All four seats for the 34th Dáil have now been filled
Seats Filled |
Turnout |
Electorate |
Quota |
Valid Votes |
Spoiled Votes |
| 4 / 4 | 46,484% | 77,643 | 9,226 | 46,129 | 35 |
All four seats have now been filled in the Limerick City constituency.
Fianna Fail's Willie O'Dea was the first to be elected shortly before 11.30pm on Saturday, following the sixth count - read full story here.
Following his election, the count was adjourned and resumed at 9.30am this Sunday.
The seventh count saw the elimination of outgoing TD Brian Leddin of the Green Party while Senator Maria Byrne of Fine Gael was eliminated after Count 9.
Following the distribution of her votes, Minister of State Kieran O'Donnell was elected on the tenth count while, at 6.30pm on Sunday, Sinn Fein's Maurice Quinlivan was elected on the 13th count.
Fianna Fail's Dee Ryan was eliminated one count later and following the distribution of her votes, Labour councillor Conor Sheehan secured the final seat - defeating Cllr Elisa O'Donovan by 598 votes.
Re-live the drama from the Limerick Count Centre from rom across the weekend by reading our LIVE BLOG and stay with limericklive.ie for more reaction and analysis.
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