GE2024: Mayo count live as it unfolds
Stay with us for Live Updates and Count Results from the Mayo constituency count centre in Castlebar
21:15: Aontú's Paul Lawless breaks the mould in county Mayo as he fills the fifth and final seat.
20.45: Replay - The moment Keira Keogh of Fine Gael was deemed elected to Dáil Éireann this evening
20.41: And here's Paul Lawless celebrating after filling the 5th seat in Mayo
20.37: Earlier, in the minutes before he was declared a TD, Paul Lawless of Aontú awaiting the announcement of his election along with his family, supporters and friends
20.35: Fine Gael TD Keira Keogh celebrating with her supporters
20.28: The final 2 TDs in Mayo have been elected – Keira Keogh and Paul Lawless.
Mayo's 5 Dáil representatives are:
Dara Calleary
Rose Conway-Walsh
Alan Dillon
Keira Keogh
Paul Lawless
11TH COUNT
Distribution of Duffy votes
Keogh +3,472 (12,475)
Lawless +1,129 (9,506)
O'Brien +295 (8,258)
Elected: Keogh and Lawless
19.55: O'Brien concedes defeat, honoured to be last standing in Mayo
Read story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/01/obrien-concedes-defeat-honoured-to-be-last-standing-in-mayo/
17.55: “Mayo has been good to FG, time for FG to be good to Mayo” – Ring
Full story: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/01/mayo-has-been-good-to-fg-time-for-fg-to-be-good-to-mayo-ring/
17.50: Key takeaways from the south Mayo voting
Story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/01/key-takeaways-from-the-south-mayo-voting/
17.05: Westport Fine Gael candidate Keira Keogh is a count away from being elected a Mayo TD for the first time and she is fulsome in her praise of retiring Michael Ring for his direction and guidance during the campaign.
16.50: The 11th count is now underway - distribution of Duffy votes. Here's where votes went in the 10th count.
10TH COUNT
Distribution of Calleary's surplus
Duffy +289 (7,735)
Keogh +413 (9,003)
Lawless +273 (8,377)
O'Brien +310 (7,963)
Eliminated: Duffy
Duffy's vote will now be distributed.
16.35: Tenth count sees Mark Duffy eliminated.
Three left for 2 seats - Keira Keogh (9,003), Paul Lawless (8,377) and Patsy O'Brien (7,963). Next count will decide who wins.
15.45: Memorable scenes as Calleary and Dillon re-elected on same count
Story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/01/memorable-scenes-as-calleary-and-dillon-re-elected-on-same-count/
15:10
The surplus of Calleary is anticipated to boost both Duffy and secondarily Lawless based on geography. Calleary is very strong in his native Ballina but also in Ballyhaunis.
"I received a vote in every box, I think for the first time," Calleary said to our reporter Caoimhín Rowland on the podcast.
Listen here below.
15:05: COUNT UPDATE
Keogh has consolidated her position in the 4th seat with a healthy boost from Fine Gael colleague Alan Dillon's surplus, while the race for the final seat is intensifying as we head into the evening.
NINTH COUNT
Distribution of Dillon's surplus
Keogh +446 (8,590)
Lawless +194 (8,104)
O'Brien +147 (7,653)
Duffy +337 (7,446)
The tenth count will be the distribution of Dara Calleary's surplus
14.10: A memorable day for Alan Dillon on his re-election as Fine Gael TD for Mayo
14.05: The count that saw Dillon and Calleary elected
EIGHTH COUNT
Distribution of Chambers votes
Calleary +3,398 (13,097)
Dillon +1,551 (13,174)
Duffy +203 (7,109)
Keogh +536 (8,150)
Lawless +298 (7,910)
O'Brien +412 (7,506)
Elected: Dillon and Calleary
Dillon's surplus will now be distributed.
