Donegal North-East

Donegal North-East

  • No of Seats: 3
  • No of Male Candidates: 10
  • No of Female Candidates: 1
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 11
  • No of sitting TDs: 2
  • No of sitting Senators: 0
  • No of sitting Councillors: 3
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006): 73,874
  • Population per TD*: 24,624.66667
  • Average Population per TD*: 25,541
  • Variance (from average): -916.3333333
  • % Variance: -3.59%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr. Ian McGarvey, Ryan Stewart  (NV), Betty Holmes, Dessie Shiels, Dara Blaney (NV), Ian McGarvey
  • Green Party Candidates: Humphrey Murphy
  • Labour Candidates: Cllr. Jimmy Harte
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Cllr. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Cllr. Charlie McConalogue
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Joe McHugh TD, Cllr. John Ryan
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party: Ian McGarvey (FF)
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Jim McDaid (FF), Niall Blaney (FF)

Polls

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

  • FF: 19.50%
  • FG: 32.50%
  • Lab: 3.10%
  • Green Party: 0.60%
  • Sinn Fein: 30.50%
  • Other: 13.80%

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

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

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

  • FF: 19.80%
  • FG: 31.30%
  • Lab: 3.70%
  • Green Party: 0.30%
  • Sinn Fein: 30.90%
  • Other: 14.00%

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

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

2007 Election Stats for Donegal North-East

  • Size of Electorate: 57,244
  • Total No. Votes: 38,931
  • No. of Valid votes: 38,545
  • No. of spoiled votes: 386
  • Quota: 9,637

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):

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