# Laois (Dáil constituency)

Laois is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the 2016 general election a new constituency called Laois be created. The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013. The constituency incorporated all of County Laois from the previous Laois–Offaly constituency, and six electoral divisions from Kildare South.
It was abolished at the 2020 general election, along with the Offaly constituency. They were replaced by a re-created Laois–Offaly constituency, with the transfer of four electoral divisions in County Offaly to Kildare South.
In 2023, the Electoral Commission recommended the establishment of a three-seat constituency of Laois comprising the entire county of Laois.
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Laois 2016–2020 :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  Ind = Independent  SF = Sinn Féin ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 32nd | 2016 | | Brian Stanley (SF) | | Seán Fleming (FF) | | Charles Flanagan (FG) |
| 33rd | 2020 | Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly. | Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly. | Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly. | Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly. | Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly. | Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly. |
| 34th | 2024 | | Brian Stanley (Ind) | | Seán Fleming (FF) | | William Aird (FG) |
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.

## Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

### 2024 general election

2024 general election: Laois :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | William Aird | 24.2 | 9,269 | 9,289 | 9,376 | 9,470 | 9,619 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Fleming | 21.2 | 8,123 | 8,132 | 8,405 | 8,469 | 8,590 | 8,872 | 9,382 | 10,693 |
| | Independent | Brian Stanley | 17.7 | 6,782 | 6,804 | 6,858 | 6,945 | 7,015 | 7,344 | 8,170 | 9,512 |
| | Sinn Féin | Maria McCormack | 12.8 | 4,914 | 4,925 | 4,934 | 4,984 | 5,040 | 5,538 | 5,888 | 6,565 |
| | Independent | Aisling Moran | 7.8 | 2,970 | 2,996 | 3,013 | 3,130 | 3,274 | 3,652 | 4,371 | |
| | Independent | Elaine Mullally | 6.4 | 2,438 | 2,463 | 2,484 | 2,561 | 2,606 | 2,959 | | |
| | Aontú | Mary Hand | 2.7 | 1,038 | 1,042 | 1,051 | 1,091 | 1,108 | | | |
| | Green | Rosie Palmer | 2.0 | 747 | 752 | 760 | 788 | | | | |
| | PBP–Solidarity | Ken Mooney | 2.0 | 745 | 757 | 767 | 795 | 954 | | | |
| | Independent | Pauline Flanagan | 1.5 | 578 | 604 | 610 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Austin Stack | 1.3 | 502 | 502 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jason Lynch | 0.4 | 170 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 65,873 Valid: 38,276 Spoilt: 231 Quota: 9,570 Turnout: 58.5% ||||||||||||
* ↑ Mooney is a member of People Before Profit.

### 2016 general election

2016 general election: Laois :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Fleming | 35.1 | 13,626 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Charles Flanagan | 21.5 | 8,370 | 9,298 | 9,525 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian Stanley | 21.2 | 8,242 | 9,562 | 10,092 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomasina Connell | 10.9 | 4,233 | 4,735 | 5,140 |
| | Labour | John Whelan | 7.3 | 2,856 | 3,394 | 3,896 |
| | Green | Sinead Moore | 4.0 | 1,541 | 2,161 | |
| Electorate: 63,295 Valid: 38,868 Spoilt: 352 Quota: 9,718 Turnout: 61.96% |||||||