The Register of Electors was produced on the 1st February 2020 and came into force on the 15th February. The Register of Electors is also published on www.voter.ie where you can check to see if you are currently registered.
If you are not registered you can be added to a Supplement to the Register by filling in an RFA 2 form or an RFA 3 form (Application for inclusion in the Supplement to the Register of Electors, and Application for inclusion in the supplement to the Register of Electors Change of Address). Any person may inspect the Register of Electors for electoral purposes during working hours at the offices of South Dublin County Council and at public libraries, post offices and Garda Stations.
Below is a sample of multilingual information forms regarding Elections and how to vote. However if you require additional information on eligibility to vote and how elections and referendums are conducted in Ireland please visit www.housing.gov.ie/local-government/voting/voting
There are currently 196,496 Electors on the 2020/21 Register of Electors. If you have any queries regarding the Register of Electors please contact the Franchise Section at 014149100 or alternately you can email registerofelectors@sdublincoco.ie
The Local Electoral Area breakdown is as follows: | ||
Local Electoral Area | No. of Electors Registered | |
Clondalkin | 29,894 | |
Firhouse - Bohernabreena | 26,191 | |
Lucan | 22,145 | |
Palmerstown - Fonthill | 25,279 | |
Rathfarnham- Templeogue | 40,952 | |
Tallaght- Central | 29,404 | |
Tallaght - South | 22,631 | |
Total: | 196,496 | |
The Constituency breakdown is as follows: | ||
follows: | ||
Constituency | No. of Electors Registered | |
Dublin Mid-West | 77,318 | |
Dublin South Central | 8,034 | |
Dublin South West | 111,144 | |
Total: | 196,496 |
A person is entitled to be included on the Register if he/she:
- Will be 18 years of age or over on the date the Register comes into effect.
- Is ordinarily resident at the address at which he/she wishes to be registered and is not already registered as an elector at another address.
Categories of Elector. The Register comprises four categories of electors: Presidential elector, Dáil elector, European elector and Local Government elector. A person’s citizenship determines their category and the type of elections at which they may vote.
See table below.
Citizenship | Type of Election at which Electors are eligible to vote at | Letter on Register Book |
Irish Citizens | All elections and referenda | _ |
British Citizens | Dáil, European and local elections | D |
Other EU Citizens | European and local elections | E |
Non EU Citizens | Local Government elections only | L |
PLEASE NOTE: Any person may inspect the Register of Electors for electoral purposes during working hours at the offices of South Dublin County Council and at Public Libraries, Post Offices and Garda Stations.
Polling Scheme
Under Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 1992, the Minister for Environment set out the Electoral (Polling Scheme) Regulations 2005which requires that each County Council shall, as soon as may be, and thereafter at least once in every ten years, make a scheme dividing the County into Polling Districts and appointing a polling place for each polling district. South Dublin County Council have made a Polling Scheme which came into effect on the 15th February 2020. link here. The Polling Scheme is available for public inspection at South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght and Civic Offices, Ninth Lock Road, Clondalkin, and on our website at www.sdcc.ie for two weeks from the publication of this notice.
