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From top: Table showing the number of candidates (male/female) running for each party in the upcoming local elections; table showing the percentage change of female candidates running for the main political parties between 2009, 2014 and this year

Dr Adrian Kavanagh, a lecturer in the Maynooth University Department of Geography, writes:

Female candidates currently account for 28.3% of the total number of candidates selected/declared (that I have accounted for/listed on my website to date).

Female candidates contesting the 2019 Local Elections (Adrian Kavanagh, Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses)

Previously: Mickey Fest

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin

Dr Adrian Kavanagh is a lecturer in the Maynooth University Department of Geography.

On his excellent blog, he regularly shares his research on political parties and the geography of elections.

This morning, he’s written about the fact there are now 273 (32.3%) officially selected or declared female candidates out of 844 selected or declared local election candidates – with Fianna Fáil currently having the fewest female local election candidates.

In relation to parties, he’s found the following parties have declared the following numbers of female candidates so far…

Fine Gael: 49 (27.5%)

Fianna Fáil: 47 (18.7%)

Sinn Féin: 49 (38.9%)

Labour: 29 (42.6%)

People Before Profit: 25 (54.3%)

Social Democrats: 25 (56.8%)

Green Party: 18 (47.8%)

Solidarity: 9 (52.9%)

Workers’ Party: 4 (44.4%)

Renua: 1

Non-party/Independent: 15 (23.8%)

Read in full here: Female candidates contesting the 2019 Local Elections (Adrian Kavanagh)

Related: Fianna Fail falling short on female candidates for local elections in May (Stephen O’Brien, The Sunday Times)

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