Congress Elections: An Analysis

Day 492, 03:56 Published in Ireland Ireland by Vyse

Congress Elections happened yesterday as I'm sure you all know. First of all thanks to the people that voted for me in The Northwest I'm happy to serve you as Congressman again as your Former Mayor back in Beta it's good to be back in Office.

Well now elections are over first of all lets look at who got in:

Irish Union Party:
1. Igor Thunderbrow
2. Severin
3. Inquitus
4. Eamon_de Valera
5. pdiddy
6. Harpey-Demon
7. uaithne
8. Clip
9. bakagaijin
10. James Campbell
11. Vyse
12. crcr
13. D Tinglov
14. Paddy O'Fucyou
15. Gorzong
16. cora mcstrap
17. Nithraldur

Irish Republican Socialist Party
1. Kiemar
2. Sean Greene
3. Michael Holcomb
4. Dillon Grace
5. Semprini
6. cleansteve
7. Gary Kelly
8. Starks Hayter
9. Rottenhat
10. GarrettDA
11. Thomas Page
12. PsyderEyes

Ireland First
1. Top Gun
2. Octavius Thurinus
3. Aeryn Kelly
4. O Bass
5. George Steinberg
6. patton

Irish Freedom Party
1. 5n4keyes
2. Fenrile
3. Mixliarder***
4. RayMF

***Has resigned after winning the election.

Fianna Fail
1. Anton Sidequest


Congrats to all these elected officials. Now onto an analysis of the Popular Vote. I'll split it into Regions so we can have a lovely map at the end.

Dublin
IUP: 32 Votes (3 Congressmen)
IRSP: 11 Votes (3 Congressmen)
IF: 9 Votes (1 Congressman)
FF: 5 Votes (1 Congressman)
IFP: 0 Votes (0 Congressmen)

Dublin is won by the Irish Union Party. The IFP had no candidates in Dublin to judge their strength on.

Cork and Kerry
IUP: 17 Votes (4 Congressmen)
IRSP: 11 Votes (2 Congressmen)
IFP: 6 Votes (1 Congressman)
IF: 4 Votes (1 Congressman)
FF: 3 Votes (0 Congressmen)

Cork and Kerry is won by the Irish Union Party.

The Northeast
IRSP: 8 Votes (2 Congressmen)
IUP: 7 Votes (2 Congressmen)
IF: 3 Votes (1 Congressman)
IFP: 2 Votes (1 Congressman)
FF: 1 Vote (0 Congressmen)

The Northeast is won by the Irish Republican Socialist Party.

The Northwest
IUP: 11 Votes (3 Congressmen)
IRSP: 7 Votes (2 Congressmen)
IF: 3 Votes (1 Congressman)
IFP: 0 Votes (0 Congressmen)
FF: 0 Votes (0 Congressmen)

The Northwest is won by the Irish Union Party. IFP and FF did not field candidates in this region.

The Shannon
IUP: 16 Votes (3 Congressmen)
IRSP: 7 Votes (1 Congressman)
IFP: 3 Votes (1 Congressman)
IF: 2 Votes (1 Congressman)
FF: 1 Vote (0 Congressmen)

The Shannon is won by the Irish Union Party.

The Southeast
IRSP: 10 Votes (2 Congressmen)
IUP: 7 Votes (2 Congressmen)
IFP: 2 Votes (1 Congressman)
IF: 1 Vote (1 Congressman)
FF: 0 Votes (0 Congressman)

The Southeast is won by the Irish Republican Socialist Party. The Irish Freedom Parties Congressman in this region resigned right after winning.

Overall:
IUP: 90 Votes
IRSP: 54 Votes
IF: 22 Votes
IFP: 13 Votes
FF: 10 Votes


Total: 189 Votes 3.39% of the Population

Overall it's a convincing victory for the Irish Union Party. Though turnout was the worst I've personally ever seen in Ireland.