| Meath East | |
| Type: | Dáil |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Map4: | Meath East (Dáil constituency) 2024.svg |
| Map Entity: | Ireland |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Members Label: | TDs |
| Local Council Label: | Local government area |
| Local Council: | County Meath |
| Blank1 Name: | EP constituency |
| Blank1 Info: | Midlands–North-West |
Meath East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used at the 2007 general election to the 30th Dáil.
It spans the eastern portions of County Meath. It includes Nobber, Slane, Dunboyne, Kells and Ashbourne, the constituency's biggest town.[1]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:
| +Changes to the Meath East constituency 2007–present | ||||
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2011 | 3 | Created from Meath[2] | ||
| 2011–2020 | 3 | |||
| 2020–2024 | 3 | |||
| 2024– | 4 | and the transfer from Louth of Julianstown, in the former Rural District of Meath.[3] |
Fine Gael TD Shane McEntee died on 21 December 2012. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 27 March 2013. The seat was won by his daughter Helen McEntee.