12.45: Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary, family and supporters celebrate confirmation of his re-election
13.40: Two more TDs elected on 8th count - Alan Dillon and Dara Calleary
13.20: Excitement building on the floor with another count imminent
13.10: Westport Fine Gael Councillor Peter Flynn revealing the secret behind the imminent success of FG candidate Keira Keogh in the Mayo five-seat constituency
13.05: Alan Dillon is looking forward to a second term in Dáil Éireann. He is looking on course to win the second seat in the five-seat constituency.
12.25: A heartbreaking day for FF in Mayo and Castlebar
Story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/01/a-heartbreaking-day-for-ff-in-mayo-and-castlebar/
11.55: Belmullet at a glance as the peninsula polls top spot in Mayo
Story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/01/belmullet-at-a-glance-as-the-peninsula-polls-top-spot-in-mayo/
11.45: Update on latest count results which saw Lisa Chambers eliminated:
SEVENTH COUNT
Distribution of Murray votes
Calleary +507 (9,699)
Chambers +297 (6,709)
Dillon +418 (11,623)
Duffy +322 (6,906)
Keogh +112 (7,614)
Lawless +1,036 (7,612)
O'Brien +440 (7,094)
Eliminated: Lisa Chambers - her votes will now be distributed.
11.30: Seventh count in - Lisa Chambers, Fianna Fáil, has been eliminated
11.25: Paul Lawless, Aontú, is still in contention for the fifth seat in Mayo.
11.20: A delighted Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh speaking to The Connaught Telegraph following her election. VIDEO: ALISON LAREDO
11.16: SF's Rose seals first seat in Mayo as Aontú hopes surge
Story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/01/sfs-rose-seals-first-seat-in-mayo-as-aontu-hopes-surge/
10.27: The latest results that saw Rose Conway-Walsh elected and Gerry Murray eliminated.
SIXTH COUNT
Distribution of Kerr votes
Calleary +113 (9,192)
Chambers +96 (6,412)
Conway-Walsh +546 (11,963)
Dillon +197 (11,205)
Duffy +126 (6,584)
Keogh +111 (7,502)
Lawless +1,420 (6,576)
Murray +149 (4,091)
O'Brien +523 (6,654)
Elected: Rose Conway-Walsh
Eliminated: Gerry Murray
Murray's votes will now be distributed
10.12: We have first candidate elected in Mayo - Rose Conway-Walsh.
SUNDAY, 9.30 A.M.: We're back!
Counting underway here again at the TF Royal Theatre since 9 a.m. We'll have all the counts and candidates elected as they happen throughout the day.
23.22: Fifth count in - Stephen Kerr eliminated.
Counting is adjourned until 9 a.m. tomorrow with no one yet elected.
FIFTH COUNT (Distribution of Jennings votes)
Calleary +180 (9,079)
Chambers +305 (6,316)
Conway-Walsh +121 (11,417)
Dillon +1,100 (11,008)
Duffy +251 (6,458)
Keogh +712 (7,391)
Kerr +25 (3,684)
Lawless +239 (5,156)
Murray +55 (3,942)
O'Brien +575 (6,131)
Eliminated: Kerr
Kerr's votes will now be distributed.
23.18: Connaught Telegraph journalist Caoimhín Rowland on the latest from the count centre, chatting with our colleagues at CRCfm.
23:10: Martina Jennings' votes still being distributed. Will Rose be elected on this count? The wait goes on!
22.30: Rose thrilled to make history in dramatic Mayo election
Story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/rose-thrilled-to-make-history-in-dramatic-mayo-election/
22.15: Fourth count in - Martina Jennings (FG) eliminated
FOURTH COUNT (Distribution of Maxwell vote)
Calleary +115 (8,899)
Chambers +237 (6,011)
Conway-Walsh +408 (11,296)
Dillon +186 (9,908)
Duffy +48 (6,207)
Jennings +61 (3,632)
Keogh +654 (6,679)
Kerr +205 (3,659)
Lawless +297 (4,917)
Murray +89 (3,887)
O'Brien +231 (5,556)
Eliminated: Jennings
Her votes will now be distributed.
