Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)

Laois–Offaly (formerly King's County–Queen's County, Leix–Offaly and Laoighis–Offaly) was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland), from 1921 to 2016 and again from 2020 to 2024. The constituency elected deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Laois–Offaly
Former Dáil constituency
Location of Laois–Offaly within Ireland
Major settlements	Birr Edenderry Mountrath Mountmellick Portlaoise Tullamore
Former constituency
Created	2020
Abolished	2024
Seats	5 (2020–2024)
Local government areas	County Laois County Offaly
Created from	Laois Offaly
Replaced by	Laois Offaly
EP constituency	South

History and boundaries

Laois–Offaly
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	2016
Seats	4 (1921–1923) 5 (1923–2016)
Local government areas	County Laois County Offaly
Created from	King's County Queen's County

Laois–Offaly was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as King's County–Queen's County (the respective names of County Offaly and County Laois before independence). The two counties were combined in a single four-member constituency for the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. It was known in the Dáil as Leix–Offaly, and first used for the 1921 general election to the Second Dáil. The Sinn Féin candidates elected unopposed preferred to sit in the Second Dáil (1921–22). It was used at every subsequent general election until 2011. It was abolished at the 2016 general election, and was replaced by the new constituencies of Laois and Offaly.

It was re-established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, which came into effect for the 2020 general election.^[1]

In August 2023, the Electoral Commission published its review of constituency boundaries in Ireland, which recommended that the constituency of Laois–Offaly be abolished, with the creation of two new three-seat constituencies: Laois and Offaly.^[2] Each new constituency would elect 3 deputies. These changes took effect for the 2024 general election under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023.

Changes to the Laois–Offaly constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1921–1923	4	County Laois (Queen's County) and County Offaly (King's County)[3]	In the Dáil record, the constituency was variously described as Leix and Offaly[4] and Offaly, Leix[5]
1923–2011	5	County Laois and County Offaly	Named as Leix–Offaly.;[6][7][8] Renamed as Laoighis–Offaly from 1961;[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Renamed as Laois–Offaly from 2007.[17]
2011–2016	5	County Laois; and County Offaly except the areas in the Tipperary North constituency.	Transfer of Aghacon, Barna, Cangort, Cullenwaine, Dunkerrin, Ettagh, Gorteen, Mountheaton, Shinrone, Templeharry, in the former Rural District of Roscrea No. 2, to Tipperary North.[18]
2016–2020	5	Constituency abolished.	Moved to constituencies of Laois and Offaly.[19]
2020–2024	5	County Laois; except the area in the Kildare South constituency; County Offaly; except the area in the Kildare South constituency.	Transfer to Kildare South: in County Laois, the electoral divisions of: Ballybrittas, Jamestown, Kilmullen, Portarlington South, in the former Rural District of Mountmellick; and in County Offaly, the electoral division of: Portarlington North, in the former Rural District of Tullamore.[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Laois–Offaly 1921–2024[20]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   IMR = Monetary Reform   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   NCP = National Centre Party   PDs = Progressive Democrats   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   PT-SF = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921[21]		Joseph Lynch (SF)		Patrick McCartan (SF)		Francis Bulfin (SF)		Kevin O'Higgins (SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922[22]		William Davin (Lab)		Patrick McCartan (PT-SF)		Francis Bulfin (PT-SF)		Kevin O'Higgins (PT-SF)
4th	1923[23]				Laurence Brady (Rep)		Francis Bulfin (CnaG)		Patrick Egan (CnaG)		Seán McGuinness (Rep)
	1926 by-election[24]										James Dwyer (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[25]				Patrick Boland (FF)		Thomas Tynan (FF)		John Gill (Lab)
6th	1927 (Sep)[26]						Patrick Gorry (FF)		William Aird (CnaG)
7th	1932[27]								Thomas F. O'Higgins (CnaG)		Eugene O'Brien (CnaG)
8th	1933[28]						Eamon Donnelly (FF)				Jack Finlay (NCP)
9th	1937[29]						Patrick Gorry (FF)		Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG)		Jack Finlay (FG)
10th	1938[30]										Daniel Hogan (FF)
11th	1943[31]										Oliver J. Flanagan (IMR)
12th	1944[32]
13th	1948[33]								Tom O'Higgins, Jnr (FG)		Oliver J. Flanagan (Ind)
14th	1951[34]						Peadar Maher (FF)
15th	1954[35]				Nicholas Egan (FF)						Oliver J. Flanagan (FG)
	1956 by-election[36]		Kieran Egan (FF)
16th	1957[37]
17th	1961[38]						Patrick Lalor (FF)
18th	1965[39]		Henry Byrne (Lab)
19th	1969[40]		Ger Connolly (FF)		Bernard Cowen (FF)				Tom Enright (FG)
20th	1973[41]				Charles McDonald (FG)
21st	1977[42]				Bernard Cowen (FF)
22nd	1981[43]						Liam Hyland (FF)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[44]
24th	1982 (Nov)[45]
	1984 by-election[46]				Brian Cowen (FF)
25th	1987[47]										Charles Flanagan (FG)
26th	1989[48]
27th	1992[49]								Pat Gallagher (Lab)
28th	1997[50]		John Moloney (FF)				Seán Fleming (FF)		Tom Enright (FG)
29th	2002[51]								Olwyn Enright (FG)		Tom Parlon (PDs)
30th	2007[52]										Charles Flanagan (FG)
31st	2011[53]		Brian Stanley (SF)		Barry Cowen (FF)				Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (FG)
32nd	2016	Constituency abolished. See Laois and Offaly.
33rd	2020[54]		Brian Stanley (SF)		Barry Cowen (FF)		Seán Fleming (FF)		Carol Nolan (Ind)		Charles Flanagan (FG)
	2024				(Vacant)
34th	2024	Constituency abolished. See Laois and Offaly.

