Clare

Clare

  • No of Seats: 4
  • No of Male Candidates: 13
  • No of Female Candidates: 3
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 16
  • No of sitting TDs: 3
  • No of sitting Senators: 0
  • No of sitting Councillors: 2
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006): 105,571
  • Population per TD*: 26,392.75
  • Average Population per TD*: 25,541
  • Variance (from average): 851.75
  • % Variance: 3.33%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr. James Breen, Jim Connolly, JJ McCabe, Brian Markham, Gerry Walshe, Ann Cronin, Ciaran O'Dea, Sarah Ferrigan, Madeline McAleer, Patrick Brassil
  • Green Party Candidates: Cllr Brian Meaney
  • Labour Candidates: Michael McNamara
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Not contesting
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Timmy Dooley TD, Dr. John Hillery
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Pat Breen TD, Joe Carey TD, Cllr. Tony Mulcahy
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party: James Breen FF, Jim Connolly LB
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Clare: Tony Killeen FF

Polls

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

  • FF: 17.40%
  • FG: 51.60%
  • Lab: 2.70%
  • Green Party: 2.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 6.10%
  • Other: 20.10%

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: 0
  • Other: 1

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

  • FF: 18.00%
  • FG: 50.60%
  • Lab: 3.30%
  • Green Party: 1.10%
  • Sinn Fein: 6.30%
  • Other: 20.70%

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: 0
  • Other: 1

2007 Election Stats for Clare

  • Size of Electorate: 79,555
  • Total No. Votes: 56,770
  • No. of Valid votes: 56,385
  • No. of spoiled votes: 385
  • Quota: 11,278

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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