Category Archives: Referendum elections

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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Voter Turnout in Dublin City for the Marriage Equality/Presidential Candidate Age referendum contests

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd June 2015 As noted in last month’s post, the national voter turnout rate of 60.5% – which was just 9.4% lower than the turnout level for the 2011 General Election – for the Marriage Equality (and Presidential Candidate Age) … Continue reading →

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Tally Ho! Which local newspapers published tallies for the May 2015 elections

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th May 2015 As an electoral geographer, I am very interested in which local newspapers are publishing tallies for the Marriage Equality referendum and the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election contest in this week’s editions, or possibly in the following few … Continue reading →

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Geographical perspectives on the May 2015 referendum contests

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th May 2015  With a national turnout rate of 60.5% – just 9.4% lower than the turnout level for the 2011 General Election – the Marriage Equality referendum was passed with 62.1% of the valid votes, but the … Continue reading →

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The 1995 Divorce Referendum: A Geographical Retrospect

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 14th May 2015 With the upcoming presidential candidates age and marriage equality referendum contests to take place on 22nd May (2015), I thought it would be useful to look back at geographical patterns in turnout levels and Yes/No … Continue reading →

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How would Scottish Independence impact on electoral competition in the rest of the United Kingdom?

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th August 2014  A referendum on Scottish Independence is taking place on 18th September 2014. While the pre-contest opinion polls are suggesting that this will not be carried, it is worth remembering the range of Irish cases (2001 … Continue reading →

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Geography and Elections – 2013 Seanad Referendum voter turnout levels in Dublin City

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th November 2013 This post looks at voter turnout levels in the recent Seanad and Court of Appeals referendum contests, making specific reference to turnout differences at the Dail constituency level but also to turnout differences (based on … Continue reading →

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Seanad Referendum Debate, NUI Maynooth, Monday 30th September 2013 (7.00pm)

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

“Seanad Éireann – Should It Stay or Should It Go?” 7.00pm – 8.15pm, September 30th,

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Voting patterns and turnout levels in Referendum elections in the Republic of Ireland, 1937-2013

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 12th September 2013 After 4th October, there will have been thirty seven different referendum contests held in the history of the state, but some of these contests have taken place on the same date, while the same issue … Continue reading →

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Geography of Voter Turnout for the 2012 Childrens Referendum in Dublin City

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 13th December 2012 This post can be viewed as a follow on from the previous two posts, which studied the geography of voter turnout for the 2012 Fiscal Stability Treaty referendum at a sub-constituency level for the Dublin City constituencies, as … Continue reading →

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