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

2020 general election

2020 general election: Laois-Offaly^[54][55][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Brian Stanley[*]	24.0	16,654
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cowen[*]	12.5	8,677	8,889	8,919	9,130	9,166	9,242	9,698	12,162
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fleming[*]	11.0	7,636	8,116	8,190	9,106	9,162	9,736	9,835	10,327	10,676	10,868	11,364
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan[*]	10.8	7,463	7,641	7,675	7,791	7,821	8,203	8,287	8,396	8,418	11,757
	Independent	Carol Nolan[*]	7.8	5,436	6,182	6,362	6,434	6,806	7,109	8,353	8,848	8,927	9,364	12,521
	Fine Gael	Marcella Corcoran Kennedy[*]	6.5	4,519	4,585	4,594	4,643	4,666	4,783	4,917	5,157	5,195
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Ormond	5.9	4,073	4,132	4,137	4,320	4,334	4,360	4,449
	Green	Pippa Hackett	5.0	3,494	3,921	3,991	4,081	4,565	5,243	5,811	5,941	5,964	6,468	7,109
	Independent	John Leahy	5.0	3,463	3,725	3,862	3,876	4,063	4,192	4,821	5,172	5,252	5,669
	Irish Democratic	Ken Smollen	3.8	2,611	3,173	3,261	3,274	3,640	3,941
	Labour	Noel Tuohy	2.9	2,011	2,596	2,664	2,806	3,190
	Fianna Fáil	Pauline Flanagan	2.5	1,744	1,850	1,874
	Solidarity–PBP	Stephen Tynan[a]	1.3	910	2,128	2,243	2,273
	National Party	John Daly	0.6	441	557
	Renua	Noel O'Rourke	0.4	290	356
Electorate: 110,839   Valid: 69,422   Spoilt: 576   Quota: 11,571   Turnout: 69,998 (63.2%)

1. Tynan was a member of People Before Profit.

2011 general election

2011 general election: Laois–Offaly^[53][57]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan[*]	14.1	10,443	10,432	10,448	10,461	10,491	10,660	11,007	13,515
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cowen	11.1	8,257	8,281	8,285	8,302	8,332	8,497	8,636	8,647	8,651	9,414	9,656	10,654	11,860
	Sinn Féin	Brian Stanley	10.8	8,032	8,042	8,058	8,079	8,132	8,593	8,919	9,112	9,170	9,793	10,062	10,707	11,775
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fleming[*]	8.1	6,024	6,026	6,036	6,043	6,050	6,101	6,206	6,569	6,685	6,838	6,967	10,193	10,851
	Fine Gael	Marcella Corcoran Kennedy	7.8	5,817	5,838	5,871	5,919	5,978	6,163	6,289	6,595	6,989	8,291	11,837	12,106	13,128
	Labour	John Whelan	7.8	5,802	5,805	5,890	5,912	5,951	6,255	6,489	6,764	6,865	7,288	7,814	8,208	9,026
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney[*]	7.5	5,579	5,588	5,597	5,607	5,616	5,670	5,989	6,093	6,116	6,293	6,399
	Independent	John Leahy	6.6	4,882	4,889	4,908	4,960	5,032	5,259	5,438	5,449	5,452
	Fine Gael	Liam Quinn	6.0	4,482	4,486	4,499	4,516	4,526	4,619	4,784	5,348	5,797	6,275
	Independent	John Foley	6.0	4,465	4,469	4,478	4,500	4,524	4,930	5,490	5,506	5,513	6,330	7,231	7,521
	Fine Gael	John Moran	5.8	4,306	4,307	4,318	4,326	4,328	4,373	4,437
	Independent	Eddie Fitzpatrick	3.4	2,544	2,553	2,565	2,586	2,619	2,776
	Independent	Rotimi Adebari	0.8	628	634	662	675	691
	Independent	John Bracken	0.8	625	656	665	674	695
	Socialist Party	Ray Fitzpatrick[a]	0.8	561	562	584	594	604
	Independent	Fergus McDonnell	0.7	525	526	527	533	542
	Independent	Liam Dumpleton	0.5	382	393	399	436
	Independent	James Fanning	0.5	335	343	352
	Green	Christopher Fettes	0.4	306	308
	Independent	John Boland	0.2	119
	Independent	Michael Cox	0.1	60
Electorate: 106,312   Valid: 74,234   Spoilt: 979 (1.3%)   Quota: 12,373   Turnout: 75,213 (70.7%)

