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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Revealed Preferences in Voting Behaviour


From RTE: Moriarty Tribunal report - The main points


Data on the Tipp North constituency from ElectionsIreland.org:

General Election 2011 Party 1st Pref Votes Share Quota
Michael Lowry Snr
Independent 14,104 29.22% 1.17
Noel J Coonan
Fine Gael 11,425 23.67% 0.95
Alan Kelly
Labour 9,559 19.80% 0.79






General Election 2007
Michael Lowry Snr
Independent 12,919 29.08% 1.16
Noel J Coonan
Fine Gael 7,061 15.89% 0.64
Maire Hoctor
Fianna Fail 7,374 16.60% 0.66






General Election 2002
Michael Lowry Snr
Independent 10,400 25.39% 1.02
Maire Hoctor
Fianna Fail 8,949 21.84% 0.87
Michael Smith
Fianna Fail 8,526 20.81% 0.83






General Election 1997
Michael Lowry Snr
Independent 11,638 29.13% 1.17
Michael O'Kennedy
Fianna Fail 9,895 24.77% 0.99
Michael Smith Fianna Fail 6,999 17.52% 0.7