Donegal South West: Count 4

And the results of the final count after Pringle’s votes are distributed:

• Doherty, Pearse SF +1709 (16897)
• O’Neill, Barry FG +869 (8102)
• Ó Domhnaill, Brian FF +433 (8069)
• Non-Transferable +805 (2135)

As neither O’Neill or Ó Domhnaill can reach quota, Pearse Doherty has been declared elected. He is now a TD.

It is interesting also to see that Fine Gael’s Barry O’Neil managed to finish up in 2nd place. Granted only by30 odd votes, but that can be taken as a moral victory. for FG and a bad result for Fianna Fail.

In an email to members Enda Kenny said “Barry O’Neill has proven himself to be a candidate of quality who gave a very credible performance on his first outing in a Dáil election.”

This result shows how interesting it may be in the General Election next year.

Congratulations of course to Pearse Doherty TD.

Related articles

• Donegal South West: Count 3 (stephenspillane.com)
• Donegal South West: Count 2 (stephenspillane.com)
• Donegal South West: Count 1 (stephenspillane.com)
• Donegal South West: Exit Poll (stephenspillane.com)
• Sinn Féin set to win Donegal byelection (guardian.co.uk)

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