Labour candidate eliminated in Ballinasloe district

At the end of the fourth count in the Ballinasloe district Fianna Fail's Donal Burke has moved closer to reaching the quota. Labour's Johnny Walsh has been elimminated and these votes are now being distributed. There's keen interest in seeing where these votes will go with the main candidates likely to benefit being FG Michael Finnerty and FF Pat O'Sullivan. However, it will be a big ask for O'Sullivan to overtake Finnerty at this stage.

Broderick Tim IND 3,275 elected
Burke Donal FF 1154 (+235) 1389 (+74) 1463 (+26) 1489
Connolly Dermot SF 2059 elected
Connolly Michael FF 1514 (+286) 1800 elected
Donohue Aidan FG 785 (+379) 1164 (+42) 1206 (+21) 1227
Finnerty Michael FG 845 (+176) 1021 (+63) 1084 (+8) 1092
O'Sullivan Pat FF 615 (+223) 838 (+86) 924 (+27) 951
Ryan Kevin FG 835 (+135) 970 (+22) 992 (+35) 1027
Walsh Johnny LAB 664 (+162) 826 (+93) 919 (+4) 923 eliminated