Tag Archives: Constituency size

Levels of variance per Dail constituency based on definitive Census 2011 population figures

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, March 29 2011 The definitive Census 2011 population figures have been published today. Election boundary changes (for general and European elections) will be made on the basis of these, but this time are taking place in the context … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on shape of new general election boundaries if the Constituency Commission opt for a 158-seat Dail

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 23rd February 2012 A new Constituency Commission report on election boundaries (for general and European elections) is likely to be published some weeks after the final/definitive population by area statistics for Census 2011 are published by the Central … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on shape of new general election boundaries if the Constituency Commission opt for a 156-seat Dail

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 21st February 2012 A new Constituency Commission report on election boundaries (for general and European elections) is likely to be published some weeks after the final/definitive population by area statistics for Census 2011 are published by the Central Statistics … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on shape of new general election boundaries if the Constituency Commission opt for a 154-seat Dail

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 21st February 2012 A new Constituency Commission report on election boundaries (for general and European elections) is likely to be published some weeks after the final/definitive population by area statistics for Census 2011 are published by the Central … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on shape of new general election boundaries if the Constituency Commission opt for a 160-seat Dail

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th February 2012 A new Constituency Commission report on election boundaries (for general and European elections) is likely to be published some weeks after the final/definitive population by area statistics for Census 2011 are published by the Central … Continue reading →

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Commentary on submissions to the 2012 Constituency Commission

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th February 2012 Some months after the publication of provisional population by area figures by the Central Statistics Office for the 2011 Census, a new Constituency Commission was set in place to begin the process of redrawing European … Continue reading →

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Female candidacies and success levels in 2009’s local electoral contests

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 2nd February 2012 Given the day that’s in it, many will be considering the effect of gender quotas and whether increased levels of female candidates will necessarily translate into a higher level of female representatives. I would argue … Continue reading →

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Perspectives on the Dublin West constituency

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

On October 27th a by-election will take place in the Dublin West to fill the seat vacated following the death of Brian Lenihan TD. 13 candidates will be contesting this election, based on the official candidate information provided by the … Continue reading →

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Electoral boundary proposals for a 156-seat Dail

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Until the Constituency Commission decides on the exact number of seats that will be in the next Dail – they have been set a range from 152 to 160 seats (or effectively a 153 to 160 seats range, as the 152 option … Continue reading →

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Commentary on election boundary implications of Census 2011 figures – 158 seat Dail context

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Following on from the previous post, this post will consider what might happen our current constituency configurations if a 158 seat tally was agreed on and in light of the provisional population levels:

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