Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)


Dublin Fingal is a parliamentary constituency which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election onwards. The constituency elects 5 deputies. The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.

History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Dublin Fingal be created. The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.
It was established by the Electoral Act 2013. It incorporated all of Dublin North, Swords-Forrest and Kilsallaghan from Dublin West, and Balgriffin and Turnapin from Dublin North-East.
The Electoral Act 2017 defines the constituency as:
"In the county of Fingal the electoral divisions of:

TDs

Elections

2020 general election

2019 by-election

A by-election was held in the constituency on 29 November 2019, to fill the seat vacated by Clare Daly on her election to the European Parliament in May 2019.

2016 general election