Irish Election Results Thread

[Tetro Kornbluth]

The Red Flag flies over Clonmel... Healy has just been elected. The first in Tipperary South. Hayes (FG) to follow very shortly and then probably *ugh* Mattie McGrath (Ind).

[Јas]

Results Table

Fine Gael	6
Labour	5	(+1: Tuffy, Dublin MW)
United Left	2	(+1: Healy, Tipp S)
Independents	2
Fianna Fáil	1
Sinn Féin	1
Greens	0

[Јas]

Connaughton, Kitt, one or possibly two of the other FG candidates, probably one of the two high polling indies.

You only asked for "correct". You didn't ask for "precise".

Technically, I suppose I was really looking for accuracy rather than precision.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Update: Dublin Mid-West. Joanna Tuffy has been elected on the seventh count (what´s taking the rest of the country so long?) and John Curran (FF) has just been eliminated on same count - this is the situation:

Quota: 8.545
*TUFFY, Joanna LAB  8948           
FITZGERALD, Frances FG  7903
Ó BROIN, Eoin SF  6628
DOWDS, Robert LAB  6519
KEATING, Derek FG  6503
*CURRAN, John FF 5513

Three to be elected from Curran´s transfers. Anyone willing to call it?

[Јas]

Galway West the first constituency to go to a recount.

[Јas]

Results Table

Fine Gael	6
Labour	5
Independents	3	(+1: Lowry, Tipp N)
United Left	2
Fianna Fáil	1
Sinn Féin	1
Greens	0

[minionofmidas]

Where are you getting that? RTE doesn't have that one yet - but it has Emmet Stagg (what a beautiful name that is) in Kildare N.

[Јas]

Where are you getting that? RTE doesn't have that one yet - but it has Emmet Stagg (what a beautiful name that is) in Kildare N.

http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/dublin-mid-west.html

[afleitch]

Should have posted this a few days ago. My bad



Use, ignore, point and laugh or jump for joy if you will.

[Јas]

Results Table

Fine Gael	6
Labour	6	(+1: Shortall, Dub NW)
Independents	3
United Left	2
Fianna Fáil	1
Sinn Féin	1
Greens	0

Looks like 2 Lab, 1 SF in Dub NW.
The most left wing result in an Irish constituency ever.
And the first time Labour would get 2 seats in a 3-seater.

[DistingFlyer]

Curious to see what the Mayo figures are - there's talk of FG getting four of five there.

Only two FF TDs officially out so far (plus Paul Gogarty with just 3.5%), but most of the rest seem pretty frank & serene about the whole thing and their chances; they've seen this one coming for a long time, so I suppose they've had a while to come to terms with it all.

One question for those more knowledgeable than I: it was about five or six hours before the first count was announced. As the ballot boxes have already been assembled, why does it take so long in comparison with a country like Britain, where some can can gather up the boxes and then count them inside of two or three hours?

[Јas]

w00t
Thanks afleitch
Will make use of that when all is done

[Јas]

One question for those more knowledgeable than I: it was about five or six hours before the first count was announced. As the ballot boxes have already been assembled, why does it take so long in comparison with a country like Britain, where some can can gather up the boxes and then count them inside of two or three hours?

Practice varies by count centre, but usually the first count takes so long because ballots are not just counted, but counted and then sorted by second preference before the first count is declared.

I'd also say it's quite possibly the case that we have fewer people actually counting in the average count centre than in the UK.

[Јas]

End of the Haughey dynasty imminent in Dublin NC.

[DistingFlyer]

One question for those more knowledgeable than I: it was about five or six hours before the first count was announced. As the ballot boxes have already been assembled, why does it take so long in comparison with a country like Britain, where some can can gather up the boxes and then count them inside of two or three hours?

Practice varies by count centre, but usually the first count takes so long because ballots are not just counted, but counted and then sorted by second preference before the first count is declared.

I'd also say it's quite possibly the case that we have fewer people actually counting in the average count centre than in the UK.

Ah, of course - makes sense, I suppose, as the succeeding counts seem to be taking fairly little time. Thanks.

[afleitch]

Practice varies by count centre, but usually the first count takes so long because ballots are not just counted, but counted and then sorted by second preference before the first count is declared.

I'd also say it's quite possibly the case that we have fewer people actually counting in the average count centre than in the UK.

Logistically speaking I know that Scotland would not have implemented STV for council elections without the stipulation that they are counted electronically. They would have been there all bloody week. Ireland's turnover is not so bad for a hand count.

[Јas]

Turns out, contrary to my predictions, that Michael McNamara (Lab) in Clare did manage quite the vote haul

[Јas]

Counts flowing in...

Results Table

Labour	9	(+3: Ryan, Dublin N; Sherlock, Cork E; Stagg, Kildare N)
Fine Gael	6
Independents	3
United Left	2
Fianna Fáil	1
Sinn Féin	1
Greens	0

[Franzl]

So the governing parties are looking at slightly more than about 10% of total seats? lol

[Oakvale]

Delighted that Luke "Ming" Flanagan looks like he might get a seat in Roscommon.

[afleitch]

Boredom induced map. Independents treated seperately

[DistingFlyer]

The first Fianna Fail win so far (apart from the Speaker) - Brian Lenihan, who looks like the only one they'll have left in the capital. Gerry Adams has also just won.

Again, I'm reminded of 1997 in Britain (though this is on a bigger scale, of course) where the polls had been closed for about three hours before the first Tory win came in.

[Јas]

Results Table

Labour	9
Fine Gael	8	(+2: Flanagan, Dub NE; O'Dowd, Louth)
Independents	3
Fianna Fáil	2	(+1: Lenihan, Dublin W)
Sinn Féin	2	(+1: Adams, Louth)
United Left	2
Greens	0

Gerry Adams elected with ease in Louth.

Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan elected without reaching thwe quota in Dublin W - first actually elected FF TD today.

[Dan the Roman]

Imagine what would have happened with FPTP. It would be like Canada 1993, even with transferable votes. Actually especially with them.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

End of the Haughey dynasty imminent in Dublin NC.