The Congressional Electoral Wrapup

Day 1,680, 16:59 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by Ronisu

The purpose of this article will be twofold. First, I seek to give an objective view of the June Congressional Elections by providing an array of facts and figures. Second, I plan to wildly praise the accomplishments of the Irish Freedom Party.


Yesterday, the Congressional Elections were tightly packed as a swarm of candidates contested fewer positions than last time. The major political institutions of eIreland's vibrant community all roared to life and pressed their populations to the polls.



The population numbers taken were as follows:
IPP: 97
ILP: 85
IFP: 42
IIP: 41
ISP: 22
IUP: 14
EA: 11
Celts: 5
ABT: 5
TW: 5

Now, party populations shift, especially around the elections, but voter turnouts can give a better idea of what the top five parties got in comparison to their own populations.



These figures are based on vote counting in all the races:
IPP: 86
ILP: 70
IFP: 50
IIP: 14
ISP: 11

Something to be considered in this race are candidates that move from the small parties to one of the top 5 in order to run for office. There were several candidates in that fashion, however it will be difficult to get ahold of those numbers for a few days. With all that in mind, the post election make-up of congress is:



I would like to congratulate the performance of all the parties, but now I need to brag a bit. The IFP, which was just preceding the election the 4th largest party by the numbers and 3rd most by the votes, has made quite a showing. First off, the IFP did not have any transfers from lower pop parties, so our votes are all to official IFP candidates. That isn't to condemn the practice of candidate exporting, but it does give me a bit of pride when I also notice that the IFP is the only party to receive more votes than we have members on the rolls.

Another place where the IFP did well was in the ratio of candidates run to candidates elected. The national ratio was 61.5 as 65 candidates ran for 40 seats. The ratios for the three parties getting delegates was as follows:



The IFP was the party with the most electoral success per candidate run! IFP candidates had more than 20 percent more success in getting elected than the average rate of all candidates running. Infact, only one IFP vote went to a non elected candidate! So there you have it, if you are interested in getting your voice heard, if you are considering a congressional run in the future, check out the IFP, perhaps we are the right party for you. Even if you do not join the IFP, I hope these facts and figures gave you a better idea of what happened yesterday.


Ronsiu
IFP President