Adrian Kavanagh, 13th February 2011
44 of the independent/small party candidates who are running in the 2011 General Election previous ran in electoral contests for other political parties, including 12 who previoiusly ran for the Labour Party, 11 who previously ran for Fianna Fail, 7 who previously ran for Fine Gael, 6 who previously ran for the Progressive Democrats, 4 who previously ran for Sinn Fein, 3 who previously ran for the Green Party and 1 who previously ran for the Workers Party.
| Constituency | Independents/Others |
| Carlow-Kilkenny | |
| Cavan-Monaghan | |
| Clare | James Breen FF, Jim Connolly LB |
| Cork East | |
| Cork North-Central | |
| Cork North-West | |
| Cork South-Central | |
| Cork South-West | |
| Donegal North-East | Ian McGarvey FF |
| Donegal South-West | Thomas Pringle SF |
| Dublin Central | Christy Burke SF |
| Dublin Mid-West | Colm McGrath FF |
| Dublin North | |
| Dublin North-Central | |
| Dublin North-East | |
| Dublin North-West | |
| Dublin South | Shane Ross FG |
| Dublin South-Central | Peter O’Neill FG |
| Dublin South-East | |
| Dublin South-West | |
| Dublin West | |
| Dun Laoghaire | Victor Boyhan PD, |
| Galway East | |
| Galway West | Noel Grealish PD, Catherine Connolly LB, Thomas Welby PD |
| Kerry North-West Lim | |
| Kerry South | Tom Fleming FF, Michael Gleeson LB, Richard Behal SF |
| Kildare North | Catherine Murphy DL/LB |
| Kildare South | |
| Laois-Offaly | Eddie Fitzpatrick PD, Fergus McDonnell PD, Ray Fitzpatrick LB, John Foley FF |
| Limerick City | Kevin Kiely FG |
| Limerick | Patrick O’Doherty GP |
| Longford-Westmeath | Kevin “Boxer” Moran FF |
| Louth | Thomas Clare FF, Gerry Crilly FG |
| Mayo | Michael Kilcoyne LB |
| Meath East | Sharon Keoghan FF |
| Meath West | |
| Roscommon-S Leitrim | |
| Sligo-North Leitrim | Declan Bree LB, Gabriel Mc Sharry LB, Alwyn Love LB, Veronica Cawley LB, Michael Clarke FF |
| Tipperary North | Michael Lowry FG |
| Tipperary South | Mattie McGrath FF |
| Waterford | Ben Nutty GP, Tom Higgins FG, John Halligan WP |
| Wexford | Seamus O’Brien LB, John Dwyer SF |
| Wicklow | Joe Behan FF, Nicky Kelly LB, Pat Kavanagh GP, Thomas Clarke PD, Charlie Keddy LB |
Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses 
Great Stuff Adrian.
A few more for you
Sligo North Leitrim -Michael Clarke ran for FF
Waterford -John Halligan ran for The Workers Party
Not sure if these were ever registered Parties
Cork South Central -Ted Neville previously ran for the Immigration Control Platform
Dublin North -Mark Harold ran for the Independents Health Alliance in 2002
Dublin South -Gerard Dolan ran for “Political Organisation For Work” in 1997
Roscommon- South Leitrim -Luke Flanagan previously ran for the ‘Choice Party’ .
Thanks – forgot to add Clarke as got lost in the ex-Labours in Sligo-North Leitrim! Should have also remembered that Halligan was ex-WP!
Does Ben Nutty not have a Fis Nua badge on him at this election? ElectionsIreland seemed to think so (and they’re all ex-Greens).