Absent Voters Lists - County Armagh

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The Representation of the People Act 1918 made special provision so that people absent due to War Service could vote. The Absent Voters List for County Armagh has been digitised and indexed and contains c.3,500 names.

For County Armagh, a full set of the Register of Electors for 1918 survives, along with a separate Absent Voters List (PRONI Reference ARM/5/3/2). 

To support your research, we have made the full Absent Voters Lists (separated by constituency) available to view online. 

Additionally, we created an index to the entries found in the lists to support your research. Each entry provides (where available) the individual's:

  • Surname 

  • Forename

  • Polling District

  • Registration Unit

  • Address (street or townland)  

  • Constituency (North, Mid or South Armagh)

  • Page number of entry

The digitised lists also includes the details of the voter's military unit, rank, and service number, if they were Naval or Military voters.