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Category Archives: Election data
Potential Fianna Fail Local Elections 2014 candidates? Fianna Fail Local Area Representatives
Adrian Kavanagh, 13th June 2013 With less than twelve months to go until next year’s local elections and following the recent publication of the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013, this post marks the first attempt to tease out what … Continue reading
Posted in Candidates, Election data, Gender, local elections, Young candidates
Tagged 2014, Fianna Fail, women, Young candidates
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Voter turnout levels in Dail by-elections 1994-2011
Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd March 2013 Voter turnout levels in general elections in the Republic of Ireland, as in most other democracies tend to be higher than those in other types of elections, such as referendum elections, presidential elections and local … Continue reading
Posted in by-election, Election data, Voter turnout
Tagged by-election, Donegal, Dublin South Central, Dublin West, Kildare North, Meath East, Tipperary, voter turnout
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Female candidacies and support levels at by-election contests, 1980-2013
Adrian Kavanagh, March 6th 2013 – updated March 28th 2013 228 candidates have contested the 26 different by-election contests that took place over the past three decades (between 1980 and 2011), although this number does take account of candidates (such … Continue reading
Party vote levels at by-elections, 1980-2011
Adrian Kavanagh, March 6th 2013 Since January 1st 1980, twenty-four Dail by-elections have been held in the Republic of Ireland involving two hundred candidates who have won a combined total of 816,989 votes in these. Fianna Fail has been the … Continue reading
Support for government parties in Dail by-elections between 1980 and 2011
With the Meath East by-election scheduled to take place on March 27th 2013, this is a good time to review statistics for voting patterns in recent by-election contests. This post, reviewing such patterns in the 24 by-elections during the period … Continue reading
A geographical view of the 2012 Children’s Referendum vote
Adrian Kavanagh, 12th November 2012 The Children’s Referendum vote, which took place on Satuday (10th November 2012), was passed on a lower than expected (but rather comfortable) margin of 615,731 votes (58.00%) to 445,863 (42.00%). This referendum vote had the third lowest ever … Continue reading
Posted in Election data, Electoral Geography (voting maps), Referendum elections, Voter turnout
Tagged 2012, Donegal, referenda, Sinn Fein, voter turnout
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Voter turnout levels in referendum elections in the Republic of Ireland, 1937-2012
Adrian Kavanagh, 9th November 2012 (updates – 12th November 2012) Referendum elections have taken place on twenty seven different occasions in the history of the Irish state, with a significant increase in the incidence of these in more recent decades … Continue reading
Estimating 2011 General Election seats levels using new Constituency Commission 2012 election boundaries
Adrian Kavanagh, 6th July 2012 Last month’s Constituency Commission report and the decision to reduce the number of Dail seats by 8 will have a profound impact on the result of, and the number of seats won by different parties at, the … Continue reading
Posted in Constituency Commission, Election boundaries, Election data, Tally figures
Tagged boundaries, Cork North Central, Donegal, Dublin Bay North, Dublin Central, Dublin North West, Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South Central, Dun Laoghaire, Galway East, Kerry, Kildare South, Laois, Offaly, Tipperary
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Political impacts of the 2012 Constituency Commission report: 2011 General Election party support estimates and changing political landscapes in the new constituency areas
Adrian Kavanagh, 25th June 2012 The creation of new election boundaries for the next general election, associated with the reduction in the number of Dail seat numbers by eight, in the 2012 Constituency Commission report has fundamentally altered the rules … Continue reading
Posted in Constituency Commission, Constituency information, Election boundaries, Election data, Tally figures
Tagged 2012, boundaries, Cavan-Monaghan, Constituency size, Cork North Central, Cork North West, Cork South Central, Donegal, Dublin Bay North, Dublin Bay South, Dublin Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin North West, Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South Central, Dublin South West, Dublin West, Dun Laoghaire, Galway East, Galway West, Kerry, Kildare North, Kildare South, Laois, Limerick, Limerick City, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon-Galway, Sligo-Leitrim, Tipperary, Waterford
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European Union Fiscal Stability Treaty referendum 30th May 2012: An Overview
Adrian Kavanagh, 2nd June The European Union Fiscal Stability Treaty referendum, held on 30th May 2012, was carried by a margin of 955,091 to 626,907, amounting to a percentage vote share of 60.37% for the Yes side. This was lower than … Continue reading
Posted in Election data, Electoral Geography (voting maps), Referendum elections, Voter turnout
Tagged 2012, maps, referenda, voter turnout
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