Galway East 4th Count: Madden eliminated
The fourth count in Galway East has been completed following the elimination of Peter Reid (Soc Dem) and Marian Spelman (Lab) in the third and, as expected, Sinn Féin’s Louis O’Hara was the main beneficiary and remains in contention for a seat.
Significantly, O’Hara’s lead on third placed Ciaran Cannon (FG) has widened to more than 1,100 as there are some predictions that Fianna Fáil could be casualties in this race.
It would be unthinkable to suggest that Fianna Fáil would not have representation in a constituency where they regularly delivered two seats in the past.
It was traditionally a Fianna Fáil stronghold, but there is every possibility they could leave the count centre without a seat.
At the moment, the votes cast for the Green Party’s Eoin Madden are being distributed and this should also be to Louis O’Hara’s benefit and it will be interesting to see what sort of cushion he will have before the expected elimination of Fianna Fáil’s Donagh Killilea.
In order for outgoing TD Anne Rabbitte to retain her seat, she would require a substantial transfer from Killilea. Killilea’s elimination will determine the outcome of Galway East.
Number of seats: 3 Electorate: 69,233 Total poll: 42,858 Spoiled votes: 338 Total valid poll: 42,520 Quota: 10,631
FOURTH COUNT Distribution of Reid and Spellman transfers Sean Canney (Ind) +189 8,331 Louis O’Hara (SF) +355 7,649 Ciaran Cannon (FG) +210 6,536 Pete Roche (FG) +90 6,180 Anne Rabbitte (FF) +123 5,943 Donagh Killilea (FF) +62 5,066 Eoin Madden (GP) +670 2,647 Madden eliminated
THIRD COUNT Distribution Ward’s votes Sean Canney (Ind) +248 8,142 Louis O’Hara (SF) +117 7,294 Ciaran Cannon (FG) +19 6,326 Pete Roche (FG) +50 6,090 Anne Rabbitte (FF) +44 5,820 Donagh Killilea (FF) +58 5,004 Eoin Madden (GP) +35 1,977 Peter Reid (Soc Dem) +25 892 Marian Spelman (Lab) +27 890 Reid and Spelman eliminated
SECOND COUNT Distribution of O’Reilly, MacCanna votes Sean Canney (Ind) +79 7,894 Louis O’Hara (SF) +69 7,177 Ciaran Cannon (FG) +9 6,307 Pete Roche (FG) +6 6,040 Anne Rabbitte (FF) +14 5,776 Donagh Killilea (FF) +14 4,946 Eoin Madden (GP) +18 1,942 Peter Reid (Soc Dem) +19 867 Marian Spelman (Lab) +18 863 Martin Ward (Aon) +88 670 Ward eliminated.
FIRST COUNT Number of seats: 3 Electorate: 69,233 Total poll: 42,858 Spoiled votes: 338 Total valid poll: 42,520 Quota: 10,631 Sean Canney (Ind): 7,815 Louis O’Hara (SF) 7,108 Ciaran Cannon (FG) 6,298 Pete Roche (FG) 6,034 Anne Rabbitte (FF) 5,762 Donagh Killilea (FF) 4,932 Eoin Madden (GP) 1,924 Peter Reid (Soc Dem) 848 Marian Spelman (Lab) 845 Martin Ward (Aon) 582 David O’Reilly (Ind) 246 DeaglanMacCanna (Ren) 126 O’Reilly, MacCanna eliminated