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Tag Archives: Donegal
Census 2016 Definitive Population by Area Figures: What these mean for the 2017 Constituency Commission review
Adrian Kavanagh, 6th April 2017 The final/definitive population by area Census 2016 figures were published earlier today (at 11 am), showing a population level within the state of 4,761,865, marking a notable increase (of 173,613 – 3.8%) on the 4,588,252 population … Continue reading
Posted in Census 2016, Constituency Commission, Election boundaries, Uncategorized
Tagged 2017, Carlow-Kilkenny, Cavan-Monaghan, Census, Clare, Constituency Commission, Donegal, Dublin Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin North West, Dublin West, Galway East, Galway West, Kildare South, Laois, Limerick City, Limerick County, Mayo, Offaly, Sligo-Leitrim, Tipperary
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Sinn Fein Target Constituencies for the next General Election
Adrian Kavanagh, 30th May 2016 Following on earlier posts, which tried to identify potential target constituencies for the Labour Party and for Fine Gael at the next general election based on an analysis of the 2016 General Election constituency figures, this … Continue reading
Posted in Election data, General Election, Target constituencies
Tagged Donegal, Dublin Bay South, Galway West, Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein, Wexford
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The 1995 Divorce Referendum: A Geographical Retrospect
Adrian Kavanagh, 14th May 2015 With the upcoming presidential candidates age and marriage equality referendum contests to take place on 22nd May (2015), I thought it would be useful to look back at geographical patterns in turnout levels and Yes/No … Continue reading
Posted in Referendum elections
Tagged 2015, Donegal, Dublin Rathdown, Dun Laoghaire, Limerick City, referenda, Waterford
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Fine Gael’s Top Ten Problem/Promising Constituencies ahead of the next General Election
With little more than a year (at most!) to go until the next general election and with the candidate selection convention process likely to commence in the coming months, I am going to start of a series of posts where … Continue reading
Posted in Constituency Commission, Election boundaries, General Election
Tagged Cavan-Monaghan, Cork South Central, Cork South West, Donegal, Dublin Central, Dublin North West, Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South Central, Dublin South West, Dun Laoghaire, Fine Gael, Galway East, Galway West, Laois, Limerick, Limerick City, Longford-Westmeath, Louth, Offaly, Roscommon-Galway, Wicklow
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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
Posted in by-election, Election data, Voter turnout
Tagged by-election, Donegal, Dublin South Central, Dublin West, Kildare North, Meath East, Tipperary, voter turnout
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A geographical view of the 2012 Children’s Referendum vote
Adrian Kavanagh, 12th November 2012 The Children’s Referendum vote, which took place on Satuday (10th November 2012), was passed on a lower than expected (but rather comfortable) margin of 615,731 votes (58.00%) to 445,863 (42.00%). This referendum vote had the third lowest ever … Continue reading
Posted in Election data, Electoral Geography (voting maps), Referendum elections, Voter turnout
Tagged 2012, Donegal, referenda, Sinn Fein, voter turnout
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Estimating 2011 General Election seats levels using new Constituency Commission 2012 election boundaries
Adrian Kavanagh, 6th July 2012 Last month’s Constituency Commission report and the decision to reduce the number of Dail seats by 8 will have a profound impact on the result of, and the number of seats won by different parties at, the … Continue reading
Posted in Constituency Commission, Election boundaries, Election data, Tally figures
Tagged boundaries, Cork North Central, Donegal, Dublin Bay North, Dublin Central, Dublin North West, Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South Central, Dun Laoghaire, Galway East, Kerry, Kildare South, Laois, Offaly, Tipperary
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Political impacts of the 2012 Constituency Commission report: 2011 General Election party support estimates and changing political landscapes in the new constituency areas
Adrian Kavanagh, 25th June 2012 The creation of new election boundaries for the next general election, associated with the reduction in the number of Dail seat numbers by eight, in the 2012 Constituency Commission report has fundamentally altered the rules … Continue reading
Posted in Constituency Commission, Constituency information, Election boundaries, Election data, Tally figures
Tagged 2012, boundaries, Cavan-Monaghan, Constituency size, Cork North Central, Cork North West, Cork South Central, Donegal, Dublin Bay North, Dublin Bay South, Dublin Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin North West, Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South Central, Dublin South West, Dublin West, Dun Laoghaire, Galway East, Galway West, Kerry, Kildare North, Kildare South, Laois, Limerick, Limerick City, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon-Galway, Sligo-Leitrim, Tipperary, Waterford
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Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses 