FIANNA Fáil’s Mikey Sheehy topped the poll in the Tralee Electoral Area to retain his seat on the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council.

The results of the first count were revealed at the count centre at the John Mitchels GAA Complex  this afternoon and could see Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris and Cllr Terry O’Brien exceed the quota (of 1,688) in the next couple of counts.

This will leave the remaining four seats up for grabs with a number of candidates still in contention throughout this afternoon and into tonight.

Continued below…

Mikey Sheehy got 2,114 first preference votes, followed by Deirdre Ferris on 1,560 and Terry O’Brien on 1,537.

In third place is Independent candidate Sam Locke on 1,057, followed by Sinn Féin’s Paul Daly on 1,046, Fianna Fáil’s Anne O’Sullivan on 819, Angie Baily of Fine Gael on 806, Thomas McEllistrim (Ind) on 774 and Sinn Fein’s Cathal Foley on 714.

See full results of first count below…

Quota: 1,688

Electorate: 26,411

Total Valid Poll: 13,502

Invalid/spoiled votes: 160

Abdurahman, Ame (Non-Party) – 27

Baily, Angie (Fine Gael) – 806

Daly, Paul (Sinn Féin) – 1,046

Donnelly, Sinéad (Fine Gael) – 688

Dunne, Anluan (Green Party) – 651

Ferris, Deirdre (Sinn Féin) – 1,560

Foley, Cathal (Sinn Féin) – 714

Kevane, Paddy (Sinn Féin) – 366

Locke, Sam (Non-Party) – 1,057

McEllistrim, Thomas (Non-Party) – 774

O’Brien, Terry (Labour) – 1,537

O’Grady, Eddie (The Irish People) – 321

O’Sullivan, Anne (Fianna Fáil) – 819

Oyebanji, Mistura (Social Democrats) – 427

Sheehy, Mikey (Fianna Fáil) – 2,114

Slimm, Ben (Labour) – 202

Sweeney, Jacob (The National Party) –  393

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