Limerick

Limerick

  • No of Seats: 3
  • No of Male Candidates: 10
  • No of Female Candidates: 0
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 10
  • No of TDs standing: 2
  • No of Senators standing: 0
  • No of Councillors standing: 2
  • No of MEPs standing: 0
  • No of Seats: 3
  • Population (2006): 75295
  • Population per TD: 25098
  • Average Population per TD: 25541
  • Variance (from average): -443
  • % Variance: -1.73%

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: John Dillon, Seamus Sherlock, Patrick O'Doherty, Con Cremin
  • Green Party candidates: Stephen Wall
  • Labour Party candidates: Cllr. James Heffernan
  • Sinn Fein candidates: Not contesting
  • Fianna Fail candidates: Niall Collins TD
  • Fine Gael candidates: Dan Neville TD, Cllr. Patrick O'Donovan, Cllr. William O'Donnell
  • Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Patrick O'Doherty GP
  • Young candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: John Cregan FF

Opinion Polls

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

  • FF: 21.20%
  • FG: 66.60%
  • Lab: 11.00%
  • Green Party: 1.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 0.00%
  • Other: 0.00%

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: 0

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

  • FF: 21.70%
  • FG: 64.50%
  • Lab: 13.30%
  • Green Party: 0.60%
  • Sinn Fein: 0.00%
  • Other: 0.00%

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: 0

2007 Election Stats (Limerick West)

  • Size of Electorate: 58,712
  • Total No. Votes: 40,812
  • No. of valid votes: 40,431
  • No. of spoiled votes: 381
  • Quota: 10,108