2nd Count Athenry-Oranmore
The second count in the Athenry-Oranmore electoral area has been completed and it was the distribution of James Charity’s surplus after both he and Fianna Fáil’s Albert Dolan were elected on the first count last night.
The Independent candidate topped the poll and exceeded the quota on the first count as did Albert Dolan and the third count is now ongoing and it is the distribution of his surplus of 155 votes.
That count is expected to be completed within the next half hour and it could elect third placed candidate Jim Cuddy (Ind) who is just 35 votes shy of the quota.
The former Sinn Fein councillor and now independent Gabe Cronnelly is expected to take the fourth of the saven seats available when the eliminations of the lower placed candidates takes place.
David Collins of Fine Gael is tipped to take the fifth seat and it will be something of a scramble among four candidates for the remaining two seats.
Meanwhile, counting is also taking place in the Loughrea and Ballinasloe areas but a first count is not expected from these areas until early afternoon.
Athenry-Oranmore LEA Total electorate 23,796 Seats total poll 12,71 Invalid votes 202 Total valid poll 12,515 Quota 1,565
First count James Charity (Ind) 1,792 Albert Dolan (FF) 1,720 Jim Cuddy (Ind) 1,457 Gabe Cronnolly (Ind) 1,226 David Collins (FG) 1,163 Liam Carroll (FG) 885 Michael Hannon (FF) 753 Shelly Herterich Quinn (FF) 745 Helen Jennings (FG) 734 Josette Farrell (Ind) 647 Louis O’Hara (SF) 507 Kenneth Keavey (GP) 497 Marian Spellman (Lab) 206 Amanda McManus (Ren) 183 Charity and Dolan elected
Second count Distribution of Charity’s surplus Jim Cuddy (Ind) +73 1,530 Gabe Cronnolly (Ind) +9 1,235 David Collins (FG) +19 1,182 Liam Carroll (FG) +14 899 Michael Hannon (FF) +32 785 Shelly Herterich Quinn (FF) +5 750 Helen Jennings (FG) +4 738 Josette Farrell (Ind) +17 664 Kenneth Keavey (GP) +31 528 Louis O’Hara (SF) +12 519 Marian Spellman (Lab) +7 213 Amanda McManus (Ren) +4 187