Tag Archives: Constituency size

Commentary on election boundary implications of Census 2011 figures – 160 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 160 seat tally was agreed on and in light of the provisional population levels:

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Commentary on election boundary implications of Census 2011 figures – 156 seat Dail context

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

The publication of preliminary population and population by area figures for the 2011 Census on June 30th point to the need for extensive boundary changes, especially in light of the government commitment to significantly reduce the number of Dail seats. … Continue reading →

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Gender, Candidate Selection and Constituency Size in the 2011 General Election

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Claire McGing

By Claire McGing, John and Pat Hume scholar and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) scholar, Dept of Geography, NUI Maynooth Research suggests that the larger the constituency size (often called the ‘district magnitude’), the better … Continue reading →

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146-seat Dail boundary configuration means very few breaches of county boundaries

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 17 May 2011 One of the main aims set down for the Constituency Commission is for the committee to avoid, if practicable breaching county boundaries when drawing up new/revising Dail constituency boundaries (with the exception of local authority … Continue reading →

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Seanad Elections – Part IV Gender and the Vocational Panels

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15 April 2011 Given that elected politicians (county and city councillors, TDs, Senators) for the electorate for the vocational panel elections, it is not surprising that females account for a relatively small proportion of the eligible electors for … Continue reading →

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Seanad Elections – Part I The Electorate

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh 14 April 2011 Voting for the vocational panels and the university panels is currently ongoing with the votes for these constituencies due to be counted in a few weeks time. Voting for these panels is not organised on … Continue reading →

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Swings and round-up-the-counts: Constituency marginality in 2011 General Election

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

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 … 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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