Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009

Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009
Oireachtas
  • AN ACT TO REVISE DÁIL AND EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED FOR SUCH CONSTITUENCIES, TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE CONSTITUENCY COMMISSION, AND FOR THOSE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS ACT 1997 AND CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS, TO AMEND AND GIVE STATUTORY EFFECT TO THE LOCAL ELECTIONS REGULATIONS 1995 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS
CitationNo. 4 of 2009
Signed24 February 2009
Commenced24 February 2009 & 1 February 2011
Legislative history
Bill citationNo. 38 of 2008
Introduced byMinister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (John Gormley)
Introduced27 June 2008
Amends
Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005
Amended by
Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 4) is a law of Ireland which amended electoral law, including revisions to Dáil constituencies and European Parliament constituencies in light of the 2006 census. The new European Parliament constituencies were used at the election in June 2009. The revision to Dáil constituencies took effect on the dissolution of the 30th Dáil on 1 February 2011 and a general election for the 31st Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 25 February 2011.

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