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Fri 05 May 2004Fine Gael has most women runningLocal elections/women candidates: The Green Party and the Socialist Party have the highest proportions of female candidates in the local elections.Six of the Socialist Party's 14 local authority candidates are women - which equates to 43 per cent of those running for the party. Some 37 per cent of the Green Party's candidates seeking election on June 11th are women.