Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009

Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009
Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009
Oireachtas
	Long title 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 ;
Citation	No. 4 of 2009
Signed	24 February 2009
Commenced	24 February 2009 & 1 February 2011
Legislative history
Bill citation	No. 38 of 2008
Introduced by	Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (John Gormley)
Introduced	27 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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