Mayo South (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Mayo South is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the southern part of Mayo, it existed from 1923–1969. It elected five (later four) Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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The county electoral areas of Castlebar, Claremorris and Westport, in the administrative county of Mayo.
[edit] History
The constituency was created in 1923, under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. The constituency returned five Teachtaí Dála from 1923 to 1948. Under the Electoral Amendment Act 1947 this was reduced to four seats from 1948 onwards.
It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, when it and Mayo North were replaced by the two new constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West.
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- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- County Mayo
- Mayo (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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