Category Archives: Constituency information

Thoughts on shape of new general election boundaries if the Constituency Commission opt for a 154-seat Dail

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 21st February 2012 A new Constituency Commission report on election boundaries (for general and European elections) is likely to be published some weeks after the final/definitive population by area statistics for Census 2011 are published by the Central … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on shape of new general election boundaries if the Constituency Commission opt for a 160-seat Dail

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th February 2012 A new Constituency Commission report on election boundaries (for general and European elections) is likely to be published some weeks after the final/definitive population by area statistics for Census 2011 are published by the Central … Continue reading →

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Commentary on submissions to the 2012 Constituency Commission

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th February 2012 Some months after the publication of provisional population by area figures by the Central Statistics Office for the 2011 Census, a new Constituency Commission was set in place to begin the process of redrawing European … Continue reading →

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Perspectives on the Dublin West constituency

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

On October 27th a by-election will take place in the Dublin West to fill the seat vacated following the death of Brian Lenihan TD. 13 candidates will be contesting this election, based on the official candidate information provided by the … Continue reading →

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By-elections: Bad for government parties’ health?

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

With the Dublin West by-election scheduled to take place on the same day as the Presidential Election, this is a good time to review statistics for voting patterns in recent by-election contests. This post, reviewing such patterns in the 23 … Continue reading →

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Electoral boundary proposals for a 156-seat Dail

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Until the Constituency Commission decides on the exact number of seats that will be in the next Dail – they have been set a range from 152 to 160 seats (or effectively a 153 to 160 seats range, as the 152 option … Continue reading →

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Commentary on election boundary implications of Census 2011 figures – 158 seat Dail context

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Following on from the previous post, this post will consider what might happen our current constituency configurations if a 158 seat tally was agreed on and in light of the provisional population levels:

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Commentary on election boundary implications of Census 2011 figures – 160 seat Dail context:

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Following on from the previous post, this post will consider what might happen our current constituency configurations if a 160 seat tally was agreed on and in light of the provisional population levels:

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Commentary on election boundary implications of Census 2011 figures – 156 seat Dail context

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

The publication of preliminary population and population by area figures for the 2011 Census on June 30th point to the need for extensive boundary changes, especially in light of the government commitment to significantly reduce the number of Dail seats. … Continue reading →

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Sinn Fein’s target constituencies for the next general election

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

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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