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Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1979 Sligo County Council election|
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Council control after election
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An election to Sligo County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a six-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Results by local electoral area
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Ballymote: 7 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8
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Fine Gael
|
Tommy Lavin*
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12.6%
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930
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Fianna Fáil
|
Joe Shannon*
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11.4%
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843
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859
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860
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911
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935
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Fianna Fáil
|
Michael Conlan*
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10.4%
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767
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773
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773
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779
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791
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873
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923
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Fianna Fáil
|
Tommy Deignan*
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9.9%
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727
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731
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732
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748
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774
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831
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954
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Fine Gael
|
Gerry Murray*
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9.7%
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714
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728
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729
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742
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800
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822
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831
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844
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Independent
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William Gormley*
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8.7%
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639
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655
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656
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699
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735
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794
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860
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872
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Fine Gael
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John Higgins
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7.8%
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574
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593
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594
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614
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710
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745
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774
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779
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Fine Gael
|
Leo Conlon*
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7.7%
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568
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588
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589
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599
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635
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763
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801
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806
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Fine Gael
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Michael Kelly
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4.7%
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347
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370
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370
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410
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431
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—
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Fine Gael
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Neil Henry
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4.7%
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344
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375
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377
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395
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—
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Fianna Fáil
|
Kevin Savage
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4.4%
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328
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412
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412
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513
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530
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556
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—
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Independent
|
Abina McMorrow
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4.2%
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307
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350
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350
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—
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Fine Gael
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Kevin Lee
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3.9%
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289
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—
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Electorate: 9,400 Valid: 7,377 (78.48%) Quota: 923
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Source for Ballymote counts.[1]
Dromore: 4 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7
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Fianna Fáil
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Paddy Conway*
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26.6%
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1,065
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Fine Gael
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Paul Conmy*
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16.2%
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648
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692
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713
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744
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816
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Fianna Fáil
|
George Finnerty*
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12.4%
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496
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605
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622
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643
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681
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681
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809
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Fine Gael
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Peter Barrett*
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11.3%
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454
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467
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470
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493
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640
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652
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718
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Independent
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Patrick O'Neill
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9.6%
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386
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406
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420
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449
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482
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484
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—
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Fianna Fáil
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Patrick Hallinan
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9.1%
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363
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411
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418
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483
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496
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497
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593
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Fianna Fáil
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Sean Tempany
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7.2%
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289
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298
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300
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338
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—
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Sinn Féin
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Jack McElduff
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5.6%
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225
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234
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240
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—
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Independent
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Michael Maloney
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1.9%
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76
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88
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—
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Valid: 4,002 Quota: 801
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Source for Dromore counts.[2]
Sligo: 9 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14
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Fianna Fáil
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Sean McManus*
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12.4%
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1,201
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Fianna Fáil
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John Mulrooney*
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10.1%
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1,065
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Independent
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Declan Bree*[a]
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9.7%
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1,154
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1,182
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1,206
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Fine Gael
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Tony McLoughlin*
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9.4%
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1,116
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1,141
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1,163
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1,175
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1,176
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1,177
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1,201
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Fine Gael
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Tom Fox*
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7.0%
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826
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837
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844
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858
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858
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859
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879
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912
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935
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970
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1,001
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1,054
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1,097
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1,111
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Fine Gael
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Eugene Henry*
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6.7%
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798
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811
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823
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827
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829
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829
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837
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902
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921
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976
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1,021
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1,062
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1,114
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1,120
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Fine Gael
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John Fallon*
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5.8%
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691
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715
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733
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737
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743
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743
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751
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780
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793
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808
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834
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939
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1,002
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1,018
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Fianna Fáil
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William Farrell*
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5.6%
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669
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708
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711
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731
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731
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736
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742
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747
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771
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847
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964
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985
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1,250
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Fine Gael
|
James Feighney
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5.1%
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600
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601
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602
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636
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636
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638
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639
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659
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674
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836
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848
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862
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879
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884
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Fianna Fáil
|
Michael Brennan
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7.0%
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826
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837
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844
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858
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858
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859
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879
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912
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935
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970
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1,001
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1,054
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1,097
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1,111
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Independent
|
Michael Carroll
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4.0%
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472
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482
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490
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498
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500
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500
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515
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523
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556
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561
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573
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—
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Labour
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Tommy Higgins*
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4.8%
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574
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611
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613
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621
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621
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622
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632
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637
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652
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658
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776
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802
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—
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Fianna Fáil
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Albert Higgins
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3.7%
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439
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490
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493
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496
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497
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499
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505
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508
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523
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525
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—
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Fine Gael
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John Watters
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3.2%
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379
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381
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382
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392
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393
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394
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402
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424
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444
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—
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Fine Gael
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P.J. Kearney
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2.7%
|
315
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323
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324
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332
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333
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333
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337
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343
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—
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Fine Gael
|
Matt Lyons
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1.8%
|
216
|
221
|
222
|
224
|
224
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224
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236
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—
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Fine Gael
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Dympna McNamara
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1.6%
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195
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202
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204
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213
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214
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214
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—
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Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
|
Michael Leydon
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1.4%
|
167
|
168
|
168
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—
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Independent
|
Sidney Gallagher
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1.1%
|
133
|
133
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—
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Valid: 11,869 Quota: 1,187
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Source for Sligo counts.[3]
Source for Tubbercurry counts.[4]