Category Archives: Election boundaries

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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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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Gender, Candidate Selection and Constituency Size in the 2011 General Election

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Claire McGing

By Claire McGing, John and Pat Hume scholar and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) scholar, Dept of Geography, NUI Maynooth Research suggests that the larger the constituency size (often called the ‘district magnitude’), the better … Continue reading →

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146-seat Dail boundary configuration means very few breaches of county boundaries

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 17 May 2011 One of the main aims set down for the Constituency Commission is for the committee to avoid, if practicable breaching county boundaries when drawing up new/revising Dail constituency boundaries (with the exception of local authority … Continue reading →

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