Adrian Kavanagh, 10th March 2011
While not involving the raft of close contests that marked General Election 2002, there were still sufficient close calls and marathon counts to whet the appetite in this year’s election, with the following table ranking constituencies in terms of the number of votes separating the last two candidates on the final count. Continue reading
Adrian Kavanagh, 8th March 2011
For the day that’s in it – this post ranks constituencies based on the share of the vote won by female candidates in the 2011 General Election. Even though there was no noticeable urban-rural divide in terms of candidacy levels (probably reflecting the higher number of mainly male independent candidates in the Dublin region in this election) a noticeable difference emerges between Dublin/urban Ireland and the rest of Ireland/rural areas in terms of vote share. Continue reading
Adrian Kavanagh, 8th March 2011
In a previous post, I outlined the candidates who topped the polls in their constituencies in the 2007 General Election and queried what their fate would be in the 2011 contest. This post will outline what happened these candidates in this election. Continue reading
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 incumbents), there was ample scope for the election of new members of Dail Eireann at this general election. But how many of these will have prior experience of electoral office. Continue reading
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 a million of the votes those parties won in 2007. Continue reading
Adrian Kavanagh, 25th February 2011
Adrian Kavanagh 24th February 2011
One interesting fact to look at could be the fate of the candidates who topped the polls (i.e. won most votes, not necessarily first elected!) in the 43 different constituencies in 2007 – from what I see a number have retired but some of the rest could be at risk of losing their seats in this election. In 2007 Fianna Fail candidates topped the poll in 36 constituencies, Fine Gael candidates in five, while a Labour and Independent candidate topped the poll in one constituency. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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 for Fianna Fail, 7 who previously ran for Fine Gael, 6 who previously ran for the Progressive Democrats, 4 who previously ran for Sinn Fein, 3 who previously ran for the Green Party and 1 who previously ran for the Workers Party. Continue reading
Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd February 2011
Voting patterns are geographical patterns – as shown is this example from the Galway East constituency. Continue reading
