,919

34,733

34,378

34,104

33,520

Tipperary South

44,726

44,225

32,783

43,727

42,999

Waterford

44,797

44,924

44,522

44,821

44,215

Galway West

33,155

32,513

31,737

31,911

31,332

Galway South

30,560

30,209

30,053

30,010

29,329

Galway North

31,415

30,997

30,452

30,820

29,884

Mayo South

51,782

50,951

50,516

49,907

49,018

Mayo North

36,165

36,035

35,571

35,100

34,528

Roscommon

43,764

42,943

42,470

41,983

41,131

Sligo-Leitrim

64,388

63,436

62,702

62,101

60,767

Cavan

41,668

40,813

40,301

40,165

39,142

Donegal West

35,518

34,745

34,018

33,678

32,871

Donegal East

45,437

44,774

44,100

43,545

42,751

Monaghan

33,442

33,059

32,700

32,612

31,622

Borough Constituencies:

Cork

63,388

63,322

63,325

63,634

63,495

Dublin

North

(East)

67,339

66,951

66,197

66,271

64,904

,,

,,

(Central)

33,353

31,856

30,570

29,714

28,009

,,

,,

(West)

34,481

34,188

33,543

33,303

33,306

Dublin

South

(East)

40,601

39,806

38,570

38,792

37,587

,,

,,

(Central)

63,439

63,698

63,545

64,353

63,286

,,

,,

(West)

63,493

61,853

59,731

58,076

55,976

TOTALS

1,792,542

1,776,644

1,763,209

1,763,251

1,738,278

TOTAL number of Dáil Electors in the years 1947-1961 inclusive.

Constituency

Year commencing 15th April

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

County Constituencies:

Carlow-Kilkenny

57,662

56,759

56,217

55,856

55,606

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown

61,130

61,338

61,703

62,109

62,681

Dublin

68,898

71,525

74,066

75,774

77,779

approx.

Kildare

37,349

36,802

36,552

36,459

36,274

Laoighis-Offaly

58,109

57,224

56,584

56,489

56,568

Longford-Westmeath

51,175

50,089

49,243

48,697

48,571

Louth

41,051

40,521

40,209

40,493

41,048

Meath

38,743

38,035

37,686

37,392

37,238

Wexford

51,195

50,507

49,827

49,574

49,317

Wicklow

35,699

35,541

35,497

35,196

35,050

Clare

48,521

47,755

47,227

46,945

47,259

Cork West

33,368

32,840

32,290

31,961

31,848

Cork East

35,974

35,518

35,193

35,046

35,042

Cork North

34,509

34,166

33,805

33,768

33,735

Cork South

36,011

35,548

35,238

35,250

35,121

Kerry North

45,027

44,243

43,718

43,159

42,754

Kerry South

31,711

30,945

30,631

30,184

29,980

Limerick West

32,692

32,161

31,702

31,444

31,379

Limerick East

46,493

45,986

45,566

45,354

45,801

Tipperary North

33,209

32,834

32,467

32,277

32,379

Tipperary South

42,506

41,991

41,196

40,988

40,804

Waterford

43,449

43,344

42,725

42,657

42,845

Galway West

30,642

30,050

29,882

29,873

29,938

Galway South

28,888

28,546

28,318

28,226

28,309

Galway North

29,312

28,888

28,588

28,360

28,552

Mayo South

48,054

47,186

46,460

45,901

45,272

Mayo North

33,801

33,005

32,358

31,873

31,757

Roscommon

38,468

39,448

38,602

38,125

37,135

Sligo-Leitrim

59,806

58,440

57,271

56,714

56,602

Cavan

38,327

37,554

36,762

36,374

35,933

Donegal West

32,173

31,571

30,850

30,308

30,340

Donegal East

42,185

41,580

40,863

40,587

40,735

Monaghan

30,870

30,023

29,370

29,062

28,769

Borough Constituencies:

Cork

63,565

63,116

62,647

63,109

63,692

Dublin

North

(East)

64,440

62,865

62,134

62,451

62,620

,,

,,

(Central)

26,903

25,874

24,938

24,233

23,797

,,

,,

(West)

32,911

32,009

31,437

31,117

31,292

Dublin

South

(East)

37,098

35,962

35,745

35,516

35,645

,,

,,

(Central)

63,333

62,452

61,632

61,740

62,374

,,

,,

(West)

53,571

51,567

50,050

48,767

48,159

TOTALS

1,718,828

1,695,808

1,677,249

1,669,408

1,670,000

(estimated)

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