Dublin is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote system. Dublin (Irish: Baile Ãtha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ...
The constituency comprises Dublin city and county and has a population of 1.1m. Dublin (Irish Baile Ãtha Cliath) is the area that contains the City of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland; and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. ...
For the 2004-2008 Parliament these are: Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ...
The elections to the EuropeanParliament are governed by the law of 23 March 1989 as amended by that of 16 July 1993 on the federal structure of the State.
In addition to the incompatibilities laid down in the European Electoral Act of 20 September 1976, membership of the EuropeanParliament is not compatible with the office of Attorney General or with the Chairmanship or Deputy-Chairmanship of the Dail (House of Representatives) or Seanad (Senate).
The European Parliamentary Elections Act of May 1978 was amended and supplemented by the European Elections Act of 1981, the Representation of the People Acts of 1983 and 1985, the regulations governing the elections to the EuropeanParliament in Northern Ireland and Scotland and the European Parliamentary Elections Act of 1993.
In five European Union Member States (Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom), the national territory is divided into a number of constituencies for European elections.
In Poland they may do so only at a constituency level, but seats are allocated nationally.
Currently, the German speaking community of Belgium are the most represented in the EU Parliament with one seat for their 71,000 population, while the people of Sardinia and Sicily are the least represented, with only one seat per 943,000 people.
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