A local electoral area (often abbreviated as LEA) is a sub-division of a county and city-level local government used for electoral purposes in Ireland. Each local electoral area consists of a number of lower-level units known as district electoral divisions (DED). Each LEA elects between three and seven councillors to the county or city councils that make up local government in Ireland. The electoral system used is the single transferable vote.
For lower-level authorities such as town or borough councils, the entire town usually forms a single electoral area, returning either nine or twelve councillors. Exceptions to this rule are the towns of Bray and Dundalk, and the boroughs of Drogheda and Sligo, where the towns are subdivided into smaller electoral areas which do not necessarily coincide with the boundaries of county electoral areas.
Read more about Local Electoral Area: Dublin City Council
Famous quotes containing the words local, electoral and/or area:
“Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one’s privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
“Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the enlarged arena of federal power, the national cash-in area for prestige has grown, slowly being consolidated into a truly national system.”
—C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)