General chat for those following the #TCDSeanad Bye-Election 2022. Feel free to send gossip, tag candidates and the Trinity electorate. Non-partisan.

Joined February 2022
Congratulations to @TomClonan as he takes his seat in #SeanadÉireann for @tcddublin, this afternoon. Always nice to welcome another #Blackrock representative to Leinster House. Fáilte! 👏👏👏 #Seanad #26úSeanad
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And that’s that. Congratulations to @TomClonan, now one of four (4) Senators from Dún Laoghaire, joining his Blackrock brethren, @boyhanvictor, @GCraughwell and @barrymward. #TCDSeanad
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Count 16 of #DUseanad bye-election, distributing transfers from Chu: 5,358 Clonan (+1158) 5,198 Gaffney (+1290) Tom Clonan elected to the 26th Seanad for Dublin University to fill the vacancy left by the election of Ivana Bacik to the Dáil. #TCDseanad docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Count 13 of #DUseanad, transfers from McCarthy: 2,973 Clonan (+336) 2,743 Chu (+160) 2,641 Gaffney (+203) 2,624 MacNeill (+233) 1,890 Quill (+117) Quill has been eliminated and her votes will be transferred in the 14th count. #tcdseanad docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Count 6 of #DUseanad, transfer of Roseingrave's votes: 2,102 MacNeill (+10) 2,040 Clonan (+26) 1,972 Gaffney (+36) 1,842 Chu (+19) 1,246 Quill (+20) Ó Giobúin has been eliminated and his votes will be transferred in the seventh count. #tcdseanad docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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The count will resume at 9. The next few counts will have very little effect on the top candidates, but I will keep updates here for those interested in distribution of transfers. #TCDseanad #DUseanad
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Rosingrave (IND): 200 Barry (LP): 189 Ó Giobúin (IND): 182 Scanlon (IND): 170 McDermott (IND): 132 O’Shea (IND): 36 Abbas Ali O'Shea Eliminated Electorate: ~68,000 Total Poll: 13,418 Turnout: 20.1% (-3.0) Quota: 6,718 (2/2)
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TCD Seanad By-Election 2022 Count 1: MacNeill (IND): 2,068 Clonan (IND): 1,947 Gaffney (IND): 1,882 Chu (GP): 1,766 Quill (LP): 1,156 McCarthy (IND): 947 O’Neill (IND): 870 Stocker (SD): 521 Oluborode (IND): 471 Bassett (IND): 458 McKenna (IND): 421 (1/2)
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Re low voter turnout - it’s easy to say “electorate expansion is needed” or “scrap the franchise entirely” but it’s harder of course, to recognise this by-election: a) was by no means an exciting race, and/or, b) had any particular exciting candidate(s) #TCDSeanad
First Count result in #tcdseanad 2068 MacNeill 1947 Clonan 1766 Chu 1882 Gaffney 1156 Quill docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Ready with the tally sheets. #tcdseanad
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TCDSeanadRace retweeted
A Seanad by-election leaflet from Ryan Ó Giobúin
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Seanad By-Election Leaflet from Catherine Stocker
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Seanad By-Election Leaflet from Gisèle Scanlon
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Seanad By-Election Leaflet from Ade Oluborode
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Seanad By-Election Leaflet from Patricia McKenna
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Seanad By-Election Leaflet from Aubrey McCarthy (which features Niall Quinn)
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Seanad By-Election Leaflet from Tom Clonan
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