Ireland elections - get some free facts from academic sources

Ireland has been to the polls over the weekend.

Official results are posted on the parliamentary website
background information on the voting process and system is provided on a citizens website

Other sources of election results both recent and historical include:

ElectionsIreland.org, produced in association with Seán Donnelly, author of various books on Irish elections

NSD elections database covers 1990-2015

Irish National Election Study Data

an extensive five-wave panel survey of (initially) 2663 respondents covers the Irish general elections of 2002 and 2007, as well as the local and European Parliament elections of 2004.data can be downloaded.

Women for Election - get names and facts about female candidates and campaigns to increase gender equality from this organisation

Key Political Parties
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Sinn Fein

Fine Gael

Fianna Fail 

Newspaper coverage

Key sources with articles and polls include:


Irish Times
RTE



Academic analysis

Trinity College Dublin page from Michael Gallagher

Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses
Adrian Kavanagh, Maynooth University Department of Geography


Irish Politics Forum blog from the Political Studies Association of Ireland