SINN Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris has been elected to the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council this afternoon after the fifth count.

The count consisted of the distribution of the 386 votes of Sinn Féin’s Paddy Kevane which saw Cllr Ferris receive 96 votes to put her over the quota of 1,688, finishing with 1,723 votes.

Mistura Oyebanji of the Social Democrates has now been eliminated and her 471 votes will now be distributed. There are a number of candidates in with a chance of taking the remaining four seats.

Continued below…

Leading the pack is Cllr Sam Locke on 1,160, followed by Sinn Féin’s Paul Daly on 1,155, Fianna Fáil’s Anne O’Sullivan on 945 and Angie Baily of Fine Gael on 874.

See full results of fifth count below…

Quota: 1,688

Baily, Angie (Fine Gael) – (+8) 874

Daly, Paul (Sinn Féin) – (+66) 1,155

Donnelly, Sinéad (Fine Gael) – (+18) 743

Dunne, Anluan (Green Party) – (+15) 702

Ferris, Deirdre (Sinn Féin) – (+96) 1,723 ELECTED

Foley, Cathal (Sinn Féin) – (+76) 814

Locke, Sam (Non-Party) – (+41) 1,160

McEllistrim, Thomas (Non-Party) – (+13) 844

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

O’Sullivan, Anne (Fianna Fáil) – (+8) 945

Oyebanji, Mistura (Social Democrats) – (+15) 471

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

Sweeney, Jacob (The National Party) –  (+6) 582

• There were 24 non-transferable papers. 

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