Counting of Seanad bye-election underway

Posted on: 31 March 2022

Counting is underway in the 2022 Seanad bye-election which is being held to replace Ivana Bacik.

The first count concluded last night with the results as follows:

Total Poll: 13,434

Invalid Votes: 16

Valid Poll: 13,418

Number of seats: 1

Number of candidates: 17

Quota: 6,710

Candidate	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14	Count 15
Tom Clonan	1,947	1,952	1976	1990	2014	2040	2077	2137	2243	2332	2436	2637	2973	3359	4200
Maureen Gaffney	1,882	1,884	1892	1913	1936	1972	1993	2066	2121	2190	2274	2438	2641	3083	3908
Hazel Chu	1,766	1,770	1785	1802	1823	1842	1858	1918	1955	2090	2272	2583	2743	3300	3683
Hugo MacNeill	2,068	2,071	2075	2085	2092	2102	2121	2153	2250	2264	2312	2391	2624	2863
Ursula Quill	1,156	1,159	1178	1205	1226	1246	1290	1325	1368	1430	1525	1773	1980
Aubrey McCarthy	947	950	954	962	977	997	1012	1033	1115	1139	1187	1281
Sadhbh O’Neill	870	873	879	896	909	931	940	991	1030	1105	1186
Catherine Stocker	521	521	530	541	548	563	576	600	608	657
Ade Oluborode	471	479	488	500	508	528	548	576	586
Ray Bassett	458	458	458	463	475	480	497	544
Patricia McKenna	421	421	427	434	440	454	463
Paula Roseingrave	200	200	202	209	220
Eoin Barry	189	192	199	199
Ryan Alberto Ó Giobúin	182	183	195	202	222	230
Gisèle Scanlon	170	170	174
Michael McDermott	132	134
Ali Abbas O’Shea	38

Counting resumed this morning, with the votes of Ali Abbas O’Shea being redistributed. On the first count, Hugo MacNeill topped the poll with 2,068 votes followed by Tom Clonan (1,947) and Maureen Gaffney (1,882).

Counts will continue throughout the day until one candidate reaches the quote of 6,710 votes.

Turnout was 19.8%.

The result will be announced by Returning Officer and Provost of Trinity College Linda Doyle.

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