Category Archives: Electoral Geography (voting maps)

A geographical view of the 2012 Children’s Referendum vote

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

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 →

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Voter turnout levels in referendum elections in the Republic of Ireland, 1937-2012

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

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 →

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European Union Fiscal Stability Treaty referendum 30th May 2012: An Overview

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

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 →

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European Treaty referendum turnout levels in the Dublin City constituencies in the 2000s

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Adrian Kavanagh, 31st May 2012 As polling in the European Fiscal Treaty referendum continues today, there is a lot of talk of low turnouts being recorded so far at different polling centres, so this would be an appropriate time to … Continue reading →

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Which constituencies have the highest Yes or No votes and turnouts? A geography of European Union referendum votes

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Adrian Kavanagh, 31st May 2012 A study of the previous five referendum elections relating to European Union treaties (Amsterdam 1998, Nice 2001, Nice 2002, Lisbon 2008 and Lisbon 2009) reveals a remarkable constistency in terms of regional turnout and voting trends in … Continue reading →

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Voter turnout in Dublin City in 2011 – a geographical perspective

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Adrian Kavanagh, May 3rd 2012 The issue of voter turnout has largely disappeared from the Irish media and political commentariat’s attention over the past few years, with concerns over issues to do with low political participation levels, and indeed especially … Continue reading →

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Labour’s target constituencies for the next general election

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Adrian Kavanagh, 1st June 2011 The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37. Due mainly to the party’s … Continue reading →

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Fine Gael’s target constituencies for the next general election

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Adrian Kavanagh, 1st June 2011 Following on the previous posts, which looked at marginal constituencies that could be targets for Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein gains at the next general election, I will now progress from the main opposition parties to … Continue reading →

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Sinn Fein’s target constituencies for the next general election

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Adrian Kavanagh, 31st May 2011 Sinn Fein emerged from General Election 2011 with the strongest ever performance in a Dail general election in the party’s history, or at least since the early 1920s, winning 10% of the vote and 14 seats in Dail … Continue reading →

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Fianna Fail’s target constituencies for the next general election

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Adrian Kavanagh, 31st May 2011 Fianna Fail’s poor election performance has lead some commentators to speculate that the party may be out of power for a considerable period of time, but a study of individual constituency results suggests that significant … Continue reading →

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