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@rtenews For those of you who want to know how we got here. Here’s a recap of all the action from Dublin Fingal East over the weekend.

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Hi everybody! After all that madness, the National Show Centre is emptying fast.

So we’re going to hit the road! Hope we were of help and thanks for checking in over the weekend.

See you in 5 years 🗳️

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And if you didn’t already know. Here are your elected TDs.

Darragh O’Brien (FF) elected on count 7.
Duncan Smith (LP) elected on count 11.
Ann Graves (SF) elected on count 11.

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Elected Labour Candidate Duncan Smith flanked by loved ones during his Count 11 election celebrations.

He was also joined by Séan and Brendan Ryan, two longstanding figures and former TDs in the Fingal Area.

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An emotional Ann Graves hugging it out friends family and her Dublin Fingal West colleague Louise O’Reilly, who was elected yesterday.

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COUNT 11 RESULTS

Votes redistributed: 5,774
Quota: 9,475

Duncan Smith (LP) 10,265 (+2,928)
Ann Graves (SF) 8,394 (+1,229)
Alan Farrell (FG) 7242 (+712)

Alan Farrell eliminated, Duncan Smith takes seat 2, Ann Graves takes seat 3.

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Labour’s Duncan Smith and Sinn Féin’s Ann Graves have taken the second and third Dáil seats in Dublin Fingal East.

Numbers to come 🗳️

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Outgoing TD Alan Farrell having a chat with count staff.

He has since left the count centre ahead of the 11th and final count, the results of which are expected to be announced in the next few minutes.

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With 5,774 votes, the Fingal Councillor was eliminated on count 10.

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Social Democrats candidate Joan Hopkins says not having time to rebuild a voting base after the Local Elections in June was the “biggest challenge” of her campaign. 

“With only eight weeks, we didn’t have enough time to fully reach everyone.” 

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RESULTS COUNT 10

Votes redistributed: 3,428
Quota: 9,475

Duncan Smith (LAB) 7,337 (+831)
Ann graves (SF) 7,115 (+804)
Alan Farrell (FG) 6,530 (+320)
Joan Hopkins (SD) 5,774 (+711)

No candidate elected on count 10, Joan Hopkins (5,774) eliminated.  

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Worth noting there was a high amount of non transferables from Aontú’s Margaret McGovern at 564 in count 9 

No candidate elected on count 9, Dean Mulligan (3,428) eliminated.

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RESULTS COUNT 9 

Redistributed: 2,140
Quota: 9,475
2 seats remaining

Duncan Smith (LAB) 6,506 (+236)
Ann Graves (SF) 6,311 (+333)
Alan Farrell (FG) 6210 (+242)
Joan Hopkins (SD) 5063 (+217)
Dean mulligan 3,428 (+548)

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Outgoing Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell says the path to re-election in Dublin Fingal East is “very narrow”, coming into count nine.  

“That’s just the nature of our electoral system, it's fantastic and cruel at the same time.” 

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@rtenews CORRECTION: 1506 redistributed.

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COUNT 8 RESULTS 

Redistributed: 1487
Quota: 9475

Duncan Smith (LAB) 6,270 (+509)
Ann Graves (SF) 5978 (+46)
Alan Farrell (FG) 5968 (+324)
Joan Hopkins (SD) 4896 (+423)

More below ⬇️

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Dean Mulligan (I4C) 2,880 (+88)
Margaret McGovern (AON) 2140 (+29)

No candidate elected on count 8, Margaret McGovern (2140) eliminated. 

Duncan Smith leapfrogging Ann Graves after a strong transfer from eliminated Green Party candidate Ian Carey.

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Seat one winner Darragh O’Brien speaking to RTE as part of our #GeneralElection coverage.

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Dean Mulligan (I4C) 2,792 (+248)
Margaret McGovern (AON) 2,111 (+143)
Ian Carey (GP) 1,483. 

Darragh O'Brien elected to seat one on count 7, Ian Carey (1,483) eliminated. 

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Fianna Fáil candidate and outgoing Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has been elected in Dublin Fingal East.

More to come, bit mad at the minute 🗳️

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COUNT 7 RESULTS  

Darragh O'Brien (FF) 9,498 (+87)
Ann Graves (SF) 5,932 (+191)
Duncan Smith (LAB) 5,761 (+139)
Alan Farrell (FG) 5,644 (+37)
Joan Hopkins (SD) 4,423 (+64)