Louth is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It covers the entirety of County Louth and a small area of County Meath.
Boundaries The constituency was created by the Electoral Act 1923, and first used at the 1923 general election. It currently spans the entire area of County Louth (which includes the towns of Ardee, Dundalk, Drogheda), the smallest county in Ireland, and a part of County Meath including the suburbs of Drogheda.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:
+Changes to the Louth constituencyYearsTDsBoundariesNotes1923–19613County Louth.Created from Louth–Meath1961–19773County Louth, except the part in the constituency of Monaghan.1977–19814County Louth; and in County Monaghan, the district electoral divisions of Drumboory, Inishkeen, Kiltybegs, in the former Rural District of Carrickmacross.1981–20114County Louth.2011–20245County Louth; and in County Meath, the electoral divisions of Julianstown, St. Mary's (part), in the former Rural District of Meath.Transfer of territory from Meath East2024–5County Louth; and in County Meath, the electoral division of St. Mary's (part), in the former Rural District of Meath.Transfer of Julianstown to Meath East
TDs
Electoral division Louth population as per electoral division, for the Dáil constituency of Louth. This population count includes those within the county of Louth, as well as the electoral divisions of Julianstown, and St. Mary's (part) in the county of Meath, as per the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017. Electoral Division Population – 2006 Population – 2011 Population – 2016 Louth 128600 143272 150481 Dundalk (Town + Rural), County Louth517585676159557 Dundalk Town, County Louth290373114932288 004 Dundalk Urban No. 1, County Louth219021482169 005 Dundalk Urban No. 2, County Louth121111691140 006 Dundalk Urban No. 3, County Louth140014491710 007 Dundalk Urban No. 4, County Louth618360395970 023 Castletown (Part Urban), County Louth251826372685 027 Dundalk Rural (Part Urban), County Louth154401762018514 030 Haggardstown (Part Urban), County Louth9587100 Dundalk rural area, County Louth227212561227269 019 Ballymascanlan, County Louth201622132206 020 Barronstown, County Louth647744746 021 Carlingford, County Louth138418012201 022 Castlering, County Louth93510121034 023 Castletown (Part Rural), County Louth142115731622 024 Creggan Upper, County Louth684787852 025 Darver, County Louth562568678 026 Drummullagh, County Louth112012571350 027 Dundalk Rural (Part Rural), County Louth535540686 028 Faughart, County Louth905991958 029 Greenore, County Louth97911691201 030 Haggardstown (Part Rural), County Louth576963036819 031 Jenkinstown, County Louth94811731277 032 Killanny, County Louth683799825 033 Louth, County Louth130815051575 034 Mansfieldstown, County Louth640807855 035 Rathcor, County Louth120313521374 036 Ravensdale, County Louth98210181010 Drogheda (Town + Rural), County Louth & County Meath463064895151577 001 Fair Gate, County Louth9783980610317 002 St. Laurence Gate, County Louth380140044075 003 West Gate, County Louth589960426284 041 St. Peter's (Part Urban), County Louth346021612099 047 St. Mary's (Part Urban), County Louth603065636696 045 Julianstown, County Meath8289960610139 047 St. Mary's (Part Rural), County Meath90441076911967 Ardee No. 1 rural area, County Louth179762026220924 008 Ardee Rural, County Louth262628752952 009 Ardee Urban, County Louth430145544917 010 Castlebellingham, County Louth137116171688 011 Clonkeen, County Louth545648675 012 Collon, County Louth138017701859 013 Dromin, County Louth535610629 014 Dromiskin, County Louth193521872226 015 Drumcar, County Louth138515261451 016 Dunleer, County Louth234027962868 017 Stabannan, County Louth590620619 018 Tallanstown, County Louth96810591040 Louth rural area, County Louth125601729818423 037 Clogher, County Louth249430313237 038 Dysart, County Louth777918925 039 Monasterboice, County Louth116413421365 040 Mullary, County Louth152817231754 041 St. Peter's (Part Rural), County Louth402269907605 042 Termonfeckin, County Louth257532943537
Elections
2024 general election
2020 general election
2016 general election
2011 general election Séamus Kirk was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 30th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.
2007 general election
2002 general election
1997 general election
1992 general election
1989 general election
1987 general election
November 1982 general election
February 1982 general election
1981 general election Pádraig Faulkner was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 21st Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.
1977 general election
1973 general election
1969 general election
1965 general election
1961 general election
1957 general election
1954 general election
1954 by-election Fine Gael TD James Coburn died on 5 December 1953. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 3 March 1954. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate George Coburn, son of the deceased TD.
1951 general election
1948 general election
1944 general election
1943 general election
1938 general election
1937 general election
1933 general election
1932 general election
September 1927 general election
June 1927 general election
1923 general election
See also Elections in the Republic of Ireland Politics of the Republic of Ireland List of Dáil by-elections List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
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