The Count has been adjourned until morning after the result of the Seventh Count – the distribution of Deirdre Wadding’s vote – was announced just before midnight.
Sinn Fein’s Johnny Mythen was formally elected on the First Count. He polled a massive 18,717 first preferences to become the first Sinn Fein candidate elected in Wexford for 102 years.
The order for the remaining four seats (over night) is as follows; Brendan Howlin (12,307; James Browne (9,246) ; Verona Murphy 7,820; Michael D’Arcy 6,922; Malcolm Byrne 6,843; Paul Kehoe 6,712; Ger Carthy 5,738.
TOTAL POLL 75,622 INVALID BALLOT PAPERS 549
VALID POLL 75,073 NUMBER OF SEATS 5
SEVENTH COUNT – distribution of Deirdre Wadding’s votes.
Non-transferable
BROWNE James Fianna Fáil 8,058 (+404) 8,462 (+396) 8,858 (+55) 8,913 (+162) 9,075 (+76) 9,151 (+95) 9,246
BYRNE Malcolm Fianna Fáil 6,145 (+193) 6,338 (+203) 6,541 (+23) 6564 (+76) 6,640 (+110) 6,750 (+6,843)
CARTHY Ger Independent 3,024 (+579) 3,603 (+143) 3,746 (+177) 3,923 (+514) 4,437 (+199) 4,636 (+1,102) 5,738
CODD Jim Aontú 1,518 (+347) 1,865 (+40) 1,905 (+110) 2,008 ELIMINATED
D’ARCY Michael Fine Gael 6,472 (+105) 6,577 (+33) 6,610 (+46) 6,656 (+36) 6,692 (+165) 6,857 (+65) 6,922
HOWLIN Brendan Labour 9,223 (+688) 9,911 (+209) 10,120 (+151) 10,271 (+180) 10,451 (+869) 11,320 (987) 12,307
KEHOE Paul Fine Gael 6,337 (+118) 6,455 (+28) 6,483(+39) 6,522 (+52) 6,574 (+110) 6,677 (+35) 6,712
McDONALD Lisa Fianna Fáil 1,351 (+60) 1,411 ELIMINATED
MURPHY Bart Independent 68 (+35) 103 ELIMINATED
MURPHY Verona Independent 5,825 (+673) 6,498 (+166) 6,664(+177) 6,841 (+277) 7,118 (+132) 7,250 (+570) 7,820
MYTHEN Johnny Sinn Féin 18,717 ELECTED
O’SHEA Seanie Ind4Change 825 (+728) 1,553 (+37) 1,590 ELIMINATED
ROSEINGRAVE Paula Green Party 2,028 (+346) 2,374 (+25) 2,399 (+185) 2,584 (+99) 2,683 ELIMINATED
SHEEHAN Michael Fianna Fáil 4,366 (+142) 4,508 (+166) 6,674 (+40) 4,714 (+103) 4,817 (+64) 4,881 (+51) 4,932 ELIMINATED
WADDING Deirdre Solidarity-PBP 1,116 (+1,786) 2,902 (+30) 2,932 (+444) 3376 (+223) 3,599 (+760) 4,359
The Count has been adjourned until 10 am.