Kildare (Dáil constituency)

Kildare
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1923
Abolished1937
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Kildare
Created fromKildare–Wicklow
Replaced byCarlow–Kildare
Kildare
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1948
Abolished1997
Seats
  • 3 (1948–1961)
  • 4 (1961–1969)
  • 3 (1969–1981)
  • 5 (1981–1997)
Local government areaCounty Kildare
Created fromCarlow–Kildare
Replaced by

Kildare was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1937 and from 1948 to 1997. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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