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