Roscommon-Galway RESULT: Fitzmaurice, Naughten and Kerrane elected

She was elected on the sixth count without reaching the quota, ending on 10,545 votes after getting 463 transfers from Denis Naughten's surplus. She finished 1,300 votes ahead of outgoing Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy.

That completes the count for the constituency, with two Independents, Michael Fitzmaurice and Denis Naughten elected - the latter in darkness at 2am during a power cut.

In 1917 George Noble Plunkett won a by-election in North Roscommon for Sinn Féin as an MP, the first time the party won a seat in Westminster.

Her win means that the constituency continues its contrarian streak - it is the first occasion since the foundation of the State that neither Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael did not take a seat. The county is famous for never returning the same politicians, always choosing at least one new candidate.

She will be only the second woman ever to win a seat in Roscommon and the first since Joan Burke who served for 17 years until her retirement in 1981.

Aged just 27, the native of Castlerea is a NUI Galway politics graduate and a qualified teacher who is employed by the party as a political adviser on employment affairs, social protection and pensions.

In the 2016 election, she polled over 3,000 first preferences.

“I’m over the moon, delighted. We have been building this constituency for the last four years in particular. We have worked hard, and I think the party nationally with Mary Lou at the helm has done really well. It’s a great day. It’s a historic day for Ireland in the Republic," she exclaimed, after her election on count five.

"I think the appetite for change was just immense. The attitude at the doors compared to 2016 was totally different. You had FF or FG voter who were voting for "Sinn Fein for the first time.

"They were giving us a chance, and that was what the whole election was about. Sinn Féin never had a chance, but it has been given to us today. We have to meet and sit down and hopefully put together a programme for government, hopefully with others from the left.

"Our objective is to deliver what we have put forward in this election. I think Mary Lou seems fairly adamant that we will go into government and I think everyone in the party they know the only way to deliver is to get into government.

"We’ll be there, and we’ll be willing to speak to anybody to make that happen.”

Number of seats: 3 Electorate: 69,598 Spoiled votes: 330 Total valid poll: 45,612 Quota: 11,404

SIXTH COUNT Fitzmaurice, Michael (Ind) Elected Naughten, Denis (Ind) 8,422 +635 9057 +362 9419 + 1447 10,866 +3817 14,683 Elected Kerrane, Clare (SF) 8,003 +319 8322 +368 8690 +712 9402 +680 10,082 + 463 10,545 Dolan, Aisling (FG) 5,466 +169 5635 +75 5710 +452 6162 + 1146 9204 Murphy Eugene (FF) 4,945 +256 5201 +180 5381 +1861 7242 +816 8058 Leyden, Orla (FF) 2,953 +171 3124 +73 3197 Eliminated O'Donoghue, Julie (GP) 1,413 +32 1445 +165 1610 Eliminated Hope, James (Aontu) 504 +38 542 Eliminated Tynan, Kieran (SPBP) 422 +20 442 Eliminated Hanley, Paul (National Party) 319 +12 331 Eliminated Fallon, Thomas D (Ind) 88 +21 109 - Eliminated

Clare Kerrane elected without reaching the quota.

FIFTH COUNT Fitzmaurice, Michael (Ind) Elected Naughten, Denis (Ind) 8,422 +635 9057 +362 9419 + 1447 10,866 +3817 14,683 Kerrane, Clare (SF) 8,003 +319 8322 +368 8690 +712 9402 +680 10,082 Dolan, Aisling (FG) 5,466 +169 5635 +75 5710 +452 6162 Murphy Eugene (FF) 4,945 +256 5201 +180 5381 +1861 7242 +816 8058 Leyden, Orla (FF) 2,953 +171 3124 +73 3197 Eliminated O'Donoghue, Julie (GP) 1,413 +32 1445 +165 1610 Eliminated Hope, James (Aontu) 504 +38 542 Eliminated Tynan, Kieran (SPBP) 422 +20 442 Eliminated Hanley, Paul (National Party) 319 +12 331 Eliminated Fallon, Thomas D (Ind) 88 +21 109 - Eliminated

Denis Naughten takes the second seat elected. Distribution of Naughten's surplus of 3,279 votes.

FOURTH COUNT Fitzmaurice, Michael (Ind) Elected Naughten, Denis (Ind) 8,422 +635 9057 +362 9419 + 1447 10,866 Kerrane, Clare (SF) 8,003 +319 8322 +368 8690 +712 9402 Dolan, Aisling (FG) 5,466 +169 5635 +75 5710 +452 6162 Murphy Eugene (FF) 4,945 +256 5201 +180 5381 +1861 7242 Leyden, Orla (FF) 2,953 +171 3124 +73 3197 Eliminated O'Donoghue, Julie (GP) 1,413 +32 1445 +165 1610 Eliminated Hope, James (Aontu) 504 +38 542 Eliminated Tynan, Kieran (SPBP) 422 +20 442 Eliminated Hanley, Paul (National Party) 319 +12 331 Eliminated Fallon, Thomas D (Ind) 88 +21 109 - Eliminated

Nobody deemed elected. Eliminated Aisling Dolan.

THIRD COUNT Fitzmaurice, Michael (Ind) Elected Naughten, Denis (Ind) 8,422 +635 9057 +362 9419 Kerrane, Clare (SF) 8,003 +319 8322 +368 8690 Dolan, Aisling (FG) 5,466 +169 5635 +75 5710 Murphy Eugene (FF) 4,945 +256 5201 +180 5381 Leyden, Orla (FF) 2,953 +171 3124 +73 3197 O'Donoghue, Julie (GP) 1,413 +32 1445 +165 1610 Hope, James (Aontu) 504 +38 542 Eliminated Tynan, Kieran (SPBP) 422 +20 442 Eliminated Hanley, Paul (National Party) 319 +12 331 Eliminated Fallon, Thomas D (Ind) 88 +21 109 - Eliminated

Nobody deemed elected. Eliminated O'Donoghue and Leyden.

SECOND COUNT Fitzmaurice, Michael (Ind) 13,077 Elected Naughten, Denis (Ind) 8,422 +635 9057 Kerrane, Clare (SF) 8,003 +319 8322 Dolan, Aisling (FG) 5,466 +169 5635 Murphy Eugene (FF) 4,945 +256 5201 Leyden, Orla (FF) 2,953 +171 3124 O'Donoghue, Julie (GP) 1,413 +32 1445 Hope, James (Aontu) 504 +38 542 Tynan, Kieran (SPBP) 422 +20 442 Hanley, Paul (National Party) 319 +12 331 Fallon, Thomas D (Ind) 88 +21 109

Eliminated Fallon, Hanley, Hope and Tynan

FIRST COUNT Fitzmaurice, Michael (Ind) 13,077 Naughten, Denis (Ind) 8,422 Kerrane, Clare (SF) 8,003 Dolan, Aisling (FG) 5,466 Murphy Eugene (FF) 4,945 Leyden, Orla (FF) 2,953 O'Donoghue, Julie (GP) 1,413 Hope, James (Aontu) 504 Tynan, Kieran (SPBP) 422 Hanley, Paul (National Party) 319 Fallon, Thomas D (Ind) 88

Fitzmaurice re-elected on the first count. Fitzmaurice's surplus of 1,673 to be distributed.