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RACE DETAILS
Parents > Ireland > Uachtarán
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2011 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open October 27, 2011 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close October 27, 2011 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start November 11, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End November 10, 2018 - 12:00pm
Contributor411 Name Removed
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia January 09, 2021 07:18pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description "Certified Votes" reflect first-preference votes
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyIndependent Won10/01/2004
NameMary McAleese Votes1 (100.00%)
Term11/11/2004 - 11/11/2011 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyIndependent Won10/26/2018
NameMichael D. Higgins Votes822,566 (55.81%)
Term11/10/2018 - 11/10/2025 Margin479,839 (+32.56%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 20, 2011 Irish President - LAB Primary
Michael D. Higgins
LAB 62
Jul 09, 2011 Irish President - FG Primary
Gay Mitchell
FG 100
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
07/15/2011 10/27/2011
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Gay Mitchell 1 ------
Michael D. Higgins 6 ------
Martin McGuinness 1 ------
Seán Gallagher 2 1 ----
Leaning Call: Michael D. Higgins (50.00%)
Weighted Call: Michael D. Higgins (97.34%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

09/19/2011 10/20/2011

CANDIDATES
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Name Minister Michael D. Higgins Seán Gallagher MP Martin McGuinness MEP Gay Mitchell Sen. David Norris Rosemary "Dana" Scallon Mary Davis
PartyLabour Independent Sinn Féin Fine Gael Independent Independent Independent
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Certified Votes 701,101 (39.57%) 504,964 (28.50%) 243,030 (13.72%) 113,321 (6.40%) 109,469 (6.18%) 51,220 (2.89%) 48,657 (2.75%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -196,137 (-11.07%) -458,071 (-25.85%) -587,780 (-33.17%) -591,632 (-33.39%) -649,881 (-36.68%) -652,444 (-36.82%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Ballot Round 3 1,007,104 (61.59%) 628,114 (38.41%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)  
Ballot Round 2 793,128 (45.50%) 548,373 (31.46%) 265,196 (15.22%) 136,309 (7.82%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)  
Ballot Round 1 730,480 (41.59%) 529,401 (30.14%) 252,611 (14.38%) 127,357 (7.25%) 116,526 (6.63%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)  
Ballot Round 0 701,101 (39.57%) 504,964 (28.50%) 243,030 (13.72%) 113,321 (6.40%) 109,469 (6.18%) 51,220 (2.89%) 48,657 (2.75%)  
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Entry Date 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 09/27/2011 09/27/2011 00/00/2011
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MATCHUP POLLS (5 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg27.97%-- 24.87%-- 14.09%-- 8.80%-- 13.16%-- 4.37%-- 8.89%--
Red C 
10/18/11-10/20/11
26.00% 1.0 40.00% 1.0 13.00% -- 6.00% 2.0 10.00% 3.0 3.00% 1.0 2.00% 2.0
Red C 
10/09/11-10/11/11
27.00% 2.0 39.00% 18.0 13.00% 3.0 8.00% 2.0 7.00% 7.0 2.00% 3.0 4.00% 5.0
Red C 
10/03/11-10/05/11
25.00% -- 21.00% -- 16.00% -- 10.00% -- 14.00% -- 5.00% -- 9.00% --
Ipsos MRBI 
10/03/11-10/04/11
23.00% -- 20.00% -- 19.00% -- 9.00% -- 11.00% -- 6.00% -- 12.00% --
Milward Brown Lansdowne 
09/19/11-09/21/11
18.00% -- 11.00% -- 15.00% -- 10.00% -- 27.00% -- 4.00% -- 15.00% --
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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 16, 2011 04:00pm News Dragons' Den star emerges as main man in Ireland's presidential race  Article La Fayette 
Oct 15, 2011 10:35pm News Sean Gallagher joins frontrunners in Irish presidential race  Article La Fayette 
Oct 06, 2011 04:00am Poll Presidential poll shock: David Norris and Gay Mitchell slump in ratings  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 28, 2011 10:00pm News [IRE Pres] Dana in, Norris back  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 11, 2011 08:15am General Senator David Norris is back in the race to become President of Ireland  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Aug 31, 2011 12:05pm Announcement Fianna Fáil confirms they will not run Áras candidate  Article Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! 

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