1. Fitzpatrick campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance

2007 general election

2007 general election: Laois–Offaly^[52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen[*]	26.7	19,102
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan	12.7	9,067	9,210	9,259	9,326	9,380	9,834	10,215	10,965	12,108
	Fine Gael	Olwyn Enright[*]	11.6	8,297	9,091	9,195	9,354	9,673	10,038	11,808	12,544
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fleming[*]	11.3	8,064	10,089	10,131	10,200	10,313	10,437	10,561	11,231	12,533
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney[*]	10.1	7,242	8,010	8,042	8,075	8,116	8,235	8,298	8,967	9,895	10,008	10,277
	Fianna Fáil	John Foley	8.3	5,899	7,924	7,958	7,990	8,114	8,141	8,310	8,619	9,480	9,618	9,966
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Parlon[*]	5.9	4,233	4,829	4,867	4,933	5,020	5,093	5,249	5,514
	Sinn Féin	Brian Stanley	5.1	3,656	3,802	3,862	3,975	4,120	4,373	4,477
	Fine Gael	Molly Buckley	3.1	2,196	2,533	2,595	2,672	2,873	2,995
	Labour	Jim O'Brien	1.8	1,278	1,310	1,530	1,711	1,746
	Independent	John Bracken	1.3	934	1,144	1,204	1,252
	Green	Máire McKay	1.1	812	861	902
	Labour	David Whelan	0.6	425	475
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.2	156	161
	Independent	Joseph McCormack	0.1	85	88
	Independent	Noel O'Gara	0.1	45	48
Electorate: 103,673   Valid: 71,491   Spoilt: 662 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,916   Turnout: 72,153 (69.6%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen[*]	19.8	12,529
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Parlon	14.4	9,088	9,358	9,531	9,689	10,572
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney[*]	12.8	8,093	8,260	8,343	8,384	8,848	10,972
	Fine Gael	Olwyn Enright	12.7	8,053	8,255	8,403	8,897	10,205	11,005
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fleming[*]	11.2	7,091	7,530	7,642	7,728	8,361	10,453
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan[*]	10.3	6,500	6,530	6,646	6,865	7,384	7,606
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Killally	7.5	4,719	5,387	5,437	5,530	6,062
	Sinn Féin	Brian Stanley	4.1	2,600	2,639	2,820	3,017
	Ind. Health Alliance	Molly Buckley	2.7	1,695	1,783	1,966	2,356
	Labour	John Dwyer	2.5	1,600	1,675	1,809
	Green	Christopher Fettes	0.8	520	529
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.6	351	353
	Independent	John Kelly	0.4	236	237
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Redmond	0.2	142	144
Electorate: 95,373   Valid: 63,217   Spoilt: 671 (1.1%)   Quota: 10,537   Turnout: 63,888 (67.0%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[50][58]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen[*]	18.7	10,865
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	14.4	8,375	8,478	8,760	9,192	9,558
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney	14.2	8,271	8,406	8,702	9,800
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan[*]	13.9	8,104	8,132	8,384	8,995	9,266
	Labour	Pat Gallagher[*]	11.6	6,741	6,847	7,101	7,542	8,053
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fleming	9.4	5,481	5,810	6,160	6,904	10,367
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Killally	7.5	4,328	4,707	4,899	5,436
	Progressive Democrats	Cathy Honan	6.5	3,778	3,865	4,090
	National Party	Peter McNamee	1.9	1,099	1,105
	Independent	Sean Fennelly	0.9	516	525
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.7	378	379
	Natural Law	Paddy Seery	0.2	134	137
Electorate: 83,232   Valid: 58,070   Spoilt: 542 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,679   Turnout: 58,612 (69.5%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[49][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen[*]	18.9	10,117
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland[*]	15.6	8,361	8,548	8,560	8,604	8,675	8,698	8,794	9,246
	Labour	Pat Gallagher	13.0	6,966	7,053	7,061	7,097	7,239	7,398	7,708	8,634	8,666	9,098
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan[*]	11.0	5,876	5,903	5,914	5,936	5,968	6,203	6,459	7,403	7,491	8,468
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	10.7	5,742	5,824	5,852	5,864	5,955	6,414	6,768	7,351	7,374	7,545
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney	9.4	5,018	5,103	5,105	5,123	5,151	5,166	5,226	5,519	5,614
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	8.0	4,316	4,932	4,952	4,960	5,074	5,115	5,378	5,726	5,788	9,010
	Progressive Democrats	Cathy Honan	6.6	3,560	3,587	3,594	3,619	3,640	3,729	3,875
	Independent	John Butterfield	2.8	1,508	1,538	1,565	1,601	1,688	1,829
	Fine Gael	Mary A. Buckley	2.2	1,165	1,180	1,182	1,186	1,193
	Sinn Féin	John Joseph Carroll	1.2	665	675	681	689
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.5	244	245	252
	Independent	Edward Delaney	0.3	132	136
Electorate: 77,291   Valid: 53,670   Spoilt: 753 (1.4%)   Quota: 8,946   Turnout: 54,423 (70.4%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[48][60]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland[*]	16.1	8,443	8,473	8,503	8,636	11,434
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	15.2	7,936	7,946	8,045	8,472	9,072
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan[*]	13.6	7,142	7,182	7,864	8,476	8,957
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen[*]	13.6	7,103	7,107	7,210	7,597	8,129	10,235
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	12.7	6,627	6,656	7,176	7,724	7,952	8,056	8,271
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Dunne	9.5	4,970	5,062	5,071	5,197
	Progressive Democrats	Cathy Honan	8.4	4,411	4,460	4,693	5,513	5,809	5,959	6,120
	Labour	Pat Gallagher	5.8	3,030	3,086	3,693
	Fine Gael	Tommy McKeigue	4.4	2,318	2,338
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.8	394
Electorate: 75,120   Valid: 52,374   Quota: 8,730   Turnout: 69.7%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[47][61]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland[*]	16.4	9,208	9,243	9,331	9,418
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen[*]	16.3	9,168	9,172	9,296	9,636
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	13.3	7,472	7,480	7,620	7,916	8,167	8,346	8,472	11,852
	Progressive Democrats	Cathy Honan	9.5	5,353	5,389	5,618	5,771	6,250	6,261	6,797	7,205	7,529
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan	9.5	5,317	5,345	5,484	5,517	6,735	6,756	8,972	9,267	9,481
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	9.2	5,136	5,162	5,257	5,429	6,305	6,335	7,691	7,870	8,022
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah Lodge	7.8	4,356	4,415	4,501	4,594	4,628	4,668	4,849
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald	7.0	3,921	3,959	4,089	4,109	4,510	4,511
	Fine Gael	Michael Fox	5.5	3,105	3,105	3,239	3,295
	Sinn Féin	John Carroll	2.5	1,405	1,425	1,529
	Labour	Thomas Phelan	1.5	818	853
	Independent	May Keeley	0.9	509	519
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.6	354
Electorate: 75,201   Valid: 56,122   Quota: 9,354   Turnout: 74.6%

