Sentences with phrase «dail seat numbers»

Election boundary changes (for general and European elections) will be made on the basis of these, but this time are taking place in the context of a decision by government to advise a reduction in Dail seat numbers by between 6 (160 seats) and 13 (153 seats).

So what do these population figures mean in terms of which constituencies may, or may not, be likely to have their election boundaries changed following on the upcoming Consituency Commission report, especially given that this body effectively will have eight different options in terms of total Dail seat numbers to choose from?

However, the fractured political landscape (in particular relating to the likely level of Fine Gael and Labour seat losses) and the favourable impact of the boundary changes associated with the 2012 Constituency Commission report means that Fianna Fail would achieve more success in translating these support levels into Dail seat numbers than they had at the 2011 contest.

Not exact matches

Despite this, further small swings to the party in a number of Dail constituencies could see further seat gains being made by Labour, as the map above suggests.

The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37.

This seeks to ask the following question in relation to different opinion poll results — what do these poll figures mean in terms of the likely number of Dail seats that could be won by the different parties and groupings on those national support levels?

Adrian Kavanagh, 1st June 2011 The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37.