Galway West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil ÃÂireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects five deputies (TeachtaàDála, commonly known as TDs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 and first used at the 1937 general election, when the former Galway constituency was split into Galway East and Galway West.
It currently spans the western half of County Galway, taking in Galway city, the Galway Gaeltacht, and Clifden.
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, the portion of the constituency in County Mayo be transferred to the constituency of Mayo.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:
Brian Walsh resigned as a TD on 14 January 2016. The seat remained vacant until the dissolution of the 31st Dáil on 3 February 2016.
Fianna Fáil TD Johnny Geoghegan died on 5 January 1975. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 4 March 1975. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, daughter of the deceased TD.
Fianna Fáil TD Seán Tubridy died on 15 July 1939. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 30 May 1940.