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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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Votes won by Female candidates in 2011 General Election

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

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 … Continue reading →

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Gender and candidate selection at the 2011 General Election

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – updated on 11th May 2011 Constituency level figures on candidate selection by gender for the 2011 General Election.

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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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