Thomas Pringle in the Aura, Letterkenny Count Centre. Photo: Donna El Assaad
Twenty eight hours after the count first started, Deputy Thomas Pringle has won the fifth and final seat in Donegal, pipping fellow out-going Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn (SF) by 184 votes
Electorate 117,675 – Total Poll 73,957, Valid Poll 73,303, Seats 5 Invalid votes 654
Quota 12,218
Distribution of Joe McHugh’s surplus of 251 votes
Doherty, Pearse SF 14,600 (Elected, eighth count)
Gallagher, Pat The Cope FF (Elected 11th Count)
MacLochlainn, Padráig SF 9,852 +46 9,898
McConalogue, Charlie FF 12,533 (Elected, first count)
McHugh, Joe FG (Elected 11th Count)
Pringle, Thomas NP 9,888 +194 10,082
NTP 11
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