Category Archives: Candidates

Seanad 2011 results – Administrative panel

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th April 2011 Fine Gael 3 seats, Fianna Fail 2 seats, Labour Party 2 seats Elected: Mark Daly FF, John Kelly LB, Diarmuid Wilson FF, Michael W D’Arcy FG, Martin Conway FG, Tom Sheahan FG, Dennis Landy LB (Inside panel candidates underlined) Having failed … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Industrial and Commercial panel

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th April 2011 Fine Gael 4 seats, Fianna Fail 3 seats, Labour Party 1 seat, Sinn Fein 1 seat Elected: Jimmy Harte LB, Averil Power FF, Mary White FF, Marc McSharry FF, Imelda Henry FG, Paul Coghlan FG, Colm Burke FG, Catherine Noone … Continue reading →

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Seanad Elections – Part IV Gender and the Vocational Panels

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15 April 2011 Given that elected politicians (county and city councillors, TDs, Senators) for the electorate for the vocational panel elections, it is not surprising that females account for a relatively small proportion of the eligible electors for … Continue reading →

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Seanad Elections – Part II Candidates

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

  Seanad (vocational panels) candidates by constituency, 2011 General Election Adrian Kavanagh, 15 April 2011 The last post showed that certain parts of the states and certain constituencies – mainly two-county constituencies located in mainly rural areas such as the … Continue reading →

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Votes won by Female candidates in 2011 General Election

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 8th March 2011 For the day that’s in it – this post ranks constituencies based on the share of the vote won by female candidates in the 2011 General Election. Even though there was no noticeable urban-rural divide … Continue reading →

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The fate of 2007’s poll toppers

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 8th March 2011 In a previous post, I outlined the candidates who topped the polls in their constituencies in the 2007 General Election and queried what their fate would be in the 2011 contest. This post will outline … Continue reading →

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From poll toppers to poll droppers?

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh 24th February 2011 One interesting fact to look at could be the fate of the candidates who topped the polls (i.e. won most votes, not necessarily first elected!) in the 43 different constituencies in 2007 – from what I … Continue reading →

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Geography and voting trends: Galway East constituency

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd February 2011 Voting patterns are geographical patterns – as shown is this example from the Galway East constituency.

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First time (Dail election) candidate details

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 11th February 2011 This post contains details on all of the candidates who will be contesting their first ever Dail (general) election in 2011. This list will include candidates who may have previously contested in local, European, Assembly and … Continue reading →

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Retired/Retiring TDs

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 30th January 2010 Linking in with 6th January’s Irish Times article by Mary Minihan, this is the list of TDs elected in 2007, who retired during the lifetime of the current Dail or who will be retiring at the … Continue reading →

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