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Successful Election 2011 candidates by prior elected office

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 30th February 2011 With a significant number of retiring TDs at this general election, added further to be significant seat loss numbers amongst Fianna Fail and Green Party incumbents (in addition to the losses by three Fine Gael … Continue reading →

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Commentary on voting trends in 2011 General Election

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th February 2011 Party Support trends: The big story in this election is no doubt the extent of the swing against the government parties, with Fianna Fail and the Green Party losing a combined total of over half … Continue reading →

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Turnout levels by constituency, 2007 General Election

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th February 2011 Voter turnout (%) levels by constituency, 2007 General Election

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Candidates currently holding elected office

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 13th February 2011 The following list details the number of candidates in different constituencies who currently already hold an elected office. Note that the councillors numbers here includes candidates who are county/city councillors and town councillors.

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Independents who previously ran for other political parties

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 13th February 2011 44 of the independent/small party candidates who are running in the 2011 General Election previous ran in electoral contests for other political parties, including 12 who previoiusly ran for the Labour Party, 11 who previously ran … Continue reading →

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Sinn Fein candidate selections

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – updated on 7th February 2011 I found it more difficult to access as much reliable candidate selection information from the Sinn Fein website as I was able to do from the Fine Gael/Labour websites, but this is list of my current … Continue reading →

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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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Fianna Fail by election performances in 1990s and 2000s – data

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – updated on 1 December 2010 Fianna Fail by election performances in 1990s and 2000s – data This post contains Fianna Fail support data for constituencies where by elections have been held over the past twenty years – … Continue reading →

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