12 names on Ballot Paper in Waterford as nominations deadline passes

Three fewer candidates will contest the General Election in Waterford on February 26 than contested the General Election five years ago.

The deadline for nominations passed today at 12 noon with 12 candidates declaring their intention to stand before the electorate in the bigger four seater Waterford Constituency on voting day.

The numbers however could well be cut before voting take place as candidates have under 5pm on Friday February 12 to withdraw their nomination papers if they so wish.

Electorate Boundaries were re-drawn ahead of Election 16 as parts of Co. Waterford south of Clonmel Town towards Ballymacarbry will no longer be voting for Tipperary Candidates who see their representation to the 32^nd Dáil Cut from six to five as Tipperary South and Tipperary North were merged to one constituency.

Fine Gael are the only party in Waterford to run more than one candidate in the up coming election with outgoing deputies Paudie Coffey and John Deasy fighting for two of the four available seats.

Fianna Fail, Labour, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit, Green Party, Renua and Direct Democracy Ireland all have one candidate each with three Independent/Non Party Candidates all vying for the four available places.

Five of the Twelve who submitted their nomination papers by today are female.

The declared candidates in Waterford when nominations closed were:

Sheikh M. Ahmed (Independent),

Mary Butler (Fianna Fáil)

Paudie Coffey, (Fine Gael),

Ciara Conway (Labour),

David Cullinane (Sinn Féin)

John Deasy (Fine Gael),

Una Dunphy (People Before Profit)

John Halligan (Independent),

Grace O’Sullivan (Green Party)

Mailo Power (Renua),

Edward Quilty (Direct Democracy Ireland)

John Walsh (Non-Party)