Tipperary South

Tipperary South

  • No of Seats: 3
  • No of Male Candidates: 7
  • No of Female Candidates: 1
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 8
  • No of TDs standing: 3
  • No of Senators standing: 1
  • No of Councillors standing: 3
  • No of MEPs standing: 0
  • No of Seats: 3
  • Population (2006): 74748
  • Population per TD: 24916
  • Average Population per TD: 25541
  • Variance (from average): -625
  • % Variance: -2.45%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Mattie McGrath TD, Cllr. Seamus Healy (WUAG-ULA)
  • Green Party candidates: Paul McNally
  • Labour Party candidates: Sen. Phil Prendergast
  • Sinn Fein candidates: Michael Brown TC
  • Fianna Fail candidates: Martin Mansergh TD
  • Fine Gael candidates: Tom Hayes TD, Cllr. Michael Murphy
  • Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Mattie McGrath FF
  • 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: 7.40%
  • FG: 21.60%
  • Lab: 10.50%
  • Green Party: 0.50%
  • Sinn Fein: 3.80%
  • Other: 56.30%

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

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

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

  • FF: 7.30%
  • FG: 20.40%
  • Lab: 12.30%
  • Green Party: 0.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 3.80%
  • Other: 56.00%

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

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

Constituency Poll:

  • Séamus Healy IND (ULA) 26%
  • Tom Hayes FG 25%
  • Mattie McGrath IND 14%
  • Phil Prendergast Lab 14%
  • Martin Mansergh FF 10%
  • Michael Murphy FG 6%
  • Michael Brown SF 5%
  • Paul McNally GP  0%

(Source: Ipsos/MRBI - Irish Times)

2007 Election Stats

  • Size of Electorate: 54,637
  • Total No. Votes: 39,112
  • No. of valid votes: 38,782
  • No. of spoiled votes: 330
  • Quota: 9,696

Credits: Thanks to Adrian Kavanagh of NUI Maynooth who has created an excellent resource at this website. Other data is drawn from Oireachtas.ie, the Central Statistics Office and ElectionsIreland.org

Demographics, socio-economic indicators and other statistics based on 2006 Census (via CSO and Oireachtas.ie):