Louth
Louth
- No of Seats: 5
- No of Male Candidates: 15
- No of Female Candidates: 1
- Total number of GE11 candidates: 16
- No of TDs standing: 2
- No of Senators standing: 2
- No of Councillors standing: 1
- No of MEPs standing: 0
- No of Seats: 5
- Population (2006): 128600
- Population per TD: 25720
- Average Population per TD: 25541
- Variance (from average): 179
- % Variance: 0.70%
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: Thomas Clare (NV), Gerry Crilly, David Bradley, Robert Glynn, Frank Godfrey, Luke Martin, Fred Matthews, Robin Wilson
- Green Party candidates: Sen. Mark Dearey
- Labour Party candidates: Cllr. Ged Nash, Mary Moran
- Sinn Fein candidates: Gerry Adams MP MLA
- Fianna Fail candidates: Sen. James Carroll, Cllr. Declan Breathnach
- Fine Gael candidates: Fergus O'Dowd TD, Peter Fitzpatrick
- Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Thomas Clare FF, Gerry Crilly FG
- Young candidates (21-35):
- Retired/Retiring TDs: Arthur Morgan SF, Dermot Ahern FF
Opinion Polls
Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 16.60%
- FG: 42.90%
- Lab: 8.60%
- Green Party: 3.30%
- Sinn Fein: 26.60%
- Other: 1.90%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 2
- FG: 2
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 1
- Other: 0
Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 17.00%
- FG: 41.70%
- Lab: 10.30%
- Green Party: 1.70%
- Sinn Fein: 27.30%
- Other: 2.00%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 2
- FG: 2
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 1
- Other: 0
2007 Election Stats
- Size of Electorate: 86,007
- Total No. Votes: 55,606
- No. of valid votes: 55,014
- No. of spoiled votes: 592
- Quota: 11,003