Election results: Here are all the newly elected TDs for Cork

Election results: Here are all the newly elected TDs for Cork

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There was plenty of drama at the count centres in Cork. Here's who has been elected.

Cork North West

All three seats in the Cork North West constituency were filled on the sixth count. 

Fianna Fáil’s Aindrias Moynihan topped the poll and was elected with 10,094 votes, from a quota of 10,712.

He was followed by John Paul of Fine Gael with 9,351 votes. Fianna Fáil's Michael Moynihan was elected with 9,057 votes.

A full breakdown of results in the constituency can be found here.

Cork South West

In Cork South West, the three sitting TDs were re-elected in the three-seat constituency. 

Independent Ireland's Michael Collins topped the poll and was elected on the eighth count with 12,295 votes. The quota was 11,824.

Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats, who gave birth to a baby girl on polling day, was elected on the 10th count. She secured the second seat with 11,962 votes.

Fianna Fáil’s Christoper O’Sullivan retained his seat after being elected on the eleventh count, with 11,959 votes.

A full breakdown of results in the constituency can be found here.

Cork South Central

Counting concluded Cork South Central shortly after 9.30pm.

Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin was elected on the first count on Saturday with 14,526 votes — with a surplus of 4,000 votes. 

He was followed by Seamus McGrath, who won his brother Michael's seat on the 10th count. He secured 10,758 votes. 

Sinn Féin's Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire was next to take a seat on the 16th count with 10,647 votes.

The final two seats went to Fine Gael's Jerry Buttimer and Pádraig Rice of the Social Democrats.

A full breakdown of results in the constituency can be found here.

Cork North Central

The first of five seats was filled on Sunday afternoon when Thomas Gould was elected the 10th count. 

He secured 10,435 votes, with the quota having been set at 9,846. 

Fianna Fáil's Padraig O'Sullivan took the second seat. 

Fine Gael's Colm Burke and Ken O'Flynn of Independent Ireland took the third and fourth seats, respectively.

Labour's Eoghan Kenny took the final seat on Monday after a request for a recount from outgoing TD Mick Barry was withdrawn

A full breakdown of results in the constituency can be found here.

Cork East

The count has been completed in Cork East where the final three candidates were elected on the 12th count.

Fianna Fáil's James O'Connor was elected on count 10 with 9,924 votes surpassing the quota of 9,602.

Fine Gael's Noel McCarthy (9,561 votes), Sinn Féin's Pat Buckley (9,194) and the Social Democrats' Liam Quaide (7,925) were all elected without reaching the quota. 

A full breakdown of results in the constituency can be found here.

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