21:30: LISTEN: Aontú's Paul Lawless sees a path to election via the elimination and transfers of non-party Stephen Kerr and Sinn Féin's Gerry Murray.
21.20: Third count in. Chris Maxwell eliminated. His votes will now be distributed.
THIRD COUNT (Distribution of Ó Conaill and Daly votes)
Calleary +123 (8,784)
Chambers +169 (5,774)
Conway-Walsh +712 (10,888)
Dillon +164 (9,722)
Duffy +115 (6,159)
Jennings +72 (3,571)
Keogh +183 (6,025)
Kerr +93 (3,454)
Lawless +96 (4,620)
Maxwell +61 (2,616)
Murray +182 (3,798)
O'Brien +57 (5,325)
Eliminated: Maxwell
His votes will now be distributed.
20.45: Sinn Féin's Rose Conway-Walsh speaking to The Connaught Telegraph at the Mayo count centre after topping the poll in the Mayo constituency
20.15: Second count is in. Boxty Ó Conaill (Green Party) and Joe Daly (People Before Profit) eliminated.
SECOND COUNT (Distribution of Forkan and Loftus votes)
Ó Connaill +4 (929)
Calleary +41 (8,661)
Chambers +21 (5,605)
Conway-Walsh +59 (10,176)
Daly +7 (1,206)
Dillon +41 (9,558)
Duffy +35 (6,044)
Jennings +11 (3,499)
Keogh +12 (5,842)
Kerr +72 (3,361)
Lawless +42 (4,521)
Maxwell +67 (2,555)
Murray +16 (3,616)
O'Brien +39 (5,268)
Eliminated: Ó Conaill and Daly
Their votes will now be distributed.
20.10: How Westport voted in the absence of Mayo’s Michael Ring
Story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/how-westport-voted-in-the-absence-of-mayos-michael-ring/
19.55: Key takeaways from east Mayo voting
Full story were: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/key-takeaways-from-east-mayo-voting/
19.50: Candidates are arriving here to the count centre as the evening moves on:
19.39: Footage from the TF Royal of the first count results being announced by returning officer Ann Marie Courell
19.20: FIRST COUNT IS IN:
ELECTORATE: 112,205
TOTAL POLL: 71,317
INVALID PAPERS: 451
TOTAL VALID POLL: 70,866
QUOTA: 11,812
SEATS: 5
Ó Connaill, Boxty (Green Party) 925
Calleary, Dara (Fianna Fáil) 8,620
Chambers, Lisa (Fianna Fáil) 5,584
Conway-Walsh, Rose (Sinn Féin) 10,117
Daly, Joe (People Before Profit) 1,199
Dillon, Alan (Fine Gael) 9,517
Duffy, Mark (Fine Gael) 6,009
Forkin, Sean (Non Party) 66
Jennings, Martina (Fine Gael) 3,488
Keogh, Keira (Fine Gael) 5,830
Kerr, Stephen (Non Party) 3,289
Lawless, Paul (Aontú) 4,482
Loftus, Gerry (Non Party) 423
Maxwell, Chris (Independent Ireland) 2,488
Murray, Gerry (Sinn Féin) 3,600
O'Brien, Patsy (Non Party) 5,229
Eliminated: Forkan and Loftus
Their votes will now be distributed.
19.00: Results of the first count will be in 20 minutes, returning officer Ann Marie Courell has informed the count centre.
18.45: Independent south Mayo candidate Patsy O'Brien pictured at the count centre in Castlebar. He is very much in contention for a seat.
18.40: Sound the alarm!
