Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)


Carlow–Kilkenny is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies. The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.

History and boundaries

The constituency of Carlow–Kilkenny has been used at Irish elections since the election of the Second Dáil at the 1921 general election. Prior to Irish independence, elections to the UK Parliament were held in three single-seat constituencies, known as Carlow, Kilkenny North and Kilkenny South, and it was these three constituencies that elected members of the First Dáil. Carlow–Kilkenny did not exist between 1937 and 1948, when it was replaced by the constituencies of Carlow–Kildare and Kilkenny.
The constituency spans the entire area of County Kilkenny and most of County Carlow, taking in Kilkenny city, Carlow town, Urlingford, Tullow and Muine Bheag.
The Electoral Act 2013 defines the constituency as:

Since 2020

From the 2020 general election, the constituency spans the entire area of County Kilkenny and the entire area of County Carlow.

The Electoral Act 2017 defines the constituency as:

TDs

TDs 1921–1937

TDs since 1948

Elections

2020 general election

2016 general election

2015 by-election

2011 general election

2007 general election

2002 general election

In 2002 Séamus Pattison, the outgoing Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, was returned automatically, by virtue of his office.

1997 general election

1992 general election

1989 general election

1987 general election

November 1982 general election

February 1982 general election

1981 general election

1977 general election

1973 general election

1969 general election

1965 general election

1961 general election

1960 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Joseph Hughes, a by-election was held on 23 June 1960. The Elections Act 1960 was passed to enable the election to be held the same day as the 1960 local elections, using the same administrative apparatus. The Dáil seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick Teehan.

1957 general election

1956 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Walsh, a by-election was held on 14 November 1956. The seat was won by Fianna Fáil candidate Martin Medlar.

The surplus votes of the elected candidate were distributed after being declared elected because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.

1954 general election

1951 general election

1948 general election

The poll was postponed due to the death of outgoing Fine Gael TD Eamonn Coogan during the campaign.

1933 general election

1932 general election

1927 by-election

W. T. Cosgrave was also elected for the Cork Borough constituency and resigned his seat in Carlow–Kilkenny following the election. A by-election was held on 3 November 1927 and the seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Denis Gorey.

September 1927 general election

June 1927 general election

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Seán Gibbons, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Bolger.

1923 general election

1922 general election

1921 general election