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Baile Atha Cliath Lar
Dublin Area (Leinster)

1 Seat 14 Candidates 9 Counts
Electorate: 57,619 Quota: 12,435
 Candidate     Party     1st Pref   Share   Quota     Count   Status   Seat 

Daniel Ennis  Social Democrats 
    Lozenge   4,903    19.72 %   0.39    9      Elected     1   ♂

Janice Boylan  Sinn Féin 
    Lozenge   4,348    17.48 %   0.35    ( 9 )      Not Elected     ♀  
Janet Horner  Green/Comhaontas Glas 
    Lozenge   2,907    11.69 %   0.23    ( 8 )      Eliminated     ♀  
Gerard Hutch  Non party/Independent 
    Lozenge   2,817    11.33 %   0.23    ( 7 )      Eliminated       ♂
Ray McAdam  Fine Gael 
    Lozenge   2,659    10.69 %   0.21    ( 6 )      Eliminated       ♂
Malachy Steenson  Non party/Independent 
    Lozenge   2,342    9.42 %   0.19    ( 5 )      Eliminated       ♂
Eoghan O Ceannabháin  Solidarity People Before Profit 
    Lozenge   1,681    6.76 %   0.14    ( 4 )      Eliminated       ♂
Ruth O'Dea  Labour 
    Lozenge   1,454    5.85 %   0.12    ( 3 )      Eliminated     ♀  
John Stephens  Fianna Fail 
    Lozenge   1,049    4.22 %   0.08    ( 2 )      Lost Deposit       ♂
Ian Smyth  Aontú 
    Lozenge   505    2.03 %   0.04    ( 1 )      Lost Deposit       ♂
Mannix Flynn  Non party/Independent 
    Lozenge   157    0.63 %   0.01    ( 1 )      Lost Deposit       ♂
Tony Corrigan  Non party/Independent 
    Lozenge   30    0.12 %   0.00    ( 1 )      Lost Deposit       ♂
Colm Flood  Non party/Independent 
    Lozenge   10    0.04 %   0.00    ( 1 )      Lost Deposit       ♂
John O'Leary 7  Non party/Independent 
    Lozenge   7    0.03 %   0.00    ( 1 )      Lost Deposit       ♂

Total valid 24,869 43.16 %

Spoilt votes 176 0.70 %

Total poll 25,045 43.47 %

Final votes required for expenses: 1,244
Candidates: 3 female (♀), 11 male (♂)

First count declaration made Saturday 17:22
Final declaration made Sunday 00:29
By election caused by resignation of Paschal Donohoe .
 
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*Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2007 §48(1)(e)(ii), a qualified candidate is entitled to apply for a reimbursement of election expenses. In order to qualify for a reimbursement, a candidate must either be elected or, if not elected, have exceeded one quarter of what would have been the quota in that constituency were the full number of members of the Dáil for the constituency to be elected.