Category Archives: Candidates

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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TDs (31st Dáil Éireann) who will not be contesting the next general election

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd September 2014 Following on a similar post that was completed ahead of the 2011 General Election, this post will list all of the Dail deputies who have retired/stepped down during the lifetime of the current Dail or who … 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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Official Local Elections 2014 results from City and County Council websites

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th May 2014 This post will attempt to provide links to all the City/County Council websites that have published official election results for the different 2014 Local Election contests in all the different electoral areas within their local authority … Continue reading →

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Local Elections 2014 page links for City and County Council websites

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th April 2014 This short post aims to list all the official Local Elections 2014 pages across the webpages of the different City and County Councils. As well as listing details on aspects of the elections process (including … Continue reading →

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Confirmed candidates for the Longford-Westmeath and Dublin West by-elections

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 24th April 2014 With these contests taking place on the same day as the Local and European elections of May 23rd, this post lists the names of the candidates who will be contesting the Longford-Westmeath and Dublin West by-elections on this … Continue reading →

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By-election winners and losers, 1980-2013

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 24th April 2014 Reviewing the past three decades of by-election results shows that government parties have tended to fare poorly in by-election contests (although the last two by-elections have been won by government parties), but does certain parties … Continue reading →

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Nomination Process for 2014 Local Elections candidates

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th March 2014 If you are a (potential) candidate for the 2014 Local Elections, you will find that all details on how to formally be nominated as a local elections candidate will be provided by your local City/County … Continue reading →

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Sitting County/City Councillors who lost out at 2014 Local Elections selection conventions

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh 4th February 2014 This post will attempt to list all of the City/County Councillors who lost out in local election selection conventions for their respective parties (including those who were subsequently added to the candidate list by their … Continue reading →

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Poll Toppers at the 2009 Local (City and County Council) Elections

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 30th January 2014 In the lead up to, and in the immediate aftermath of, the 2011 General Election, I produced a post reviewing the poll toppers in each of the different constituencies at the 2007 General Election and … Continue reading →

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