Laois-Offaly:

Laois-Offaly

  • No of Seats: 5
  • No of Male Candidates: 20
  • No of Female Candidates: 1
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 21
  • No of TDs standing: 3
  • No of Senators standing: 0
  • No of Councillors standing: 10
  • No of MEPs standing: 0
  • No of Seats: 5
  • Population (2006): 133651
  • Population per TD: 26730
  • Average Population per TD: 25541
  • Variance (from average): 1189
  • % Variance: 4.66%

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: Cllr. John Leahy,  Cllr. Rotimi Adebari, Cllr. Eddie Fitzpatrick, Cllr. John Foley, Fergus McDonnell TC, Liam Dumpleton, Ray Fitzpatrick (Laois-Offaly SP-ULA), James Fanning, Michael Patrick Cox, John Boland, John Bracken
  • Green Party candidates: Christopher Fettes
  • Labour Party candidates: John Whelan
  • Sinn Fein candidates: Cllr. Brian Stanley
  • Fianna Fail candidates: John Moloney TD, Sean Fleming TD, Cllr. Barry Cowen
  • Fine Gael candidates: Charles Flanagan TD, Cllr. Liam Quinn, Liam Quinn, Cllr. John Moran, Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy
  • Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Eddie Fitzpatrick PD, Fergus McDonnell PD, Ray Fitzpatrick LB, John Foley FF
  • Young candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Olwyn Enright FG, Brian Cowen FF

Opinion Polls

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

  • FF: 27.90%
  • FG: 50.30%
  • Lab: 5.10%
  • Green Party: 0.60%
  • Sinn Fein: 11.40%
  • Other: 4.60%

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

  • FF: 2
  • FG: 3
  • Lab: 0
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 0
  • Other: 0

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

  • FF: 28.50%
  • FG: 48.70%
  • Lab: 6.20%
  • Green Party: 0.30%
  • Sinn Fein: 11.60%
  • Other: 4.70%

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

  • FF: 2
  • FG: 3
  • Lab: 0
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 0
  • Other: 0

2007 Election Stats

  • Size of Electorate: 103,673
  • Total No. Votes: 72,153
  • No. of valid votes: 71,491
  • No. of spoiled votes: 662
  • Quota: 11,916
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