Dublin Mid-West

Dublin Mid-West

  • No of Seats: 4
  • No of Male Candidates: 12
  • No of Female Candidates: 2
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 14
  • No of sitting TDs: 3
  • No of sitting Senators: 1
  • No of sitting Councillors: 3
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006) 100399
  • Population per TD* 25099.75
  • Average Population per TD* 25541
  • Variance (from average) -441.25
  • % Variance -1.73%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr. Gino Kenny (PBPA-ULA), Robert Connelly (SP-ULA), Mick Finnegan (WP), Michael Anthony Ryan, Niall Smith, Colm McGrath, Jim McHale
  • Green Party Candidates: Paul Gogarty TD
  • Labour Candidates: Joanna Tuffy TD, Cllr. Robert Dowds
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Eoin Ó Broin
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: John Curran TD
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Sen. Frances Fitzgerald, Cllr. Derek Keating
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party: Colm McGrath FF
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Dublin Mid-West: Mary Harney IND

Polls

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

  • FF: 14.40%
  • FG: 31.10%
  • Lab: 20.80%
  • Green Party: 5.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 18.20%
  • Other: 10.20%

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

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

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

  • FF: 14.50%
  • FG: 29.70%
  • Lab: 24.60%
  • Green Party: 2.60%
  • Sinn Fein: 18.30%
  • Other: 10.30%

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

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

2007 Election Stats for Dublin Mid-West

  • Size of Electorate: 61,347
  • Total No. Votes: 37,658
  • No. of Valid votes: 37,339
  • No. of spoiled votes: 319
  • Quota: 7,468

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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