Galway West: Thomas moves up as McMaster eliminated
Galway West’s youngest candidate, Maisie McMaster of People Before Profit-Solidarity, has been eliminated on the fourth count.
Her 926 votes will now be redistributed in the fifth count, and will likely favour parties of the Left, potentially changing the order of elimination of candidates ahead of her.
The distribution of The Irish People AJ Cahill’s votes benefitted Noel Thomas of Independent Ireland most – he took 35% of Cahill’s transfers, pushing him ahead of Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton.
Galway West
No of Seats: 5
Electorate: 103,713
Total poll: 60,652
Spoiled: 375
Valid poll: 60,277
Quota: 10,047
Third count
(Distribution of Cahill’s transfers):
*Farrell, Mairéad (SF) +37 8,232
Connolly, John (FF) +23 7226
*Grealish, Noel (Ind) +46 6,951
*Connolly, Catherine (Ind) +90 6860
Thomas, Noel (Ind) +218 6,033
*Naughton, Hildegarde (FG) +10 6,025
Kyne, Séan (FG) +11 5,349
Seoige, Gráinne (FF) +3 2,937
Seoighthe, Eibhlín (Soc Dem) +2 2,177
Cubbard, Mike (Ind) +41 2291
O’Reilly, Pauline (Green) +3 1,843
Ogbu, Helen (Labour) +5 1,982
Lenihan, Pádraig (Aontú) +104 1,407
McMaster, Maisie (Sol-PBP) +10, 926 ELIMINATED
Non-transferable 28
(*sitting TD)
Pictured: Maisie McMaster (PBP-S) who has been eliminated.