18.20: Big talking points from the Mayo count centre
Full story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/big-talking-points-from-the-mayo-count-centre/
18.05: Agents and candidates checking doubtful ballots. Moving closer to first count announcement
17.55: Rose Conway-Walsh being greeted at the count centre by her family and friends. Photo: Alison Laredo
16.35: Speaking to Stephen Kerr’s supporters, it’s evident his number twos are heading in the direction of Aontú’s Paul Lawless. According to the tallies, it will be a sizeable chunk of over 3,000.
The Lawless camp is also confident of receiving number twos from Sinn Féin’s Gerry Murray. Party Aontú spurred from Sinn Féin and geographically, both are in east Mayo - both in favour of Lawless.
The transfer of votes from Chris Maxwell is also under much discussion. The Independent Ireland candidate saw his support in Westport drop from 1,800 first-preference votes in the locals to just 800 today. He is gene pool Fianna Fáil and may well see his vote return, but tally folk on the floor speculated that it was heading more to Patsy O’Brien, Paul Lawless and Stephen Kerr, or better described as an anti-establishment vote.
14.00: Karen Gallagher of Sinn Féin has expressed her delight at the party's performance in Mayo:
15:00: Aidan Crowley and Caoimhín Rowland found a quiet corner to record the latest edition of All Ireland Whingers which includes a round-up of the tallies and their reaction to the verdict of the Mayo electorate.
14.30: First official count results not expected here at the TF Royal Theatre until evening time.
14.25: Michael Smyth, the Mayo Fianna Fàil director of elections, gives his assessment on his party's performance at a time when it looks unlikely to achieve its target of two seats:
14.20: Sinn Féin's Rose Conway-Walsh set to top poll in Mayo
Full story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/sinn-feins-rose-conway-walsh-set-to-top-poll-in-mayo/
14.10: Five key takeaways from Mayo's county town tallies
Read story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/5-key-takeaways-from-mayos-county-town-tallies/
13.40: The final tallies are in and show the breakdown of No. 1 votes (from FG tally) is:
O'Conaill 912
Calleary 8,500
Chambers 5,496
Conway-Walsh 10,111
Daly 1,179
Dillon 9,431
Duffy 5,913
Forkin 71
Jennings 3,471
Keogh 5,774
Kerr 3,261
Lawless 4,448
Loftus 433
Maxwell 2,453
Murray 3,609
O'Brien 5,212
13.15: With 226 of the 230 boxes open, the front runners from the Fine Gael tally figures reads:
Conway-Walsh 9940
Dillon 9204
Calleary 8480
Duffy 5910
Keogh 5732
Chambers 5340
O' Brien 5200
Lawless 4406
Murray 3604
Kerr 3202
13.10: With 223 of the 230 boxes open, the tally shows Rose Conway-Walsh top of the poll on 9928
1 p.m.: Patsy O'Brien is looking very much in contention for a seat, latest tallies show.
12.50: With 62% of boxes tallied in south Mayo, first preference top runners are are: Patsy O'Brien 2771, Martina Jennings 1384, Paul Lawless 771, Lisa Chambers 685, Alan Dillon 667, Rose Conway-Walsh 525.
12.45: Patsy O'Brien is leading in the early boxes out of south Mayo
12.40: Westport tally with 93% of boxes open:
O'Conaill 281
Calleary 278
Chamber 840
Conway-Walsh 1329
Daly 221
Dillon 586
Duffy 57
Forkin 7
Jennings 117
Keogh 3814
Kerr 366
Lawless 345
Loftus 24
Maxwell 1546
Murray 79
O'Brien 78
12.35: Swinford tally with 93% of boxes open:
O'Conaill 88
Calleary 1218
Chambers 415
Conway-Walsh 586
Daly 127
Dillon 931
Duffy 938
Forkin 24
Jennings 354
Keogh 107
Kerr 293
Lawless 724
Loftus 24
Maxwell 114
Murray 2329
O'Brien 107
12.30: The chairman of Mayo Fine Gael, former MEP and TD Jim Higgins, giving his views on how the Mayo situation is shaping up.
