Galway West Election results

Predalien

Eeden wrote: »

"Battling for the final seat" - that guff always amazes me. No one is "battling" once the polls have closed; they're just standing around, watching guys push pieces of paper around. How is that "battling"?

I can see how it might be nerve-wracking, but the results have already been determined the second the polls closed.

"Waiting to see how it has turned out" is obviously not as exciting as "battling" or "fighting", I suppose.

Guff? Er, I was just using an expression, didn't mean anything too literal...

Seaneh

i have a funny that crowe, fahy and baughton will transfer a lot of votes to Healy-Screams.

Iwannahurl

Eeden wrote: »

"Battling for the final seat" - that guff always amazes me. No one is "battling" once the polls have closed; they're just standing around, watching guys push pieces of paper around. How is that "battling"?

I can see how it might be nerve-wracking, but the results have already been determined the second the polls closed.

"Waiting to see how it has turned out" is obviously not as exciting as "battling" or "fighting", I suppose.

You obviously haven't seen candidates disputing counts and spoiled votes!

doubleglaze

How full is the count centre in Leisureland right now?

Can anyone get in to observe?

eagle10

Fifth count



Nolan: 8479
O Cuiv: 8219
Grealish: 6812
Walsh,B: 5871
Connolly: 5626
FHE: 5356
Kyne: 4758
Clochartaigh: 4140
Naughton: 3909
Fahy: 3832

xxxxxxxxxx Welby: 3505


afaik finished in leisure land tonight

WesternNight

It's going to get interesting tomorrow.

johngalway

Dev Óg on RTE now, reckoned (not in any order):

1 lab, 1 ff, 2 fg, and Grealish.

Galway K9

i really want niallers, crowe gone anyways. niall has tried twice and failed GIVE UP TO ****! i hate fidelma too:D

Dunjohn

Looking like Nolan will slip into the number two slot. Now that the party candidates are entering the relegation zone, their votes will start to clump around the party leaders. Virtually all of Fahey's will go O'Cuiv's way.

Doesn't really matter since the two are fairly well ahead of the pack, but I'm finally starting to see why Labour only ran one candidate here. I thought they were mad not to run two.

WesternNight

Galway K9 wrote: »

i really want niallers, crowe gone anyways. niall has tried twice and failed GIVE UP TO ****!

They've already been eliminated.

celty

Dunjohn wrote: »

Looking like Nolan will slip into the number two slot. Now that the party candidates are entering the relegation zone, their votes will start to clump around the party leaders. Virtually all of Fahey's will go O'Cuiv's way.

Doesn't really matter since the two are fairly well ahead of the pack, but I'm finally starting to see why Labour only ran one candidate here. I thought they were mad not to run two.

I voted for Catherine, but felt it was an awful pity that she 'fell out' with Labour as that party has been her natural home. So, in effect, there are still two Labour candidates in the field. I voted for her as a bit of a protest, but also because I really don't know anything about Nolan. He has done brilliantly to actually increase Michael D's vote with such a low profile going into the Election.

Dunjohn

I figured it had to be due to a worry about Connolly alright, that two candidates would split the vote evenly (like you said, Nolan doesn't have much name recognition yet) and allow Connolly to steal any "Labour" spot.

tred

Dunjohn wrote: »

I figured it had to be due to a worry about Connolly alright, that two candidates would split the vote evenly (like you said, Nolan doesn't have much name recognition yet) and allow Connolly to steal any "Labour" spot.

are ye guys saying....Connolly to take the 5th seat? where is eames? where is kyne? whats happened in galway west????

Iwannahurl

Dunjohn wrote: »

Looking like Nolan will slip into the number two slot. Now that the party candidates are entering the relegation zone, their votes will start to clump around the party leaders. Virtually all of Fahey's will go O'Cuiv's way.

Doesn't really matter since the two are fairly well ahead of the pack, but I'm finally starting to see why Labour only ran one candidate here. I thought they were mad not to run two.

The Labour seat in Galway West was hard won and has never been taken for granted. There is an image of Michael D as Michael Twee the airy-fairy intellectual poet, but IMO he's as hard-headed and shrewd about the number crunching as any FF strategist. Don't forget it was also a PD stronghold, so there isn't exactly a huge pool of left-wing voters to draw on for support.

