Carlow-Kilkenny

Carlow-Kilkenny

  • No of Seats: 5
  • No of Male Candidates: 15
  • No of Female Candidates: 4
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 19
  • No of sitting TDs: 4
  • No of sitting Senators: 1
  • No of sitting Councillors: 6
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006): 133,745
  • Population per TD*: 26,749
  • Average Population per TD*: 25,541
  • Variance (from average): 1,208
  • % Variance 4.73%

    Candidates

    • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Conor MacLiam (SP-ULA), Noel G Walsh, David Murphy, Johnny Couchman, John O'Hara, Ramie Leahy, John Dalton, Stephen Kelly
    • Green Party Candidates: Mary White TD
    • Labour Party Candidates: Cllr. Ann Phelan, Cllr. Des Hurley
    • Sinn Fein Candidates: Kathleen Funchion TC, John Cassin TC
    • Fianna Fail Candidates: John McGuinness TD, Bobby Aylward TD, Cllr. Jennifer Murnane
    • Fine Gael Candidates: Phil Hogan TD, Sen. John Paul Phelan, Cllr. Patrick Deering
    • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party:
    • Young Candidates (21-35):
    • Retired/Retiring TDs: Carlow-Kilkenny: MJ Nolan (FF)

    Polls

    Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency)

    • FF: 21.30%
    • FG: 49.00%
    • Lab: 18.20%
    • Green Party: 3.90%
    • Sinn Fein: 7.60%
    • Other: 0.00%

    This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):

    • FF: 1
    • FG: 3
    • Lab: 1
    • Green Party: 0
    • Sinn Fein: 0
    • Other: 0

    Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency)

    • FF: 21.60%
    • FG: 47.10%
    • Lab: 21.70%
    • Green Party: 2.00%
    • Sinn Fein: 7.70%
    • Other: 0.00%

    This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):

    • FF: 1
    • FG: 3
    • Lab: 1
    • Green Party: 0
    • Sinn Fein: 0
    • Other: 0

    2007 Election Stats for Carlow/Kilkenny

    • Size of Electorate: 102,016
    • Total No. Votes: 68,359
    • No. of Valid votes: 67,654
    • No. of spoiled votes: 705
    • Quota: 11,276

    Credits: Thanks to Adrian Kavanagh of NUI Maynooth who has created an excellent resource at this website. Other data is drawn from Oireachtas.ie, the Central Statistics Office and ElectionsIreland.org

    Demographics, socio-economic indicators and other statistics based on 2006 Census (via CSO and Oireachtas.ie):

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