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  • 26-05-2007 5:59pm
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    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,879 ✭✭✭✭


    What happens if a candidate stands in a general election in two different constituencies and gets elected in both?

    Does (s)he have two votes in the Dáil or one?


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    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,397 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Doesn't he have to be a resident of a constituency before he can run in it? How can he be resident in two places?

    NTM


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    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,879 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Manic Moran wrote:
    Doesn't he have to be a resident of a constituency before he can run in it?

    I know back in the 80s Sean Loftus ran in two different Dublin constituencies in the one general election.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,423 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    He has to pick one or the other and the other gets a by-election.
    Manic Moran wrote:
    Doesn't he have to be a resident of a constituency before he can run in it?
    No. Although it generally makes sense on a practical level. It would be cruel to see a constituency boundary change and a sitting representative forced to move.


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    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,879 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Victor wrote:
    He has to pick one or the other and the other gets a by-election.

    Thanks Victor.

    Does anyone recall anyone doing this in a recentish GE?


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Are you just talking about here, Zebra?

    Robert McCartney stood (unsuccessfully) in the six(?) constituencies in the recent assembly elections.


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