Kildare North

Kildare North

• No of Seats: 4
• No of Male Candidates: 10
• No of Female Candidates: 2
• Total number of GE11 candidates: 12
• No of TDs standing: 4
• No of Senators standing: 0
• No of Councillors standing: 4
• No of MEPs standing: 0
• No of Seats: 4
• Population (2006): 106500
• Population per TD: 26625
• Average Population per TD: 25541
• Variance (from average): 1084
• % Variance: 4.24%

Sources of data: CSO, Oireachtas.ie, Dr Adrian Kavanagh (NUI Maynooth), ElectionsIreland.org, Electoral Commission, Ipsos/MRBI - Irish Times, Red C.

Candidates

• Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr Catherine Murphy, Eric Doyle-Higgins, Bart Murphy, Michael Beirne
• Green Party candidates: Shane Fitzgerald TC
• Labour Party candidates: Emmett Stagg TD, Cllr. John McGinley
• Sinn Fein candidates: Martin Kelly
• Fianna Fail candidates: Aine Brady TD, Michael Fitzpatrick TD
• Fine Gael candidates: Bernard Durkan TD, Cllr. Anthony Lawlor
• Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Catherine Murphy DL/LB
• Young candidates (21-35):
• Retired/Retiring TDs: none

Opinion Polls

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

• FF: 14.20%
• FG: 28.30%
• Lab: 27.30%
• Green Party: 2.00%
• Sinn Fein: 3.90%
• Other: 24.30%

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

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

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

• FF: 13.90%
• FG: 26.20%
• Lab: 31.40%
• Green Party: 1.00%
• Sinn Fein: 3.80%
• Other: 23.70%

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

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

2007 Election Stats

• Size of electorate: 71,311
• Total no. votes: 45,423
• No. of valid votes: 45,191
• No. of spoiled votes: 232
• Quota: 9,039