1984 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Bernard Cowen died on 24 January 1984. A Fianna Fáil motion to move the writ on 29 February was defeated by the Fine Gael–Labour government.^[62] A second motion to move the writ on 17 May was unopposed.^[63] The by-election was held on 14 June 1984, the same day as the European Parliament elections. The seat was won by the son of the deceased TD.^[64]

1984 by-election: Laoighis–Offaly^[46][61]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen	54.7	26,022
	Fine Gael	Pádraig Horan	38.2	18,173
	Labour	Seán O'Brien	3.7	1,737
	Independent	Joe McCormack	3.1	1,471
	Communist	Eoin Ó Murchú	0.3	120
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.1	58
Electorate: 74,087   Valid: 47,581   Quota: 23,791   Turnout: 64.2%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[45][65]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	15.3	8,428	8,946	9,110	10,917
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland[*]	14.9	8,181	8,260	10,899
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	14.4	7,910	8,105	8,730	8,922	9,823
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Cowen[*]	13.5	7,423	7,559	7,980	8,149	8,874	8,950	9,609
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	12.1	6,646	6,878	6,963	8,293	8,338	9,573
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald	10.9	5,973	6,366	6,542	7,478	7,553	7,970	7,981
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah Lodge	7.4	4,090	4,211
	Fine Gael	Michael Fox	7.3	4,019	4,447	4,481
	Labour	Seán Sheehan	3.7	2,050
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.4	195
Electorate: 71,962   Valid: 54,915   Quota: 9,153   Turnout: 76.3%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[44][66]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland[*]	15.9	8,539	8,646	8,674	8,856	11,157
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	15.1	8,102	8,115	8,367	8,394	8,865	9,942
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	13.5	7,252	7,371	7,732	8,545	8,719	8,810	8,823	10,365
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Cowen[*]	13.3	7,156	7,165	7,288	7,297	7,649	8,559	9,488
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	11.3	6,078	6,168	6,350	6,836	6,935	6,985	7,001	9,428
	Fine Gael	John Butterfield	7.6	4,081	4,097	4,731	4,808	4,825	4,830	4,836
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald	7.3	3,930	4,041	4,222	5,230	5,399	5,453	5,461	6,009
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah Lodge	6.2	3,346	3,406	3,441	3,683
	Fine Gael	Thomas Keenan	4.8	2,600	2,754	2,889
	Labour	Gerry McGuire	3.0	1,637	2,018
	Labour	Larry Kavanagh	1.8	971
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.2	124
Electorate: 70,417   Valid: 53,816   Quota: 8,970   Turnout: 76.4%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[43][67]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	16.4	9,177	9,226	9,699
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland	16.0	8,952	8,972	9,035	11,416
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	15.1	8,467	8,503	8,829	9,403
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Cowen[*]	12.3	6,892	6,919	7,084	7,310	9,085	9,118	9,803
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	11.4	6,409	6,438	6,668	6,816	6,927	7,029	10,477
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald	9.0	5,010	5,049	5,361	5,662	5,839	5,912	7,005
	Fine Gael	John Butterfield	8.4	4,691	4,722	5,445	5,465	5,484	5,641
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah Lodge	6.5	3,618	3,691	3,751
	Labour	Gerry McGuire	4.3	2,394	2,431
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.4	201
	Independent	Francis Dunne	0.3	191
Electorate: 70,417   Valid: 56,002   Quota: 9,334   Turnout: 79.5%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[42][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	14.2	7,432	7,474	7,788	7,823	7,859	7,862	8,867
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	14.1	7,415	7,549	7,811	8,316	8,919
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lalor[*]	13.4	7,043	7,056	7,082	7,098	7,205	7,211	7,329	7,578	7,748
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Cowen	12.8	6,734	6,778	6,810	6,881	6,898	6,899	8,310	8,342	8,445
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland	10.6	5,550	5,571	5,597	5,610	5,814	5,821	5,949	6,291	6,563
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	10.2	5,338	5,468	5,569	6,108	6,549	6,625	7,484	11,178
	Independent	Jim Guinan	7.7	4,037	4,097	4,184	4,340	4,411	4,414
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald[*]	7.2	3,780	3,816	3,852	4,041	4,511	4,590	4,891
	Labour	James Kelly	3.2	1,654	2,008	2,050	2,094
	Fine Gael	Constance Hanniffy	2.8	1,473	1,558	1,587
	Independent	James Flanagan	2.0	1,035	1,076
	Labour	Benny Dowd	1.8	967
