Category Archives: Local Elections 2014

2014 Local Election seat estimates based on a constituency-level analysis of RTE Exit Polll

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 24 May 2014 This post attempts to ascertain what the different political parties/groupings’ seat levels might for the City and County Council elections on the basis of the RTE Exit Poll support figures, along the lines of similar analyses on The Irish Political … Continue reading →

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Today’s elections: Why voter turnout matters

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 21st May 2014 – updated 23rd May 2014 This year, local and European elections are taking place on Friday 23rd May (TODAY!!!), while voters in Dublin West and Longford-Westmeath also get to vote in a Dáil by-election. The … Continue reading →

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Does size matter? The largest/smallest (re: area) local and European election constituencies

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th May 2014 NB: If you are using information from the page/website for publications/talks/interviews etc, make sure to highlight this site as the source of your information please. Believe me, a lot of my work/time has been put into … 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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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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People Before Profit Alliance candidates for the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 28th January 2014 with further updates as new candidate nominations announced  An updated version from the series of my rolling blog posts on local election candidate selections, in which I detail the latest information as to … Continue reading →

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Anti Austerity Alliance candidates for the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 28th January 2014 with further updates as new candidate nominations are announced  An updated version of  my rolling blog posts, in which I detail the latest information as to candidate selections relating to the different political … Continue reading →

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Former TDs contesting the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 14th January 2014  As noted in the earlier post on the Fine Gael TDs who lost their seats at the 2002 General Election, former TDs can often decide to contest the following local elections after having lost their … Continue reading →

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