First Count announced before 11 pm tonight in the exam hall, TCD.
The Quota is 4230 – Spoilt votes 60
Total Valid Poll 16917
Bacik 2794
Conway 214
Douglas 183
Efobi 201
Gueret 1155
Hutchinson Edgar 330
McDonagh 684
Martin 223
Norris 5240
O’Connor 514
Ross 5379
Shane Ross and David Norris were elected on the first count and Bacik will be elected tomorrow when the count resumes at 10 a.m.
Norris and Ross Elected in TCD Panel | Irish Election // Jul 25, 2007 at 00:30
[...] From Maman Poulet: [...]
Damn! I thought Rosaleen would get at least into the four figures of votes!
Agree with Marie. There seems to have been a plethora of candidates who emerged from the woodwork and divided the votes (which could have led to a new candidate emerging and presenting a real challenge). I’m not counting Bacik here, who got the blessing of Mary Henry and had long expressed an interest in running. To change a candidate, it seems a single person might have been able to challenge for a seat, but it’s unlikely to imagine that sort of strategy would work in practice.