Meath-East
Meath East
- No of Seats: 3
- No of Male Candidates: 7
- No of Female Candidates: 2
- Total number of GE11 candidates: 9
- No of TDs standing: 2
- No of Senators standing: 1
- No of Councillors standing: 2
- No of MEPs standing: 0
- No of Seats: 3
- Population (2006): 76631
- Population per TD: 25544
- Average Population per TD: 25541
- Variance (from average): 3
- % Variance: 0.01%
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: Sharon Keogan (NV), Cllr. Joe Bonner
- Green Party candidates: Sean O Buachalla
- Labour Party candidates: Sen. Dominic Hannigan
- Sinn Fein candidates: Michael Gallagher
- Fianna Fail candidates: Thomas Byrne TD, Cllr. Nick Killian
- Fine Gael candidates: Shane McEntee TD, Cllr. Regina Doherty
- Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Sharon Keoghan FF
- Young candidates (21-35):
- Retired/Retiring TDs: Mary Wallace FF
Opinion Polls
Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 16.50%
- FG: 36.40%
- Lab: 19.70%
- Green Party: 1.30%
- Sinn Fein: 6.70%
- Other: 19.40%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 0
- 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: 16.30%
- FG: 34.20%
- Lab: 23.00%
- Green Party: 0.60%
- Sinn Fein: 6.60%
- Other: 19.20%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 0
- FG: 1
- Lab: 1
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 0
- Other: 1
2007 Election Stats
- Size of Electorate: 67,443
- Total No. Votes: 43,366
- No. of valid votes: 43,007
- No. of spoiled votes: 359
- Quota: 10,752