Results as they happened

Saturday, 25 May 2019

20:40 Ballot boxes have arrived at the Longford Local Election Count Centre: St Mary's Community Centre, Edgeworthstown
21:00 Returning Officer Nora O'Farrell opening the Longford Local Election Count
21:05 Validation of the Longford, Granard and Ballymahon Local Electoral Area (LEA) ballot papers
22:32 Validation of the ballot paper accounts from Athlone completed 
23:00 Opening of the Longford LEA postal voters ballot box for the Longford LEA
23:15 Mixing of ballot papers
23:45 Sorting of the Longford LEA ballot papers
01:35 Adjourning of count shortly until 10.30am

Sunday, 26 May 2019

10.30 Count has recommenced
11.45 Adjudication on the doubtful ballot papers in the Longford LEA will now commence
15:45 Opening of the Granard LEA postal voters ballot box 
15:55 Mixing of all the Granard LEA ballot papers
15:59 Sorting of the Granard LEA ballot papers
17:55 Spot checks being carried out by Returning Officer and Supervisory Staff in the Longford LEA
18:23 Count 1 - Result in the Longford LEA - Joe Flaherty exceeds the quota and is deemed elected.
19:35 The transfer of Joe Flaherty's 215 surplus is in progress
21:20 Count 2 - Distribution of votes from excluded candidates BREADEN, GEORGE and O'REILLY, JULIE underway 
23:51 Count 1 - Result in the Granard LEA - Turlough 'Pott' McGovern and Micheál Carrigy have exceeded the quota and are deemed elected.
00:20 Count 3 - Result in the Longford LEA - Tony Reilly will now be excluded and his votes will be distributed.
00:30 Count adjourned until 9.30am. 

Monday, 27 May 2019

09.30 Count has recommenced
09:56 Ballymahon LEA - The opening of the postal ballot box and the mixing of ballot papers
10:23 Granard LEA - Distribution of Turlough 'Pott' McGovern surplus of 181 votes is in progress
10:30 Longford LEA - Distribution of 92 Votes from excluded candidate Tony Reilly is in progress.
11:15 Ballymahon LEA - Sorting of Ballot Papers
11:55 Count 4 - Result in the Longford LEA – Barbara Smyth will now be excluded and her votes will be distributed.
12:32 Count 2 - Result in the Granard LEA - Distribution of Micheál Carrigy surplus of 84 votes
15:15 Distribution of Micheál Carrigy surplus of 84 votes in progress
15:21 Count 5 - Result in the Longford LEA - Gerard Cooney will now be excluded and his 149 votes will be distributed.
16:36 Count 6 - Result in the Longford LEA - Seamus Gallagher will now be excluded and his 201 votes will be distributed.
17:45 Count 3 - Result in the Granard LEA - Victor Connell will now be excluded and his 289 votes will be distributed.
18:27 Count 7 - Result in the Longford LEA - Uruemu Adejinmi will now be excluded and her 292 votes will be distributed.
19:00 Count 1 - Result in the Ballymahon LEA - Paul Ross and Mark Casey have exceeded the quota and are deemed elected.
19:45 Count 8 - Result in the Longford LEA - Peggy Nolan have exceeded the quota and is deemed elected.
20:00 Count 4 - Result in the Granard LEA - Frank Kilbride will now be excluded and his 334 votes will be distributed.
21:25 Count 2 - Result in the Ballymahon LEA - P.J. Walsh will now be excluded and his 138 votes will be distributed.
21:35 Count 9 - Result in the Longford LEA - Gerry Warnock, John Browne and Gerry Hagan have exceeded the quota and are deemed elected. Seamus Butler and Martin Monaghan are deemed to be elected without reaching the quota.
21:50 Count 5 - Result in the Granard LEA -  Grace Kearney will now be excluded and her 383 votes will be distributed.
23:02 Count 3 - Result in the Ballymahon LEA - Distribution of Mark Casey's surplus of 47 votes
23:36 Count 6 - Result in the Granard LEA - Amanda Duffy will now be excluded and her 421 votes will be distributed.

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 

00:54 Count 7 - Result in the Granard LEA - Paraic Brady has exceeded the quota and is deemed elected.  Distribution of Paraic Brady's surplus of 136 votes.
01:25 Count 4 - Result in the Ballymahon LEA - Charlie McMonagle will now be excluded and his 209 votes will be distributed.
02:06 Count 5 - Result in the Ballymahon LEA - Geraldine Ryan will now be excluded and her 224 votes will be distributed.
02:14 Count 8 - Result in the Granard LEA - Mark Maguire will now be excluded and his 514 votes will be distributed.
03:20 Count 6 - Result in the Ballymahon LEA -John Kenny (FF) and Tony Moran (Ind) were tied with 448 votes each. As John Kenny received more first preference votes, Tony Moran was eliminated. Counting has adjourned for Ballymahon electoral area and will resume again at 11.30am 
03:55 Count 9 - Result in the Granard LEA - Garry Murtagh has exceeded the quota and is deemed elected. P.J. Reilly is deemed to be elected without reaching the quota.
04:00 Count adjourned until 11:30am
11.45 Count has recommenced 
14:08 Full recount of Ballymahon LEA is underway - Count 1
18:30 Recount Results - Tony Moran excluded his 448 votes are now be distributed.
20:08 Count 7 - John Kenny is excluded and his 499 votes will now be distributed.
21:25 Count 8 - Mick Cahill has exceeded the quota and is deemed elected.  Colm Murray, Pat O'Toole and Gerard Farrell are deemed to be elected without reaching the quota.