Ciarán Ferrie@HarriettMB @aliceeire @sadhbhoneill @gavreilly @HazelChu RTE news : Chu requests recount in DU/TC Seanad constituency
http://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0130/1493729-seanad-elections/
So apparently the result is so close that they are delaying an announcement so that they can carry out a recheck of bundles from this count.
I wouldn't rule out a full recount.
The distribution of MacNeill's votes will be the final count. @HazelChu is 416 votes ahead of Aubrey McCarthy, both vying for the last seat
Nailbiting stuff!
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Result of 13th Count (distribution of Clonan's surplus)
CHU, Hazel +201 3,163
MACNEILL, Hugo +117 2,476
MCCARTHY, Aubrey +117 2,747
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Standings after distribution of Smyth's votes
Clonan 4938
Chu 2962
McCarthy 2630
McNeill 2359
Clonan elected with a surplus of 488 to be distributed
@aliceeire @sadhbhoneill @HazelChu @gavreilly Ossian Smyth has been eliminated. Two seats left to fill, four candidates remaining. Quota is 4,450
Current standings:
Clonan 4346
McCarthy 2343
Chu 2201
McNeill 2141
Smyth's 2029 votes to be distributed now. Looks like it's between McCarthy and Chu for the final seat.
Lynn Ruane has been elected and it's getting very tight indeed for the final seat with only 117 votes between the two Greens and Ruane's surplus of 354 to be distributed now
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The NUI Panel is done and dusted - business as usual with Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen and @aliceeire all re-elected.
The TCD Panel is getting very very tight in the last few counts.
@sadhbhoneill has been eliminated and her transfers are probably going to elect Lynn Ruane.
After Ruane's surplus is distributed it looks like one of the two Greens, @HazelChu and Ossian Smyth, will be eliminated, but their transfers might then elect the other one. @gavreilly
Apparently not all panels will be counted today in the Vocational Panels.
The schedule is: Cultural and Educational count today, Agricultural tomorrow, Labour Saturday, Industrial Sunday and Administrative panel on Monday.
So it will be Monday before we have the full make of the 27th Seanad Éireann
Counting on the Vocational Panels should be starting shortly. You can follow progress here: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/elections/seanad-general-election-live/