Limerick

• No of Seats: 3
• No of Male Candidates: 10
• No of Female Candidates: 0
• Total number of GE11 candidates: 10
• No of TDs standing: 2
• No of Senators standing: 0
• No of Councillors standing: 2
• No of MEPs standing: 0
• No of Seats: 3
• Population (2006): 75295
• Population per TD: 25098
• Average Population per TD: 25541
• Variance (from average): -443
• % Variance: -1.73%

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: John Dillon, Seamus Sherlock, Patrick O'Doherty, Con Cremin
• Green Party candidates: Stephen Wall
• Labour Party candidates: Cllr. James Heffernan
• Sinn Fein candidates: Not contesting
• Fianna Fail candidates: Niall Collins TD
• Fine Gael candidates: Dan Neville TD, Cllr. Patrick O'Donovan, Cllr. William O'Donnell
• Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Patrick O'Doherty GP
• Young candidates (21-35):
• Retired/Retiring TDs: John Cregan FF

Opinion Polls

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

• FF: 21.20%
• FG: 66.60%
• Lab: 11.00%
• Green Party: 1.20%
• Sinn Fein: 0.00%
• Other: 0.00%

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

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

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

• FF: 21.70%
• FG: 64.50%
• Lab: 13.30%
• Green Party: 0.60%
• Sinn Fein: 0.00%
• Other: 0.00%

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

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

2007 Election Stats (Limerick West)

• Size of Electorate: 58,712
• Total No. Votes: 40,812
• No. of valid votes: 40,431
• No. of spoiled votes: 381
• Quota: 10,108

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