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John McNulty (Seanad Candidate)
A List of Seanad by-elections, by-election was held for a vacancy in the Cultural and Educational Panel of Seanad Éireann on 20 October 2014. The vacancy was caused by the election of Fine Gael's Deirdre Clune 2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, to the European Parliament. It was won by Independent politicians in Ireland, Independent candidate Gerard Craughwell. Election system In vacancies in the vocational panels, the electorate in by-elections consists of Oireachtas members only. To be nominated, a candidate required the signature of nine TDs or Senators. The electorate to fill the casual vacancy was the 225 members of the Oireachtas. All votes were cast by postal ballot, and were counted using the single transferable vote. Under this system, voters can rank candidates in order of their preference, 1 as their first preference, 2 for second preference, and so on. Election Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune was elected to the European Parliament for the South (European Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Seanad By-elections
This is a list of by-elections to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, established in 1938. By-elections occur to fill vacant seats which can be caused by the death, resignation, disqualification or expulsion of a sitting senator. By-elections to the University constituency, university constituencies are conducted on the same basis as general elections to these constituencies. By-elections to the vocational panels are held on a reduced electorate of members of the Oireachas only. By-elections since 1938 By-elections in which seats changed parties are indicated with a grey background. See also *List of Dáil by-elections *List of Irish politicians who changed party affiliation References {{Seanad Éireann, state=collapsed By-elections in the Republic of Ireland, Seanad by-elections, Lists of by-elections, Ireland, Seanad Ireland politics-related lists, By-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |