Meath West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Location of Meath West within Ireland
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| Created | 2007 |
| Seats | 3 |
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| County council | Meath County Council |
| EP constituency | Midlands–North-West |
Meath West 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). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used at the 2007 general election electing members of the 30th Dáil. The town of Kells was moved to Meath East for the 2011 general election.
It spans the western portions of County Meath, including the towns of Trim and Navan, along with the north-eastern part of County Westmeath.
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
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