Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969

{{short description|Constituencies in use at Dáil elections from 1969 to 1977}}

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| short_title = Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969

| legislature = Oireachtas

| long_title = AN ACT TO FIX THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN AND TO REVISE THEIR CONSTITUENCIES AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF SUCH MEMBERS.

| citation = [https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1969/act/3/enacted/en/html No. 3 of 1969]

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| date_signed = 26 March 1969

| date_commenced = 26 March 1969 & 22 May 1969

| bill =

| bill_citation = [https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/1968/35/ No. 35 of 1968]

| bill_date = 23 October 1968

| introduced_by = Minister for Local Government (Kevin Boland)

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| status = Repealed

| repeals = Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961

| repealed_by = Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974

| date_repealed = 25 May 1977

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The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 (No. 3) was a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1969|number=3|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969|date=26 March 1969|access-date=8 November 2021}} It took effect on the dissolution of the 18th Dáil on 22 May 1969 and a general election for the 19th Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 18 June 1969.

This Act repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, which had defined constituencies since the 1961 general election.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1969|number=3|section=8|stitle=Repeals|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969|date=26 March 1969|access-date=8 November 2021}} It ended the distinction between borough constituencies in the cities of Cork and Dublin and county constituencies elsewhere.

The constituencies were also used at the general election for the 20th Dáil held on 28 February 1973.

It was itself repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 1977 general election for the 21st Dáil held on 16 June 1977.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1974|number=7|section=8|stitle=Repeals|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974|date=7 May 1974|access-date=8 November 2021}}