Roscommon–Galway | |
Type: | Dáil |
Caption: | Constituency map of Ireland; Roscommon–Galway is shaded red, in the mid-west |
Year: | 2016 |
Map4: | Roscommon–Galway (Dáil constituency) 2024.svg |
Map Entity: | Ireland |
Map Size: | 200px |
Members Label: | TDs |
Seats: | 3 |
Local Council Label: | Local government areas |
Blank1 Name: | EP constituency |
Blank1 Info: | Midlands–North-West |
Roscommon–Galway is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election. The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[1]
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, the boundary of Roscommon–Galway be altered with the transfer of territory from Sligo–Leitrim and the transfer of territory to Galway East.[2]
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[3]
2016–2020 | 3 | County Roscommon, and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.[4] | County Roscommon, from Roscommon–South Leitrim,[5] Transfer from Galway East of:
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2020– | 3 | County Roscommon, except for the part in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim, and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West. | Transfer from Galway East of:[6]
Transfer to Sligo–Leitrim of:
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