FG and FF manage to hold seats in Galway East

OUTGOING TDs Anne Rabbitte (FF) and Ciaran Cannon (FG) have taken the last two seats in Galway East with Sinn Fein’s Louis O’Hara narrowly missing out by just over 300 votes.
There had been just 123 and 124 votes between O’Hara and Rabbitte in the sixth and seventh counts and while the Fianna Fail candidate managed to make up considerable ground on the fifth count with the elimination of Killilea, O’Hara was still ahead.
The elimination of FG’s Pete Roche didn’t benefit Rabbitte as much as her team had speculated, given her North Galway and Abbeyknockmoy connections.
Roche did however, transfer to heavily to Ind Sean Canney and the extra 2,396 saw his vote rise to 12,292 and easily past the quota. It’s understood Sinn Fein were examining the possibility of a recount.
However, while FG’s Ciaran Cannon was the main beneficiary of Canney’s surplus, FF’s Rabbitte also received an extra 487 votes which brought her ahead of O’Hara by 337.
Cannon (FG) just about reached the quota and Rabbitte was elected without reaching the quota on 10,022.

EIGHTH COUNT
Ciaran Cannon FG            +900 (10890) *Elected
Louis O’Hara SF                +274 (9685)
Anne Rabbitte FF            +487 (10022) *Elected
*Distribution of Canney surplus

SEVENTH COUNT
Sean Canney IND             +2396 (12,292) *Elected
Ciaran Cannon FG            +2565 (9990)
Louis O’Hara SF                +612 (9411)
Anne Rabbitte FF            +859 (9535)
*Canney elected

SIXTH COUNT
Sean Canney IND             +1111 (9896)
Ciaran Cannon FG            +311 (7425)
Louis O’Hara SF                +358 (8799)
Anne Rabbitte FF            +2555 (8676)
Peter Roche FG                +581 (6973)
* Roche eliminated

FIFTH COUNT
Sean Canney IND             +454 (8785)
Ciaran Cannon FG            +578 (7114)
Donagh Killilea FF            +105 (5171)
Louis O’Hara SF                +792 (8441)
Anne Rabbitte FF            +178 (6121)
Peter Roche FG                +212 (6392)
*Killilea eliminated

FOURTH COUNT
Sean Canney IND             +189 (8331)
Ciaran Cannon FG            +210 (6536)
Donagh Killilea FF            +62 (5066)
Eoin Madden Green Party        +670 (2647)
Louis O’Hara SF                +355 (7649)
Anne Rabbitte FF            +123 (5943)
Peter Roche FG                +90 (6180)
*Madden eliminated

THIRD COUNT
Sean Canney IND             +248 (8142)
Ciaran Cannon FG            +19 (6326)
Donagh Killilea FF            +58 (5004)
Eoin Madden Green Party        +35 (1977)
Louis O’Hara SF                +117 (7294)
Anne Rabbitte FF            +44 (5820)
Peter Reid Social Democrats    +25 (892)
Peter Roche FG                +50 (6090)
Marian Spelman Labour        +27 (890)
* Spelman and Reid eliminated

SECOND COUNT

Sean Canney IND             + 79 (7894)
Ciaran Cannon FG            +9 (6307)
Donagh Killilea FF            + 14 (4946)
Eoin Madden Green Party        +18 (1942)
Louis O’Hara SF                +69 (7177)
Anne Rabbitte FF            +14 (5776)
Peter Reid Social Democrats    +19 (867)
Peter Roche FG                +6 (6040)
Marian Spelman Labour        +18 (845)
Martin Ward Aontu            +88 (670)
*Ward eliminated

FIRST COUNT

Sean Canney IND             7,815
Ciaran Cannon FG            6,298
Donagh Killilea FF            4,932
Deaglan Mac Canna Renua        126
Eoin Madden Green Party        1924
Louis O’Hara SF                7108
David O’Reilly IND            246
Anne Rabbitte FF            5762
Peter Reid Social Democrats    848
Peter Roche FG                6034
Marian Spelman Labour        845
Martin Ward Aontu            582
*O’Reilly and Mac Canna eliminated