Cavan-Monaghan

Cavan-Monaghan

  • No of Seats: 5
  • No of Male Candidates: 9
  • No of Female Candidates: 5
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 14
  • No of sitting TDs: 3
  • No of sitting Senators: 1
  • No of sitting Councillors: 4
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006) 120,000
  • Population per TD* 24,000
  • Average Population per TD* 25,541
  • Variance (from average) -1541
  • % Variance -6.03%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr. Seamus Treanor, John McGuirk (NV),  Caroline Forde, Joseph Duffy
  • Green Party Candidates: Darcy Lonergan
  • Labour Candidates: Liam Hogan
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD, Kathryn Reilly
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Brendan Smith TD, Margaret Conlon TD
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Sen. Joe O'Reilly, Cllr. Heather Humphries, Cllr. Peter McVitty, Sean Conlan TC
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party:
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Seymour Crawford (FG), Rory O'Hanlon (FF)

Polls

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

  • FF: 13.20%
  • FG: 40.40%
  • Lab: 1.80%
  • Green Party: 1.40%
  • Sinn Fein: 31.40%
  • Other: 11.80%

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

  • FF: 1
  • FG: 2
  • Lab: 0
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 2
  • Other: 0

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

  • FF: 13.50%
  • FG: 39.30%
  • Lab: 2.20%
  • Green Party: 0.70%
  • Sinn Fein: 32.10%
  • Other: 12.10%

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

  • FF: 1
  • FG: 2
  • Lab: 0
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 2
  • Other: 0

2007 Election Stats for Cavan/ Monaghan

  • Size of Electorate: 92,248
  • Total No. Votes: 66,547
  • No. of Valid Votes: 65,787
  • No. of spoiled votes: 760
  • Quota: 13,158

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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