Kildare South
Kildare South
- No of Seats: 3
- No of Male Candidates: 8
- No of Female Candidates: 0
- Total number of GE11 candidates: 8
- No of TDs standing: 3
- No of Senators standing: 0
- No of Councillors standing: 2
- No of MEPs standing: 0
- No of Seats: 3
- Population (2006): 79835
- Population per TD: 26612
- Average Population per TD: 25541
- Variance (from average): 1071
- % Variance: 4.19%
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 Paddy Kennedy, Clifford Reid
- Green Party candidates: Vivian Cummins
- Labour Party candidates: Jack Wall TD
- Sinn Fein candidates: Jason Turner
- Fianna Fail candidates: Sean Power TD, Sean O'Fearghaill TD
- Fine Gael candidates: Cllr. Martin Heydon
- Independent candidates who previously ran for another party:
- 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: 23.10%
- FG: 29.20%
- Lab: 41.40%
- Green Party: 3.10%
- Sinn Fein: 0.00%
- Other: 3.10%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 1
- FG: 1
- Lab: 1
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 0
- Other: 0
Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 22.20%
- FG: 26.60%
- Lab: 46.70%
- Green Party: 1.50%
- Sinn Fein: 0.00%
- Other: 3.00%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 1
- FG: 1
- Lab: 1
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 0
- Other: 0
2007 Election Stats
- Size of Electorate: 56,670
- Total No. Votes: 34,938
- No. of valid votes: 34,591
- No. of spoiled votes: 347
- Quota: 8,648