General Election: McSharry out in Sligo Leitrim south Donegal constituency

Dr Edel McSharry has been eliminated  in Count 10 as the Sligo Leitrim / south Donegal General Election count centre.

She exited with 6,062 votes to be distributed.

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It is expected that at least one of the remaining six candidates will be elected in the next count.

Frank Feighan on 11,064 is only 317 from the 11,381 quota, followed by Martin Kenny on 9,947 after he picked up 1,020 of Paddy O'Rourke's transfers.

Michael Clarke is holding on to third with 7,537, having taken 276 of O'Rourke's transfers. Eamon Scanlon is in fourth position, with 7,312 including 977 transfers.

Marian Harkin is hot on his heels with 354 transfers bringing her up to 7,145.

Chris MacManus is also still in the mix. He picked up 51 transfers to bring his total after Count 10 to 6,698. 

The standings after Count 10 are as follows, with transfers received from the distribution of Paddy O’Rourke’s votes in brackets:

Frank Feighan, FG, 11,064 (848)
Martin Kenny, SF, 9,947 (1.020)
Michael Clarke, Ind Ireland, 7,573 (276)
Eamon Scanlon, FF, 7,312 (977)
Marian Harkin, Ind, 7,145 (354)
Chris MacManus, SF, 6,698 (51)
Dr Edel McSharry, FF, 6,062 (672) - Eliminated Count 10
Paddy O'Rourke, FF - Eliminated Count 9
Marie Casserly, Ind - Eliminated Count 8
Nessa Cosgrove, Lab - Eliminated Count 7
Gino O'Boyle, PBP-S - Eliminated Count 6
Graham Monaghan, Aontú - Eliminated Count 5
Des Guckian, Ind - Eliminated Count 4
Michael Kelly, IFP - Eliminated Count 3
Blaithín Gallagher, Green Party - Eliminated Count 2
Diarmuid McConville, Ind - Eliminated Count 1
Molly Candon, Party For Animal Welfare - Eliminated Count 1
Caroline Corcoran, Ind Ireland - Eliminated Count 1
Diarmuid MacConville - Eliminated Count 1