The boundaries of Irish constituencies were not affected.
Two years later, the more radical, republican party, Sinn Féin, won 73 of the 103 Irish constituencies.
An example of what happened in the 1812 election, was the Irish constituency of Westmeath.
In Irish constituencies, where the number of seats were reduced from two to one, the MP to go to Westminster was selected by drawing lots.
Voting in most Irish constituencies occurred on 14 December 1918.
The existing 101 Irish constituencies for the Imperial Parliament were abolished, although the new constituencies were based on them.
In every postwar election until its abolition, it was the safest Conservative seat (excluding Northern Irish constituencies) in the country.
Irish constituencies are mostly rural or semi-rural.
In 1980 Irish constituencies had their boundaries and the number of their seats reviewed for the first lime by independent Constituency Commissioners.
He was first elected to Parliament for the Irish constituency of Belfast in the 1874 general election.