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Tag Archives: by-election
Selected/Declared Candidates for the Dublin Bay South By-Election (8th July 2021)
Adrian Kavanagh, 15th June 2021 This post will list all the officially selected/declared candidates for the upcoming Dublin Bay South by-election, which will take place on Thursday 8th July 2021.
A Geographical Perspective on the Carlow-Kilkenny By-Election, 22nd May 2015
Adrian Kavanagh, 26th May 2015 The Carlow-Kilkenny Dail by-election was held on the same days as the Marriage Equality and Presidential Candidate Age referendum contests. Based on the list provided on the ElectionsIreland.org website, this was the 133rd Dail by-election … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, by-election, Carlow-Kilkenny, voter turnout
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Confirmed candidates for the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election
Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd December 2014 (regularly updated) Following the appointment of Phil Hogan as Ireland’s EU Commissioner, a vacancy has arisen in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency. A by-election for this constituency will take place on 22nd May 2015, with the writ being moved for … Continue reading
By-election winners and losers, 1980-2014
Adrian Kavanagh, 6th October 2014 Reviewing the past three decades of by-election results shows that government parties have tended to fare poorly in by-election contests (although three of the last four by-elections have been won by government parties), but does certain parties … Continue reading
Confirmed candidates for the Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South West by-elections
Adrian Kavanagh, 16th July 2014 (regularly updated) Following the elections of Luke Ming Flanagan (Midlands-North-West) and Brian Hayes (Dublin) at May’s European Parliament elections, vacancies have arisen in their two Dail constituencies of Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South-West respectively. These are … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, by-election, Dublin South West, Roscommon-Galway, Sligo-Leitrim
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Geographical perspectives on the Longford-Westmeath constituency
Adrian Kavanagh, 19th May 2014 When it comes to elections, Geography matters! But geography especially tends to have a bearing in the case of two-county general election constituencies such as the old Laois-Offaly constituency and the Longford-Westmeath constituency. With this … Continue reading
Posted in by-election, Election boundaries, Election data, Leinster, Voter turnout
Tagged 2014, by-election, Longford-Westmeath
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Confirmed candidates for the Longford-Westmeath and Dublin West by-elections
Adrian Kavanagh, 24th April 2014 With these contests taking place on the same day as the Local and European elections of May 23rd, this post lists the names of the candidates who will be contesting the Longford-Westmeath and Dublin West by-elections on this … Continue reading
Posted in by-election, Candidates, Gender
Tagged 2014, by-election, Dublin West, Longford-Westmeath
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By-election winners and losers, 1980-2013
Adrian Kavanagh, 24th April 2014 Reviewing the past three decades of by-election results shows that government parties have tended to fare poorly in by-election contests (although the last two by-elections have been won by government parties), but does certain parties … Continue reading
Voter turnout levels in Dail by-elections 1994-2011
Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd March 2013 Voter turnout levels in general elections in the Republic of Ireland, as in most other democracies tend to be higher than those in other types of elections, such as referendum elections, presidential elections and local … Continue reading
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Tagged by-election, Donegal, Dublin South Central, Dublin West, Kildare North, Meath East, Tipperary, voter turnout
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Losing the battle but winning the war?: General Election success for by-election losers (and by-election success for general election runners-up)
Adrian Kavanagh, March 6th 2013 What do Tomas MacGiolla, Dick Roche, Joe Higgins, Brian Hayes and Paul Gogarty all have in common? All of these candidates lost in by-election contests – MacGiolla (Dublin West 1982), Roche (Wicklow 1995), Higgins (Dublin West 1996), Hayes (Dublin … Continue reading
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