The 2009 Local Elections in the Republic of Ireland
The 2009 Local Elections in the Republic of Ireland
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2009 年爱尔兰共和国地方选举
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2010
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通讯作者：
L. Weeks
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A. Quinlivan;L. Weeks
摘要 在经济低迷的背景下，2009 年 6 月 5 日举行了 114 个地方当局的选举。毫不奇怪，困扰国家财政的问题在竞选活动中占据主导地位，使得规划、住房和道路等地方政府政策问题被置于辩论的边缘。随着反对党成功地将选举转变为对国家政府表现的公投，对于 Fianna Fáil 和绿党来说，如何将焦点集中在本地是一场艰苦的斗争。最终，爱尔兰共和国 2009 年的地方选举证实了这样一个格言：地方选举是用来给现任政府带来中期冲击的。统一党 (Fianna Fáil) 遭遇了有史以来最差的地方选举表现，统一党 (Fine Gael) 成为地方当局层面最大的政党。按照地方选举的惯例，独立人士和其他人士也获得了丰厚的回报。
Abstract Elections to 114 local authorities were held on 5 June 2009 against the backdrop of a struggling economy. It was not surprising that the problems besetting the national finances dominated the election campaign, relegating local government policy issues like planning, housing and roads to the margins of the debate. With the opposition parties successfully turning the elections into a referendum on the performance of the national government it was an uphill struggle for Fianna Fáil and the Green Party to keep the focus local. Ultimately the 2009 local elections in the Republic of Ireland confirmed the maxim that local elections are used to give sitting governments a mid‐term shock. Fianna Fáil suffered its worst ever local election performance and Fine Gael emerged as the largest party at local authority level. As is customary at local elections, independents and others also experienced profitable returns.