General Election Results - As they come in!

PCros

MAYPOP wrote:

Hmm, Sargent's first preference votes will worry him! Surprised at FF gaining/retaining both seats though.

No way, Kennedy deserves his seat and I wanted O'Leary in instead of O'Brien.

Bluetonic

MAYPOP wrote:

Hmm, Sargent's first preference votes will worry him!

Why?

It's the first time the GP have run two in this area so the vote was bound to be diluted. Talking to him he knew that, and he knew it would be somewhere down the counts where he would be elected.

All in all it's a great strategy to bring another party member in with him or another in the next and subsequent elections.

wow sierra

Bluetonic wrote:

Why?

It's the first time the GP have run two in this area so the vote was bound to be diluted. Talking to him he knew that, and he knew it would be somewhere down the counts where he would be elected.

All in all it's a great strategy to bring another party member in with him or another in the next and subsequent elections.

I suppose its a necessary strategy in order for someone to work the constituency campaign while he was concentrating on the National one. He wasnt as safe as all that - I wouldnt be that complacent, huge Daly transfers. What if she had been elected or if Corr had got a bigger percentage of the Green vote. I don't see Fine Gael wanting to lose that seat again and the Labour party showed how geared up they are to get back the Ryan seat. Trevor is great for the area but I think he took his eye off the ball in this campaign and he will need to be more careful next time. I know its a long time away........

The Black Oil

Bah.

blastman

Right, the question wasn't answered so I'll ask it here as well. Does anyone know why Clare Daly was refused a recount?

Oh yeah, and well done Dublin North for voting in more of the same goons who've messed the area up in the first place. :rolleyes:

wow sierra

Clare Daly was refused a recount because a recount had already been done.
It was done in an open an transparent way, with plenty of notice given, and if any of the Socialist party had been on hand they could have observed it in progress and objected at any point.

Thats my understanding of it anyway.

sdanseo

Plus the chances of her being elected were slim to none. She was still behind both Ryan and O'Leary.

blastman

Still though, two votes is a very narrow margin, the swing was 13 votes on the first recount. I know you have to draw the line somewhere, it still seems less than fair, though. As for her chances of being elected, they weren't that different to Ryan's, so that could hardly be a mitigating factor.

Still, that's democracy for you. I'd be interested to know what the actual rules on recounts are, though.

Unshelved

What I heard was that no-one from the Socialist Party - including Daly - turned up to witness the recount on Saturday. Very odd considering there were so few votes in it, and considering the amount of hard work canvassing that they had done in the run-up to the election.

When the votes were counted on Saturday the result was overturned with Ryan going ahead by two votes. The Socialist Party were given until 6.00pm to get to the count centre in Portmarnock and lodge an appeal. They did so but the Returning Officer decided that a full recount had already taken place, which they had had an opportunity to witness, so the request for another recount was refused.

Strangely amateurish behaviour on behalf of the SP - it's not the first time Daly has contested an election so you'd think she and her team would have been more on the ball.