I don't think Labour's setup in Galway East is quite as effective, to say the least. Not sure at this moment how their two candidates fared.





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timmy00

the count was to resume at 9 this morning, anyone know how its going so far ??

eagle10

H naughton gone o cuiv in first kyne has overtaken fhe for sixth place connolly in fifth by 139 votes. The other yolk still hanging on

sgthighway

6th Count:
Kyne: 5770
Naughton: 3994
Nolan: 8722
O Clochartaigh: 4406
Walsh,B: 5965
Connolly: 5909
O Cuiv: 8948
Fahey: 4016
Grealish: 7116
Healy Eames: 5497

Naughton eliminated

Galway K9

eagle10 wrote: »

H naughton gone o cuiv in first kyne has overtaken fhe for sixth place connolly in fifth by 139 votes. The other yolk still hanging on

other yoke! ha:D

galwayrush

Expecting bulk of Naughton to go to Walsh, interesting day ahead.

eagle10

Sixth Count:
Cuív (FF) (+729) 8,948
Nolan (Lab) (+243) 8, 722
Grealish (Ind) (+304) 7,116
Walsh B (FG) (+94) 5,965
Connolly (Ind) (+283) 5,909
Kyne (FG) (+1,012) 5,770
Healy Eames (FG) (+141) 5,497
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+266) 4,406
Fahey (FF) (+184) 4,016



Naughton (FG) (+85) 3,994


Non-Transferable: 164
Naughton eliminated. Distribution of Naughton’s 3,994.


It is quite tense and exciting

johngalway

Radio 1 just done GW. They say FG confident they can get two seats, but that there's 200 or less votes between Kyne & FHE. Connolly camp say they need heavy transfers from SF, but Kyne also expected to get transfers from SF due to both being in Connemara (and I'll add my own thinking that Kyne being a farmer(?)/REPS planner won't hurt him in that regard).

Dunjohn

Surely we'll fill a seat or two on this count!? Gerry Adams is really breathing heavy down Michael Martin's neck, Fianna Fail need to open the lead a bit!

celty

It seems to all depend now on where Trevor O Clochartaigh's votes will transfer. Naughton's will probably split between her three party colleagues, with possibly more going to Walsh because he is from the city.

Frank Fahey to be eliminated, which should see O Cuiv first over the line.

Then Nolan, Walsh, and Grealish.

The last seat is between FHE, Kyne, and Connolly, who has an outside chance and would need huge transfers from SF.

It should be quite an exciting finish.

eagle10

Forty gafs gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant news

MOC1972

Frank fahy gone I hope Kyne takes a seat

nifheorais

Nolan back on top after the 7th. The O Cuiv, Grealish, Walsh, Connolly. 54 votes btwn Eames and Kyne.

eagle10

7th count

Bye bye Frankeen

Nolan; 9138
Cuiv; 9066
Grealish; 7324
Walsh,B; 7010
FHE; 6554
Kyne; 6500
Connolly; 6169
O Clochartaigh; 4446


:D:D:D:D:D:D:DFahey; 4061:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

03046290

Dear lord 7th count and still no one elected, is this some kind of record?

The fifth seat is going to be very very close.

Does anyone know when the next count will be announced. I'd love to go down for when Nolan gets elected.

padraig71

How nice to see Fahey put out of it.

eagle10

Naughton eliminated. Distribution of Naughton’s 3,994.
Seventh Count: Naughton’s transfers

Nolan (Lab) (+416) 9,138
Cuív (FF) (+108) 9,056
Grealish (Ind) (+208) 7,324
Walsh B (FG) (+1,045) 7,010
Healy Eames (FG) (+1,057) 6,554
Kyne (FG) (+730) 6,500
Connolly (Ind) (+260) 6,169
O Clochartaigh (SF) (+40) 4,446



Fahey (FF) (+45) 4,061


:D:D:D:D:DFahey Eliminated.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


It will be interesting to see where forty gafs votes go I presume they will push o coimh up a bit maybe connolly may benefit cant see many going to fg