asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state, in respect of each of the existing Dáil constituencies, the total population as enumerated at the 1946 census.
Written Answers. - Dáil Constituencies.
Definitive figures of the total population of constituencies as returned at the Census of Population, 1946, are not yet available and in the ordinary course will be published in Volume I of the Census Report. Volume 1 of the 1936 Census Report was published in May, 1938.
The Preliminary Report of the Census recently issued contains preliminary figures for counties and, accordingly, preliminary figures for these constituencies which consist of one or more complete counties may be ascertained by reference to that publication.
asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state, in respect of each of the Dáil constituencies, the total number of voters on the current register of electors.
The following statement shows the number of Dáil electors in each constituency on the Register of Electors which came into force on the 15th April, 1946:—
|
County Constituencies |
No. of Dáil Electors |
|
Athlone-Longford |
37,829 |
|
Carlow-Kildare |
32,438 |
|
Cavan |
44,447 |
|
Clare |
61,512 |
|
Cork (North) |
48,985 |
|
Cork (South East) |
44,452 |
|
Cork (West) |
55,374 |
|
Donegal (East) |
46,255 |
|
Donegal (West) |
37,681 |
|
Dublin |
103,343 |
|
Galway (East) |
48,476 |
|
Galway (West) |
41,308 |
|
Kerry (North) |
49,391 |
|
Kerry (South) |
35,938 |
|
Kilkenny |
41,198 |
|
Laoighis-Offaly |
63,124 |
|
Leitrim |
33,561 |
|
Limerick |
85,236 |
|
Louth |
40,828 |
|
Mayo (North) |
38,132 |
|
Mayo (South) |
57,022 |
|
Meath-Westmeath |
64,336 |
|
Monaghan |
34,754 |
|
Roscommon |
40,114 |
|
Sligo |
36,381 |
|
Tipperary |
61,671 |
|
Waterford |
51,000 |
|
Wexford |
59,160 |
|
Wicklow |
39,314 |
|
Borough Constituencies |
|
|
Cork |
53,623 |
|
Dublin (North East) |
55,263 |
|
Dublin (North West) |
71,107 |
|
Dublin (South) |
82,283 |
|
Dublin Townships |
56,014 |
|
TOTAL |
1,803,970 |