Category Archives: by-election

May 2026 Bye-Elections: Rare Government “Pick Up”, Good Day for the Centre Left and an “OK-ish” Turnout Level

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25 May 2026 Bye-election contests are usually bad news for government parties, especially if these occur in the middle of the electoral cycle. Between 1982 and this weekend’s elections, government parties had won by-election contests on only three … Continue reading →

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Selected/Declared Candidates for the 2026 Galway West and Dublin Central By-Elections

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, first posted 5th January 2026 – updated Friday 1st May 2026 This post will list all the officially selected/declared candidates for the upcoming Galway West and Dublin Central by-elections, which will take place on 22 May 2026.

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Selected/Declared Candidates for the Dublin Bay South By-Election (8th July 2021)

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15th June 2021 This post will list all the officially selected/declared candidates for the upcoming Dublin Bay South by-election, which will take place on Thursday 8th July 2021.

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Tally Ho! Which local newspapers published tallies for the May 2015 elections

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th May 2015 As an electoral geographer, I am very interested in which local newspapers are publishing tallies for the Marriage Equality referendum and the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election contest in this week’s editions, or possibly in the following few … Continue reading →

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A Geographical Perspective on the Carlow-Kilkenny By-Election, 22nd May 2015

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th May 2015  The Carlow-Kilkenny Dail by-election was held on the same days as the Marriage Equality and Presidential Candidate Age referendum contests. Based on the list provided on the ElectionsIreland.org website, this was the 133rd Dail by-election … Continue reading →

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Confirmed candidates for the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd December 2014 (regularly updated) Following the appointment of Phil Hogan as Ireland’s EU Commissioner, a vacancy has arisen in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency. A by-election for this constituency will take place on 22nd May 2015, with the writ being moved for … Continue reading →

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By-election winners and losers, 1980-2014

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th October 2014 Reviewing the past three decades of by-election results shows that government parties have tended to fare poorly in by-election contests (although three of the last four by-elections have been won by government parties), but does certain parties … Continue reading →

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Confirmed candidates for the Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South West by-elections

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 16th July 2014 (regularly updated) Following the elections of Luke Ming Flanagan (Midlands-North-West) and Brian Hayes (Dublin) at May’s European Parliament elections, vacancies have arisen in their two Dail constituencies of Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South-West respectively. These are … Continue reading →

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Labouring in Vain? The Labour Party’s performance at the May 23rd elections

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd June 2014  The 1985 Local Elections saw a Labour Party – which was part of a coalition government with Fine Gael – fare poorly, with its national share of the vote dropping to just over seven percent … Continue reading →

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How far Left? People Before Profit Alliance and Anti Austerity Alliance/Socialist Party at the May 23rd elections

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 31st May 2014 The 2014 Local Elections were good elections in general for the smaller left of centre groupings, but especially for the two largest parties/alliances within these groupings – the People Before Profit Alliance and the Anti … Continue reading →

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