6-540: Laois–Offaly (formerly King's County–Queen's County , Leix–Offaly and Laoighis–Offaly ) was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in Dáil Éireann , the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland ), from 1921 to 2016 and again from 2020 to 2024. The constituency elected deputies ( Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of
12-608: The 1921 general election to the Second Dáil . The Sinn Féin candidates elected unopposed preferred to sit in the Second Dáil (1921–22). It was used at every subsequent general election until 2011. It was abolished at the 2016 general election , and was replaced by the new constituencies of Laois and Offaly . It was re-established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 , which came into effect for
18-679: The 2020 general election . In August 2023, the Electoral Commission published its review of constituency boundaries in Ireland, which recommended that the constituency of Laois–Offaly be abolished, with the creation of two new three-seat constituencies: Laois and Offaly . Each new constituency would elect 3 deputies. These changes took effect for the 2024 general election under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 . Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to
24-560: The single transferable vote (PR-STV). Laois–Offaly was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as King's County–Queen's County (the respective names of County Offaly and County Laois before independence). The two counties were combined in a single four-member constituency for the House of Commons of Southern Ireland . It was known in the Dáil as Leix–Offaly, and first used for
30-470: The order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election. ^ *: Outgoing TD Fianna Fáil TD Bernard Cowen died on 24 January 1984. A Fianna Fáil motion to move the writ on 29 February was defeated by the Fine Gael–Labour government . A second motion to move the writ on 17 May was unopposed. The by-election
36-536: Was held on 14 June 1984, the same day as the European Parliament elections . The seat was won by the son of the deceased TD. Labour Party TD William Davin died on 1 March 1956. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 30 April 1956. Republican TD Seán McGuinness was disqualified on 30 November 1925. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 18 February 1926. House of representatives Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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