Category Archives: Gender

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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Gender and candidate selection at the 2011 General Election

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – updated on 11th May 2011 Constituency level figures on candidate selection by gender for the 2011 General Election.

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The Bigger the Better: Female Candidates and Constituency Size in the 2007 General Election

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Claire McGing

Claire McGing, Dept of Geography, NUI Maynooth (Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Scholar) Some international scholars have suggested that large constituency sizes (the number of seats in a constituency is often called the ‘district magnitude’) … Continue reading →

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