Electorate: 65,252   Valid: 52,458   Quota: 8,744   Turnout: 80.4%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[41][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	18.3	8,205
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lalor[*]	18.2	8,160
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright[*]	11.2	5,020	5,217	5,227	5,322	5,344	5,417	5,670	5,968	6,834	8,986
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly[*]	10.8	4,829	4,851	4,984	5,027	5,335	5,387	5,536	6,365	6,489	6,767	6,797
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Cowen[*]	9.8	4,384	4,397	4,491	4,690	4,953	4,969	5,082	6,465	6,520	6,727	6,768
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald	7.0	3,151	3,305	3,338	3,382	3,404	3,514	3,640	3,360	5,026	5,578	7,002
	Fine Gael	Johnny Butterfield	5.9	2,643	2,746	2,748	2,872	2,883	2,935	3,591	3,614	3,785
	Fine Gael	Thomas Keenan	5.3	2,389	2,524	2,550	2,614	2,653	2,800	3,022	3,059
	Fianna Fáil	James Houlihan	5.1	2,274	2,289	2,469	2,498	2,724	2,738	2,754
	Labour	Laurence Byrne	2.8	1,253	1,285	1,287	1,393	1,401	1,889
	Labour	Henry Byrne	2.1	952	975	983	1,031	1,041
	Aontacht Éireann	Thomas Dolan	2.0	906	919	924
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Culliton	1.7	748	760	941	973
Electorate: 56,344   Valid: 44,914   Quota: 7,486   Turnout: 79.7%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[40][70]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	21.3	9,485
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lalor[*]	19.5	8,659
	Fine Gael	Tom Enright	9.8	4,341	4,785	4,805	4,916	5,013	5,093	5,161	6,758	7,218	7,603
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Connolly	8.1	3,616	3,671	3,850	3,884	3,892	4,112	4,630	4,656	4,788	5,720
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Cowen	8.0	3,550	3,584	3,661	3,673	3,707	3,730	4,256	4,652	4,753	6,874
	Fine Gael	Charles McDonald	6.9	3,076	3,764	3,841	3,981	3,993	4,067	4,156	4,831	5,438	5,499
	Fianna Fáil	James Houlihan	6.6	2,946	2,984	3,223	3,259	3,317	3,359	3,828	3,876	4,014
	Fine Gael	Frank Feery	5.7	2,519	3,006	3,011	3,056	3,113	3,281	3,317
	Labour	James Kelly	4.9	2,180	2,271	2,330	2,468	2,748	3,525	3,599	3,737
	Labour	James Flanagan	3.0	1,354	1,422	1,430	1,461	1,680
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Culliton	3.0	1,322	1,383	1,933	1,976	1,986	2,011
	Labour	John Galvin	1.7	754	819	823	841
	Independent	Frank Powders	1.5	652	696	727
Electorate: 56,066   Valid: 44,454   Quota: 7,410   Turnout: 79.3%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[39][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	28.0	12,204
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lalor[*]	16.4	7,151	7,445
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Egan[*]	12.5	5,463	5,601	5,806	5,960
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas Egan[*]	12.3	5,338	5,530	6,068	6,337
	Labour	Henry Byrne	11.3	4,936	5,466	5,578	7,123
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins[*]	11.0	4,775	7,277
	Fine Gael	Frank Feery	6.3	2,730	3,965	4,010
	Fianna Fáil	James Martin	2.2	962	1,015
Electorate: 56,237   Valid: 43,559   Quota: 7,260   Turnout: 77.5%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Laoighis–Offaly^[38][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	26.6	11,200
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas Egan[*]	12.5	5,255	5,454	5,570	5,716	5,724	6,166	6,548
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Egan[*]	12.4	5,197	5,320	5,447	5,777	5,781	6,013	6,215
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins[*]	11.8	4,943	7,197
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lalor	10.7	4,488	4,722	4,828	4,863	4,874	5,943	6,122
	Labour	Henry Byrne	8.8	3,698	4,032	4,570	5,010	5,027	5,241	5,596
	Fine Gael	Frank Feery	5.1	2,164	2,886	2,985	3,414	3,552	3,597
	Fianna Fáil	James Martin	4.8	2,022	2,114	2,213	2,242	2,250
	Labour	Bernard Corcoran	4.0	1,672	1,802	1,906
	Sinn Féin	John Behan	3.4	1,423	1,524
Electorate: 56,568   Valid: 42,062   Quota: 7,011   Turnout: 74.4%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Leix–Offaly^[37][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	21.8	9,747
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Egan[*]	17.6	7,881
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Maher[*]	15.2	6,776	6,955	6,975	7,009	8,185
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas Egan[*]	12.4	5,548	5,690	5,730	6,097	6,389	7,084	7,376
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins[*]	12.3	5,486	6,811	7,210	7,216	7,287	7,300	8,250
	Sinn Féin	Bhaltar Misteil	6.6	2,939	3,079	3,108	3,114	3,162	3,180	3,235
	Labour	Bernard Corcoran	5.7	2,555	2,776	2,829	2,840	2,855	2,861	3,129
	Fianna Fáil	James Martin	3.7	1,634	1,684	1,694	1,701
	Fine Gael	Frank Byrne	3.5	1,544	1,687	1,755	1,757	1,767	1,772
	Fine Gael	Michael Pettit	1.3	575	674
Electorate: 58,833   Valid: 44,685   Quota: 7,448   Turnout: 76.0%

