Galway East 7th Count: Canney elected
The seventh count in Galway East has resulted in outing TD and Junior Minister Sean Canney being the first to be elected having exceeded the quota.
But there are rumblings of a recount in Galway East as just 124 votes are separating Fianna Fail’s Anne Rabbitte and Louis O’Hara of Sinn Fein with the outgoing TD being in front.
The seventh count was the distribution of Fine Gael’s Pete Roche’s votes and it resulted in Canney being elected while his party colleague Ciaran Cannon is just 641 votes off the quota and will take the second seat.
At the moment, the distribution of Canney’s surplus of 1,661 is taking place and while that such marginally benefit Rabbitte ahead of O’Hara, there is a lot of talk in the count centre of Sinn Fein demanding a full recount.
It is understood that Louis O’Hara is currently seeking advice on the possibility of a recount if the gap between himself and Rabbitte remains much the same.
If a recount is sought and granted, it will start first thing Monday morning.
SEVENTH COUNT Distribution of Roche’s votes Sean Canney (Ind) +2,396 12,292 Ciaran Cannon (FG) +2,565 9,990 Anne Rabbitte (FF) +859 9,535 Louis O’Hara (SF) +612 9,411
SIXTH COUNT Distribution of Killilea’s votes Sean Canney (Ind) +1,1119,896 Louis O’Hara (SF) +358 8,799 Anne Rabbitte (FF) +2,555 8,676 Ciaran Cannon (FG) +311 7,425 Pete Roche (FG) +581 6,973 Roche eliminated
FIFTH COUNT Distribution of Madden’s votes Sean Canney (Ind) +454 8,785 Louis O’Hara (SF) +792 8,441 Ciaran Cannon (FG) +578 7,114 Pete Roche (FG) +212 6,392 Anne Rabbitte (FF) +178 6,121 Donagh Killilea (FF) +105 5,171 Killilea eliminated.
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 Spellman (Lab) +27 890 Reid and Spellman 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 Spellman (Lab) +18 863 Martin Ward (Aon) +88 670 Ward eliminated.
FIRST COUNT
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 Deaglan MacCanna (Ren) 126 O’Reilly, MacCanna eliminated