Laois-Offaly:

Laois-Offaly
- No of Seats: 5
- No of Male Candidates: 20
- No of Female Candidates: 1
- Total number of GE11 candidates: 21
- No of TDs standing: 3
- No of Senators standing: 0
- No of Councillors standing: 10
- No of MEPs standing: 0
- No of Seats: 5
- Population (2006): 133651
- Population per TD: 26730
- Average Population per TD: 25541
- Variance (from average): 1189
- % Variance: 4.66%
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. John Leahy, Cllr. Rotimi Adebari, Cllr. Eddie Fitzpatrick, Cllr. John Foley, Fergus McDonnell TC, Liam Dumpleton, Ray Fitzpatrick (Laois-Offaly SP-ULA), James Fanning, Michael Patrick Cox, John Boland, John Bracken
- Green Party candidates: Christopher Fettes
- Labour Party candidates: John Whelan
- Sinn Fein candidates: Cllr. Brian Stanley
- Fianna Fail candidates: John Moloney TD, Sean Fleming TD, Cllr. Barry Cowen
- Fine Gael candidates: Charles Flanagan TD, Cllr. Liam Quinn, Liam Quinn, Cllr. John Moran, Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy
- Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Eddie Fitzpatrick PD, Fergus McDonnell PD, Ray Fitzpatrick LB, John Foley FF
- Young candidates (21-35):
- Retired/Retiring TDs: Olwyn Enright FG, Brian Cowen FF
Opinion Polls
Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 27.90%
- FG: 50.30%
- Lab: 5.10%
- Green Party: 0.60%
- Sinn Fein: 11.40%
- Other: 4.60%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 2
- FG: 3
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 0
- Other: 0
Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 28.50%
- FG: 48.70%
- Lab: 6.20%
- Green Party: 0.30%
- Sinn Fein: 11.60%
- Other: 4.70%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 2
- FG: 3
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 0
- Other: 0
2007 Election Stats
- Size of Electorate: 103,673
- Total No. Votes: 72,153
- No. of valid votes: 71,491
- No. of spoiled votes: 662
- Quota: 11,916