Laois–Offaly

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Laois–Offaly is a Dáil Éireann parliamentary constituency in Ireland that elects representatives from the counties of Laois and Offaly to the national legislature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dáil constituency
abbreviation TDs
abolished 2016
borderedBy Carlow–Kilkenny NERFINISHED
Kildare North NERFINISHED
Kildare South NERFINISHED
Longford–Westmeath NERFINISHED
Roscommon–Galway NERFINISHED
Tipperary NERFINISHED
contains most of County Laois
most of County Offaly
country Ireland NERFINISHED
createdBy Electoral Act 1923 NERFINISHED
electoralSystem proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote
electorateType parliamentary
elects Teachtaí Dála NERFINISHED
firstCreated 1923
governingLaw Irish electoral law
hasBoundaryChanges multiple times since 1923
hasCapital Portlaoise NERFINISHED
hasMajorSettlement Birr NERFINISHED
Edenderry NERFINISHED
Mountmellick NERFINISHED
Portlaoise NERFINISHED
Tullamore NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfSeats 3
5
hasRepresentationIn Dáil Éireann NERFINISHED
isPartOfElectoralSystemOf Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
languageOfNativeName Irish
legislativeBody Dáil Éireann NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity County Laois NERFINISHED
County Offaly NERFINISHED
nativeName Laois–Uíbh Fhailí NERFINISHED
parliamentaryName Dáil Éireann constituency of Laois–Offaly NERFINISHED
partOf Dáil Éireann NERFINISHED
Oireachtas NERFINISHED
predecessor King's County–Queen's County NERFINISHED
previousStatus abolished constituency (2016–2020)
recreated 2020
recreatedBy Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 NERFINISHED
region Leinster NERFINISHED
status active constituency (since 2020)
successor Laois NERFINISHED
Offaly NERFINISHED
usedForElection Dáil by-elections
Irish general elections

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