1956 by-election

Labour Party TD William Davin died on 1 March 1956. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 30 April 1956.

1956 by-election: Leix–Offaly^[36][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Egan	55.5	23,565
	Labour	Michael Davin	44.5	18,863
Electorate: 59,075   Valid: 42,428   Quota: 21,215   Turnout: 71.8%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Leix–Offaly^[35][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	28.6	13,545
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Maher[*]	16.7	7,912
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas Egan	15.3	7,273	7,510	7,692
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins[*]	11.6	5,487	8,049
	Labour	William Davin[*]	11.3	5,359	6,303	8,395
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Hogan	10.9	5,186	5,542	5,728
	Fine Gael	Redmond Kerin	5.5	2,627	4,174
Electorate: 59,950   Valid: 47,389   Quota: 7,899   Turnout: 79.1%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Leix–Offaly^[34][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	23.6	11,034
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins[*]	16.1	7,541	8,523
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	12.1	5,675	5,868	5,891	6,005	6,172	7,296	9,196
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Maher	11.5	5,367	5,499	5,522	5,559	5,647	6,574	6,944	7,204
	Labour	William Davin[*]	8.3	3,882	4,955	5,198	5,573	6,913	7,084	7,333	7,415
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Hogan	7.6	3,534	3,655	3,674	3,749	3,851	4,528	5,648	6,708
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas Egan	7.3	3,404	3,516	3,532	3,763	3,853	4,159
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry[*]	6.4	2,968	3,182	3,209	3,359	3,447
	Fine Gael	Redmond Kerin	4.6	2,127	2,400	2,756	2,904
	Independent	James Flanagan	2.6	1,229	1,369	1,391
Electorate: 60,759   Valid: 46,761   Quota: 7,794   Turnout: 77.0%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Leix–Offaly^[33][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Independent	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	30.3	14,369
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	15.6	7,366	7,883	7,932
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins	11.5	5,458	6,677	6,750	6,752	6,797	6,905	6,962	7,738	7,887	8,002
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry[*]	7.4	3,505	3,979	4,037	4,054	4,064	4,097	4,446	4,485	4,691	4,718	4,722	5,170	6,851	7,069
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Hogan	6.4	3,030	3,190	3,208	3,211	3,217	3,249	3,479	3,527	3,635	3,657	3,660	3,785	5,019	5,153
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Harkin	6.2	2,929	3,127	3,135	3,139	3,142	3,174	3,352	3,368	3,410	3,433	3,433	3,493
	Labour	William Davin[*]	5.6	2,636	3,938	3,981	3,982	3,993	4,444	4,507	4,570	4,931	5,049	5,064	5,411	5,589	6,545
	Independent	Edward J. Colton	4.0	1,899	2,143	2,166	2,169	2,190	2,232	2,297	2,338	2,392	2,430	2,443
	Independent	James J. Flanagan	2.4	1,141	1,398	1,410	1,410	1,425	1,460	1,484	1,512
	Fianna Fáil	James O'Connor	2.0	942	1,057	1,066	1,067	1,076	1,099
	Fine Gael	Patrick J. Doyle	1.9	916	1,086	1,097	1,099	1,108	1,119	1,132
	Clann na Poblachta	Tommy Murphy	1.9	903	1,752	1,807	1,808	2,012	2,099	2,123	2,136	2,249	3,222	3,250	3,519	3,602
	Clann na Poblachta	Cornelius Lehane	1.8	847	1,237	1,263	1,265	1,443	1,496	1,511	1,535	1,617
	Labour	Patrick Muldowney	1.4	683	948	981	981	1,021
	Clann na Poblachta	Matthew P. Moore	0.9	422	547	590	590
	Independent	William Henry Milner	0.7	327	515
Electorate: 62,687   Valid: 47,373   Quota: 7,896   Turnout: 75.6%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Leix–Offaly^[32][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Monetary Reform	Oliver J. Flanagan[*]	22.0	9,856
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	17.4	7,831
	Fine Gael	Thomas F. O'Higgins[*]	14.2	6,354	6,768	6,774	7,014	7,312	7,464	7,499
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry[*]	9.9	4,439	4,744	4,844	4,852	4,936	5,230	6,579	7,149
	Labour	William Davin[*]	9.9	4,426	5,315	5,334	5,357	5,413	5,792	5,969	6,669
	Fianna Fáil	George Connell	8.8	3,929	4,071	4,154	4,155	4,182	4,429	5,205	5,640
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Bermingham	6.8	3,047	3,212	3,224	3,234	3,973	4,110	4,188
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collier	4.7	2,100	2,191	2,294	2,304	2,351	2,598
	Independent	James Clarke	3.1	1,378	1,633	1,654	1,657	1,674
	Clann na Talmhan	Richard Hipwell	2.7	1,233	1,320	1,322	1,342
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kavanagh	0.7	305	329	330
Electorate: 62,694   Valid: 44,898   Quota: 7,484   Turnout: 71.6%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Leix–Offaly^[31][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	14.5	6,908	6,922	6,944	7,125	7,178	7,229	8,237
	Fine Gael	Thomas F. O'Higgins[*]	13.6	6,479	7,006	8,037
	Labour	William Davin[*]	12.0	5,727	5,803	5,831	6,578	8,368
	Monetary Reform	Oliver J. Flanagan	9.2	4,377	4,449	4,482	4,594	4,861	5,072	5,312	5,325	5,341	5,592	6,532
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry[*]	8.5	4,029	4,056	4,072	4,109	4,198	4,249	5,709	5,873	5,878	7,463	8,137
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Bermingham	8.4	4,001	4,055	4,160	4,209	4,251	4,271	4,328	4,336	4,400	4,523
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Hogan[*]	7.4	3,527	3,542	3,568	3,590	3,616	3,649	3,792	3,824	3,830
	Fianna Fáil	George Connell	6.9	3,282	3,287	3,293	3,439	3,541	3,583	3,830	3,910	3,916	4,978	5,500
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Brady	6.8	3,260	3,293	3,302	3,330	3,392	3,412
