Galway East (Dáil constituency)

Galway East
Galway East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	4
Local government area	County Galway
Created from	Galway
Replaced by	Galway North; Galway South;

Galway East
Galway East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1961
Abolished	1969
Seats	5
Local government area	County Galway
Created from	Galway North; Galway South;
Replaced by	Galway North-East; Clare–South Galway;

Galway East
Galway East
Dáil constituency
Major settlements	Athenry; Gort; Loughrea; Portumna; Tuam;
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	4 (1977–1981); 3 (1981–1997); 4 (1997–2016); 3 (2016–); 4 (Next–);
TDs	Seán Canney (Ind); Ciarán Cannon (FG); Anne Rabbitte (FF);
Local government area	County Galway
Created from	Galway North-East; Clare–South Galway;
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Galway East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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