Who won the Irish Presidential Election? Low turnout as country elects Michael D's successor
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25 Oct 2025
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25 Oct 2025
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Catherine Connolly supporters at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny
Catherine Connolly will win the Donegal constituency in the 2025 Presidential election by a huge margin.
According to the final tally figures at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny, the Galway West TD has taken 75% of the vote.
Figures show the Independent candidate on 32,690 votes with Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys taking 9,085 votes, or 20.88pc. Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin is showing 4.10pc, or 1,781 votes.
There were a high number of spoiled votes with 12pc spoiled, a total of 6,156 ballot papers.
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Counting of votes in Donegal began at 9am at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny. The County Registrar, James Canny, one of 17 local returning officers, will announce the local results for the constituency shortly after the Presidential Returning Officer, Barry Ryan, announces the result at national level at Dublin Castle, where the 10th President of Ireland will be confirmed.
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