	Labour	Edward Breen	4.2	2,005	2,020	2,027	2,510
	Labour	John Condron	3.7	1,780	1,783	1,860
	Fine Gael	Joseph Kearney	2.4	1,157	1,381
	Fine Gael	Charles Delaney	2.3	1,103
Electorate: 62,694   Valid: 47,635   Quota: 7,940   Turnout: 76.0%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Leix–Offaly^[30][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	17.3	8,440
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry[*]	17.3	8,422
	Fine Gael	Thomas F. O'Higgins[*]	17.0	8,315
	Labour	William Davin[*]	12.7	6,190	6,232	6,255	8,105	8,605
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Hogan	11.8	5,778	5,817	5,917	5,973	8,619
	Fine Gael	Jack Finlay[*]	10.1	4,922	5,744	5,753	5,825	6,033
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collier	7.3	3,556	3,571	3,705	3,905
	Labour	Edward Breen	4.5	2,206	2,217	2,255
	Fine Gael	John McMahon	2.0	981
Electorate: 60,858   Valid: 48,810   Quota: 8,136   Turnout: 80.2%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Leix–Offaly^[29][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	William Davin[*]	17.5	8,317
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	15.9	7,571	7,590	7,990
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry	14.2	6,774	6,801	7,550	10,145
	Fine Gael	Thomas F. O'Higgins[*]	12.9	6,122	6,132	6,395	6,439	6,461	7,700
	Fine Gael	Jack Finlay[*]	10.8	5,127	5,142	5,289	5,445	5,496	8,053
	Fine Gael	Patrick Doyle	8.4	3,974	3,986	4,166	4,278	4,314
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Hogan	8.0	3,795	3,803	3,994	4,293	6,069	6,241
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Brady	7.1	3,390	3,407	3,666
	Labour	Edward Breen	5.3	2,517	2,794
Electorate: 60,945   Valid: 47,587   Quota: 7,932   Turnout: 78.1%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Leix–Offaly^[28][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Donnelly	16.5	8,326	8,359	8,365	8,421
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas F. O'Higgins[*]	15.2	7,640	9,383
	Labour	William Davin[*]	14.1	7,120	7,208	7,228	7,446	7,643	8,321
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	12.3	6,209	6,246	6,257	6,336	6,412	8,084
	National Centre Party	Jack Finlay	11.5	5,784	6,270	6,502	9,335
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry[*]	10.3	5,199	5,243	5,253	5,311	5,413	7,549
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Brady	9.1	4,563	4,575	4,576	4,607	4,615
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Doyle	5.6	2,808	3,084	3,788
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eugene O'Brien[*]	5.4	2,740
Electorate: 60,364   Valid: 50,389   Quota: 8,399   Turnout: 83.5%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Leix–Offaly^[27][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	17.3	8,082
	Labour	William Davin[*]	14.3	6,687	7,016	8,801
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry[*]	12.2	5,693	5,921	6,010	6,145	6,264	7,006	7,064	7,289
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas F. O'Higgins	10.3	4,811	5,030	5,055	5,126	6,204	6,251	6,254	7,455
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Donnelly	8.7	4,087	4,183	4,238	4,400	4,436	6,800	6,999	7,120
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Doyle	8.2	3,820	3,865	3,916	3,995	4,738	4,928	4,938
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eugene O'Brien	7.9	3,713	3,932	4,025	4,251	5,014	5,090	5,094	7,901
	Fianna Fáil	James Bowles	7.4	3,448	3,516	3,627	3,904	3,973
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Dwyer[*]	5.8	2,711	2,938	2,973	3,016
	Labour	John Gill	4.8	2,240	2,274
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Kennedy	3.3	1,553
Electorate: 59,774   Valid: 46,845   Quota: 7,808   Turnout: 78.4%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Leix–Offaly^[26][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William Aird	19.4	8,472
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Dwyer[*]	16.1	7,046	7,851
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland[*]	15.5	6,766	6,834	6,835	6,937	7,531
	Labour	William Davin[*]	15.1	6,585	6,718	6,732	9,115
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Andrew Fay	9.3	4,067	4,223	4,764	4,856	5,217	5,230	5,302
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry	9.0	3,914	3,925	3,932	4,165	4,556	4,742	8,314
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Tynan[*]	8.8	3,840	3,854	3,859	3,946	4,308	4,364
	Labour	John Gill[*]	6.8	2,962	2,971	2,978
Electorate: 61,568   Valid: 43,652   Quota: 7,276   Turnout: 70.9%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Leix–Offaly^[25][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	William Davin[*]	23.1	9,973
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boland	14.1	6,095	6,147	6,182	6,232	6,323	7,009	7,162
	Labour	John Gill	8.6	3,730	5,670	6,064	6,207	6,587	6,717	7,115
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Egan[*]	8.1	3,488	3,605	3,694	4,602	4,887	4,944	5,803
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Dwyer[*]	7.9	3,411	3,662	3,777	5,132	5,650	5,712	7,408
	Farmers' Party	William Cobbe	7.6	3,257	3,345	3,518	3,768	4,495	4,615
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Tynan	7.5	3,240	3,305	3,354	3,374	3,764	5,946	6,155
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gorry	7.3	3,162	3,206	3,261	3,299	3,519
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Francis Bulfin[*]	6.6	2,838	2,909	2,976
	Independent	Richard Hipwell	6.6	2,835	2,937	2,998	3,048
	Independent	Michael Cahill	2.6	1,105	1,158
Electorate: 61,568   Valid: 43,134   Quota: 7,190   Turnout: 70.1%

