Category Archives: Election data

Does Size Matter? Reviewing the”Report on European Parliament Constituencies 2018″

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 24th September 2018 A new boundary report was published today by the Constituency Commission, outlining the new European Parliament election constituency boundaries that will be in place at the next European elections in May 2019. BREXIT and the … Continue reading →

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TDs (32nd Dáil Éireann) who will not be contesting the next general election

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 10th August 2018 Following on similar posts that were completed ahead of the 2011 General Election and the 2016 General Election, this post will list all of the Dail deputies who have retired/stepped down during the lifetime of … Continue reading →

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Geographical perspectives on the May 2018 referendum contest

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th May 2018 With a national turnout rate of 64.1% – just 1.0% lower than the national turnout level for the 2016 General Election – the Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy (Repeal of 8th Amendment) referendum was passed with 66.4% … Continue reading →

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Anti Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit Target Constituencies for the next General Election

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd June 2016 The earlier posts in this series have tried to identify potential target constituencies for the Green Party, for the Labour Party, for Sinn Fein, for Fianna Fail and for Fine Gael at the next general election based on … Continue reading →

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Green Party Target Constituencies for the next General Election

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 31st May 2016 Following on earlier posts, which tried to identify potential target constituencies for the Labour Party, for Sinn Fein, for Fianna Fail and for Fine Gael at the next general election based on an analysis of … Continue reading →

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Fianna Fail Target Constituencies for the next General Election

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 31st May 2016 Following on earlier posts, which tried to identify potential target constituencies for the Labour Party, for Sinn Fein and for Fine Gael at the next general election based on an analysis of the 2016 General … Continue reading →

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Sinn Fein Target Constituencies for the next General Election

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 30th May 2016 Following on earlier posts, which tried to identify potential target constituencies for the Labour Party and for Fine Gael at the next general election based on an analysis of the 2016 General Election constituency figures, this … Continue reading →

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Fine Gael Target Constituencies for the next General Election

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 23rd May 2016 Following the previous post, which tried to identify potential target constituencies for the Labour Party at the next general election based on an analysis of the 2016 General Election constituency figures, this post will involve a similar analysis for … Continue reading →

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Labour Party Target Constituencies for the next General Election

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th May 2016 Following the appointment of Brendan Howlin as the new leader of the Labour Party earlier on this day, this might be an appropriate point to consider the constituencies that Labour may be specifically targeting with … Continue reading →

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Constituency Electorate Sizes and Quota Estimates for the 2016 General Election

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th February 2016 The Department of Environment has now made available electorate figures for all of the 40 Dail constituencies being contested in next Friday’s (26th February) general election contest. As these stand, numbers on the supplementary register … Continue reading →

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