THE Tralee Electoral Area ninth count has taken place in the John Mitchels GAA Complex and candidates are moving closer to those four remaining seats in the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council.

While the eighth count consisted of the distribution of the surplus of Cllr Deirdre Ferris amounting to just 35 votes, the ninth count was of far more consequence, seeing the distribution of Fine Gael’s Sinead Donnelly’s 794 votes. The main beneficiary here was her party colleague Angie Baily who received 277 transfers.

Cllr Sam Locke (Ind) is still leading on 1,428 followed by Sinn Féin’s Paul Daly on 1,316, Angie Baily of Fine Gael on 1,201, Fianna Fáil’s Anne O’Sullivan on 1,059, Thomas McEllistrim (Ind) on 1,024 and Cathal Foley on 971.

Continued below…

Anluan Dunne of the Green Party finished on 899 and being the candidate with the fewest votes, he has now been eliminated. His 899 votes will now be distributed for the tenth count.

See full results of ninth count below…

Quota: 1,688

Baily, Angie (Fine Gael) – (+277) 1,201

Daly, Paul (Sinn Féin) – (+48) 1,316

Dunne, Anluan (Green Party) – (+61) 899

Ferris, Deirdre (Sinn Féin) – 1,723 ELECTED

Foley, Cathal (Sinn Féin) – (+73) 971

Locke, Sam (Non-Party) – (+103) 1,428

McEllistrim, Thomas (Non-Party) – (+36) 1,024

O’Brien, Terry (Labour) – 1,721 ELECTED

O’Sullivan, Anne (Fianna Fáil) – (+81) 1,059

Sheehy, Mikey (Fianna Fáil) – 2,114 ELECTED. 

• 115 non-transferable papers

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