Sligo–North Leitrim (Dáil constituency)


Sligo–North Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2007 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.

History and boundaries

The constituency was created by the Electoral Act 2005, which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies and was first used at the 2007 general election. It largely replaced the previous constituency of Sligo–Leitrim, although it ceded the southern half of Leitrim to the new constituency of Roscommon–South Leitrim, though a subsequent revision in 2007 restored a portion of South Leitrim to the constituency. It consisted of all of County Sligo and the parts of County Leitrim, contained in the Local Electoral Areas of Dromahair and Manorhamilton.
The Electoral Act 2009 defined the constituency as:
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the re-created Sligo–Leitrim constituency.

TDs

Elections

2011 general election

2007 general election