Election 2020. A quiet break from US Politics at least

[Dartz]

The results from my constituency

You can actually track the process through the individual counts.

This is a four-seat constituency, so the quota to be elected is about a quarter of the total polls. Most foreigners watching the process don't grok that part - they're assuming Leo's already lost his seat when, chances are he's so close to the quota he'll dribble across it in the next transfer. Still, a sitting Taoiseach who doesn't top the poll is unheard of. Getting to four counts without getting elected definitely so.

Currie's redistribution should finally kick him across the line - and then it's sort of a shootout between Roderick O'Gorman and Ruth Coppinger for the last seat. When it's down to five runners, the lowest will be sent home even if none of the others have crossed the quota line

EDIT: And on saying that, he's finally drooled across the line on Count 5. The sixth will be the last - but unlikely to change too much.

EDIT the Second: And I was wrong. There goes my Third Preference vote, with the last seat decided on quantity of votes rather than quota.

Elsewhere, we've already had Shane Ross get the chop - deservedly so. The man was about as about as useful as a football bat as minister for transport.