General Election 2011: Donegal North East Constituency (3 Seats)

[TotalMayhem]

Pádraig MacLochlainn SF
padraig.maclochlainn@oireachtas.ie
website:
http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/20210

Charlie McConalogue FF
charlie.mcConalogue@oireachtas.ie
website:
http://www.fiannafail.ie/people/charlie-mcconalogue/

Joe McHugh FG
joe.mchugh@oireachtas.ie
website:
http://www.joemchugh.finegael.ie

[Sidewinder]

MacLochlainn and McHugh should be safe enough, but who will take the last seat - will the banjo-playing retards of Fanad still vote for Blaney the Lesser? Will Jimmy Harte trade off his da's memory with the auld wans to steal a shock Labour seat and leave FF with 0? Does anyone actually care?

[Slim Buddha]

Donegal South-West is a bit more interesting. Wasn't there a candidate in the recent bye-election who polled 3000+ first preferences who used to be in SF? If SF have any smarts, they will get him back in the tent pronto. Doherty is a certainty for SF in this constituency. he is based in Gweedore. But the other guy was from around where Coughlan is based and if he can get 3000+ first prefs without a party machine behind him, I think he could damage Coughlan immensely with the SF electoral apparatus working on maximum strength.

There is a possibility in the current climate to get 2 SF in here and leave FF holding their todgers and standing in the rain.

[Sidewinder]

Thomas Pringle. He's a Killybegs man I think. Labour were trying to recruit him recently - another sign of Labour's general hypocrisy and somewhat bizarre candidate selections.

[charley]

I thought they'd be using the 2009 county council election boundary. The map is the older boundary but they used the old boundary for the SW by-election.

[TotalMayhem]

GE 2007 Results:

[ang]

Blaney not standing:-

Bryan Dobson
RTE reporting that Niall Blaney TD FF Donegal NE not seek re-election. End of a political dynasty

Edit:- Then again he may decide to stand as an Indo. I wonder if Martin asked him to stand aside for the good of the party ?

[Apjp]

Blaney not standing:-



Edit:- Then again he may decide to stand as an Indo. I wonder if Martin asked him to stand aside for the good of the party ?

they should all stand aside for the good of the country

[5intheface]

Final Tally here, SF top poll in both Donegals

Padraig Mac Lochlainn SF 9337 25%

Joe Mc Hugh FG 7221 19.13%

Charlie Mc Conalogue FF 6567 17.4%

John Ryan FG 4578 12.13%

Jimmy Harte Lab 4083 10.8%

Dessie Shiels Ind 1870 4.96%

Ian Mc Garvey Ind 1332 3.5%

Dara Blaney Ind 1210 5%

Betty Holmes Ind 1133 3%

Ryan Stewart Ind 207 1%

Humphrey Murphy Green 201 1%

http://www.highlandradio.com/2011/02...th-east-tally/

[Sidewinder]

Any way on those numbers that Ryan can overtake McConnellogue on transfers and nab the final seat? It's mathematically possible of course, just wondering if it is likely.

FF with 0 in Donegal, now that would be a great result.

[5intheface]

Any way on those numbers that Ryan can overtake McConnellogue on transfers and nab the final seat? It's mathematically possible of course, just wondering if it is likely.

FF with 0 in Donegal, now that would be a great result.

Doesn't look like the top 2 will have any surplus and I'm not familiar with the INDs there. You'd assume they'd go anti-FF but I see the name Blaney in there too.

[Sidewinder]

Official first count results
38324 cast ballots
406 Invalid Ballots
37918 valid Poll
Quota 9480

Padraig Mac Lochlainn SF 9278

Joe Mc Hugh FG 7330

Charlie Mc Conalogue FF 6613

John Ryan FG 4657

Jimmy Harte Lab 4090

Dessie Shiels Ind 1876

Ian Mc Garvey Ind 1287

Dara Blaney Ind 1228

Betty Holmes Ind 1150

Ryan Stewart Ind 203

Humphrey Murphy Green 206

[Sidewinder]

2nd count, nobody elected, Betty Holmes eliminated and her transfers being done next.

[5intheface]

MacLochlainn now only 130 short

[ang]

MacLochlainn now only 130 short

Just been elected on third count


http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/...orth-east.html