12.25: Keira Keogh is taking Westport, as expected, with Chris Maxwell next, followed by Rose Conway-Walsh
12.20: Swinford Electoral Area latest - Murray leading the way, as expected, followed by Calleary, with Duffy, Dillon, Lawless and Conway-Walash also polling strong.
12.15: Election tallies point to destination of four of five Mayo seats
Read story here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/election-tallies-point-to-destination-of-four-of-five-mayo-seats/
12.12: Fianna Fáil are hopeful but admittedly dejected regarding Lisa Chambers' performance.
12.10: Sinn Féin expressing disappointment for Gerry Murray's performance but satisfied as Rose Conway-Walsh has held strong.
12.05: All the boxes are open - just waiting the tallies to be updated to share with readers.
11.50: Latest figures from Belmullet Electoral Area:
O'Conaill 107
Calleary 1055
Chambers 527
Conway-Walsh 2783
Daly 66
Dillon 339
Duffy 115
Forkan 4
Jennings 54
Keogh 1061
Kerr 223
Lawless 178
Loftus 38
Maxwell 110
Murray 33
O'Brien 60
11.30: Here's how the landscape is looking, according to the FG tally
11.25: Latest from Belmullet/Achill
11.15: First seven boxes have been opened in Belmullet Electoral Area - Rose Conway-Walsh, as expected, off to a good start on 625, Keogh 266, Calleary 229, Chambers 119. Local man Boxty O Conaill 29. Mostly Achill boxes open.
11.08: Just one box left to tally in Castlebar Electoral Area - Laherdane.
11 a.m.: Postal and special vote boxes now being opened.
10.45: Five takeaways from the Ballina tallies in the Mayo constituency: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/30/5-takeaways-from-the-ballina-tallies-in-the-mayo-constituency/
10.40: Midwest Radio election commentator Padraig Hughes giving an early assessment on the unfolding picture in Mayo.
10.35: All the Ballina boxes are open now where the pecking order according to the tallies is:
Calleary 4,418
Duffy 4,290
Conway-Walsh 2,149
Kerr 898
Lawless 431
Dillon 276
10.25: Alan Dillon has won every box in Castlebar so far (2,570), out-polling nearest contender Lisa Chamber (1,004) by more than 2 to 1. Rose Conway-Walsh doing well on 889 at this stage with Stephen Kerr on 513 with 20 boxes open.
10.22: The three island boxes from Inishturk, Clare Island and Inishbiggle are going to be tallied together, the returning officer has announced.
10.20: Just one box left to tally in Ballina.
10.10: Ballintubber and Partry boxes give 260 votes to Dillon
10.05: Dillon off to a great start in the early Castlebar boxes - 260 votes. Well clear of nearest contender Lisa Chambers at this very early stage.
10 a.m.: Rose Conway-Walsh has taken a nice bounce to just over 2,000 votes but Duffy and Calleary still lead, both just gone over the 4,000 mark.
09.47: Stephen Kerr is polling well in Ballina - currently on 621 first preference votes. Tallies are showing both Calleary and Conway-Walsh's vote are down almost everywhere in Ballina.
09.45: 19 out of 230 boxes open and in the Ballina Electoral Area the lead in this race is jumping between Calleary and Duffy – Calleary now on 1,573, Duffy 1,642.
09.35: Here's how the Ballina Electoral Area tally is looking with 7 boxes open.
09.20: Four boxes tallied in Ballina Electoral Area where Dara Calleary and Mark Duffy are matching each other vote for vote - 157 for Calleary, 145 for Duffy. Rose Conway-Walsh also polling well on 100.
09.00: And we're off, with returning officer Ann Marie Courell giving the instruction to start opening boxes.
08.55: The tally people are ready to roll.
08.50: The Mayo constituency count centre at the TF Royal Theatre in Castlebar is buzzing this morning, with first boxes in General Election 2024 to be opened at 9 a.m.