1926 by-election

Republican TD Seán McGuinness was disqualified on 30 November 1925. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 18 February 1926.

1926 by-election: Leix–Offaly^[24][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Dwyer	40.3	16,618	19,345
	Republican	Art O'Connor	37.4	15,400	18,523
	Labour	John Gill	22.3	9,187
Electorate: 64,199   Valid: 41,205   Quota: 20,603   Turnout: 64.2%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Leix–Offaly^[23][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	William Davin[*]	15.7	6,323	6,405	6,428	6,471	6,563	6,698	6,898
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Francis Bulfin[*]	14.1	5,689	5,763	5,777	5,950	6,140	6,553	6,972
	Republican	Seán McGuinness	13.8	5,572	5,606	5,850	5,897	6,023	6,048	6,092	6,094	6,098	6,198	6,811
	Republican	Laurence Brady	11.8	4,751	4,762	5,059	5,074	5,170	5,181	5,292	5,296	5,303	5,619	5,745
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Egan	9.0	3,630	3,711	3,724	3,884	3,978	4,643	4,955	5,100	5,117	5,806	6,860
	Labour	Denis Cullen	6.7	2,717	2,843	2,850	2,862	2,898	2,958	2,972	2,974	3,007	3,162
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Kennedy	5.5	2,227	2,232	2,249	2,317	2,338	2,425
	National Democratic	Joseph Delaney	5.1	2,049	2,070	2,091	2,114	2,451	2,480	2,857	2,894	2,928
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Bermingham	5.0	1,996	2,018	2,028	2,642	3,033	3,072	3,788	3,850	3,879	4,235	4,330
	National Democratic	Patrick Belton	3.6	1,445	1,457	1,462	1,490
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán Kelly	3.5	1,416	1,447	1,472	1,506	1,533
	Farmers' Party	Francis Doorley	3.1	1,248	1,257	1,267
	Republican	Patrick Gorry	1.7	697	708
	Independent	Andrew Byrne	1.4	557
Electorate: 64,211   Valid: 40,317   Quota: 6,720   Turnout: 62.8%

1922 general election

1922 general election: Leix–Offaly^[22][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	William Davin	46.5	15,167
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Kevin O'Higgins[*]	20.8	6,792
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Francis Bulfin[*]	19.8	6,446	8,945
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Patrick McCartan[*]	8.6	2,796	5,614	6,451
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Joseph Lynch[*]	4.3	1,391	4,722	5,779
Electorate: 46,031   Valid: 32,592   Quota: 6,519   Turnout: 70.8%

1921 general election

1921 general election: Leix–Offaly^[21][a]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Francis Bulfin	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Joseph Lynch	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McCartan[*]	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	Kevin O'Higgins[*]	Unopposed	N/A	4

1. Constituency named "King's County–Queen's County" in legislation

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

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