Editing Paper candidate (section)

==Ireland==

In [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], the [[single transferable vote]] system is used, so paper candidates are less common and more seats are up for grabs. However, there have been cases of unexpected surges for certain parties (such as [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour]] in [[1992 Irish general election|1992]] and [[Sinn Féin]] in [[2020 Irish general election|2020]]) that led to many paper candidates being unexpectedly elected. This was epitomised in 1992 with [[Moosajee Bhamjee]], Ireland's first Indian and first Muslim TD, who only stood in [[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]] because no one else in the local Labour party wanted to.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie//archives/exhibitions/688-elections/699-general-election-1992/287952-election-1992/|title=The Indian from Clare|website=RTÉ Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-newsmakers-where-are-they-now-1.631407|title=The newsmakers: Where are they now|first=Michael|last=O'Regan|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/first-indian-to-sit-among-dail-cowboys-1.41298|title=First Indian to sit among Dail cowboys|first=Maol Muire|last=Tynan|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> In 2020, many inexperienced Sinn Féin candidates won, such as [[Claire Kerrane]] ([[Roscommon–Galway (Dáil constituency)|Roscommon–Galway]]) and [[Violet-Anne Wynne]] ([[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]), both of whom had never held an elected office before and were the first Sinn Féin TDs in those counties since the 1920s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/claire-kerrane-set-to-make-history-as-first-sf-td-in-roscommon-galway-for-over-100-years-980643.html|title=Claire Kerrane set to make history as first SF TD in Roscommon-Galway for over 100 years|date=9 February 2020|website=www.irishexaminer.com}}</ref> On the other hand, the success of the [[Social Democrats (Ireland)|Social Democrats]] in the 2020 election was attributed to their lack of paper candidates: they fielded candidates in just 20 out of 39 constituencies and won 6 TDs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/social-democrats-election-result-cork-holly-leader-5006160-Feb2020/|title='No paper candidates': How the Social Democrats' GE2020 strategy reaped electoral success|first=Dominic|last=McGrath|website=TheJournal.ie|date=16 February 2020 }}</ref>