And that’s that.
Congratulations to @TomClonan, now one of four (4) Senators from Dún Laoghaire, joining his Blackrock brethren, @boyhanvictor, @GCraughwell and @barrymward.
#TCDSeanad
Count 16 of #DUseanad bye-election, distributing transfers from Chu:
5,358 Clonan (+1158)
5,198 Gaffney (+1290)
Tom Clonan elected to the 26th Seanad for Dublin University to fill the vacancy left by the election of Ivana Bacik to the Dáil. #TCDseanad
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Count 13 of #DUseanad, transfers from McCarthy:
2,973 Clonan (+336)
2,743 Chu (+160)
2,641 Gaffney (+203)
2,624 MacNeill (+233)
1,890 Quill (+117)
Quill has been eliminated and her votes will be transferred in the 14th count. #tcdseanad
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Count 6 of #DUseanad, transfer of Roseingrave's votes:
2,102 MacNeill (+10)
2,040 Clonan (+26)
1,972 Gaffney (+36)
1,842 Chu (+19)
1,246 Quill (+20)
Ó Giobúin has been eliminated and his votes will be transferred in the seventh count. #tcdseanad
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The count will resume at 9. The next few counts will have very little effect on the top candidates, but I will keep updates here for those interested in distribution of transfers. #TCDseanad#DUseanad
Re low voter turnout - it’s easy to say “electorate expansion is needed” or “scrap the franchise entirely” but it’s harder of course, to recognise this by-election:
a) was by no means an exciting race, and/or,
b) had any particular exciting candidate(s)
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