00.10
Third count results are as follows:
Moran +14 = 7,672
Burke + 6 = 5,757
Hogan +35 = 5,346
Penrose +7 = 4,947
Bannon +4 = 4,663
Gerety Quinn +4 = 4,167
Morgan +12 - 3,356
McFadden +4 = 2,846
Sexton +3 = 1,657
Magan +11 = 1,122
Fagan +14 = 935
McKervey +6 = 664
Parker +22 = 532
Smyth +9 = 308
Miller +19 = 232
James Miller is eliminated and his transfers will be distributed tomorrow as we say goodnight from Kenagh!
23.10
The results of the second count are in. This count consists of the distribution of Robert Troy's surplus of 599 votes.
Moran +73 = 7,658
Burke + 68 = 5,571
Hogan +35 = 5,311
Penrose +118 = 4,940
Bannon +10 = 4,659
Gerety Quinn +219 = 4,163
Morgan +15 = 3,344
McFadden +8 = 2,842
Sexton +8 = 1,654
Magan +7 = 1,111
Fagan +23 = 921
McKervey +4 = 658
Parker +4 = 510
Smyth +3 = 299
Miller +3 = 213
Healy +1 = 133
Jackson +0 = 53
Donal Jackson and Stephanie Healy eliminated, and counting is commencing of their transfers.
21.00
The results of the first count for Longford-Westmeath:
Troy 11,655
Moran 7,585
Burke 5,683
Hogan 5,276
Penrose 4,822
Bannon 4,649
Gerety Quinn 3,944
Morgan 3,329
McFadden 2,834
Sexton 1,646
Magan 1,104
Fagan 898
McKervey 654
Parker 506
Smyth 296
Miller 210
Healy 132
Jackson 53
Total poll is 55,816; invalid votes 540; valid votes 55,276.
The quota is 11,056.
Robert Troy is elected and his surplus of 599 will now be redistributed.
20.56
We have our first TD! Robert Troy FF elected for Longford-Westmeath on the first count. Breakdown of figures to follow
20.38
A victory huddle is forming around Robert Troy. An announcement is imminent.
20.00
Still waiting for a TD...
17.30
Deputy Troy says: "It's an honour to be elected. I want to thank the people of the constituency for voting for me."
He refused to be drawn on whether Fianna Fail would go into coalition with Fine Gael, but promised to "act in the national interest as we always have".
16.50
Robert Troy has arrived at the count centre. The FF TD is expected to be elected on the first count.
16.28
A disappointed Gabrielle McFadden has said she is conceding defeat following a poor performance in the polls
16.19
Our first TD sighting of the day - Gabrielled McFadden arrives in Kenagh
15.45
James Morgan, Dominic Parker, Noel McKervey and Brian Fagan are in the house. No sign of our poll toppers. Biding their time!
15.38
Those in the know are saying it could be 8pm before we have the results of the first count. It's going to be a very long day!
Meanwhile candidates and their representatives are still adjudicating on the doubtful votes.
14.30
The almost-final tally figures are in for Longford-Westmeath, with Fianna Fail's Robert Troy powering ahead.
Troy 11,531
Moran 7,135
Burke 5,666
Hogan 5,162
Penrose 4,730
Bannon 4,618
Gerety Quinn 3,940
Morgan 3,350
McFadden 2,749
Sexton 1,619
Magan 1,086
Fagan 935
McKervey 643
Parker 494
Smyth 348
Miller 202
Healy 168
Jackson 52
This tally is based on 99.4 per cent of votes. With an estimated quota of 10,886, it looks likely that Troy will be first to be elected on the first count.
13.59
Adjudication is just about to start on the 'doubtful' votes
13.45
At 78 per cent of the total tally (including all Longford boxes and 62 per cent of Westmeath boxes ) here's how it's looking:
Troy 7216
Moran 6701
Bannon 4417
Gerety Quinn 3817
Hogan 3784
Morgan 3312
Burke 3107
Penrose 3018
McFadden 2542
Sexton 1610
Magan 805
Fagan 542
McKervey 530
Parker 352
Smyth 308
Miller 139
Healy 121
Jackson 42
That's Troy on 17%, Moran on 15.8%, Bannon on 10.4%, Gerety Quinn on 9% and Hogan on 8.9%
These figures place FG down 15.8% on 2011, FF up 6.4 %, Labour down 16.1%, Independent Alliance up 16.8% and Green up 1.4%
11.50
The first complete tally is in for Longford:
James Bannon 3,802 (21.1% )
Connie Gerety-Quinn 3,341 (18.6% )
James Morgan 3,133 (17.4% )
Robert Troy 1,687 (9.4% )
Paul Hogan 1,587 (8.8% )
Mae Sexton 1,538 (8.5% )
Peter Burke 552 (3.1% )
Willie Penrose 530 (2.9% )
Kevin 'Boxer' Moran 433 (2.4% )
Manchan Magan 362 (2% )
Gabrielle McFadden 275 (1.5% )
Barbara Smyth 246 (1.4% )
Noel McKervey 228 (1.3% )
Brian Fagan 105 (0.6% )
Dominic Parker 100 (0.6% )
Stephanie Healy 51 (0.3% )
James Miller 28 (0.2% )
Donal Jackson 12 (0.1% )
11.44
The first candidates are beginning to arrive at the count centre - so far we've spotted Paul Hogan, Manchan Magan and Stephanie Healy
11.04
More than half of the Longford boxes are open and early tally figures are as follows:
James Bannon 2,338
James Morgan 1,901
Connie Gerety-Quinn 1,863
Robert Troy 1,073
Mae Sexton 1,005
Paul Hogan 963
Peter Burke 343
Willie Penrose 339
Kevin 'Boxer' Moran 253
Manchan Magan 221
Gabrielle McFadden 179
Barbara Smyth 174
Noel McKervey 156
Brian Fagan 88
Dominic Parker 62
Stephanie Healy 33
James Miller 18
Donal Jackson 9
That's 21.2 per cent of the vote so far to Bannon, followed by Morgan at 17.3 per cent and Gerety-Quinn at 16.9 per cent.
No official tallies available for Westmeath yet.
10.38
The first tallies are in from Athlone. The figures for the first box from Coosan NS are as follows:
James Bannon FG: 1
Peter Burke FG: 2
Brian Fagan Ind: 0
Connie Gerety-Quinn FF: 2
Stephanie Healy Ind: 1
Paul Hogan SF: 18
Donal Jackson Ind: 0
Manchan Magan GP: 6
Gabrielle McFadden FG: 45
Noel McKervey CD: 6
James Miller Ind: 1
Kevin 'Boxer' Moran Ind: 160
James Morgan Ind: 1
Dominic Parker Ind: 4
Willie Penrose Lab: 5
Mae Sexton Ind: 1
Barbara Smyth Ind: 0
Robert Troy FF: 7
Early tallies indicate that in Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael are down 20.9%, Fianna Fail are up 1.8%, Labour are down 20.8%, and Sinn Fein are up 0.7% from the last General Election in 2011.
10.13
Greetings from Kenagh, Co Longford. We're settling in for the day, and will be bringing you all the news from the count as it happens. Boxes are being opened as we speak - stand by for the first tallies of the day.
