Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935

{{Short description|Constituencies in use at Dáil elections from 1937 to 1948}}

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| short_title = Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935

| legislature = Oireachtas

| long_title = AN ACT TO REVISE, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE 26 OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUENCIES (OTHER THAN UNIVERSITY CONSTITUENCIES) BY WHICH THE MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN ARE ELECTED AND, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SUCH REVISION, TO ALTER THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN, AND FOR THOSE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN.

| citation = [https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1935/act/5/enacted/en/html No. 5 of 1935]

| territorial_extent = Ireland

| date_assented = 27 February 1935

| date_commenced = 14 June 1937

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| bill_citation = [https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/1934/11/ No. 11 of 1934]

| bill_date = 15 February 1934

| introduced_by = Minister for Local Government and Public Health (Seán T. O'Kelly)

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| status = Repealed

| amends = Electoral Act 1923

| repealed_by = Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947

| date_repealed = 12 January 1948

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The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 (No. 5) was a law in Ireland which replaced the Dáil constituencies which had been defined in the Electoral Act 1923.

Unlike the constituencies in the 1923 Act, it included many instances of crossing county boundaries to form constituencies.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1935|parl=ifs|type=act|number=5|name=Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935|date=27 February 1935|schedno=1|stitle=Revised Constituencies|access-date=21 October 2021}} It reduced the number of seats in the Dáil by 15 from 153 to 138.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1935|parl=ifs|type=act|number=5|name=Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935|date=27 February 1935|section=3|stitle=Number of members of Dáil Eireann|access-date=21 October 2021}} This was in combination with the abolition of the two university constituencies, which was effected by the Constitution (Amendment No. 23) Act 1936 and the Electoral (University Constituencies) Act 1936, transferring all those on the register for university constituencies to the register for geographical constituencies.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1936|number=22|name=Electoral (University Constituencies) Act 1936|date=29 June 1936|parl=ifs|access-date=24 April 2020}}

It came into effect on the dissolution of the 8th Dáil and would be first used at the 1937 general election held on 21 July for the 9th Dáil. The constituencies would remain in operation at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections.

The constituencies were revised again by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, which created a scheme of constituencies which came into effect at the dissolution of the 12th Dáil and was first used at 1948 general election.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1947|number=31|schedno=2|stitle=Enactments Repealed|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947|date=27 November 1947|access-date=23 December 2021}}