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06 Sept 2025

General Election: Noel Jordan eliminated on the 13th count 

The south Donegal Sinn Féin county councillor took 3,321 first preferences

Local Elections: Cllr Noel Jordan (SF) elected on Count 10 in Donegal LEA

Noel Jordan was Sinn Féin’s third candidate in the Donegal constituency

Sinn Féin candidate Noel Jordan has been eliminated on the 13th count as counting continues in the Donegal constituency.

The south Donegal county councillor took 3,321 first preferences to come in eighth position.

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He was his party’s third candidate in a constituency race that so far has seen only his party colleagues Pearse Doherty and Pádraig MacLochlainn elected to the 34th Dáil.

The count is continuing with the redistribution of Jordan’s 5,513 votes. Fianna Fail's Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher is closing in on the quota of 12,771 with 11,751.

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