Dublin Central

Dublin Central

  • No of Seats: 4
  • No of Male Candidates: 12
  • No of Female Candidates: 4
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 16
  • No of sitting TDs: 3
  • No of sitting Senators: 1
  • No of sitting Councillors: 4
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006) 104674
  • Population per TD* 26168.5
  • Average Population per TD* 25541
  • Variance (from average) 627.5
  • % Variance 2.46%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Maureen O'Sullivan TD, Cllr. Christy Burke, Cllr. Cieran Perry, Liam Johnston (FN), Malachy Steenson (WP), John Pluto Hyland, Paul O'Loughlin (CSP), Benny Cooney, Thomas Hollywood
  • Green Party Candidates: Phil Kearney
  • Labour Candidates: Joe Costello TD, Cllr. Aine Clancy
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Mary Lou McDonald
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Cyprian Brady TD, Cllr. Mary Fitzpatrick
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Sen. Pascal Donohoe
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party: Christy Burke SF
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Bertie Ahern (FF)

Polls

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

  • FF: 15.80%
  • FG: 12.60%
  • Lab: 19.50%
  • Green Party: 2.30%
  • Sinn Fein: 14.70%
  • Other: 35.10%

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

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

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

  • FF: 15.60%
  • FG: 11.80%
  • Lab: 22.60%
  • Green Party: 1.10%
  • Sinn Fein: 14.50%
  • Other: 34.50%

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

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

2007 Election Stats for Dublin Central

  • Size of Electorate: 63,423
  • Total No. Votes: 35,149
  • No. of Valid votes: 34,639
  • No. of spoiled votes: 510
  • Quota: 6,928

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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