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Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the most (but not all) of County Sligo, it existed from 1937 to 1948. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old LeitriSligo constituency, with County Leitrim being represented from 1937 through the new Leitrim constituency.

Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1947, the Sligo constituency was abolished, and the Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created for the 1948 general election.

Boundaries

Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 defined the boundaries of the Sligo constituency as being:

"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."

The boundaries of the Leitrim constituency were defined as:

"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."

TDs

Note: no by-elections were held in the Sligo constituency

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

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See also

• County Sligo
• Sligo (constituency): disambiguation page listing the constituencies in Sligo
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. ^ "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
2. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
3. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
4. "General election 1937: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
5. "General election 1938: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
6. "General election 1943: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
7. "General election 1944: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-05.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

• Historic constituencies in County Sligo
• Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)